Re: How were first 5 positions used in RPG III?

The S/38 supported the old MFCU (multi-function card unit, although many
called it something else) in its early role as a S/3 replacement.

Dave Shaw
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From: Charles Wilt
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 3:03 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: How were first 5 positions used in RPG III?

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I wouldn't think it was punch card numbers. I assume RPGIII & Sys38 was
after the punch card era.

I'd imgaine it was for compatibility...

All that existing source had page & line numbers...so RPG III allowed the
source to have the characters there.

Charles​
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