[hercules-390] Later S/370 Reference Card

[Joe Monk [e-mail] [hercules-390]]

While I was going thru my "archives" this morning, I found a yellow S/370
Reference Card, GX20-1850-5 (July 1984).

I was thinking of uploading it to bitsavers, if it would be of any use ...
It does appear to be a more current version than what is on there currently.

Would you like me to put it in the files are of this group also?

Joe

[[e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Thanks Joe. The PDF I am using at the
moment is a bit grubby-looking so I'd
like a new one. There's a non-grubby
one I have too, but each page has
been scanned individually. I prefer
the whole 2 pages to be scanned
in a single scan (as the grubby one
has been).

The grubby one has a big blotch
at x'9f' at the EBCDIC spot (I
think it's actually a Euro) and
lots of other markings too.

The non-grubby one has a small
solid square at that spot, which
looks fine.

Hopefully the one you have hasn't
been "helpfully" annotated.

BFN. Paul.




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While I was going thru my "archives" this morning, I found a yellow S/370 Reference Card, GX20-1850-5 (July 1984).


I was thinking of uploading it to bitsavers, if it would be of any use ... It does appear to be a more current version than what is on there currently.


Would you like me to put it in the files are of this group also?


Joe

[Joe Monk [e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Paul,

Here is a link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/il5r0t8scceu14g/Scan.pdf?dl=0

Joe

Post by ***@yahoo.com.au [hercules-390]
Thanks Joe. The PDF I am using at the
moment is a bit grubby-looking so I'd
like a new one. There's a non-grubby
one I have too, but each page has
been scanned individually. I prefer
the whole 2 pages to be scanned
in a single scan (as the grubby one
has been).
The grubby one has a big blotch
at x'9f' at the EBCDIC spot (I
think it's actually a Euro) and
lots of other markings too.
The non-grubby one has a small
solid square at that spot, which
looks fine.
Hopefully the one you have hasn't
been "helpfully" annotated.
BFN. Paul.
While I was going thru my "archives" this morning, I found a yellow S/370
Reference Card, GX20-1850-5 (July 1984).
I was thinking of uploading it to bitsavers, if it would be of any use ...
It does appear to be a more current version than what is on there currently.
Would you like me to put it in the files are of this group also?
Joe

[[e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Joe,

Hope you don’t mind me taking a copy. I also note from the preface that the other manuals mentioned are “the authoritative reference sources”


.. i.e. that the reference card may not be right


Dave



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Sent: 02 April 2017 20:39
To: hercules-***@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [hercules-390] Re: Later S/370 Reference Card








Paul,



Here is a link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/il5r0t8scceu14g/Scan.pdf?dl=0



Joe



On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 10:04 AM, ***@yahoo.com.au <mailto:***@yahoo.com.au> [hercules-390] <hercules-***@yahoogroups.com <mailto:hercules-***@yahoogroups.com> > wrote:



Thanks Joe. The PDF I am using at the
moment is a bit grubby-looking so I'd
like a new one. There's a non-grubby
one I have too, but each page has
been scanned individually. I prefer
the whole 2 pages to be scanned
in a single scan (as the grubby one
has been).

The grubby one has a big blotch
at x'9f' at the EBCDIC spot (I
think it's actually a Euro) and
lots of other markings too.

The non-grubby one has a small
solid square at that spot, which
looks fine.

Hopefully the one you have hasn't
been "helpfully" annotated.

BFN. Paul.

---In hercules-***@yahoogroups.com <mailto:hercules-***@yahoogroups.com> , <***@... <mailto:***@...> > wrote :

While I was going thru my "archives" this morning, I found a yellow S/370 Reference Card, GX20-1850-5 (July 1984).


I was thinking of uploading it to bitsavers, if it would be of any use ... It does appear to be a more current version than what is on there currently.


Would you like me to put it in the files are of this group also?


Joe

[Joe Monk [e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Not at all. Anyone is welcome to download.

Joe

Post by ***@gmail.com [hercules-390]
Joe,
Hope you don’t mind me taking a copy. I also note from the preface that
the other manuals mentioned are “the authoritative reference sources”

.. i.e. that the reference card may not be right

Dave
*Sent:* 02 April 2017 20:39
*Subject:* Re: [hercules-390] Re: Later S/370 Reference Card
Paul,
Here is a link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/il5r0t8scceu14g/Scan.pdf?dl=0
Joe
Thanks Joe. The PDF I am using at the
moment is a bit grubby-looking so I'd
like a new one. There's a non-grubby
one I have too, but each page has
been scanned individually. I prefer
the whole 2 pages to be scanned
in a single scan (as the grubby one
has been).
The grubby one has a big blotch
at x'9f' at the EBCDIC spot (I
think it's actually a Euro) and
lots of other markings too.
The non-grubby one has a small
solid square at that spot, which
looks fine.
Hopefully the one you have hasn't
been "helpfully" annotated.
BFN. Paul.
While I was going thru my "archives" this morning, I found a yellow S/370
Reference Card, GX20-1850-5 (July 1984).
I was thinking of uploading it to bitsavers, if it would be of any use ...
It does appear to be a more current version than what is on there currently.
Would you like me to put it in the files are of this group also?
Joe

[[e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Post by Joe Monk ***@gmail.com [hercules-390]
Here is a link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/il5r0t8scceu14g/Scan.pdf?dl=0

Thanks Joe.

