z/OS & System z9

The newest about IBMs mainframe hardware family, now renamed to System z9 and the operating system z/OS
 

About programming stuff.

• z/OS library and the z/OS basics in overview.
• The Mainframe forum including tools.
• The sysprog net, do you know CUSE HLASM command?
• Partial online book on MVS system programming (rather old).
• The ABC of z/OS System programming.
• Mainframe assembler hints & tips.
• Java for OS/390.
• Java for S/390 FAQ interesting Java Cobol PL/I.
   

About z9 hardware.

• New System z9-109 website.
• Redbook explaining the inner life of a z9-109.
• IBM zSeries principles of operation.
   

About z/OS software.

• What’s new in z/OS 1.7 website.
• Hottopics Newsletters about z/OS with IBMs monthly news on z/OS features like reading 64-bit SVC dumps.
• IBMs z/OS statement of direction what will come in future.
• IBM zSeries whitepapers like z/OS 64-bit roadmap.
• zSeries benchmarking using LSPR Workload explained.
• z/OS freeware from the CBT.
• z/OS freeware software.
   

About journals & magazines.

• zJournal technical articles, i.e. about job scheduling or disaster recovery and news i.e about z/XDC for 64-bit.
• The weekly Mainframeweek journal from XEPHON, i.e REXX tools (Viewhelp).
• The eServer magazine (mainframe edition) for news and technical related articles, i.e. RACF configuration issues.
• IBM’s mainstream IBMs monthly newsletter.
• z9 news at tech-news.
• News at Isham research about upcoming zSeries like the z9 and z6!
   

other portals about z/OS.

• z/OS basic skills information center
• Search390.com portal including crash courses.
• z/OS zFavorites including lookAt for message searches.
• MMIS for mainframe market news.
• z/OS Discussion lists on marist college about USS, utils and tcpip: mvs-oe, mvs-util, mvs-tcpip.
• z/OS IBMs tools & toys (i.e. APPC, USS,...).
• another Mainframe link collection.
• Compare z/OS & distributed terminology.
• Link collection from DVTrend.
   

News for z/OS:

March 3, 2007
Added links.

October 23, 2005
Redesigned Webkunr z page.

June 27, 2005
New z9 hardware annouced.

June 27, 2005
New z/OS 1.7 announced.
 

Quicklinks for z/OS:

Journals about z/OS mainframes.

• About programming stuff.
• About z9 hardware.
• About z/OS software.
• About journals & magazines.
• Other portals about z/OS
• About Software emulation like hercules
   

Links for Software Emulation:

Hercules runs mainframe code on your Intel box!
Hercules FAQ page.
Hercules Installation&Operation.

Hercules group on Yahoo

Commercial emulation solutions from:

• Flex-ES www.funsoft.com
• UMX www.umxtech.com
• up to 90 MIPS with zFrame using Flex-ES www.csihome.com
• Platform solutions
• Comparing the solutions and the first FUD!