Old RPG listing

A very simple (10 lines), RPG school program. Probably an early assignment in the class. I don’t remember much about RPG. What I do remember is I had to take the class at another campus because it wasn’t offered at the main campus I attended. I don’t know but I assume this computer was networked with the main campus computer. I could probably tell if I compared listings. I also remember buying a pair of Ray Bans, because to take the class I had a long stretch of road to drive going west at the late part of the day and the sun was brutal in my eyes. However, it was another language to learn, so it was worth the additional 30 mi round trip for me. Evidently they used a striped non-green bar paper. I also remember they decided to offer RPG at my home campus after I took it. I also remember the new instructor heard that I took the class and approached me asking if he could borrow my run-book to help him develop his curriculum. So I did let him borrow it.

My other thoughts on RPG was although I got an A in the class…I wasn’t very fond of the language. I mostly associated RPG with the IBM AS400. Actually it may have been RPG II. I think before that the hardware may have been an IBM System/3x. We had an AS400 at a bank I worked at, but all I remember doing with it was backups.