Recently I've developed an interest in mainframe's and I've been playing with VM/370 and MVS.
One of the names out their for mainframe tips/tricks is moshix (on youtube), and he's just written a 3270 BBS.
I have it running on my server, so if you are curious, come by and check it out.
Its not running under VM/370 or MVS - its actually a go binary, so its running
on linux - but it would be cooler if it run under a mainframe os.
3270.bbs.dege.au port 3270
As a mainframe developer (retired), this is of interest. I was thinking of trying to write a "skin" for synchronet (like the PC Board and Renegade ones that would look like a mainframe system but have never got around to it.
As a mainframe developer (retired), this is of interest. I was thinking of trying to write a "skin" for synchronet (like the PC Board and Renegade ones
that would look like a mainframe system but have never got around to it.
I have a bunch of OS/400 terminal screen shots, been wanting to do the same thing. I was hoping the Synchronet Light Bar menu would be a good basis for that.
As a mainframe developer (retired), this is of interest. I was thinking of trying to write a "skin" for synchronet (like the PC Board and Renegade ones) that would look like a mainframe system but have never got around to it.
I just checked it out. Really cool!! Such a different exp than other BBS I've been to.
Side note, I had to log out twice to disconnect. I logged out at the menu and then that dropped me to a READY prompt where I disconnected again. Is that how it's suppose to be?
Yup, the experience moshix is
going for is MVS/ZOS experience -
not sure if you have ever used
mainframes?
I just checked it out. Really cool!! Such a different exp than other BBS I've been to.
Side note, I had to log out twice to disconnect. I logged out at the menu and then that dropped me to a READY prompt where I disconnected again. Is that how
it's suppose to be?
On a "real" mainframe, that is how it works. When you type 'x'<enter>, you are logging out of the user interface. That takes you out to the
TSO "command line" where you type in "logoff"<enter> and the connection drops.
Getting into SDSF and seeing user sessions "running" was pretty neat for an old mainframe user. Probably wouldn't mean anything to someone who'd never seen such a thing. ;)
Did you see the MVS console M -> O?
You can issue some mvs console commands :)
On a "real" mainframe, that is how it works. When you type 'x'<enter>, you are logging out of the user interface. That takes you out to the TSO "command line" where you type in "logoff"<enter> and the connection drops.
Ah...TSO. I can't remember if it was TSO or TSS that was the
inspiration for the old quip about kicking a dead whale down the
beach.
On a "real" mainframe, that is how it works. When you type 'x'<ent you are logging out of the user interface. That takes you out to t TSO "command line" where you type in "logoff"<enter> and the connec drops.
Ah...TSO. I can't remember if it was TSO or TSS that was the inspiration for the old quip about kicking a dead whale down the
beach.
Since I have never heard that old quip, I am guessing it must have been about TSS. ;)
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