I remember doing those tech updates by hand...circa 1985? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 12:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Knowledge Center down?
not shameless IMHO, a great tool I use first before hitting the books. to age myself a bit, I remember getting boxes of hard copy, and updates periodically and was able to update the doc by hand, anyone remember the | update makes and what pages to remove and replace? taking that away and replacing it with a ACTION(DOC) update is little to no help with all the products that now encompass the base I hope IBM developers are reading, listening, we really need the ability to update PDF doc, IBM pushed KC to be on our local processors, and HAD a great tool to get the doc from IBM and update our local copy of the KC, last I head that's not working? or de funked? I don't know how this can be done, but I'm sure it can be done via SMP/E or an outboard tool to update our local doc with any ACTION(DOC) I would be willing to do what's necessary to create a local repository and update any cfg file to make this happen locally Carmen On 1/21/2022 11:03 AM, Ramsey Hallman wrote: > To throw in a shameless plug, if you have MVS/QuickRef, much of the > IBM and ISV content is available on your mainframe for instant access, > internet or not, KC up or down, USB plugable, etc. And for our > clients, if there is content we do not currently have that you desire, > let us know and we will do our best to obtain that content and add it to our > database. > > Prior to becoming a developer for MVS/QuickRef, every shop I worked in > as a s/p had QuickRef. If it didn't when I arrived, it did by the time I > left. > I don't know what I would have done without it. It's almost > impossible to keep physical manuals up to date as quickly as software changes. > > Ramsey Hallman > MVS/QuickRef Development > Chicago-Soft, Ltd. > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 10:48 AM René > Jansen<rene.vincent.jan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Yes, that is a very good idea. It would follow the general route in >> which progress is made, then undone, and then redone. As JSON api’s >> to everything are the fashion nowadays, that would be really welcome >> to stay updated, by e.g. having a nightly cronjob that updates the >> docs databases. If these were of the tagged variety, we could even >> generate updated PDFs out of these. I would be like updating TLS >> newsletters without catching your finger in the blue binder! >> >> Best regards, >> >> René. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 21 Jan 2022, at 16:25, Matt Hogstrom<m...@hogstrom.org> wrote: >>> >>> One thing not mentioned on the thread is the ability to have APIs >>> to >> read the IBM document database. If one exists please share. The >> document database assumes a human at a browser which is limiting and >> a supported and stable API interface would be welcome. >>> Matt Hogstrom >>> PGP key 0F143BC1 >>> >>>> On Jan 20, 2022, at 17:18, Hank Oerlemans < >> 000003c4d8bf55f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>>> How many online systems have IBM put out there now ? >>>> Just when it's all seems stable it changes and we go around again. >>>> I could mention the stacks of manuals I started with that never >>>> went >> down :-) but think of the trees. >>>> Damn ! Am I that old ? >>>> >>>> I'm gonna download the pdf collection for now. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>> send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO >>>> IBM-MAIN >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO >>> IBM-MAIN >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO >> IBM-MAIN >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email tolists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- /I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. *Abraham Lincoln*/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
