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Is it technically possible to run z/OS, or some interesting approximation thereof, on a "normal" x86 box? Configurations that would be unusable in any sort of
by exikyut 6y ago
Is it technically possible to run z/OS, or some interesting approximation thereof, on a "normal" x86 box?
Configurations that would be unusable in any sort of production scenario would probably remain interesting.
- bri3d 6y agoLook at Hercules, yes it is very much possible (in emulation). Performance is even decent-ish for “toy” use although of course you lose all production advantages of the hardware.
- nix23 6y ago>Is it technically possible to run z/OS Yes but not legal checkout MVS Tur(n)key: http://wotho.ethz.ch/tk4-/ http://wotho.ethz.ch/tk4-/ And run it with the new Hercules emulator: https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion MVS is near identical to z/OS and the Turnkey Distro has much more compilers and tools..and games already installed.
- pinewurst 6y agoMVS is near identical to z/OS as of the mid-1970s you mean.
- nix23 6y agoFor a developer and a user it's nearly the same, for mainframe programming it's 99% the same, but yes no LPAR's and no z/Linux...sure. But to learn how the core of mainframes work (as of today), that's the tool/distro. BTW LOTS of MVS code still lives in z/os
- piratezos 6y agohave a look at hercules and look on pirate bay for zos 1.10 adcd, ill say no more :eyes