RESOURCES

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ISPF Lab is a simulator, not a reference. These are the guides the course is modelled on; read them alongside the lessons, and use them when you move to a real z/OS system.

IBM Redbooks

The canonical free textbook. Chapter 4 walks a beginner from TSO logon through the ISPF Primary Option Menu, PF keys and the editor; chapter 5 explains data sets.

Used for: Course order of modules 1-2; glossary definitions.
IBM

The authoritative description of every panel, PF-key default and setting.

Used for: Panel layouts, PF-key legends, settings behaviour.
IBM

Every editor line command and primary command, with its exact messages.

Used for: Editor semantics in module 3 and docs/04-editor-commands.md.
SHARE (L. Doherty)

Exercise-style drills for copy/move/repeat, exclude and find/change - the model for lessons 9-11.

Used for: Structure of the editor lessons.
Mainframe Master

A short, modern walkthrough of what each option does.

Used for: Lesson 2 and the option descriptions.
Mainframe Master

Field-by-field explanation of the Allocate New Data Set panel.

Used for: Lesson 6 and the allocation panel.
Mainframestechhelp

Topic sequence Settings → Utilities 3.1/3.2/3.3/3.4 → member lists → editor commands, which this course mirrors.

Used for: Module order for modules 2-4.
IntroductionOpen the lab

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