Is Old AS400 RPGII Still Relevant for Beginners Today?

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The discussion centers on the legacy programming language RPG II used on AS400 systems, with participants reminiscing about the era of punch cards and early computing. One contributor recalls their experience with punch cards in college during the early 1980s and mentions having a shadow box display of an old punch card and a vacuum tube from ENIAC. The main focus is on the need for resources to maintain legacy RPG programs that utilize the RPG cycle, left-hand indicators, and level breaks. There is a request for online tutorials or materials to help familiarize with these older programming concepts, as the user is more accustomed to modern ILE RPG4. Another participant notes their background in RPG II, highlighting the differences in card types between RPG II and RPG IV.
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anyone familiar with old AS400 RPGII ?
 
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Don't tell me that you have a square punch card with 96 columns and round holes in your possession.
 
lol, I don't have those in my possesion. but I do remember them. they were just being phased out when I was in college back in the early 80s.

Although there is a shadow box on the wall in our office that has an old punch card as well as a vacuum tube from eniac !

back to my rpg question, I have to maintain some old legacy programs that use the rpg cycle and left hand indicators and level breaks. Is there a tutorial online anywhere where I could familiarize myself with that old stuff? I'm used to the modern ILE RPG4
 
Sorry. That wouldn't be me. I stopped writing RPG back in high school. I used an AS400, but wrote most of my RPG on an 1130 using RPG II. I think we had 6 card types in II and there were 12 in RPG4.
 

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