The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives (arstechnica.com)

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[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 12 points 1 year ago

Anyone who want to taste IBM's COBOL can register for an account on pub400.com and get a free access to AS/400 system. Now you can truly understand what manner of horrors faced by our predecessors.

[-] ruffsl@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Cool! Could you share that link with the !cobol@programming.dev community?

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 5 points 1 year ago

TL;DR?

Approachable, detailed article touching on just about every major aspect of the mainframe; history, hardware, functions, relevance and resilience.

Will be sharing with my more technically inclined friends.

this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023

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