Andrew -- If your principle interest is linux rather than VM you might like to investigate if a mainframe emulator like Hercules would suit your needs better. I suspect it would be rather cheaper to run and have less maintenance issues.
I'm running centos 4.5 on mine i ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:53:19 PM COT From: Andrew Wiley <debio...@gmail.com> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Old IBM Mainframe - Still Useful? > I'm trying to research the usefulness of an older IBM mainframe in a > computer science class. The mainframe in question is an IBM 9672 RB6, which, > as I understand it, was first sold in 1998. So it's reasonably old. > Would this machine be able to run a few VM's of linux, or is it too old, or > would it depend on the specs? I haven't been able to find much information, > although I've been googling it for a few days. Sorry if this is a broad > question; any help you can offer me would be greatly appreciated. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
