Not a flame, but I've finally gotten used to the InfoCenter delivery. But soon
I'll be "forced" to accustom to the "Knowledge Center" delivery. The
presentation is somewhat like the InfoCenter, but finding stuff initially is a
bit more challenging. For example, to find the doc for the COBOL compilers,
one must look under the "Rational" navigation entry.
-jc-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Gibney, Dave
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 2:31 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: revisiting the documentation dilemma
>
> 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
> > >
> >
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