Re: ZIP-format files on CBT downloadable directly (new)

[Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)]

In
,
on 06/01/2015
   at 09:11 PM, Mike Schwab  said:

>Download the XMITMGR and install.

Isn't that windoze only?
 
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Re: ZIP-format files on CBT downloadable directly (new)

[Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)]

In <012101d09cc1$bcf04af0$36d0e0d0$@mcn.org>, on 06/01/2015
   at 04:21 PM, Charles Mills  said:

>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. 

FILE001 contains a descrtion of each file on the tape, and is
separately downloadable. It would be an incredible amount of work for
Shmuel Golob to reduce them to smaller abstracts, but if you can round
up some volunteers, ...
 
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ZIP-format files on CBT downloadable directly (new)

[Sam Golob]

Hi Folks,

   I agree with Mike Schwab.  I myself search CBTDOC.PDS with the PDS 
command:


FIND : /string/ THEN(MEMLIST)

command, which is the equivalent of doing a FIND on a string in CBT File 
001.  So browse CBT File 001 and look for what you think you want.  It 
MAY be a bit more accurate than just guessing.  The CBTDOC.PDS dataset 
is obtained by breaking up File 001 into a pds, using the CBTUPD program 
from CBT File 006.  So doing a "PDS command" string search on the pds, 
using it's FInd subcommand, is the equivalent of doing a plain string 
FIND on the entire File 001.  CBT FILE 001, while not being perfect, has 
a lot more detail than the one-liners on the CBT page of www.cbttape.org.


   I certainly hope this will help.

   All the best of everything to all of you.

Sincerely,Sam

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Re: ZIP-format files on CBT downloadable directly (new)

[Mike Schwab]

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  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!
>
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Re: ZIP-format files on CBT downloadable directly (new)

[Charles Mills]

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

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Of Sam Golob
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 4:07 PM
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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!

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ZIP-format files on CBT downloadable directly (new)

[Sam Golob]

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!


Use it in good health.

Sincerely, Sam

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