Download the FILE 1 ASCII to view the directory of all files. Download the XMITMGR and install. Download a file and view with XMITMGR. If it does what you want, upload as binary.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > Thanks! Thanks for all you do. > > I know you are a volunteer and I know about volunteer organizations. I'm on > the Board of one and get very annoyed by the "you should's" from people who > are only peripherally involved. > > But ... here goes. I for one would love to see some way to browse the > *high-level documentation* for a CBT file *directly* on a small ASCII-based > system. I find it cumbersome to > > - search the CBT Web page for a possible candidate for some function I am > looking for > - download the file to my PC. > - upload it to my LPAR (remember to get the binary part right!) > - RECEIVE it > - browse the documentation > > ... only to find it does not do what I wanted. Delete the file from my PC and > two datasets from my LPAR. Lather, rinse, repeat. > > Again ... not complaining. THANK YOU for maintaining the CBT tape. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Sam Golob > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 4:07 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: ZIP-format files on CBT downloadable directly (new) > > Hi Folks, > > I just made a new panel, accessible from www.cbttape.org, that will help > PC users. This screen will let you directly download some zip files from the > CBT Tape collection, which are otherwise cumbersome to get, unless you have a > z/OS system, or even if you have a z/OS system. > These several zip-format files were separated from the CBT Tape itself, and > made directly downloadable. > > The direct URL is: www.cbttape.org/zips.htm > > To get to this panel from www.cbttape.org, just go to its home page, and > look for the "Zip Format Data" button on the left side. > > Try it. You may like it. I'm sure I'll get suggestions for other files > to add to it. > > For one thing, it'll make it very easy for users to get Phil > Polchinski's AMAZING calendar file! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
