RE: Finding AS/400 technical documentation

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No, it's not just you.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Lovelady [SMTP:dlovelady@dtcc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 5:19 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Finding AS/400 technical documentation
>
>
> Hi, Folks:  I'll reserve my rant for after the question, but I'd sure
> like
> to hear other opinions about it.  Hopefully, I just don't know where
> to
> look, and all this stuff still is (and will remain) available.
>
> My question is: where can I find documentation for the .TTO and .TFR
> files
> used by file transfer?  I had a link to that information at one point,
> but
> it's been invalidated by IBM "enhancements."  Would appreciate
> pointers to
> that info.  Thanks.
>
> And now my rant.  Maybe it's just me.  I hope so.
>
> It seems that with each passing week, IBM makes useful documentation
> for
> the AS/400 systems (particularly those that aren't labeled "iSeries")
> more
> difficult to find.  Having found some documentation, it seems to be
> less
> useful with each rework.
>
> Used to be that the HTML-based "Book Manager" books could be found
> from the
> main http://www.as400.ibm.com site (after clicking library).  Those
> HTML-based books were wonderful because you could actually search the
> specific manual for the information you wanted, and voila: you'd be
> presented with links to the information you want.
>
> That's all changed.  Or so it seems.  Now it's all packaged into the
> "information center," where the most refined search one can perform,
> is a
> search of the whole flippin' site.  Where the shortcomings of Java
> shine
> through, substantiating the claim that a pretty interface is a useless
> interface.  Given the choice, I'll take ugly ANY day of the week.
>
> What IS the deal, IBM?  Do you not want people to understand how to
> continue using this system?  Or am I missing the boat completely?  Can
> ANYONE show me a reason that the new java "Information Center," aside
> from
> being cuter, is an improvement over the "Book Manager" format?
>
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