[rescue] New find of the month...

Fri Oct 14 09:21:33 CDT 2005

On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 01:56, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> 
> I've gotta say OS/400 is very, very weird.  I'm not sure how else to put 
> it.  I'm still trying to figure out how to locate/view files on the 
> machine.  It appears to have been used in Purdue's Union Club hotel, and 
> was connected to a PBX systems, and possibly also a guest room door 
> entry card system, from looking at the descriptions it had of devices 
> connected to it.

Yes, that is what I have heard too, that it is very weird.  Supposedly the design is object-oriented, but a weird kind of OO.  

> Does anyone (Sridhar?) know of any good "learing OS/400" type references?  
> I could look through Amazon or IBM's OS/400 literature for 

There is an online help facility, so once you figure out how to access it, that will help.  I would check IBM's "Redbooks" online.

--Patrick