There are several issues that you will need to deal with in order to get a
running system.
1. The CEC itself; you will need to know how it is configured.
2. Licensed internal code for the CEC, which may or may not need an upgrade
3. HMC and SE
4. A DEASD subsystem
5. A tape drive and controllwe
6. A cluster controller and 3270 terminals, with licensed internal code
7. Cabling
8. Power and cooling
9. An operating system. I doubt that you can get a license for anything
that will run on a box that old, and I don't know whether the free
DOS/VSE, OS/VS or VM will run on it.
It's likely to be less expensive to use one of the IBM offerings.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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Subject: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD
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?
Thank you for any information that you can provide
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