On 18/03/2025 16:36, BlameTroi via groups.io wrote:
This may be a dumb question, but I couldn't find anything helpful after searching here in groups and generally on the web.
I'm wanting to rebuild my first serious shop in my home: VM hosting DOS/VS. I see that there are Hercules Aethra and SDL Hercules versions. Is there any reason to prefer one over the other for running VMCE?
I don't believe for any of the 370 based OSs such as VM/370 R6 which is the base for VM/CE there is any difference. In fact at the risk of irking Jay and Fish I would say that on a PI one of the 3.X releases might work better as they are a little lighter.
From my reading a while back, MacOS security is a pain in the butt for Hercules and some other software.
I am not a Mac guy, but I think this is only a problem when running post 370 operating systems which have network interfaces....
While I'm a Mac guy these days, I have old but Windows 11 capable Intel boxes and a few of the various Pi boards, including a 4, available. Are Pis sufficient for VM and possibly DOSVS?
I haven't run Hercules on a PI for a while. Its slow, I believe it gives a similar performance to 4331/4341/4361 class machine. Give it a try..
Thanks.
Dave
G4UGM
