Beige, blocky and beautiful, it comes in 19" and 17" models, 5:4 and 4:3 aspect ratios in appropriate resolutions, classic and modern inputs, built-in speakers, and IPS panels with wide viewing angles. There's a full-size SCART hole. The only flaw I imagine is that modern off-white plastics won't oxidize to the classic Age of Beige patina.

The problem is that very few people are interested in learning COBOL these days. Coding it is cumbersome, it reads like an English lesson (too much typing), the coding format is meticulous and inflexible, and it takes far longer to compile than its competitors. And since nobody's learning it anymore, programmers who can work with and maintain all that code are a increasingly hard to find. Many of these "COBOL cowboys" are aging out of the workforce, and replacements are in short supply.

IBM’s approach is fairly straightforward: Rather than relying exclusively on a limited pool of human programmers to solve the problem, it built a generative AI-powered code assistant (watsonx) that helps convert all that dusty old COBOL code to a more modern language, thereby saving coders countless hours of reprogramming. In extremely simplified terms, the process is similar to feeding an essay written in English into ChatGPT and asking it to translate certain paragraphs into Esperanto. It allows programmers to take a chunk of COBOL and enlist watsonx to transform it into Java.

Gartner Distinguished Vice President and Analyst, Arun Chandrasekara is also skeptical because “IBM has no case studies, at this time, to validate its claims,” he says.

This practical book gives you a hands-on understanding of connectors, terminals, sockets, and terminal blocks used in electronic assemblies and low-power electrical installations. It familiarizes you with the available connection solutions and guides you through selecting the optimal one for your application. It steps you through the process of identifying a given connector. It classifies and describes each class of connecting device, from a pin to a large hybrid industrial connector. It describes proper connector use and steers you away from common mistakes. This hands-on resource covers dozens of applications, with more than 900 figures. It is written for the repair person, the designer, the project manager, the technician, the purchasing agent, and the electronic enthusiast. This book is complemented by a website with several interactive utilities to select, identify, and understand connectors.