> > > I was making fun of OS/400's abbreviated command style more than anything
> > > else. (You know "Work with print queues" becomes "WRKPRTQ", etc.)
> > I know only our 'new' (some 6 years ago) BS2000 command interface
> > (SDF) is more OT for an OS command line - they canged simple commands
> > like CAT[aloge] (to modify catalog entries - like renaming or change
> > attributes) into Modify-Cataloge-Attributes - together with changing
> > from simple position and keyword parameters into some kind of parenthes
> > driven madness - a simple 'CAT a,b,STATE=U' to change a filename (a to b)
> > became 'MODIFY-FILE-ATTRIBUTES FILE-NAME=a,NEW-NAME=b' simple, isn't it ?
> > Some simple comands now need several lines to type ...
> When I used OS/400 it was on a 327x terminal (wiht lousy editing keys and
> not much real-time interaction). Does OS/400 still use or support those? I
> would hate to type your enormous commands on a 3278.
At least tey are still possible to use :)
> What's BS2000? Some international standard?
Sounds possible if you take this cruel and horrible command format :)
No, in fact it's an OS for /370ish mainframe computers. Think about
the whole galaxy of and IBM OS (like DOS etc.) and all the add ons
and tools integrated into one OS and you get BS2000. I love it,
I whish there where an equivalent OS for mini/PC systems. Incredible
fast and reliable, easy to handle (if you know how) and almost limitless.
But still a mainframe syste, so no memory mapped graphic adaptors :)))
Gruss
H.
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Received on Mon Apr 12 1999 - 16:31:40 BST