[Info-vax] OpenVMS async I/O, fast vs. slow

[Dan Cross]

In article <uiaq3u$fun1$2 at dont-email.me>,
Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>On 2023-11-05, Dan Cross <cross at spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>>
>> That's your real problem.  No one is selling your favorite
>> technologies to the younger generation, and the players in the
>> mainframe space make it sort of ridiculously hard to casually
>> gain exposure.
>>
>
>The only public access I have ever seen to mainframes is via the
>Master The Mainframe program (which I was pointed to by someone here).
>
>I have never seen another legal way of gaining z/OS experience for free
>(although a _really_ old MVS version is legally available for free).

Yeah, same with VM/CMS.

It sounds like Master the Mainframe will get you an account for
a little while, then you lose access.  That makes it hard to
play around with it to gain familiarity.  Oh well.

	- Dan C.