A home computer is a device with a comfortable keyboard, a decent pointing device and a large* UHD monitor. Of course, a 2 TB or larger SSD wouldn't hurt.
* FSVO large that grows every year. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Richards, Robert B. (CTR) [000001c91f408b9e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 9:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Knowledge Center down? Our company PC's and Laptops are also disabled, but I was making a point, albeit poorly, to be careful with USB sticks these days. What's a home PC these days? My only laptop is old and hasn't been booted in years. iPads and iPhones and Watches are the rage in my house. 😊 Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 9:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Knowledge Center down? for me Bob, I'd have to download on my home PC, USB's are disabled on company PC's and Laptops :( Carmen On 1/21/2022 8:47 AM, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote: > I hope you only plug that USB stick in your own PC. > > Policy here is that it can get you fired if you plug it into a work computer. > Just ask the Iranians. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List<IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of René Jansen > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 9:41 AM To:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM Knowledge Center down? > > My regular warning to download the all the pdf files of all the manuals, > people! > > You might not have external internet access when it all goes sideways. In > fact, that is an extremely common scenario, in which you would want, very > bad, access to all the crummy, slow, wrong-link infested crap that is an > absolute showcase of how not to provide documentation, or build websites > using active content, for that matter. That mainframe would be still online > of course, and reachable, provided you have a direct Telnet 3270 link to it, > and no ‘stepping stones’ on deplorable technology. Or webserver based > emulators. > > Books are even better of course, but not everyone has the space. > > My usb stick with manuals is very well maintained, and I have generational > copies of that. That stick, and the readability of the pdf file on a modern > high res screen is a showcase of modern technology, the website is not. > > Best regards, > > René. > > >> On 21 Jan 2022, at 15:21, Carmen Vitullo<cvitu...@hughes.net> wrote: >> >> I have to agree, back in the early days development of a index page was >> intended to be simple, provide some wording, and some links to where you >> want to go, mostly due to performance, the faster the page loads the better, >> no glitter, pictures or unnecessary icons. >> >> the only tools we had back in the early 90's was a C program one of my team >> members write to convert DCF/SCRIPT to HTML (thanks to Mike Myers) ! >> otherwise it was all hand coded. >> >> >> Carmen >> >>> On 1/21/2022 8:02 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: >>> It's not just IBM. There seems to be a race to the bottom in web page >>> design. Glitz is more important than, e.g., ease of use, performance, >>> reliability. Take entry and validation of, e.g., credit card numbers, >>> e-mail addresses, names, ZIP codes; it is bog standard to not tell the user >>> the required format and to reject valid characters. >>> >>> Not that "everybody else does it" is a valid excuse. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Shmuel (Seymour J.) 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