Thanks Anuj. Will check on these.Anuj Dhawan wrote: For COBOL, possibly you can pick up GnuCOBOL and experiment with it. For RDBMS and SQL, try using DB2 Express-C. There are PC versions of REXX and SAS too - I think with good hold on these, you'll be ahead of half the crowd easily, IMHO.
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- Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:46 pm
- Forum: Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs.
- Topic: Learning mainframe without Hercules.
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Re: Learning mainframe without Hercules.
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:45 pm
- Forum: Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs.
- Topic: Learning mainframe without Hercules.
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Re: Learning mainframe without Hercules.
14482 just to clarify things a bit more ... Hercules is a BARE IRON emulator, once installed, You will need an operating system unfortunately the modern IBM operating systems are not available for free but, running an older operating system will still give You some things to meditate on see http://...
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:33 pm
- Forum: Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs.
- Topic: Learning mainframe without Hercules.
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Re: Learning mainframe without Hercules.
14481 It alldepends on what you mean by "learn mainframe". System admin? DB2? IMS? COBOL? PL/1? Rexx? etc etc If, for example DB2, then do you mean DB2 admin? Programmer using DB2 etc etc. Some languages have PC equivalents. Some database managers have PC equivalents. Not all are free. He...
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:07 pm
- Forum: Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs.
- Topic: Learning mainframe without Hercules.
- Replies: 7
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Learning mainframe without Hercules.
Hi, I am trying to learn mainframe from home. Can someone please share their experience thought with me on this. I learned from my searches online that Hercules can be of help in this. But is this the only resource, can I not learn it from somewhere else? Please ehlp me with your valuable thoughts. ...
- Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:40 am
- Forum: Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes.
- Topic: Where do you live?
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Re: Where do you live?
Hi,
I live in Delhi in India.
I live in Delhi in India.