Shoulda been 's390z'. IIRC it was decided less than a year before the
mainframe got rebranded to 'z'.
-Mike
On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 12:48 PM Rick Troth <r...@casita.net> wrote:
> On 10/14/19 8:03 AM, James Tison wrote:
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> > 390x (z/Architecture) was introduced almost immediately after s390 came
> on
> > board, and it seems to be the ID "with legs". In modern terms, i390 means
> > nothing (unless someone would care to revive it), s390 means XA, s390x
> > still means z/Architecture as it always has.
> >
> > You're right. The s390x tag isn't used much outside of GNU/Linux & BSD
> > circles. Too bad. I think it's a very convenient shorthand (not to
> mention
> > 10 characters' less typing to do), YMMV :-)
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> I've been seeing "s390x" (and occasionally "s390") in USS regularly.
> Probably *did* originate with Linux, but works.
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