On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:58:04 +0000, Robert Prins <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2013-02-14 12:55, Eric Loriaux wrote: >> Does someone know about DeZhi ? >> http://www.efglobe.com/cgi-bin/mainframe/mainuser >> >> They are supposed to give free TSO accounts... >> >> I'll test this evening but I was just wondering whether you've tried it >> already >> or if you're aware of any other service like this ? > >This Hercules-based ADCD system is running z/OS 1.6 and is pretty usable and >stable Is it legal to run z/OS on Herc? I didn't think it was. > <http://www.efglobe.com/cgi-bin/mainframe/mainuser?F=IPLINFO>. Hmmm... looks vaguely familiar. <g,d & r> >Within the >imposed limits <http://zos.efglobe.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=893> you can use it >for whatever purposes you want. I admit to being curious and did sign up for a userid a couple of years ago I think. If you want to logon to a real z/OS system and see what TSO and ISPF look like it's certainly good for that. I didn't try to do much else. I'd imagine since it is an ADCD system you could compile and run cobol and other programs that access files with your own HLQ. > >Needlessly to say, it may disappear overnight, so you should always backup >everything you put on it. > Can you FTP from/to it or use IND$FILE? Never tried either. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