It's in a nice 2-page format and the code
tables are clean, but it's a massive
download (200 MB) compared to less
than 1 MB for the others.

The others seem to be small because
they have been scanned black and
white.

The large size means it takes quite a
few seconds before a page can be
displayed, and even longer if I'm in
power saver mode.

Do you think it would be a good idea
to do a black & white scan too? I
can't tell if the other ones are grey
scale or b & w. I think they're b&w.

You might like to put some yellow
paper over your name when doing
the scan of the front page too to
get closer to the original.

BFN. Paul.

[[e-mail] [hercules-390]]

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Post by ***@yahoo.com.au [hercules-390]
The others seem to be small because
they have been scanned black and
white.

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I liked the yellow cover but it does slow opening the file.

Could you OCR it?

I used PDF-XChange Editor/Document/OCR Pages...
followed by a Save-as for my copy but there are other
tools available.

[Dennis Boone [e-mail] [hercules-390]]

It's in a nice 2-page format and the code tables are clean, but it's
a massive download (200 MB) compared to less than 1 MB for the
others.

Here's a MUCH smaller (4 MB) cleaned up version. It's one page up, but
most PDF readers will show you facing pages together anyway, so that
shouldn't be a big problem.

http://yagi.h-net.msu.edu/gx20-1850-5.pdf

De

[[e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Post by Dennis Boone ***@msu.edu [hercules-390]

It's in a nice 2-page format and the code tables are clean, but it's
a massive download (200 MB) compared to less than 1 MB for the
others.

Here's a MUCH smaller (4 MB) cleaned up version.

Thanks. It's very pristine. Incredible
actually. As if it was a softcopy.

Unfortunately the pages are quite strange
on my system. The first and last pages are
big, but all the ones in the middle are
small.

I can zoom the small pages and view them
fine, but then the top and bottom pages
are ridiculously large.

Not a big problem, but different from the
previous scans I normally use.

Post by Dennis Boone ***@msu.edu [hercules-390]
It's one page up, but
most PDF readers will show you
facing pages together anyway, so that
shouldn't be a big problem.

My PDFs are opened by Microsoft Edge
and I didn't see any option to show two
pages together.

BFN. Paul.

[Joe Monk [e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Here's a 2-up version...

​
S370 Ref Card July84.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzuBrOqCCdXGOWRGTjhyZ3lPM0U/view?usp=drive_web>
​

Joe

It's in a nice 2-page format and the code tables are clean, but it's
a massive download (200 MB) compared to less than 1 MB for the
others.

Here's a MUCH smaller (4 MB) cleaned up version. It's one page up, but
most PDF readers will show you facing pages together anyway, so that
shouldn't be a big problem.
http://yagi.h-net.msu.edu/gx20-1850-5.pdf
De

[Dennis Boone [e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Unfortunately the pages are quite strange on my system. The first and
last pages are big, but all the ones in the middle are small.

Hmm, I see the image editor set the dpi on the color pages to 72. Nice
random choice, guys.

I've re-built the pdf with that fixed, and bookmarks as well. Same URL.

De

[Dennis Boone [e-mail] [hercules-390]]

Post by Dennis Boone ***@msu.edu [hercules-390]
I've re-built the pdf with that fixed, and bookmarks as well. Same
URL.

One more rebuild, now with ocr'ed "text under" so it's searchable. Size
of this final version is 4777957 bytes.

De

[[e-mail] [hercules-390]]

One more rebuild, now with ocr'ed "text under" so it's searchable. Size
of this final version is 4777957 bytes.

Incredible.

I assume that the technology that has
been used to make the highest possible
quality porn has now been applied
against old IBM manuals with
incredible effect.

I just need to get used to seeing one
page of EBCDIC codes at a time.

BFN. Paul.

['Fernando M. Roxo da Motta' [e-mail] [hercules-390]]

On Sun, 02 Apr 2017 20:29:13 -0400, "Dennis Boone ***@msu.edu
[hercules-390]" <hercules-***@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


There is a GX20-1850-7 from 1989 at archive.org in many formats,
including a 2.1MiB PDF:


https://archive.org/download/bitsavers_ibm370refeystem370ReferenceSummaryFeb89_2167333

Post by Dennis Boone ***@msu.edu [hercules-390]

It's in a nice 2-page format and the code tables are clean, but
it's a massive download (200 MB) compared to less than 1 MB for the
others.

Here's a MUCH smaller (4 MB) cleaned up version. It's one page up,
but most PDF readers will show you facing pages together anyway, so
that shouldn't be a big problem.
http://yagi.h-net.msu.edu/gx20-1850-5.pdf
De
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Post by 'Fernando M. Roxo da Motta' ***@roxo.org [hercules-390]
There is a GX20-1850-7 from 1989 at
archive.org in many formats,

Thankyou. That is beautiful/pristine
too. And also I was able to search
for STD etc.

Well done everyone. This is a manual
I frequently need to reference.

BFN. Paul.

[[e-mail] [hercules-390]]

It's also available at "normal" bitsavers:

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/370/referenceCard/

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/370/referenceCard/GX20-1850-7_System_370_Reference_Summary_Feb89.pdf


I confirmed this file is identical to the
one at archive.org.

BFN. Paul.