IBM

REXX for AS/400


21 Aug 1990
Copyright © International Business Machines Corporation, 1990. All Rights Reserved
Note: this is the release that included REXX for the first time, though it is not specifically mentioned in this announcement letter.
NUMBER     290-436
DATE       900821
TYPE       Programming

TITLE      IBM AS/400 OPERATING SYSTEM/400 AND RELATED LICENSED PROGRAMS RELEASE
           3

ABSTRACT          The Operating System/400 (R) (OS/400 (R)) provides a
           comprehensive, fully integrated set of batch and interactive work
           management functions to provide efficient and productive application
           processing.  A complete and consistent end-user interface and
           application portability is provided across all models.  OS/400
           implements the IBM strategic architectures, including Systems
           Application Architecture (TM) (SAA (TM)), ensuring compatibility with
           present and future IBM product families.  A wide spectrum of
           communication connectivity options provided in the operating system
           allow data and application access among the Application System/400
           (R) (AS/400 (TM)) family of systems and other IBM mainframe and
           personal computers.
                  The enhancements in Release 3 of the OS/400 and the other
           related licensed programs address specific customer requirements.
           These enhancements improve the usability, simplify the installation,
           expand the connectivity, enhance the systems management capabilities,
           and increase the availability of the AS/400 system.  Details and the
           list of enhancements included in this announcement are available in
           the APPLICATION SYSTEM/400 NEW PRODUCT PLANNING INFORMATION FOR
           RELEASE 3 (GA21-9579).
                  Planned Availability Date:  September 28, 1990.
                  Planned availability date for CallPath (TM)/400, including the
           Teleos support, is March 29, 1991.
            (R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
              Corporation.
            (TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
PRODNO       5728-SS1 AS/400 Operating System/400
             5728-CF1 AS/400 Point-of-Sale Communication
                       Utility
             5728-CR1 AS/400 Cryptographic Support
             5728-PT1 AS/400 Performance Tools
             5728-QU1 AS/400 Query
             5728-ST1 Structured Query Language/400
                        (SQL/400)
             5730-TL1 AS/400 CallPath/400
             5798-RXP AS/400 Telephony Applications
                       Services LPO

Note: the above is shown in the original announcement letter format.