I would assume the goal to be 'use PC disks as mainframe DASD'. On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 3:46 AM kekronbekron <000002dee3fcae33-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Would love to know more about what your FICON buddy is working on Grant. > If you wanna share (prefer off-list?), please email :) > > Unless IBM explicitly sets up college courses or NDA-tied free-roam access or > whatever, it's only going to be the likes of zAcademy, i.e., restricted lab > environments to basically market at the command-line, much like walking the > dotten line in an acquarium/zoo/etc. (if you turn to your right, you can > issue 2 commands to Spark on Z) > > Funny though, because isn't this exactly what Time Sharing Option was, when > it was first introduced? > > - KB > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Friday, July 3, 2020 9:48 PM, Grant Taylor > <0000023065957af1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > On 7/3/20 10:12 AM, Grant Taylor wrote: > > > > > I know multiple people that have CPCs. But they don't currently have > > > DASD. I think at least one of them has a line on legal licenses for > > > z/OS for his CPC. > > > > One of the people I know is developing his own FICON connected DASD by > > reading any and all documents he can get his hands on. > > > > What do we, as the mainframe community, and IBM, as the big name, need > > to do to encourage these extremely creative, resourceful, and driven > > people better access to a functioning mainframe so that they can use > > their creative talents and drive to help further the mainframe? > > > > There are a group of hobbyists and enthusiasts that have taken MVS 3.8j, > > which decidedly does not include REXX or prerequisites therefor, and > > backported (?) REXX to it, including re-creating any prerequisites. > > > > This is the creative and enthusiastic spirit that created Unix 50 years > > ago and helped Linux become what it is today. Just think for a moment > > where the mainframe could be in 10 or 20 years if even some of these > > creative efforts were directed at enhancing the mainframe. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Grant. . . . > > unix || die > > > > ------------------------- > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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