22 Mar
2006
22 Mar
'06
10:24 a.m.
On Wednesday 22 March 2006 07:31, Eric Dittman wrote:
Doc Shipley wrote:
While it's true that OS/390 and z/OS are licensed products - IBM has released
MVS 3.8J including JES3 for non-comercial use:
http://www.bsp-gmbh.com/turnkey/
http://www.bsp-gmbh.com/turnkey/cookbook/index.html
BTW: This is a great emulator. I've seen IBM demo mainframe middleware on a
laptop using this "product". I've downloaded it (ISO CD) and installed it.
It's a blast to play with....
VM can be downloaded here:
http://www.boglob.co.uk/vmdist.html
I haven't tried the VM yet...
Cheers,
Lyle
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Off the record, IBM is amazingly unconcerned
about OS "piracy", as
long as it's not for commercially-used systems. Their attitude is that
the more exposure people get to AIX, the more hardware and service
contracts they'll sell.
Don't try this with OS/390 or z/OS, though, as that side of IBM is
concerned and doesn't want anyone running a copy that's not paid
for and licensed.