Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

In , on 11/20/2015 at 04:34 PM, Mike Schwab said: >MVS would not run on a 360, requires 370 with Virtual Storage. On a 360/67 with the right version of CP-67 you can run S/370 software. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

MVS would not run on a 360, requires 370 with Virtual Storage. MFT would have a good chance. On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Rupert Reynolds wrote: > I have a yearning for a S/360 box to keep my garage/workshop warm in > Winter. I already have some mods to MVS 3.8J under Hercules, to make it > f

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

I have a yearning for a S/360 box to keep my garage/workshop warm in Winter. I already have some mods to MVS 3.8J under Hercules, to make it feel more like home :-) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

> For those interested in owning a real mainframe, we do have some MP3000s, > some z890s, and some z9s that we would sell that are stored in Chattanooga. Anything older? > The z boxes would make great heaters in the winter. Just put one in the > basement and power it up. :-) Yes, that is the pla

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

For those interested in owning a real mainframe, we do have some MP3000s, some z890s, and some z9s that we would sell that are stored in Chattanooga. The z boxes would make great heaters in the winter. Just put one in the basement and power it up. :-) Tony Thigpen Elardus Engelbrecht wrote

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

> Apparently a man bought a mainframe (Cray 1?) and the US Congress was not > happy with it. It seemed they don't like that individuals may own a > supercomputers because they feared that it could be misused [1] to threaten > the government's military computers or so goes the story. > > He was e

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

Mike Schwab wrote: >http://www.chipsetc.com/computer-memorabilia-collectors.html >Cray Y-MP C90 supercomputer listed on eBay in September 2000; it sold to a >private individual for $45,000, down from the original list price of $35 >million. Interesting, what is more interesting, here is a snipp

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

W dniu 2015-11-09 o 12:00, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: Cannaerts, Jan wrote: On the upside, you're making sure that the only people left on your platform are interested, and patient people. Who usually gravitate towards being competent in what they do. Indeed. I wish there are more of them...

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

http://www.chipsetc.com/computer-memorabilia-collectors.html Cray Y-MP C90 supercomputer listed on eBay in September 2000; it sold to a private individual for $45,000, down from the original list price of $35 million. On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 5:00 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > Cannaerts, Jan wro

Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

Cannaerts, Jan wrote: >On the upside, you're making sure that the only people left on your platform >are interested, and patient people. Who usually gravitate towards being >competent in what they do. Indeed. I wish there are more of them... Money is the problem, just to have a premium PC requ