I had no trouble finding a link; the problem is that it was requiring a userid.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Susan Shumway <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Pu The main page for every z/OS version in KC has a link to the most recent PoOp right on its main page. For example, see https://secure-web.cisco.com/1OmfcaOvzM93nlzLVTE7N9fP4ueKKMzj59pNnOkC_WHbgnYV7edmdSw7Dc8KMvZjibV43QNb0NYeK58KoBab41BsrwG9A4voua_ZHeqTqLj-o7CZvisqMZw1wIhT-4xxsK85lkE8921tFi8-CcOlu-3HX_hsOr54zb4kqprkuOTdUBl2Tds7hKeA08J-D9Yfm3uvgYLQyPReWjjauPEYKdLCMOMpY3Kpei9Qsw7mBQpEcbqfNn0nmSHGBdVI3EiUcmbP70HH5vJDlseSokGYp2jmKNh0MeHHYbdngEEWu6JN40YOz305DI700ST2ckCrYANxS-LpQJBF-auXgKjiKKJmGoyCoka1t5VMAo9jYdihlU5QAjYZDnhwSLBPWq1w4aHM-Xeq8MLhqFOhTnpHr1MmxM_EhNnCniZwitHGtpPIdl0WEh6zmM8nKQjwdRPQp/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fsupport%2Fknowledgecenter%2FSSLTBW_2.3.0 . Alternatively, at least until/if the URL or form number change, you can point ppl to the PubsCenter ( https://secure-web.cisco.com/1gU8MY4TD47gj_nttqaSLeL0xlvPFx0c7xRHhDjiWQaIUsu2Z-a81NOzOtoO0vjJyNuhddthw8H-yw7LD1MSqOiryy8rDcO2wjF4qcQ-NRMe-XHaZnWNKfuA0uJZLkaGFcS4M3RLdDELy4gUz-u3fybCPRmUEPvt0e3dX-SoD5KcOuZ6Z3ZiQKCH5lrJoCrLTqHRrtdghf9Hc8UHGT7BsKfvulYNZyG3FE7vlajBFGhZiqk4RpDQbcL7K4i5G2pKMqdo0WEm9bqr_BBBqQr1se85yi4B_c6jdltWxG-Gf4ZcWqJ59TbHCmxRcB34aIgGSbS6dRbxTliQ-XZck_V0xhcAb5KpNrb2OzT28CKKaT9vPCoA4XNJWiDI6DP-YEAPxG18yKd-4J9u3eD38KJmYTAQh6EQ9GwN56_WKeiefPJ2ZpSMk4YTFa5ZtqwaSYXvK/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fe-business%2Flinkweb%2Fpublications%2Fservlet%2Fpbi.wss ), instruct them to search on form number "SA22-7832", and then look for the highest dash level. - Sue Shumway On 02/01/18 10:39 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > The direct document links are more stable than I thought. Sorry. As > for new processors, I don't think they are produced on a regular > schedule; but that's not really the point. When a new one is > published, the article will be out-of-date. But given the nature of > Wikipedia and encyclopediae in general, that's not a fatal flaw. > > sas > > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Tom Marchant > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:42:09 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: >> >>> There are definitely links to the current PoOp, but given the swirling >>> chaos that is ibm.com, its validity cannot be guaranteed for more than >>> say, a couple of days. >> >> My experience is that URLs pointing to manuals have remained constant. >> I can't remember a link to a manual ever being changed. >> >>> Besides, it gets updated to a new edition >>> quite irregularly. >> >> A new edition gets releases on the GA date for a new generation of >> processors. Occasionally, a new one is released on the GA date for >> what used to be called the "Business Class" processor. I wouldn't >> call that "quite irregularly." >> >> -- >> Tom Marchant >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > -- Sue Shumway z/OS Product Documentation Lead IBM Poughkeepsie [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
