Links

This page lists links from other web sites hand picked by 36-400 consultants. Also see the 36-400 downloads page, which contains some great downloads available from our site.

General

iseriesnetwork.com - Lots and lots of things.

search400.com - Lots and lots of things.

AS/400 Newsgroup Messages from Google News

System/36 Newsgroup Messages from Google News

The Operating Systems Handbook
Formerly a $49.50USD hardcover from McGraw-Hill; now a set of Acrobat files free for you to download! The book covers UNIX, OpenVMS, OS/400, VM and MVS operating systems. Click the link for more information.

AS/400 Software

http://www.prym.nl/wrkdbf/
A free file editor for the AS/400.

PC Software

gcrsoft
This company provides the SMS component that links to our AS/400 software.

http://www.symtrax.com/
Free TCP-IP 5250 emulator. Go to http://www.symtrax.com/ and click on the "Downloads" button or click here to be directed to the downloads page. (Note: they DO require a valid email address to send you the URL for the download link). It is very nifty but will NOT work with the S/36E or M36.

Mocha
Full functioning TCP-IP 5250 emulator shareware.
It is quite nifty and WILL work with the S/36E or M36.

Zone Alarm
This free PC firewall keeps your personal data and privacy safe from Internet hackers and data thieves. It is reccomended that you have a firewall installed.
Go directly to Zone Alarm download page.

Mail Washer
MailWasher is a powerful email checker which effectively eliminates spam. It is reccomended a spam filter is installed on your PC.
Go directly to Mail Washer download page.

NoteTAB Light
NoteTab is an alternative to "notepad" but also incorporates features such as a HTML editor.
Go directly to NoteTAB Light download page.

IrFanView
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative graphic viewer for all versions of Windows (9x/ME/NT/2000/XP).
Go directly to IrFanView download page.

IBM

...listed in order of usefulness at 36-400.

White Books
The manuals that used to be delivered with the hardware.

Red Books
The manuals that give step by step 'how to' instructions.

iSeries Access (formally Client Access)
The base IBM site for PC connectivity.

http://www.as400.ibm.com/
The base IBM AS/400 web site.

publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/
Online Library - information source on OS/400 applications and Information Center.

IBM Worldwide web site
The base IBM web site.

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Articles of Interest

"The worlds most underrated computer...AS/400"
An independent IT consultant's opinion.

Historical..."Midrange credibility"
Did the AS/400 evolve from a typewriter?

Understanding The AS/400
The AS/400 from the view of a PC consultant.
(Note: This document is in PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. You can get it free from here.)

History of the AS/400 by Wayne O. Evans (deep stuff)
Now there is IBM, Microsoft, Sun, Oracle and the iSeries (AS/400). Then, there was Space Invaders, IBM, Amdahl, and the S/32. Only two survive.

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