Tim, I worked for ICI from 1969 to 1978. Do you know which division wrote WRS? We had quite a few divisions that had mainframes. Central Management Services held sway for quite some time. I was at Fibres division and we used to time share until we installed our first 370 in 1975.
There are not many folks around from those days, although I know of one guy who worked at Doncaster works before moving to Fibres HQ in Harrogate. I had stints in Harrogate, Wilton and Billingham. Fibres and petrochemicals. We also had dealings with Dyestuffs division in Huddersfield. We also ran works payroll for Pontypool on an IBM 1130. Took a while to run! On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 10:17 PM Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm wondering what the status is of the following software: > > 1. The Works Record System (WRS), developed by ICI in the United Kingdom. > First version in 1974. One report suggests it was still used as late as > 2001. > > 2. ExecuCalc, developed by Parallax Systems and first released in 1982. > ExecuCalc was similar to VisiCalc – and file format compatible according to > the advertising. Available first for VM/CMS, then for MVS/TSO in 1983. > Apparently supported color GDDM graphics by about mid-1983. > > 3. WordPerfect/370. This version used the WordPerfect Version 4.2 base > plus some enhancements such as additional printer drivers. Available for > both VM/CMS and MVS. > > ————— > Timothy Sipples > Senior Architect > Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity > IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific > [email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
