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Article #621439Re: Old word processors
From: hanc...
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:09
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:09
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On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 7:09:04 PM UTC-4, Dan Espen wrote: > Wang VS was a great system. > The OS was nothing like anything from IBM. > I was working on it for a while before I stumbled onto one of the > Wang's IBM-isms. Even then, a little of IBM, a lot of great Wang stuff. > > So, I'm editing a COBOL program and the editor allows me to run > a test. I think I've submitted a job and that's it, but a message > comes back to my screen telling me I have a S0C7 (IBM speak for invalid > data). Unlike anything from IBM, > it shows me the send and receive fields and their contents. > Also, it lets me type new data into either or both fields. Or it offers > to take me to the offending line in the COBOL program. > > Of course all you get from IBM, is watch the job until it ends, then > read a huge dump. > Using Wang VS made it so clear how bad IBM software was. The latest IBM mainframe COBOL has improved somewhat on debugging aids in case of an abend. > The Wang hardware was a bit different too. > Their systems spanned a huge range of power. > The VS 5 was a $12,000 system. Way lower priced > than anything in the IBM mainframe lineup. > When I connected from home using a Wang terminal the OS > loaded a micro-program into my terminal. I think it did that > with all it's peripherals. Seemed like a good idea to me. > The host really did control it's devices. What happened to the Wang Company?
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