Yeah, except PC DOS is more like DPS on a S/360-20. DOS on a S/360-30 was more 
advanced than PC DOS. 

Sent from iPhone - small keyboard fat fingers - expect spellinf errots.

> On Dec 19, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Joel C. Ewing <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> But if the comment was made by someone whose education is limited to
> Intel, he probably is convinced IBM mainframe DOS is equivalent to PC DOS.
>    Joel C. Ewing
> 
>> On 12/18/2015 06:31 PM, Clark Morris wrote:
>>> On 18 Dec 2015 09:44:15 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
>>> 
>>> Nice, maybe someone should introduce them to the Mainframe Basics Redbook.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   On Friday, December 18, 2015 12:42 PM, Walter Davies 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Our board of supervisors like to say the mainframe is running on DOS. One
>>> is an ex intel management employee.
>> Since VSE (DOS descendant) is still supported and upgraded (I suspect
>> mostly under VM), the statement could be accurate.  Are there any
>> current IBM references to DOS/VSE?  Does anyone run VSE on the bare
>> metal?
>> 
>> Clark Morris
>>>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Grinsell, Don <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Cute.  The problem is there's nobody there to call bull$h!t or do a fact
>>>> check.  We see this sort of testimony here as well often implying that we
>>>> are still running an antiquated s/360 that absolutely nobody knows anything
>>>> about anymore.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> Donald Grinsell
>>>> State of Montana
>>>> 406-444-2983
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> 
>>>> "Hell is other people."
>>>> ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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> Joel C. Ewing,    Bentonville, AR       [email protected]    
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