I remember the staples and reading the TNL pages to see what had changed. But then I was the young SE that read the MVS/XA and MVS/ESA manuals on my daily commute. 😊
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, 6 June 2025 at 15:22 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Seems like TAR requires AR mode * IBM never changed form numbers for TNLs,... This goes back a few years (into the 1960s and 1970s?) but I still have distinct memories of updating whole racks of manuals with TNLs when they appeared. As best I remember, I always inserted the TNL cover page into the manual. This did not change the manual form number, but it made the update obvious. Of course, in those old days, one needed to consult an actual paper manual instead of a PC screen connected to various unknown sites with unknown currency of the material. Slightly more scrambled memory: a common challenge was to neatly remove heavy "staples" from the original manual, so that the TNL pages could be inserted. Bill Ogden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless otherwise stated above: IBM United Kingdom Limited Registered in England and Wales with number 741598 Registered office: Building C, IBM Hursley Office, Hursley Park Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
