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Baby/400 is an emulation of a RPG III/IV or RPG/400 development environment running on an IBM AS/400 originally published by California Software Products.

History

In the early 90s it was originally available for OS/2 and DOS but later with versions for Microsoft Windows and Novell NetWare as well. The system allows to develop and debug software for the AS/400, to use the system as an alternative to a AS/400 and run RPG/400 software on the Baby/400 as a single user or optionally a multi-user system. It was also supplied with an RPG/400 compiler that targeted DOS, Windows and OS/2. Applications can be distributed to PCs, that however required a license fee based on each program delivered in a PC format.

The system was officially renamed Baby/4xx after a trademark complaint from IBM although industry publications and users continued to refer to the system as Baby/400.

Version

Baby/400 version 4

Last version to support OS/2, Novell NetWare and Windows 3.x

Baby/400 version 5 (1998)

Runs only on Microsoft Windows NT or 95, adds ODBC compliance, a new GUI and links to Windows printer drivers.

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-An emulation of an [[RPG]] III or RPG/400 development environment running on a IBM [[AS/400]] originally published by [[California Software Products]] in the early 90's, originally for [[DOS]] but later with versions for [[Microsoft Windows]] as well. The system allowed you to develop and debug software for the AS/400, to use the system as an alternative to a AS/400 and run RPG/400 software on the Baby/400 as a single user or optionally a multi-user system, but you were also supplied with an RPG/400 compiler for DOS that allowed you to distribute applications to PC customers that were running plain DOS, that however required a license fee based on each program you delivered in a PC format.
+'''Baby/400''' is an emulation of a [[RPG]] III/IV or RPG/400 development environment running on an IBM [[AS/400]] originally published by [[California Software Products]].
+==History==
+In the early 90s it was originally available for OS/2 and [[DOS]] but later with versions for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Novell NetWare]] as well. The system allows to develop and debug software for the AS/400, to use the system as an alternative to a AS/400 and run RPG/400 software on the Baby/400 as a single user or optionally a multi-user system. It was also supplied with an RPG/400 compiler that targeted DOS, Windows and OS/2. Applications can be distributed to PCs, that however required a license fee based on each program delivered in a PC format.
+The system was officially renamed '''Baby/4xx''' after a trademark complaint from [[IBM]] although industry publications and users continued to refer to the system as Baby/400.
 ==Version==
+* Baby/400 version 4
+: Last version to support OS/2, Novell NetWare and Windows 3.x
 * Baby/400 version 5 (1998)
 : Runs only on [[Microsoft Windows]] NT or 95, adds ODBC compliance, a new GUI and links to Windows printer drivers.
-==Licence and availability==
-Discontinued commercial software
-==Publisher==
-* [[California Software Products]] Inc.
-[[Category:DOS Tools]]
 [[Category:RPG]]
-[[Category:MS Windows Tools]]