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   > Is anyone here using the Hercules mainframe emulator?   
      
   I ran it for a while.  The machine it was on got replaced and I have yet to   
   add it back.   
      
   > Sean has mentioned mainframes and software such as REXX so I was wondering   
   > ifthere are other mainframe enthusiasts also using Hercules. Or it's your day   
   > job!   
      
   It was my day job and may soon be again soon.  I spent ~27 years in the   
   land of COBOL and JCL.  I enjoyed most of it.   
      
   > Sadly not mine, but it's pretty amazing to run MVS, an O/S that used to   
   requir   
   > a room full of water-cooled hardware, on a small server box at home.   
      
   I thought it was neat to set it up, too but, as it was so much different   
   than what I used at work (OS-390, IIRC) I really never could get the hang   
   of what to do with it.  That is probably why I never reinstalled it.   
      
   > Brings me back to my days as a console operator/tape ape/printer jockey in   
   the   
   > 1980s.   
      
   I was never an operator on a mainframe, but I did a couple of years   
   performing operations on a Baby/36 and an AS/400.   
      
   Mike   
      
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