Re: ADVERTISING SUPPORT FOR AS/400 ANNOUNCEMENT

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:44 PM 8/13/97 CDT, you wrote:
>Thank you for saying what I have spent a year thinking. I am that college
>person. I work in systems AS/400 9406, with the exception of a sys.
>admin. who was there for only 30 days, everything has been self taught
>trial & error along with IBM manuals in hand (very dry reading). College
>catalogs push midrange classes but when you follow up they have no
>AS/400. My reason for joining this group. IBM direct too expensive & no
>personal interaction. Any suggestions of resources that helped you learn
>would be GREATLY appreciated and followed up on.  
>
>dsteve1@juno.com

Trade journals like Midrange Computing & News/400 are a big help. They have
lots of hands-on stuff in them. Also, many books from both that teach a lot
better than IBM manuals (nothing better for insomnia, IMO). They also have
videos and CD collections available, as well as Web sites (
http://www.news400.com and http://www.midrangecomputing.com ).

There's also a company called ATS (Automated Training Systems) that has
lots of training materials on AS/400. Web site is http://www.ibmuser.com .
I've not used them, but they've been around a long time.

COMMON conventions are another great resource.

Also, local user groups. News/400, I think, sometimes has lists of
these...yeah, look on their Web site, under Education (I just checked).

IBM has some courses that you can install and use on the AS/400, rather
elementary, 'tho.

I really like this group, too. It's been a great help to me. Also, check
out the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc  .  Lots of activity, not
everyone there is on this mailing list.

Keep on keeping on,

Vernon Hamberg
System Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480
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