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Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe
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Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe
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- Recommended by 3 people: 2 on Hacker News and 1 on Lobsters.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2016 to 2020.
- Presented by Connor Krukosky, vintage computer collector
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
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HardwareHistory and cultureRetro computingCPUs and computer architecture
Connor Krukosky shares his story of purchasing an IBM z890 mainframe as an 18-year-old and getting it running in his basement.
Connor Krukosky is an 18-year-old college student with a hobby of collecting vintage computers. One day, he decided to buy his own mainframe...an IBM z890. This is his story. Connor's presentation "I just Bought an IBM z890 - Now What?" was featured at SHARE in San Antonio in March 2016. For more great content like this, register for the next SHARE by visiting www.SHARE.org/events! © 2016 SHARE Inc. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/Why it's here
3 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as an entertaining and fascinating talk about vintage mainframe hardware and the challenges of running it at home.
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If you do, blog about it. One of the challenges in getting an old mainframe (System 360, 3090, etc) running is getting a license for the operating system from IBM. Hopefully acquiring one for the AS/400 is easier. link to this video
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