The following company offers mainframe access for $125 month. http://maintec.com/mainframe-access.html http://maintec.com/mainframe-access.html Number of USE

The following company offers mainframe access for $125 month. http://maintec.com/mainframe-access.html http://maintec.com/mainframe-access.html Number of USERID’s: One USERID Environment: Shared environment with RACF protection Software Products: Only IBM Products Available (z/OS 1.4, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, JCL, DB2 V7.1, CICS V2.2, COBOL, Assembler, PL/1) including FTP. System Availability: 24x7 (Any planned outages with be informed in advance) Contract: Month – Month with one month cancellation notice CPU: No Limit – Managed by WLM DASD: Sufficient DASD is available. Additional DASD available on cost basis. Support: 24x7 E-Mail Support Available Emulator : Trial version available from -- http://www.tombrennansoftware.com/ http://www.tombrennansoftware.com/ Cost: The cost would be $125/Month for 1 Userid Consulting: Additional support / consulting available for $95/hr. I looked at these guys a few months back, just like you down the zOS/ Hercules rabbit hole. I lost interest and moved onto other things but never followed up with this company so I don't know how good they are.