To put it more plainly, I don't like the new, improved way of doing things thru ServiceLink, ShopZseries, SUF and all of the other clever names someone in IBM thinks of.
Jim
At 11:01 AM 7/27/2006, you wrote:
I beg to differ, Jim. Many list subscribers and I still regularly use the
old green-screen IBMLink and will continue to do so until they pry it from
my cold, dead fingers.
Stuff on 3270 screen can't be hidden behind things that you just have to
try by trial and error (moving the cursor over text to find that you can
magically click on it to drill deeper, magical combined keystrokes, etc.).
IBMLink 2000 (by whatever name of the day) always makes me of one of the
original PC games: Adventure. It was all text-based, you entered a room
and had to tell it to do everything (look left, right, up, down, begin,
ahead; take a step forward, pick up a PTF, beware of SPE's -- oops, ignore
those last two, combining games!). I don't have time at work to play hide
and seek with poorly designed web screens -- IBMLink classic (3270)
continues to work great.
**Please**, let's not digress into a discussion of PC games here -- been
there, done that. Adventure was only mentioned for illustrative
"porpoises".
Mike Walter
Hewitt Associates
The ideas herein are my own, not those of my employer.
"Jim Bohnsack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Re: Shop Z/Series as replacement to IBMLink?
Isn't the cludge (cludges) that has replaced the old, intuitive and
extremely useful IBMLINK just wonderful!! >:-o
Jim
At 08:09 PM 7/26/2006, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In trying to figure out how to use OBEYFILE, I've come across several
>indications that service may be required for TCP/IP on my z/VM 4.2
>system. (TCPIP is at the 0101 level according to the NETSTAT LEVEL
>command.) Apparently there were numerous OBEYFILE problems in 4.2.
>
>I haven't done this kind of thing since I had access to
>IBMLink. When I go to the z/VM Home Page, it tells me to go to "Shop
>Z/Series" to find ptfs and apars. I've now registered for "Shop
>z/Series", but for the life of me I can't figure out where to search
>for ptfs and apars.
>
> - Tom.
>
>Tom Cluster
>County of Sonoma
>Santa Rosa, CA
>(707) 565-3384 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays only)
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