> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Howard Rifkind > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Hercules; more information requested. > > Greetings all, > > Please forgive the cross post with the z/VM list. > > I've just read through the posts on Hercules (z/VM list). > > I've heard about it but don't know much about this software. > > Does it run on a PC in Windows, Linux...what? > > Is Hercules a shell for z/VM and/or z/OS and if so where does one get > legal copies of both? > > Being that I'm still on the beach I'd like to know where I can find out > more about Hercules and install it on my home PC. > > Being out since the end of March ... thanks to lay offs at the bank I worked > for isn't much fun and a mind is terrible thing to loose. > > If I had something at home to fool around with, that would be great and > perhaps keep some of my skill warm.
Howard, First my condolences about being on the beach. Second, in addition to the other responses you have gotten, I thought I would emphasize that the available operating systems for Hercules are only the old, public-domain MVS 3.8J, VM/370 R6 (pre-SP1) and a couple of flavors of DOS and DOS/VS. AFAIK you *cannot* get a legal copy of z/VM or z/OS. IBM flat refuses to make them available to the Hercules community in any form or version. You can play around with the older systems purely for fun (I have), but they will *not* help keep you current in z/VM or z/OS. They will keep some of your mainframe skills "warm", as you say, just not "hot". Remember, Hercules is just a hardware emulator -- the operating systems that run on it are a separate set of things entirely. Oh, and yes, Hercules runs on both Windows and linux. HTH Peter This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
