Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I stumbled on a browser called Lobo, written in Java.
Lobo development stopped in 2009. Lobo Evolution and gngr are two of Lobo's successors: https://sourceforge.net/projects/loboevolution/ https://gngr.info ....Back to the John's point, the fact 3270 terminal emulation software exists is "interesting" but not quite responsive to John McKown's stated requirements. Here's what John asked: >Am I being too "reactionary" in wanting to have my documentation >on the same system as it is documenting? I.e. z/OS documentation >on z/OS needing only access to z/OS without any other "specialized" >software on a "desktop"? The IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS running locally on at least one machine beautifully addresses these requirements, as stated, in their entirety. The IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS is part of the base z/OS operating system (Version 2.2, and presumably in future releases also), and it runs on z/OS itself -- right alongside TSO/E and ISPF, as examples. You need zero specialized desktop software to access(*) documentation available from the IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS. No extra software at all, in fact. There's no need to install *anything* on your client device(s), not even 3270 terminal emulation software, not even a browser plug-in or helper application. Just use the Web browser provided with your desktop, laptop, smartphone, or tablet operating system of any relatively recent (or even non-recent) vintage. Any/every client device should be ready-to-go, out of the box, to tap into your locally z/OS-served repository of IBM Knowledge Center goodness. John's use case is well answered, already, at no additional charge. Please enjoy. (*) IBM Softcopy Librarian, also available at no additional charge, is at least recommended to deploy and maintain documentation libraries to/on the IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS. IBM Softcopy Librarian runs on Windows PCs. (If you'd like IBM to provide Macintosh and Linux installable versions of IBM Softcopy Librarian, you can file a request here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/ ) For more information on IBM Softcopy Librarian, including the download link, please visit: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24040422 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
