IBM Mainframe

[Paul Koning]

> On May 2, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Mike Ross <tmfdmike at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, you know they use  a custom OS/2-based front end, much like a
> 'real' mainframe SE/HMC? That thing is an absolute nightmare of arcane
> IBM complexity; that's where all my problems were, no way no how could
> I get the damn CPU to initialise... good luck, unless you have a
> running box freshly switched off (which mine was supposed to be!)
> you'll need it!

Is that any worse than the VAXen with their PRO console controllers?

	paul