Just a guess on my part, but the OP may know that Linux runs natively on many hardware systems: i386, x86_64, Power, i, and z. He may have been wondering if z/OS could also run on multiple architectures. Of course, on reason that Linux runs on so many architectures is thanks to GNU's GCC being ported to so many and the fact that the majority of Linux is written in C. I was always wondering if IBM could convert z/OS to another architecture by changing the "back end" of PL/S (or whatever it's called now, I just don't seem to be able to remember, don't flame me, please) along with an HLASM which take z instructions and "assembles" then into the equivalent in another architecture.
Along these lines, "mainframe" does not always mean "IBM z" system. There are vendors who consider an Itanium to be a "mainframe". Personally, I liked whatever it was they ran in Eureka! "If you can't crawl around inside it, it's not a mainframe!" -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:39 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: X86 server > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Jake anderson > <justmainfra...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Does IBM provides support running Z/OS on X86 ? > > > Do you mean, "Will IBM provide support for z/OS if you're > running it under > emulation on Intel hardware?", or "Does IBM provide System z > emulation so > you can run z/OS on Intel hardware?" -- those are quite > different, though > the answer turns out to be the same. > > If you have legal access to a zPDT, either as a business > partner or via the > Rational offering. then the answer is YES. Otherwise the answer is NO. > > Don't take this the wrong way, but with a userid of > "justmainframes", your > questions are pretty ... basic. And lack context. What are you really > trying to do here? What's the goal? You'll get more help if > you explain > yourself a bit more. > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
