http://www.metafilter.com/tags/JCL Posts tagged with 'JCL' at MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:07:59 -0800 Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:07:59 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/37193/Someday%2Dcomputers%2Dwill%2Donly%2Dbe%2Dthe%2Dsize%2Dof%2Da%2Dfootball%2Dfield <a href="http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules/">Hercules!</a> Not the <a href="http://www.bmoviecentral.com/bmoviecentral/reviews/Hercules%20Against%20The%20Moon%20Men.html">shiny muscle man from the past</a>, but a handy emulator for <a href="http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/engineer/comphist/ibm360.htm">IBM S/360, S/370, S/390, and z/Arch mainframes</a>. Unfortunately, because of IBM's bullheadedness, you can only run <a href="http://www.bsp-gmbh.com/hercules/">operating</a> <a href="http://www.boglob.co.uk/vmdist.html">systems</a> <a href="http://www.cbttape.org/">released</a> when the <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/">world was young</a>, unless, for whatever reason, you decide to run <a href="http://www.debian.org/ports/s390/">something released after the Reagan Administration</a>. You, too, can learn how easy we young whippersnappers have it now, but beware: to effectively use most of these systems, you will need to <a href="http://www.okstate.edu/cis_info/cis_manual/jcl_toc.html">descend into Hell</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37193 Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:07:59 -0800 Hercules JCL mainframe MVS s390 Captain_Tenille