Re: [open-cobol-list] MVS SIMULATOR

[Davide Grandi]

Etta David ha scritto:
> Greetings and Happy New Year 2008.
>
>  I wish to findout where I can buy an MVS SIMULATOR (That is a program 
> with mainframe features like ISPF/TSO that will permit me work on my PC 
> as if i was on a mainframe).
>  
> Your response will help me alot.
>  
> Regards,
>  David.
There's an emulator, Hercules (http://www.conmicro.com/hercules/), and 
it's open source, but you must "fill" it's disk with a real operating 
system (either _old_ and in public domain or _more recent_ but with a 
licensing "umbrella").

I've read, here or in the hercules newsgroup, that you can do some 
CICS-alike work, on a PC, with the old Visualge for COBOL, but you must 
look for it on some yard sale (it's no longer sold by IBM).

From time to time on ebay pops-up some second-hand P390 (the old 
mainframe on a PC), but these hardware are getting very old and I don't 
know if they are still supported.

My best wishes for your search,

    Davide
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