RE: Documentation resources dumb question:

[Steve Martin <smartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Best I've found (having just done a search of my own) is the Information
Center on CD (came with V4R4 installation) or
http://www.as400.ibm.com/infocenter. The site could be more intuitive, but,
given all the links posted on the site, you're bound to find some of the
information you're looking for.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Shaw [SMTP:mshaw@ncal.verio.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 8:32 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Documentation resources dumb question:
> 
> Don,
> 
> It ain't no dumb question!  You are right on the mark about how to find
> and
> get information for the AS/400.  The Frizbee's are a pain because the
> bookmanger is feeble at best, the web presence is more of a window
> dressing
> than an actual known source if information, and now informational apar's
> and
> such seem to be proliferating for ongoing support information.  To add
> insult to injury, have you tried searching the apar/ptf database or the
> online manuals when you are in a hurry????  It gives new meaning to the
> word
> slow!  And I've got multiple fast pipes to choose from connecting into the
> Internet!
> 
> I would like to see a decent browser based interface to the frizbees, a
> better indexing/retrieval of apars/ptf's, etc. and a descriptions of what
> they contain in non-technical terms.  Its bad enough that you have to now
> catalog umpty-gazillion URL's away in your favorites section of your
> browser....and they change from release to release, not to mention go
> away!
> There has to be a better way!  Believe it or not, my company does not have
> me here just to manage all of IBM's information resources to keep this
> place
> running!  :-)
> 
> We had IBM reps here last week and they made pitches for data warehousing
> for S/390, AS/400 and RS/6000.  It sure would be nice to see them apply
> that
> technology internally to solve this problem!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike Shaw
> AS/400 Senior Technical Support
> North American Mortgage
> Santa Rosa, CA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> >
> >
> > Back in the old days, we had a index that listed all published manuals,
> > redbooks, etc, and where they were...
> >
> > Since we've "progressed" to frizbee's and websites for resources and
> since
> > resource locations are about as fragmented as my DOS 6.1 PC disk drive,
> > I'm wondering if indeed some document, informational APAR, sign from the
> > gods, writings on the wall, etc., exists that tells us ALL the places
> that
> > documentation is now hidden that we can go in search of...:)
> >
> > Don in DC
> >
> 
> 
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