Long time RPGer needs help getting started in new methods

["B Hamren" <bhamren@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have been searching many of these posts looking for a basic 1,2,3 on getting 
started in something other than traditional "AS/400" ways of doing things. 
Notice I did not say iSeries or "System i" since all the systems I have ever 
worked on are truly only AS/400 in nature. I have used SEU from S/34 to S/36 to 
S/38 to AS/400. Once I went to Common and saw Paul Conte's demo on FlexEdit and 
convinced our shop to go that route. That meant buying 5 Intel 486 based PC's 
@$2500 each, 5 Twinax boards @ $500 each, 5 FlexEdit licences at @500 each, and 
then we ended up not using it since it did not save the source change dates in 
the members.

Since I left that job in 1998 I have worked in shops that are primitive. Here 
are some examples of what I mean:
  a.. Running ancient packages written in RPG Auto-report or S/36 environment 
or (currently) a package ported from the S/38 that still uses F1 for exit.
  b.. No money in the budget for any type of training or Common conferences
  c.. No desire for any change from the old, stable green screen programs
Now I am on an 810 running V5R4. I went to a presentation this summer by Gary 
Konicek of IBM Rochester at our local ASU user group in Columbus, Ohio. He gave 
out a .pdf file on the software side of V5R4 announcements (a technical 
overview). I now have time to try some of these things and I want to know where 
to start.

Here is what I have tried and where it stands:

1. I followed Jon Paris and Susan Gantner's "A Quick Start to Using RSE" to the 
point where I installed WDSC on my work PC (even though I don't meet the 
minimum specs - I am running on an old Compaq with Windows 2000 Professional 
with only 256Mb of memory). It bogged down my system so much even having it 
installed I disabled it all. I would try it on my personal laptop which is 
fairly new and has 1 Gb of memory if I thought it wouldn't bog it down also.

2. I am trying to figure out how to install iSeries Access for Web. That led me 
to this newsgroup where I have followed a few threads but have not seen the ABC 
method I need yet.

Thanks everyone in advance,

Blair Hamren