From #OBS packaging to #IBM #mainframe kernel hacking! Check out this expert-led session from FIT ČVUT Informatics. #openSUSE
Linux on Z Development
https://youtu.be/nIW4lFRdvCc?si=heA6wyK6xZ7NahBH
From #OBS packaging to #IBM #mainframe kernel hacking! Check out this expert-led session from FIT ČVUT Informatics. #openSUSE
Linux on Z Development
https://youtu.be/nIW4lFRdvCc?si=heA6wyK6xZ7NahBH
Software Testing: KI-Einsatz für die Legacy-Modernisierung
In dieser Episode sprechen Richard Seidl und Erik Dörnenburg über Möglichkeiten, Legacy-Systeme wie Mainframes zu modernisieren.
Will the #VacuumTube #MainFrame Computer Bendix G-15 from 1956 run #Doom
150 Milliarden US-Dollar: IBM macht USA schöne Augen
IBM will viel Geld in den USA investieren. Die versprochenen Entwicklungsausgaben sind allerdings schon seit Jahren so hoch.
"This could definitely make for a fun weekend project to mess around with."
That's what @thomholwerda of @osnews wrote this week when he shared details of our latest IBM LinuxONE and Linux on IBM Z open source software report, and went on to highlight the IBM #LinuxONE Community Cloud!
https://www.osnews.com/story/142178/linux-on-ibm-z-and-linuxone-open-source-software-report/
Well, the weekend is coming up #mainframe
IBMs z17: Neue Mainframegeneration auch für KI-Workloads
Mainframes gelten allgemein als nicht besonders KI-fähig. Mit dem neuen z17 will IBM den Gegenbeweis antreten.
In case you were curious, there was an IBM z17 cake #mainframe #ibmz
ASCII to Mainframe - IBM mainframes are known for very unusual terminals. But IBM made many different t... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/ascii-to-mainframe/ #retrocomputing #mainframe #ibm
One of my favorite things about #mainframe hardware development is that it undergoes #earthquake tests.
It's been a while since we've seen new footage, but now we have a new video!
The IBM z17 that announced today undergoing tests under the condition of an 8.3 magnitude earthquake!
I had to dig up a specification for the new IBM z17 and voila, the Redbooks are live today too! They're basically my go-to for all this knowledge: https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/feature/z17
And I have my image-heavy blog post about some of my favorite hardware bits of this new #mainframe drafted up, which I hope to publish in a couple weeks.
A thread in a lot of the #IBMZDay Launch sessions is skills, which is nothing new for the #mainframe space
But something that is new is clients speaking up about how helpful some of the AI-driven tooling has been in helping get newcomers up to speed. From making documentation easier to find and search, to gaining a firm understanding of data & code architecture. Cool.
But we are still working on traditional training and skills too with the Mainframe Skills Depo! https://www.ibm.com/z/resources/mainframe-skills
Happy IBM z17 launch day #mainframe
Taking in IBM Z Day Special Edition from the SVL IBM office in the cow part of San Jose where I can celebrate with my colleagues later I'm told there will be cake.
Tracing back #programming language history to the root of the very first (mnemonic) #GOTO instruction (jump/branch) I found two different sources:
1. In 1954 Nathanael Rochester developed the "first" mnemonic #assembler for the #IBM 701 #mainframe computer that uses "TR" jump commands: https://shrtn.escalar.pt/ZuE5
2. In 1947 the "manual" for the #Whirlwind computer contained the "sp x" mnemonic: https://shrtn.escalar.pt/FdYC
So, which one was actually the "first" to use mnemonics for branching?
Use an MVS system by emulating a #Mainframe on #raspberrypi computer board. Full tutorial with the simplest exercise: creating your first data set! #linux https://peppe8o.com/emulating-mvs-mainframe-on-raspberry-pi/
How the Main Frame Became the Mainframe: an Etymological Dissertation - In his most recent article, [Ken Shirriff] takes a break from putting ASICs under ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/how-the-main-frame-became-the-mainframe-an-etymological-dissertation/ #retrocomputing #etymology #mainframe #history
heise+ | Lukrative Nische: Als COBOL-Entwickler am Großrechner der Bank arbeiten
Banken betreiben nach wie vor Anwendungen in COBOL. Doch immer weniger Entwickler beherrschen die Sprache. Wir zeigen, ob sich das Nischenwissen bezahlt macht.
It’s estimated that there are 10,000 mainframes in use today. They’re used almost exclusively by the largest companies in the world, including two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, eight of the top 10 insurers, seven of the top 10 global retailers, and eight of the top 10 telecommunications companies. And most of those mainframes come from IBM.