did anyone ever program in RPG?

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(07-09-2015 03:49 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  A fun article about the early days of Wang Laboratories. It is really amazing what they were able to do with the technology that was available to them at the time.
http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/d-wangcustom.html

Thanks for bringing this information to our attention. That was an interesting reading.
From the Wang systems described in the document, I have actually worked with the Wang 2200 systems.
While there were a huge range of 2200 mini-computer models, most of them shared the same basic concepts:
- An operating system shell working in BASIC language (most of the models used ROM based OS plus optional ROM scientific libraries; other models,like the MVP, loaded the OS from a Hard Disk partition);
- Single or multi-user terminal systems;
- Storage I/O devices on magnetic tape (cassette) like the PCS series; reel tape was available as well;
- Storage I/O devices on magnetic hard drives (the CDC 20MByte using a combination of fixed and removable 10MB cartridges were very popular);
- Printers and Telecommunication peripherals.