I haven't read the rest of the thread yet. Let the flames possibly roar, but Softcopy Librarian still worked for me to download z/OS 2.1. Unforutantely, is only .pdf's. But it did bring me shelves and the Softcopy Reader: Shelf Organizer allows me to find what I want when I need it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: revisiting the documentation dilemma > > Correct, DVDs are no longer being produced. I forget what version of z/OS > they did that. z/OS V1.13 may be the last - but I am not sure. > > I would recommend getting MOZILLA browser and install the addin - > DOWNTHEMALL. > > It is very fast to down load anything from the web. I use it to download all > of > the IBM Manuals I want. I think I downloaded 678 PDFs from IBM in about 10 > mins maybe 20 mins. > > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- > [email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:25 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: revisiting the documentation dilemma > > > > Hi list, > > > > I've been meandering through the archives and saw several threads > > regarding documentation changes that IBM has been implementing, with > > knowledge centers et al. So my question is a rather basic one. We > > just upgraded to 1.13 a couple months ago. Do the documentation DVDs no > longer exist even in softcopy form? > > On my old 1.11 system I was able to download and install a DVD image > > and have the documentation library locally on my PC. If I want to > > have a similar functionality with my 1.13 documentation do I need to > > download each manual I want individually and build my own library? I > > spent a couple hours yesterday on IBM's web site(s) and it appears > > that this is my only option. Could somebody please confirm whether > > this is correct or if there is someplace where I could do a mass download of > books please point me to it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rex > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
