On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 10:42:37 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote: >> >> It's irritating that some users report problems and supply graphic >> screenshots as documentation. > >For mainframe issues at the terminal, sure. But in other cases I might >want an image, such as last week with a new z15 that wouldn't IPL and I >asked to see the HMC screen. Turns out the solution was pretty easy >once I saw the error - nobody had connected any FICON cables yet. >That'll do it :) > May I in infer, then, that: o The HMC (they never let me touch one) has only graphic screenshot capability, not text? o The HMC is inaccessible via emulator? Good security; hindrance to darkened/remote computer room operations.
Otherwise I can't envision a graphic screen image as superior to text. Thanks, gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
