As a somewhat frustrated follow-up, I've discovered that my screen reader does not handle the IBM Softcopy utility at all, at least not without use of OCR, which is the very problem I was trying to avoid. :) So I'm either stuck using books in PDF or figuring out how to convert BOO files to another format, which appears to be non-trivial.
Thanks for the tip concernning versions of ZVM. The core concepts appear to be similar even if the details differ. I will continue the journey despite setbacks :)
Best,
Zack.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025, at 4:24 PM, Zachary Kline via groups.io wrote:
Hi?Ren¨¦ and all,
Thanks for the quick and helpful responses. I am, as it happens, without sight of any kind, hence why I prefer documents in original electronic format whenever possible to spare me from having to figure out what the sometimes badly mangled OCR results are saying.
I've so far found the provided redbook invaluable. I'm at the point of running MVS/ESA under VM using pre-provided directory entries, which is a decent step :)
I particularly appreciate the block-oriented nature of the 3270, as the screen reader program handles it in some ways far better than more typical character-by-character UI on, say, Linx.
I will reach out off-list regarding the larger manual collections, as I don't want to clutter up the traffic :)
Best,
Zack.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025, at 9:08 AM, Ren¨¦ Ferland via groups.io wrote:
On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 09:32 PM, Zachary Kline wrote:
The latter is particularly helpful for me as a totally blind user.
I am not sure what you mean here, no previous knowledge or no sight? :-/
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Anyway, if it is the first, I would recommend reading this:
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It introduces to the basics of z/VM (actually z/VM 5.3) but most of the material there applies to VM/ESA as well (since it covers the basics).
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Cheers,
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Rene FERLAND, Montreal
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P.S. -- I have a fairly complete documentation of z/VM 5.3 in PDF format (81 books for 288M). If you are interested, just tell me, I will send it to you.
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Zachary Kline