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 157 pages |
2009/03/28 | minor editoral changes |
| Introduction to Java in z/OS - an
unfinished course, available as is (still rough) - New
Course files available from The Trainer's Friend Store |
J510.pdf 459 pages |
2009/11/17 | 1.2;fixed typo, redid index |
| * Porting Apache 2.2.9 to z/OS 1.9 | PortingApache.pdf 34 pages |
2009/03/14 | 2.3; expanded RACF comment |
| *Coding AJAX
Applications - New
Supporting files included when printable version purchased from The Trainer's Friend Store |
CodingAJAX_Applications 64 pages |
2009/10/25 | 1.3; revised third example |
| * The Arc of DB2
(LOBs, Unicode, and XML in DB2 V9.1) - New
Supporting files included when printable version purchased from The Trainer's Friend Store |
Arc_of_DB2.pdf 100 pages |
2009/04/12 | Updated based on notes from Abe Kornelis;1.2 |
| Enterprise COBOL: A tool for growth - Updated | COBOL_4.pdf 77 pages |
2009/11/04 | 2.1 |
| * Applications Assembler Programming for z - New | Assembler.Coding.1.pdf 47 pages |
2009/03/28 | 1.5 |
| Writing Reentrant Programs (in Assembler) | Writing_reentrant_programs.pdf 26 pages |
2006/12/03 | 2.1; minor editoral changes; convert to Ventura 10.3 |
| I/O and AMODE 31 | amode_31_io.pdf 7 pages |
2005/01/10 | first version |
| UNIX Shell Commands: tsort | tsort.pdf 3 pages |
2002/06/17 | 1.0; sample from z/OS UNIX course |
| * The Future of Mainframes Is Now | Future_of_Mainframe.pdf 28 pages |
2009/03/28 | 2.1; minor editoral changes; convert to Ventura 10.3 |
| * Introduction to Unicode | uncdtalk.pdf 52 pages |
2009/03/28 | 1.6 / updated to newest Ventura and added note about Version 5.0 |
| Introduction to XSLT | xslt01.pdf 30 pages |
2003/09/22 | 1.1 |
| The UNIX bc programming language | bc.pdf 36 pages |
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 17 pages |
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 20 pages |
2007/05/13 | 2; updated to reflect Java SE 6 |
| Unlock Free Software on your z/OS System (promotional piece) | TrainersFriend.pdf 2 pages |
2007/03/08 | 1.1 |
| Creating Modern Business Applications on z/OS | Modern
Apps.pdf 24 pages |
2009/09/19 | 1.1 |
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| z/OS Control Blocks for
Beginners
Supporting files included when printable version purchased from The Trainer's Friend Store |
ControlBlocks.pdf 52 pages |
2009/09/06 | 1 |
| DB2 and LOBS
Supporting files included when printable version purchased from The Trainer's Friend Store |
DB2-LOBs.pdf 50 pages |
2009/09/06 | 1 |
| Doing Arithmetic
Using Packed Decimal Instructions
Supporting files included when printable version purchased from The Trainer's Friend Store |
PackedDecimalArithmetic.pdf 100 pages |
2009/09/06 | 1 |
| DB2 and XML | DB2-XML.pdf 56 pages |
2009/09/06 | 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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