Re: Slightly off-topic: development machine for z/OS wanted

"kerravon86-/[email protected] [H390-MVS]" <[email protected]> 11 Oct 2019 16:38:05 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.mvs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
---In [email protected], <bumens@...> wrote :

> we're a free software project.
> I'm using Hercules with MVS to play.

Are you unwilling to target your software to
traditional MVS? If you do that, you can run
the free MVS 3.8J or MVS/380 if you need
more memory. The resultant executable will
still work on z/OS.

Regardless, for a freeware project targeting
z/OS USS, I think most people would just use
a bootleg z/OS ADCD under Hercules.
However, given that you're willing to pay
$550/month, you can afford to obtain a
legal z/OS from IBM. It only costs something
like US$6000. It's called zPDT.

Also note that IBM said that they intended
making z/OS available on the cloud one day.

BFN. Paul.