Bob and Rene,
Thank you guys for helping me understand. I see now the reasoning for the
readme's and the value they add to be included. I am the user that was a
former computer operator in the 80s who likes to "tinker" and learn. So my
experience is more along the novice level and while I want to learn Rexx,
the VM370 specifics like "nolog" are lost on me. I am guessing now that
"nolog" means cannot log on.
I will read more of the documentation to learn.
I am grateful that you guys are taking your time to share your knowledge
and experience so that others, like me can learn.
Peace,
Jaime
On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 03:52:40 -0800, "Bob Bolch" <Bob@...> wrote:
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 02:17 AM, rvjansen@... wrote:
Hi Jamie,
Thanks to Ren¨¦ for explaining the way the readme files build on the
previous
versions of VM/370.
I believe the target VM/370 user for these distributions is either the
general user who wants
to learns about mainframe computing in the 1970s, or the system
programmer who
used VM/370 in that era, and really liked working on it. The new user
can
become familiar with
how things worked, using the CMSUSER uer ID. The primary documentation
is
here:
[1] and the
enhancements to the
system (like REXX or full screen editting) are mostly based on changes
that were incorporated
into later versions of VM by IBM. Some of the later IBM documentation
can
suplement the
HELP file documentation.
Starting with the Community Edition Version 1 Release 1.2 (the current
release), we
set up an issue reporting area at [2]
Most people just bring up issues on this mailing list and I enter the
issues,
so I can keep track.
In the old days, each IBM manual started with an explanation of changes
since the last release.
That is why the readme files have been retained for the Sixpack/VMCE
releases for the last
decade.
This is a completely volunteer effort, so there are always things that
can be improved.
Best regards,
Bob
Links:
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[3] /g/h390-vm/message/4071
[4]
mailto:
[email protected]?subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bh390-vm%5D%20Using%20Hercules%20version%20specific%20config%20file%20parameters%20with%20VM370CE
[5]
mailto:Bob@...?subject=Private:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bh390-vm%5D%20Using%20Hercules%20version%20specific%20config%20file%20parameters%20with%20VM370CE
[6] /mt/88093602/4526575
[7] /g/h390-vm/post
[8] /g/h390-vm/editsub/4526575
[9] mailto:[email protected]
[10] /g/h390-vm/leave/11166232/4526575/1317415517/xyzzy
