Mostly computer thought's and stuff I've done!
I think I started this challenge on 5/18 because I finished the previous one on 5/17. Under normal circumstances I feel I would have done well. But with my moms rapidly declining health, I can barely concentrate on it. I signon and stare at the screen, without making much progress. And with such distractions It …
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Topic: IBM Z AssemblerOne of the instructions says…Submit JCL to compile an assembler program. When I went to school I was taught you assemble (not compile) assembler source code.
Begin Part Three – Challenge #06
Got my first badge from IBM’s Master the Mainframe course! https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/6186ed15-ac75-4f41-a6e7-c61343b7d7ac/public_url
Finished all 15 challenges! On to Part 3… While reading the intro to Part 3, I read Many students decide to work on Part 3 as time permits. Well that’s also how I worked on Part’s 1 & 2.
Just to be complete I thought I’d mention another freely available 3270 terminal emulator on Linux. I briefly tried the c3270, 3270 terminal emulator, it is easy to increase/decrease the font size simply by pressing <Ctrl>+ or – respectively. The thing that wasn’t readily clear to me was how to use special keys such as …
I thought it might be a good time to take a little pause and concentrate on learning the ISPF editor better. You know basic things like find!
I really needed larger fonts for the Master the Mainframe course. I used the default x3270 many times using the Hercules emulator but for some reason the smaller font really bothered me in this course. Watched “Setting up x3270 on Linux”, a YouTube video where a guy installed with apt then easily changed the font …
While working on the Master the Mainframe course, I keep making the same stupid copy & paste mistake that has lengthened my task completion time considerably! I copy the command I need for example…dslist ‘z#####.p2.output’I know I’m supposed to replace the above z##### with my IDSo I double click my Id Z12345 and copy it …
I previously mentioned that my biggest stumbling block when beginning the Master the Mainframe course was It really wasn’t obvious to me that the little triangle symbols on a page would expand that section. So I decided to look back to see if that information was provided…I found Expand twisty for any specific instruction details …