Yes, Linux should run on it. "DEASD" is a typo and should be DASD.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Joe Monk [joemon...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2022 9:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD "9. An operating system. I doubt that you can get a license for anything that will run on a box that old, and I don't know whether the free DOS/VSE, OS/VS or VM will run on it.." What about Linux/390? Joe On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 4:30 PM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > There are several issues that you will need to deal with in order to get a > running system. > > 1. The CEC itself; you will need to know how it is configured. > > 2. Licensed internal code for the CEC, which may or may not need an > upgrade > > 3. HMC and SE > > 4. A DEASD subsystem > > 5. A tape drive and controllwe > > 6. A cluster controller and 3270 terminals, with licensed internal code > > 7. Cabling > > 8. Power and cooling > > 9. An operating system. I doubt that you can get a license for anything > that will run on a box that old, and I don't know whether the free > DOS/VSE, OS/VS or VM will run on it. > > It's likely to be less expensive to use one of the IBM offerings. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Enzo D'Amato [edam...@octechservices.org] > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 5:32 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: HS student with question about small mainframe DASD > > Hello. I am a US high school student who is seriously considering > acquiring a z114 mainframe. I have found a listing selling one for a price > that I think is reasonable, and I have determined that I can meet the > space, transportation and power requirements for the machine. I did however > have one question before I continued. I know in Connor Krukosky's talk, his > biggest issue was finding DASD for the machine. I have looked, and it > appears that proper ficon DASD is still rare. My situation is not quite as > significant as Connor's , as my machine has SCSI IPL as a native feature. > Despite this, I wanted to know if anyone here could give some advice on the > topic. Would the machine still provide a good learning experience with just > FBA storage? > > Thank you for any information that you can provide > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
