Running a Mainframe in your basement - Hardware talk

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venam
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Hello nixers,
This presentation shows how someone buys a mainframe from ebay for not much (around $300) and get it running in his basement.

It's very impressive and interesting.

The mainframe is running Z/OS a Unix-like OS.

What do you think of that?
Would you like to get a huge old machine in your basement, or do you already have some?
acg
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Guess you're talking about this presentation.

I'd love to get one of those machine, not on my basement tho. It's a pain somewhere I don't want one.
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venam
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(29-03-2016, 04:27 AM)albertocg Wrote: Guess you're talking about this presentation.

I'd love to get one of those machine, not on my basement tho. It's a pain somewhere I don't want one.
Right, I mis-copied the link. Thanks for noticing.
xero
Long time nixers
the first VAX i ever used was in someones basement.
wolf
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If here where I live the electricity bill wasn't so expensive... It used to be a dream, lol.
stratex
Nixers
The hardware is so specific and outdated that I see no reason to, it would not even be valuable for your employment prospects. Experimenting with RISC-V would be much more interesting and valuable long term.
jkl
Long time nixers
If all you do needs to increase your employment prospects, your whole life is work.

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