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Ran the Hercules emulator with a z/OS image last year. It was a fun project and the UI is super-fast. Currently working on another mainframe os but wish that I

Ran the Hercules emulator with a z/OS image last year. It was a fun project and the UI is super-fast. Currently working on another mainframe os but wish that I can some day find a place with an i-series or z-box (IBM mainframes). Only in my 20s, but these systems will be around until I retire. The hardware might change, but the cost of educating developers in RPG, COBOL, control languages etc must be far lower than translating the code.

unixhero 8y ago
In my halcyon enthusiast-learning days I tried to approach Mainframes and the IBM world to learn anything I could about the different platforms, architectures - basically getting into it. IBM's arrogance kept me at an arms length, and I kind of hold a grudge towards them to this day. What in the world did they gain from taking the stance of being enthusiast-unfriendly? For instance they refused to sell me a fast-synch monitor for my RS/6000 workstation purchased from a defunct company. And so on... Good thing that Linux steamrolled most of its Unix/AIX dominance. Like a sweet revenge served cold. To be fair, one day a few years ago I did get access to my clients' mainframe last year. A Z-something big-iron running on of the frames on AIX which I had shell access to. It was a "whoa man, I'm in. I got access to the mainframe!"-moment. My favourite tools were installed by someone else, so it was quite enjoyable; midnight commander, zshell and bourne again shell were present :).