Re: How to work with Arrays using positional RPG IV

[Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx>]

> If  reminiscences  are in order..


> Anyone remember RPG's BITON, BITOFF ?

Once upon a time I used them to construct op codes for a Wenger printer
that was able to print reverse image text (white on black).

Gad



> date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:02:48 -0500
> from: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: OT: Re: How to work with Arrays using positional RPG IV
>
> Hey!? Microfiche was not just for the /34!? I worked for Zink and Katich
> when I was just a babe, and I remember going through the S/38
> microfiche.? Ah, those were the days... patching IBM programs to make
> our own commands.
>
> On 8/25/2020 3:49 PM, Bruce Vining wrote:
> > Jon,
> >
> > Oh no, PL/MI is nothing like assembler (which I'm well aware you know).
> > I'm talking 370 and (does anyone remember it?) the S/34.  Oh those were
> the
> > days, microfiche for the operating system and away you go :)
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 5:10 PM Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > "Assembler" as in PL/MI Bruce ? I suspect that even MI would be too high
> > > level if you really want to bit twiddle!
> > >
> > > Interestingly had the original question been about C or MI I could
> > > understand it since they still have utility. It was ancient RPG that
> got me
> > > and (at the time) I didn't know we were talking V5R4.
>
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