Sorry to answer my own post, but I have now found an even earlier reference in OS/390 2.4.
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:56:36 -0600, Don Imbriale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >OS/390 2.7, approx. March 1999 > >Don Imbriale > >On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:38:18 -0700, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>Just looking at SYS1.SAMPLIB(GIMASAMP), I see: >> >> ********************************* Top of Data *********** >> * >> * Licensed Materials - Property of IBM >> * 5694-A01 5655-G44 >> * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1981, 1981 >> * >> BALAPI CSECT >> >>I had no idea GIMAPI was 25 years old; I thought it was announced >>more recently. Is it as old as BAL, or am I drawing an undue >>inference from the name of a symbol. >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html