Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

2020-04-08 Thread Brandon Tucker
Per this article: "The governor's call for COBOL programming help has been fruitful, with several volunteers stepping up to help with maintaining the old mainframes." ... "The state plans to update its COVID-19 website to allow other occupational fields to volunteer for technology aid without

Re: Bringing up skills learned on z/OS Hercules in interview?

2020-04-10 Thread Brandon Tucker
> But if it doesn't emulate the mainframe operating system, what ~does~ it do? It emulates System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture systems. However, you would still need a properly licensed OS to run. Its exactly like VMware workstation, VirtualBox, or HyperV. If you could "acquire" an image

Bringing up skills learned on z/OS Hercules in interview?

2020-04-08 Thread SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Brandon Tucker
Greetings! I've always wondered if it was a good idea bringing up skills acquired by using z/OS Hercules with a copy of 1.10 floating on the internet? Has anyone heard of someone doing this during an interview? Or what would you do/think if someone did this? Thanks!