10 Newbie hurdles.From a MAC user to an A/S400 user

As a Newbie one is presented with a lot of problems to get started.
1:Power on AS/400 for first time/BBBB/-batt warning message(Leave on
and message will disappear after 5-10 mins(Not in manual)-Setting up
correct terminal
address 0/0 before you can get a log on

2:After my first  IPL finding out you cant log on to the system-ops no
password.(Try finding any manual or book which tells you to do a manual
IPL and reset password by DST back to QSECOFR)

3:Buying the right books-so many choices out there. I purchased:
Exploring IBM AS/400 Computers--Hoskins (disapointing)
Mastering the AS/400-Fortral (Great)
The AS/400 Owners Manual-Dawson (Great)
Programming in RPG/400--Yaeger (Looks good)
Database Design and Programming DB2/400--Conte (Looks good)
AS/400 Client/Server Programming with VB--Peters
Modern RPG III Language with Structured Programming--Cozi
AS/400 Primer : Fundamental Conc... --Midrange
"Navigating the As/400"-John Enck (disapointing)
"As/400 : Concepts and Facilities" -Tony Baritz (Outdated)

4:Which book to start with-only to find  no ADT on your AS/400
5:How to get ADT for V2R3 AS400 E20
Im running V2.3 on my 9404-E20 24meg/3 gig DASD and have the following
installed Licensed Programs
OS/400-Library QGPL
OS/400-Library QUSRSYS
Operating System/400
OS/400-Extended base support
OS/400-Online Education
OS/400-Online information
PC Support/400
PC Support/400-PC DOS Programs
Query/400

6:Giving up any hope of ever getting a ADT toolkit that old and trying
to find a PC ADT product that would work on my system--where do you
start?

7:Trying to configure Netsoft Portfollio and a CLI (Computer Lab Intl)
5250 card on your PC after finding the ethernet card on the E20 missing.

8:Researching more books from Computerliteracy or Amazon and trying not
to buy a turkey!

9:Trying to find old reviews tips on the web for the E20--hardly
anything out there
Learning how to handle tapes,tapedrive and storing tapes correctly and
BUPs.AS/400,how to take apart safely to clean out dust.

10:Trying to learn to be a SYSOP, SYSADMIN, CA ,RPG, DB2/400
Programmer-what about 
TCP/IP--not installed on my machine-Where do I get that from?


A lot to learn: but Im never seen a system that is so much fun-its seems
to me to be
really special just like the Macintosh once was.

Dave B
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