On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 08:41:18PM -0800, Jeffrey Melton via groups.io wrote:
I don't claim to be a legal expert, but I am a subscriber to Moshix's
YouTube channel, where only a year or two ago Moshix and a number of other
hobbyists were formally engaged with IBM, attempting to persuade them to
release to our community the distribution and source for MVS/XA, a vintage
1981 release.
IBM turned them down flat.
Oh, how I would love for IBM to release later versions of MVS to hobbyists
some day. I'd even be happy if they just released some MVS 3.8J level
program products like compilers and CICS to hobbyists.
I hope copies of MVS/XA and MVS/ESA have been preserved somewhere. I just
missed MVS when I first got started in mainframe operations. We were still
running some later version of MVS where I work when I first started as an
end user in data entry. I don't know which version. We upgraded to OS/390
right before I moved into mainframe operations. I also just missed our
3090. It was replaced with an air cooled box. I don't remember the
type/model numbers. It had a yellow "speed bump" and internal SCSI DASD. I
wish I had gotten into mainframe operations sooner.
--
Kevin
Bruceville, TX
What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!
Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.
