File 001 on http://cbttape.org/cbtdowns.htm is a longer description of all files.
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 9:34 PM Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since some folks here seem to like the current CBT format, maybe I'm > doing something wrong and you can correct me. Here's an example: > > So I go to cbttape.org looking for something. I click the CBT option at > the upper left and a list of over 1000 files appears. I'm still not > sure exactly what I'm looking for, but there are some single line > descriptions that may help me decide. So I choose file 44 ASMTOZAP > thinking that might help. A click downloads it to my PC at 500Mbs since > I finally got fiber four weeks ago. Did I mentioned 500Mbs? I can't > even see the download processing anymore. And no more outages like I > had on cable. > > Oops, back to the subject: Now I have a zip file. I can click on that > and an XMI file appears. But xmit manager (associated with *.XMI on my > Win 10 box) doesn't seem to work with the temp file zip creates. So I > need to really extract the XMI first, then click to start xmit manager. > Now I have to find the doc member, which can vary. This time it's $DOC > and I can click that in xmit manager and read about the program. > > Nope... that's not the program I need. So back I go and do the same for > others. > > Am I doing something wrong? This seems like a lot of trouble, which is > probably why I just call Sam if I need something, and he seems to know > where everything is from memory. > > On 3/18/2021 4:09 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > > I would not vote for skipping the tape paradigm for the same reason. Less > > often but not zero. I haven't encountered that kind of problem, but having > > prior versions to go back to is highly valuable when you need it. > > > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > > Mike Schwab > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:50 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CBT Tape Updates > > > > One function the CBTTAPE numbers did was keeping a historic log of version, > > so if the latest didn't work you could go through the various tapes to find > > an older one that would work on your system. So please keep a link to each > > version by date, unless the author withdraws a particular version because > > of a problem. > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 5:28 PM Dana Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:52:19 -0400, Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Skip the "real"/AWS tape. Maybe just cut one only on request. > >> > >> I agree, another vote for skipping the tape paradigm all together. Just a > >> web page maybe with the listing of the descriptions from file 001 > >> (without all the extra tape info). And a link to download each file. > >> > >> > >> Dana > > -- > > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
