Emulation would be a non-starter for a production environment. I would describe this system as a single pass code segment translation system with conditional block invalidation.
We have been using VM for 20 of our 27 years in business. A development environment without it has never been considered an option. Many companies (ours included) consider running a few dozen virtual Windows® images on a rack-mounted machine good business. We see no reason why z/System should not support from 250 images on the low end to several thousand on mid and high end systems. On 3/25/08 5:45 PM, "Stephen Frazier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you attempting to write a windows emulator that runs under VM? > > Looking at your companies web site it looks like you mostly sell products that > run under z/OS. > > If you can do this there will be a lot of interest. > > Gary M. Dennis wrote: >> Months ago. The development team was so focused on instruction result >> fidelity, machine state, and segment translation bypass issues that I/O >> subsystem did not receive the necessary attention. At least the tough part >> is done. >> >> Gary Dennis >> Mantissa --. .- .-. -.-- Gary M. Dennis Mantissa Corporation 2 Perimeter Park South Birmingham, Alabama 35243-3274 p: 205.968-3942 m: 205.218-3937 f: 205.968.3932 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mantissa.com http://www.idovos.com