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Francis
Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991
Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
October 29, 2012, 09:16 PM
Waz
Wow !
Those were the days......
Waz...
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October 30, 2012, 11:28 AM
Prarie
Oh I hated that product!
October 30, 2012, 12:13 PM
Francis Mariani
I actually never worked with it - I just rescued the disc from the bin.
For me, it's Mainframe FOCUS > PC FOCUS > WebFOCUS.
What's next, CloudFOCUS?
Francis
Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991
Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
October 30, 2012, 12:37 PM
M Meagher
I just dumped boxes and boxes of 'FOCUS for Windows' and 'PC FOCUS' diskettes and CDs. I should have kept disk one from each batch.
I think we bought our first PC FOCUS in the mid-80's, when it first came out. Does anyone remember IBI also offering Mac, Atari ST and Commodore Amiga versions? They may have just been rumored or betas only.This message has been edited. Last edited by: M Meagher,
October 30, 2012, 04:31 PM
Waz
I remember our head office moved, and we were without the mainframe for a week.
I shifted the report I was working on to pc FOCUS.
After acouple of minor changes....
MF took 5 minutes PC took 5 hours.
quote:
What's next, CloudFOCUS?
As long as it isn't iFOCUS, as the maps won't work.
MMeager, I saw an actual working alpha version of MacFocus in the late 80's here in the old IBI Dallas office. The demo was on an early color Mac. The company I worked with at the time, VMX, owned VaxFocus and we merged with a California company, Opcom, that was Mac-centric. So they were very excited about the MacFocus potential. Alas, it never did.
In FOCUS since 1985 - WF 8.009/8.104 Win 8 Outputs: ALL of 'em! Adapters: Sql Server Teradata Oracle
October 31, 2012, 09:30 PM
David Briars
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Too bad I don't have Volume 1 Number 1 ...
I don't have Volume 1 Number 1 of the Journal, but here is Volume 1 Number 1 of the 'FOCUS Systems Journal Encyclopedia: First entry was written by one of our frequent Focal Point contributors: John Gelona.
October 31, 2012, 09:38 PM
Waz
Looks like the Eighties have come back around again.
Waz...
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November 07, 2012, 10:58 AM
eostic
Thanks everyone, for a walk down memory lane!
Great looking forum. Here's another contribution...
Ernie
WebFOCUS
November 07, 2012, 12:06 PM
Francis Mariani
That's going back a bit!
Francis
Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991
Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
November 07, 2012, 03:28 PM
Waz
How far back can we go ?
Waz...
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Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!
November 13, 2012, 01:43 PM
Kerry
To all, it is interesting reading all your memories with FOCUS/WebFOCUS from earlier years, keep the good stories coming in!!
Cheers,
Kerry
Kerry Zhan Focal Point Moderator Information Builders, Inc.
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