John McKown wrote:
>According to IBM, you cannot get a z/OS license for a Hercules based
>machine. It has been asked for by many, for a hobbyist environment.
Right. And Platform Solutions not only proved that IBM wasn't interested, but
that IBM would aggressively fight attempts to exploit loopholes.
>Another emulator is Boch. It is an x86 emulator. As I recall, one person
>used this to run Windows, slowly, on an old pre-z machine. It would be
>interesting, to me, to have somebody do this on a zEC12 running full speed.
>I don't know if Windows can be licensed on this configuration, or not.
That's Bochs. Adam Thornton, then of Sine Nomine Associates, did this on an
MP3000 in about 2001: Exchange under Windows under Bochs under Linux for System
z under z/VM. "Slow" doesn't begin to describe it, but Exchange did
(eventually!) come up.
I believe - but IANAL - that you can run Windows legally in a virtual machine
as long as it's a unique use of that license copy etc. So sure, why not? ("Is
it on an Intel or AMD CPU?" "Um, IBM zEC12, actually..." - now THAT would be a
fun conversation!)
...phsiii
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