Installing and using "Hercules" Emulator in my PC

Aaru · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:04 am

All,

I have been recently moved to a project in UNIKIX (UNIX+CICS) and have no access to mainframes. I badly need a mainframe setup so that I can practice few stuffs.

Need the steps to be followed for installing and using "Hercules" Emulator in my PC.

Please note that I have already searched all the forums and got details but want to hear from someone who had actually installed and using it.

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:19 am

Hi Aaru,

If memory serves, i believe Enrico has replied to several Hercules topics.

Aaru · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:00 pm

Thanks Dick.

I shall search the forum again.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:46 pm

Go to Herculeus home page, download the pdf for installation instruction and follow that -- it's pretty simple. Though treating PC's Hard-drive as DASD was trickier for me...

Aaru · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:30 pm

Anuj,

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:01 pm

Yes I did.

Suggest we play around here itself -- I believe there are some better people around from Herculeus installation per se.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:01 pm

hi Aaru

just ask and I' ll be glad to help

but remember the operating system licence is an issue

the only things that You can legally run are ...
mvs 3.8, the father of all the modern MVSes
and all the linux flavors 32/64 bits

there are quite a few IBM employers that run a modern zOS on hercules
(even if some of them qualifying themselves as such asked some pretty supid questions)

Aaru · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:32 am

Thanks a million Enrico.

I shall start my installation and post for any clarifications.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:42 am

Good luck

We will be interested to hear the progress,

d