Hello. I am a US high school student who is seriously considering acquiring a z114 mainframe. I have found a listing selling one for a price that I think is reasonable, and I have determined that I can meet the space, transportation and power requirements for the machine. I did however have one question before I continued. I know in Connor Krukosky's talk, his biggest issue was finding DASD for the machine. I have looked, and it appears that proper ficon DASD is still rare. My situation is not quite as significant as Connor's , as my machine has SCSI IPL as a native feature. Despite this, I wanted to know if anyone here could give some advice on the topic. Would the machine still provide a good learning experience with just FBA storage?
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