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OS/400 · 1998

OS/400 V4R2 out of support

Java runs on the system, and RPG gets variable-length fields.

Announced
10 February 1998
Available from
27 February 1998
End of marketing
25 February 2000
End of standard support
31 May 2000
End of paid extension
31 January 2001

Standard support Paid extension

What it brought

  • Lotus Domino for AS/400 (Domino 4.6), with direct access to the DB2/400 database
  • Java integrated beneath the Machine Interface, with AS/400 Developer Kit for Java
  • AS/400 NetServer: Windows PCs see the system's files and printers from Network Neighborhood, with no extra software
  • SQL: ANSI and ISO SQL procedures, CASE, CAST and POSITION, and a new query optimizer
  • The kernel threads model, used by Domino and Java
  • DRDA over TCP/IP and Windows NT Server integration on the Integrated PC Server
  • TCP/IP over twinax cabling too
  • RPG: variable-length fields, %EOF, %FOUND, %EQUAL and %OPEN instead of indicators, %CHAR and %REPLACE

Sources

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