Looking for z/OS or OS/390 to use with Hercules mainframe emulator

From: Dave (d_at_d.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 15:25:28 -0400

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone would be willing to provide a copy of z/OS or
OS/390, that I could use with the freeware Hercules mainframe emulator?

I realize that what I am asking for is illegal. However, I'm sure there are
others that can sympathize - I simply want a complete (and current)
mainframe environment so that I can learn the operating system completely.
My background is primarily Unix, but I have become acquainted with the
mainframe over the last year, and have now written a few applications for
it, including a CICS application written in C. I used to be an
anti-mainframe bigot; now, I've become very fond of it. I love to learn new
things, and the mainframe is an enormous opportunity for learning. I've
already learned some very neat things, such as redirecting SYSIN and SYSOUT
to HFS files, etc.

Anyway, I see an opportunity to apply new technologies to the vast resources
available on modern mainframe systems. To that end, I would really love to
have a complete emulation environment that I could run on my laptop. It
would, for example, enable me to test ideas and offer proposals that I could
prototype in advance.

I know that there is a commercial emulator - Flex ES - but I simply can't
afford that. If anyone would be willing to send (through any mechanism) a
copy of z/OS or OS/390 to me, I would greatly appreciate it. Or, if you
have any other ideas on how to acquire the operating system (at little or no
cost), please let me know. I've also heard of the "Application Developer"
CD, and that this is one source of the operating system. Anyone have this?
Or know how to obtain it legitimately?

Please send any responses to: dave99682000@yahoo.com

Also, please don't respond to this thread at all - negative or positive. I
know that the Hercules developers want to avoid publicity regarding the
issue of piracy of IBM operating systems. So, please, don't respond here.
Please use the email address above.

Thanks. And I apologize in advance if this post irritates some of you. My
_intentions_ are good - i.e., learning the mainframe so that I can promote
its use with new technologies.

Dave

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