If you have enough space and some sort of access to a DVD reader (networked, or can borrow an external drive, for example) you can copy all or part of the DVDs to your hard drive. Ditto for the CDs.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan C. Field Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 7:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Migrating me from linux/bsd to zOS : IBM-MAIN Digest - 7 Apr 2006 to 8Apr 2006 (#2006-98) Yes - I finally get a PC at work that can read DVD's. I can read the first documentation DVD, then IBM starts producing them on the higher density DVDs and I can't read them again, :( Even two DVDs would be better than 8 CDs. > IBM also puts most of this information on CDs Every (nearly every?) z/OS and product manual even going back to very old and out-of-marketing things like VS COBOL II, just to pick an example from a recent thread here, is available on ONE DVD in BookManager, and for recent products, PDF, format for $20 - TWENTY BUCKS! SK3T-4271-15 I remember paying $60 for one manual and having to wait three weeks for it to arrive ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
