On 2013-02-14 23:11, Mark Zelden wrote:
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.
Of course it's not, but it's a great place for people to get to know a real
OS...
<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.
Sadly, the system is heavily abused, not just by Indian "training" institutes,
but even by, or so it seems from the IP addresses of some of the users, the
likes of HCL and Tata!
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.
Indeed, you can.
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$FILE? Never tried either.
The z/OS FTP server has been disabled, but you can FTP out to your own server,
and IND$FILE also works, be it ever so slowly. And of course there's also the
IBM WSA, which is pretty fast.
Robert
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