RE: where to begin ?

["Bale, Dan" <DBale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken,

Aside from the fact that it appears you've got a bare bones system (unless
you copied and pasted one screenful of the installed products inquiry), what
are you trying to learn about the AS/400?  What is your background?  Another
IBM midrange?  Just PC?

Are you a programmer?  

There's a mammoth amount of information to cover from beginning to end.  You
might want to start with the "AS/400 Handbook", although most likely one
does not exist for a V2R3 box.  FYI, you can find most all of IBM's
documentation for the AS/400 online; the easiest way to get at it is by
going to http://www.news400.com/index400.  The earliest handbook they have
online is for V3R2 and the direct link for that is
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/EZ30FL00/CCONTENTS.

Even if the "OS/400 - Online Education" were available, you would be wasting
your time there; it was a wretched excuse for learning the 400.  

- Dan Bale

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Dunn [mailto:luser@xtra.co.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:32 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: where to begin ?



Greetings all, I've just got myself an old AS/400. I'm using 
V2R3 and would like some pointers on where to begin learning
OS/400. Could someone recommend a book for beginners or online
resources ?

the list of software on my machine is

OS/400 - Library QGPL
OS/400 - Library QUSRSYS
Operating System/400
OS/400 - Extended Based Support
OS/400 - Online Information
OS/400 - Online Education
OS/400 - Example Tools Library
PC Support/400
PC Support/400 - PC DOS Programs
PC Support/400 - Extended DOS Programs
Performance Tools/400
Query/400

and am wondering what use they are. I really know nothing about
the system. 
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