> Our other two developers (mainframe backgrounds, they) have been
> thrown into the deep end. One of them gets to create a new dataset.
> Both of them can spell IMAGE, and that's about it on the 3K. I don't
> have the time to spoon feed them the basics. Any suggestions on
> where and how they might begin learning? I am giving them the
> LaserROM reader so that they can RT*M. I also need to get the latest
> HP course catalog, but attending class right now is probably not
> possible.

Here's my list for training new programmers, in no particular order:

The Image Handbook
   (sorry, no details: my copy is at home)

The Image Textbook
   (sorry, no details: my copy is at home)

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Taming the HP3000
   ISBN 0-945325-03-7
   by Robert A. Lund
   1992
   Availability: Lund Performance Solutions (541) 926-3800
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Beyond RISC
   ISBN 0-9618813-8-0
   by Steven M. Cooper, Jason M. Goertz, Scott E. Levine,
      Joanna L. Mosher, Stanley R. Sieler Jr., Jacques Van Damme
   edited by Wayne E. Holt
   Published 1988 by Software Research Northwest, Inc.
      (206) 935-3100
   Availability: unknown

The Legacy Continues: Using the HP3000 with HP-UX and Windows NT
   by Mike Yawn, George Stachnik, Perry Sellars
   (c) 1997 by Hewlett-Packard Company (that's what is says!)
   Prentice-Hall, Inc.  800-382-3419

The SMUG Book
   Robelle Consulting Ltd.
   Availability: as a Win help file, web pages, and in print
      1-888-ROBELLE
      http://www.robelle.com

Thoughts and Discourses on HP3000 Software
   by Eugene Volokh
   poss. avail. from VESOFT, Inc.

Using the 900 Series HP 3000: Fundamental Skills and Advanced Skills
   HP, kit number 32650-60037
   A little out of date, *very* basic, may not be available any more
   (but they are on the LaserROM CD).  Don't spend more than about 30
   minutes on the entire set.

And, online:
   :HELP
   :XEQ POSIXCBT.LSN.SYS

On the LaserROM CD:
   TurboIMAGE/XL Database Management System Reference Manual
   Getting Started as an MPE/iX Programmer
   Getting Started with HP IMAGE/SQL
   Using Your System, etc. ad nauseum

Anyone else?
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