On 3/26/18, 2:44 PM, "IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul Gilmartin" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:33:23 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >> "IBM plans to discontinue delivery of z/OS platform products and service on >> magnetic tape on July 1, 2018. ..." >Congratulations to IBM. This sounds the death nell for z/OS at this install. > What will you do instead?
Easy, folks. Find someone with an IBM OMA/2 or a FlexCUB from Fundamental Software. Cheap, and lets you read DVDs as tape from the mainframe transparently -- supports reading and writing AWSTAPE format. I think they've announced a FICON version, but if not, an ESCON to FICON converter, and you're done. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
