Tommy In tidying away the downloads of the APPC Suite manuals, I noticed the following:
1. The APPC Suite is a separate component of z/OS Communications Server with its own version and release numbers 2. The last time the manuals were changed was in October 2001 All this to indicate that the APPC Suite can be treated as a separate product which was stable for 5 years (October 2001 to September 2006) before VTAM development dropped it as, presumably, not needing support resources any more. Chris Mason On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:03:25 -0600, Chris Mason <[email protected]> wrote: >Tommy > >I can't give you a precise answer to your question since, obviously, I can't >speak for everyone subscribing to the list. If I reinterpret "anyone" as "you", >my precise answer has unfortunately to be "No". > >However, looking at why you may have asked the question raises two >possibilities and, I hope, one certainty. > >The "certainty" is that, since the last appearance of the APPC Application >Suite was in the z/OS V1R8 Communications Server (CS) SNA component >(VTAM), you must have squirreled the relevant distribution libraries from V1R8 >away in order to re-install at least the AFTP programs with subsequent >releases including V1R11. > >The "possibilities" are as follows: > >1. You have tried to use the AFTP client or server programs with z/OS V1R11 >and you have a problem of some sort. If so, it will be best if you report >sufficient details of the problem to allow us to assist you in solving it. > >2. You intend to use the AFTP client and server programs and you are seeking >reassurance that the programs will continue to work in the same way as >perhaps you have been using them since V1R8 or an earlier release. > >Regarding 2, I can offer theoretical reassurance since the programs of the >suite are written to application programming interfaces (APIs), including the >VTAM API of course, and so, like any program written to IBM APIs, it will >continue to work into the indefinite future - until the component to which the >API is written is withdrawn. > >As I'm sure you are aware, VTAM - among the other relevant components of >z/OS - has *not* been withdrawn! > >In a sense there is also reassurance regarding 1 since, in the light of what I >say about 2, if you have a problem, we should be able to resolve it. > >Chris Mason > >On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:22:53 +0800, Tommy Tsui <[email protected]> >wrote: > >>Hi all, >>anyone try IBM AFTP suite that still can work under z/os 1.11? >> >>thanks and regards ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
