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An [[RPG]] II development system for [[ | An [[RPG]] II development system for [[CP/M]] originally introduced in 1981 by the Software West company, that was later ported to [[DOS]] in 1985. Unlike some of the later RPG development tools for the PC it does not mimic the [[System/3x]] environment completely for development of S/3x software on the PC but rather focuses on having compatible tools for CP/M and DOS targeted development. The company announced a RPG/400 compatible product for DOS that would be delivered in 1991 as '''PC RPG III''' but appears never to have shipped it. | ||
==Features== | |||
The system | The original RGP II CP/M system was simply a compiler that was compatible with RPG II language as it was on the System/3. The PC RGP system introduced in 1985 comprised of a RPG II DOS compiler that was compatible with the RPG II language as used on the System/34, support for sequential, direct or [[ISAM]] file processing, a disk based sort/merge utility and a [[linker]] supports linking the compiler's output into an executable with a runtime executive that controls the program's behaviour and can also link with [[assembly language]] routines. | ||
Later versions added a full screen editor called '''Source Editor Utility''' (SEU) but that is a basic PC text editor with a few features helpful for RPG programming rather than a S/34-6 compatible product. The '''Screen Design Aid''' (SDA) screen painter that was added in the early 90's however has some compatibility with the S/36 screens and indeed would write and open any WORKSTN compatible file. Around 1990 the system started assuming System/36 rather than S/34 compatibility, utilities for conversion of [[EBCDIC]] to [[ASCII]] were added alongside other utilities that helped with migrating from a S/34-6 system such as a library conversion utility and so on, so forth. | Later versions added a full screen editor called '''Source Editor Utility''' (SEU) but that is a basic PC text editor with a few features helpful for RPG programming rather than a S/34-6 compatible product. The '''Screen Design Aid''' (SDA) screen painter that was added in the early 90's however has some compatibility with the S/36 screens and indeed would write and open any WORKSTN compatible file. Around 1990 the system started assuming System/36 rather than S/34 compatibility, utilities for conversion of [[EBCDIC]] to [[ASCII]] were added alongside other utilities that helped with migrating from a S/34-6 system such as a library conversion utility and so on, so forth. | ||
==Versions== | ==Versions== | ||
* | * RPG II (1981) | ||
* PC RPG II | : Requires a Z80 based CP/M system | ||
* PC RPG II (1985) | |||
: USA RRP USD 1500; Required DOS 2 or later and 128k of memory. | : USA RRP USD 1500; Required DOS 2 or later and 128k of memory. | ||
* PC RPG II (1991) | * PC RPG II (1991) | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010605063600/http://home.netcom.com/~softwest/rpgweb.htm Original product page archive] - via [[Archive org]] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20010605063600/http://home.netcom.com/~softwest/rpgweb.htm Original product page archive from 1998] - via [[Archive org]] | ||
==Licence and availability== | ==Licence and availability== | ||
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[[Category:DOS Tools]] | [[Category:DOS Tools]] | ||
[[Category:CP/M Tools]] | |||
[[Category:RPG]] | [[Category:RPG]] | ||
Revision as of 04:58, 31 March 2016
An RPG II development system for CP/M originally introduced in 1981 by the Software West company, that was later ported to DOS in 1985. Unlike some of the later RPG development tools for the PC it does not mimic the System/3x environment completely for development of S/3x software on the PC but rather focuses on having compatible tools for CP/M and DOS targeted development. The company announced a RPG/400 compatible product for DOS that would be delivered in 1991 as PC RPG III but appears never to have shipped it.
Features
The original RGP II CP/M system was simply a compiler that was compatible with RPG II language as it was on the System/3. The PC RGP system introduced in 1985 comprised of a RPG II DOS compiler that was compatible with the RPG II language as used on the System/34, support for sequential, direct or ISAM file processing, a disk based sort/merge utility and a linker supports linking the compiler's output into an executable with a runtime executive that controls the program's behaviour and can also link with assembly language routines.
Later versions added a full screen editor called Source Editor Utility (SEU) but that is a basic PC text editor with a few features helpful for RPG programming rather than a S/34-6 compatible product. The Screen Design Aid (SDA) screen painter that was added in the early 90's however has some compatibility with the S/36 screens and indeed would write and open any WORKSTN compatible file. Around 1990 the system started assuming System/36 rather than S/34 compatibility, utilities for conversion of EBCDIC to ASCII were added alongside other utilities that helped with migrating from a S/34-6 system such as a library conversion utility and so on, so forth.
Versions
- RPG II (1981)
- Requires a Z80 based CP/M system
- PC RPG II (1985)
- USA RRP USD 1500; Required DOS 2 or later and 128k of memory.
- PC RPG II (1991)
- USA RRP USD 895; Required DOS 3 or later and 256k of memory.
- PC RPG II (1998)
- USA RRP USD 395; Required DOS 3 or later and 512k of memory.
Links
Licence and availability
Discontinued commercial software, taken off the market around 2000.