Re: Finding AS/400 technical documentation

Dennis,

that stuff was documented in the OLD client access for DOS manuals....



On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Dennis Lovelady wrote:

>
> 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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