Subj : Re: FSXNet Global Oneliners?
To : Roon
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Nov 21 2023 07:20 am
-=> Roon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Ro> it would be much authentic to write it in REXX instead of php+gnu
Ro> utils, but my REXX knowledge is small for this.
REXX was/is pretty powerful. My first gig was working at a retail/mail
order shop with 120 stores. We used an OS/2 dial-up WAN with DOS and
OS/2 cash registers. They'd call into the hub, transfer sales and
payroll information, and be sent new PLU files and information. It was
total deja vu, feeling very much like Fido technology - I'd just started
my BBS at the time.
At night, the stores would shut down, and a REXX script running the registers
would do all of the maintenance, poll corporate, and process the files
it'd received - again, very much like a DOS BBS.
The DOS batch file was huge, the REXX file less than half the size.
... All of my certifications are self-signed.
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