Egyptians More Advanced than Earlier Believed
Posted by AS/400 GeekMay 28
Luxor, Egypt – An Egyptian-Dutch team unearthed a hall in a tomb at Zira Abu al-Naga, on the Westbank at Luxor. The tomb was thought to be another burial site because of its proximity to the tomb of Tutankhamun. However, upon entering the tomb, the discovery of a lifetime was made – an ancient data center, most likely used for the administration of King Tut’s royal society. Most astonishing was how well the data center was preserved with the main AS/400 server still intact. Most Egyptologist have agreed that the Egyptian culture was very advanced, but no one dreamed they had this kind of technology. It is now much easier to understand how the Ancient Egyptians dug their tombs and built their temples.
In an exclusive interview with Mid-Deranged, SCA chief Zahi Hawass, the world’s most renowned Egyptologist, offered the following perspective: “Why is this discovery important? Because it answers so many questions of how the Egyptians were able to do what they have done. Everyone thought the Egyptians had some kind of magical power and now we find this data center in the Valley of the Kings. It was found seven meters away from King Tut! This area has been excavated before and yet we missed this site. What a discovery. So many things about the Egyptian civilization now make sense.”
Otto Schaden, leader of the team that uncovered the find, generally agrees with Hawass’ assessment. Standing in front of the site, Schaden told Mid-Deranged, “For all we know, there may be a S/370 buried here. Who knows? You can speculate endlessly.”
The find will be studied for some time before before all the answers are known. One of the most fortunate discoveries that will help in the research is the fact that the ancient AS/400 fired right up when power was applied to it. Data retrieval is currently underway. Hopefully preliminary results will be available soon.
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I can categorically confirm that this story is not true, as IBM would have changed the name of the system about 3,543 times since the Egyptians’ machine was released…..
I’m wondering which translation table do I use to translate from EDBIC to hieroglyphics.
I wonder if they were using free-format RPGIV and ILE sub-procedures? Was SQL used to help build the pyramids? So many questions.
Obviously a fabricated story. No iSeries needs two people in attendance with a whole team on standby outside the door.
Then again, maybe this is an older, retired model that they have converted into a bar fridge. They might just be enjoying a drink while the new model is happily processing away in the adjacent room.