27 Jan
1998
27 Jan
'98
5:04 a.m.
Peter Prymmer wrote:
bloatware - but some of that is quite fun. e.g.
PC-DOS can be optionally
installed with Rexx and I chose that option. I also have a couple of
different DPMI's available including the one for DJGPP.
REXX on a PC? I think I have heard (very dimly) of this (there was
something called REXX-88 or some such name when I was at IBM) but I
haven't used REXX for years! What does it run on? Will it run on a
Compaq 386? An IBM AT?
Philip.
27 Jan
27 Jan
8:43 a.m.
REXX on a PC? I think I have heard (very dimly) of
this (there was
something called REXX-88 or some such name when I was at IBM) but I
haven't used REXX for years! What does it run on? Will it run on a
Compaq 386? An IBM AT?
You can probably find REXX in a lot of places... There's
even a shareware
version on Macintosh. And if there's an old IBM programming language on a
Mac, it's almost definitley on a lot of other platforms. Did REXX start on
the IBM mini/mainframes or is it from somewhere else? Has anyone seen a
copy of Cobol for Mac? MicroFocus used to make it, but it seems the Cobol
crowd has abondoned Macintosh...
-JR http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/
8:56 a.m.
At 11:43 AM 1/27/98 -0800, you wrote:
Mac, it's almost definitley on a lot of other
platforms. Did REXX start on
the IBM mini/mainframes or is it from somewhere else? Has anyone seen a
copy of Cobol for Mac? MicroFocus used to make it, but it seems the Cobol
crowd has abondoned Macintosh...
FWIW, A friend of mine had REXX running on his Amiga in '91.
- John Higginbotham
- limbo.netpath.net
2:47 p.m.
REXX on a PC? I think I have heard (very dimly) of
this (there was
something called REXX-88 or some such name when I was at IBM) but I
haven't used REXX for years! What does it run on? Will it run on a
Compaq 386? An IBM AT?
I know OS/2 has had it since at least version 2, can't remember if it was
in 1.3
The Amiga also has ARexx, not sure how long, but I've an Amiga OS 3.1
manual on it.
Zane
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28 Jan
28 Jan
3:58 p.m.
Zane,
I _THINK_ that there was a version of REXX for every version of OS/2,
though not included in the basic package. REXX mirated, I believe from
mainframes and the porting over to OS/2 and DOS was an outgrowth of that
popularity.
I'm sure there was at least REXX interpreters for 8086s and up...
-Mike
Zane H. Healy wrote:
REXX on a PC? I think I have heard (very dimly)
of this (there was
something called REXX-88 or some such name when I was at IBM) but I
haven't used REXX for years! What does it run on? Will it run on a
Compaq 386? An IBM AT?
I know OS/2 has had it since at least version 2, can't remember if it was
in 1.3
The Amiga also has ARexx, not sure how long, but I've an Amiga OS 3.1
manual on it.
Zane
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| healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
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+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| For Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |
| For the collecting of Classic Computers with info on them. |
| see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/museum.html |
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