These documents are in Adobe Acrobat format ("pdf files"). We typically write these publications in the process of exploring and organizing our thoughts on topics we are developing courses on. The publications themselves are free and may be freely distributed as long as you provide proper attribution of the source.
NOTE: Papers marked with an asterisk (*) are non-printable. Printable versions of these documents are available for a nominal fee from The Trainer's Friend on-line Store. Papers not marked with an asterisk may be freely printed and copied.
See also, our very short presentations, also free
To download any of the publications below, first set up a directory on your system, say tech_books. Then simply click on the link below and follow the directions to download the file into that directory.
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Publication Title |
File to download | Date last updated | Current version / changes from previous version |
| * z/OS, Language Environment, and UNIX - How They Work Together | zos_UNIX_and_Language_Environment.pdf | 2009/03/28 | minor editoral changes |
| * Porting Apache 2.2.9 to z/OS 1.9 | PortingApache.pdf | 2009/03/14 | 2.3; expanded RACF comment |
| *Coding AJAX Applications - New | CodingAJAX_Applications | 2009/07/30 | 1.2 |
| * The Arc of DB2 (LOBs, Unicode, and XML in DB2 V9.1) - New | Arc_of_DB2.pdf | 2009/04/12 | Updated based on notes from Abe Kornelis;1.2 |
| Enterprise COBOL: A tool for growth - New | COBOL_4.pdf | 2009/03/28 | 1.1 |
| * Applications Assembler Programming for z - New | Assembler.Coding.1.pdf | 2009/03/28 | 1.5 |
| Writing Reentrant Programs (in Assembler) | Writing_reentrant_programs.pdf | 2006/12/03 | 2.1; minor editoral changes; convert to Ventura 10.3 |
| I/O and AMODE 31 | amode_31_io.pdf | 2005/01/10 | first version |
| UNIX Shell Commands: tsort | tsort.pdf | 2002/06/17 | 1.0; sample from USS course |
| * The Future of Mainframes Is Now | Future_of_Mainframe.pdf | 2009/03/28 | 2.1; minor editoral changes; convert to Ventura 10.3 |
| * Introduction to Unicode | uncdtalk.pdf | 2009/03/28 | 1.6 / updated to newest Ventura and added note about Version 5.0 |
| Introduction to XSLT | xslt01.pdf | 2003/09/22 | 1.1 |
| The UNIX bc programming language | bc.pdf | 2006/12/01 | 2.1; minor editoral changes; convert to Ventura 10.3 |
| * Hosting a Web Site on z/OS - one person's experience | Host.pdf | 2006/06/02 | 1.2; added specific details on how to get X/HTML pages to your site |
| * Serving Java docs from z/OS | Java_docs.pdf | 2007/05/13 | 2; updated to reflect Java SE 6 |
| Unlock Free Software on your z/OS System (promotional piece) | TrainersFriend.pdf | 2007/03/08 | 1.1 |
| FastPath to z/OS-hosted Web Sites (promotional piece) | FastPath.pdf | 2007/03/08 | 1.1 |
In addition, here are some links regarding the IBM mainframe that have been recommended by members of the IBM-Main listserv / usenet group that you might find interesting:
We have started placing some code that we have found useful available for free, also.
Currently this is what we have available:
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Description |
File to download |
Date of most recent update |
Comments |
| SMTP exit routine; includes instructions for install and use | smtpexit | 2004/11/01 | allows all outgoing email, blocks incoming email not addressed to our URL |
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