yes I’m sick and twisted
I couldn’t sleep…
So I just finished building OS/360 and IPLing MVT on the Hercules emulator.
I still need to build the HASP job scheduler and the TSO time sharing option.
When all of this is complete, I’ll have a complete circa 1964-1970 mainframe system running on my desktop! Here’s a current screenshot so far.
June 21st, 2005 at 5:06 am
I betcha can’t get ISPF running. Now *there* is an editor with style.
When I worked at the Ministry of Transportation, SPF (it didn’t have the “I” then) had separate pages for browsing, editing, checking job queues, etc. I made my own custom screen that had everything, including a list of the 20 most recently used files that I could put an “e” or “b” beside to indicate that I wanted to browse or edit it. I felt like a customizing genius.
I was so proud of my custom screen that I punched it out on cards so that I’d be able to use it if I got a job at another mainframe shop.
June 21st, 2005 at 7:09 am
Very cool stuff. It could be a fun practical joke installing Hercules on the desktop of an old IBM’er and dropping down to a full-screen terminal session. Imagine their surprise when they got back! (especially if Hercules could let you get to the other files on your filesystem.. I’ve never tried it).
I wish OS/390 was freely available to try under Hercules. You have to admit, hosting your website in a OS/390 instance would be pretty geeky.
June 21st, 2005 at 9:19 am
Actually, RPF is available. It’s a (limited) spf clone. If you’re mainly looking for the editor, it should do the job.
August 24th, 2005 at 1:22 pm
You guys are probably aware of Volker Bandke’s “Turnkey MVS” (MVS 3.8J) system available via cbttape.org. It includes RPF pre-installed.
Regards,
Another Dork