When you ask IBM about licensing software old enough to run on that box, you might want to ask them whether it is possible to obtain softcopy manuals and training materials at the same levels. Also, you may be able to find a lot of the relevant manuals at the bitsaves web site.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Enzo D'Amato [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2022 7:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: my new z114 I saw that Timothy Siples already posted this, but I wanted to share some more information about my new system, and my setup. I am currently a high school junior located in New York. For the last month or so, I have been in the process of acquiring a used z114 mainframe (you may have seen my other post about dasd for the machine). Yesterday, the machine finally arrived. If you want to see some pictures of the machine please do check out my reddit post here: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1CZItIYHeYY3-uraOprb1SqojHusTPmWTIG2Wz2teDumFhul97h-qbIpLQyGfH2SGOaW-mARuPoQt6FxTNPvs18rgJn4YMrXRGlMiYJMiMXetL6kRLsVkaREi03C_OzlkdvL5o2N7RKWdigGyvVleJLN96qzzy-6tJSF4i1NRT9G-jxb4t-eryfLXIit6rFuGT4EEzGL8xf_AHRJqCiaejRmn3TEhSmRd-3xUdSxieLHJshf-KW99yJS1PzbH7sDB8ZkE3oTAZHoD5EURxGMQUVWGsnJYFqaTn7F4hxHB-faeqWvmz_6Jv5SnXGktTD8pWPjIwUeRt6R8rCIx0hC4HOvMstxWWUjdvIoSrOCiB24/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fhomelab%2Fcomments%2Fuxsbef%2Fmy_new_z114%2F%3F%20At%20the%20time%20of%20writing%2C%20I%20have%20not%20powered%20up%20the%20machine%20yet%2C%20as%20I%20still%20have%20to%20run%20and%20connect%20the%20power%20to%20my%20220v%20supply.%20The%20HMC%20for%20my%20machine%20is%20also%20still%20in%20the%20mail%2C%20and%20I%20am%20expecting%20it%20sometime%20this%20weekend%2C%20or%20early%20next%20week.%20My%20main%20plan%20for%20the%20machine%20is%20to%20use%20it%20to%20learn%20everything%20there%20is%20to%20know%20about%20the%20platform%2C%20and%20learn%20the%20skills%20that%20I%20would%20need%20for%20a%20career%20in%20mainframe%20early.%20I%20am%20also%20trying%20to%20get%20into%20MIT%2C%20and%20having%20a%20unique%20accomplishment%20like%20this%20on%20your%20transcript%20can%20be%20a%20big%20help%20in%20that%20regard.%20Currently%2C%20I%20have%20a%20FC%20SAN%20for%20FBA%20storage%2C%20but%20I%20am%20still%20looking%20for%20CKD%20capable%20storage.%20My%20parents%20have%20allowed%20me%20to%20take%20up%20to%20three%20racks%2C%20so%20if%20you%20know%20of%20anyone%20trying%20to%20get%20rid%20of%20some%2C%20no%20matter%20how%20old%20it%20is%2C%20I%20will%20pay%20shipping%20to%20me.%20I%20expect%20to%20be%20posting%20alot%20more%20here%20as%20I%20deal%20with%20the%20myriad%20chalanges%20involved%20with%20getting%20the%20machine%20set%20up.%20If%20you%20have%20any%20questions%20you%20would%20like%20to%20ask%2C%20please%20feel%20free%20to%20do%20so.%20I%20will%20do%20my%20best%20to%20reply%20thoughout%20the%20day. Thank you, Enzo Damato ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
