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Regionales Retro-Rechenzentrum<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hanshuebner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hanshuebner</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@d_j_fitzgerald" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>d_j_fitzgerald</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@icm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>icm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@SDF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SDF</span></a></span> … whaaaat? Coax-over-WiFi? Tell us more!</p><p>(we’re having several SNA gateways and 3270-equipment, but not VMS/MVS/z/OS machine to connect to)</p><p><a href="http://www.knubbelmac.de/software/lan-man/#apple-sna-ps" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">knubbelmac.de/software/lan-man</span><span class="invisible">/#apple-sna-ps</span></a></p><p><a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/snaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snaps</span></a> #3270 <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a></p>
Admiral Shark<p>I recently revamped this wiki page on these absolute units of a console for <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> System/370 <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> models 135, 145 and 155! Depending on exact model, these weight between 42kg and 130kg... <a href="https://sharktastica.co.uk/wiki?id=ibm321X" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sharktastica.co.uk/wiki?id=ibm</span><span class="invisible">321X</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>I've put a gallery of photos I took during the INIT HELLO Apple II conference at the System Source Computer Museum this past weekend online for anyone who might like a look at some of the festivities. </p><p>What a wonderful time it was! Can't wait for next year! </p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/albums/72177720328016203/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/blakespot/al</span><span class="invisible">bums/72177720328016203/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/INITHELLO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>INITHELLO</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple2Forever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple2Forever</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintageApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintageApple</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SystemSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemSource</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gallery</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Flickr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flickr</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/minicomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minicomputer</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a></p>
Marcin Cieślak<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://official.resource.org/@carlmalamud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>carlmalamud</span></a></span> we have never met - but I wanted to say I was listening yesterday to the Geek of the Week conversation <a href="https://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/092993_geek_ITR.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">town.hall.org/radio/Geek/09299</span><span class="invisible">3_geek_ITR.html</span></a> with Robert Braden. as I was trying to figure out how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ARPANET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARPANET</span></a> worked on System/360 computers.</p><p>Thank you!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a2mi.social/@peterhoneyman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>peterhoneyman</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mvs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mvs</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@theruran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theruran</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cathode.church/@50htz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>50htz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.solarpunk.au/users/vidak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vidak</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.net2o.de/@forthy42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>forthy42</span></a></span> Yeah, basically attacks on schedulers or any non-static component that is software-defined makes it easy to go that way. </p><ul><li>The only way one could <em>"fix"</em> this would be Harvard-Architecture and strictly segmented threads in hardware, which would toss all the flexibility of existing Von-Neumann-Systems out of the Window and basically result in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainframe</span></a>-esque systems like the OS/360 'hard containers' on z/Architecture, which means 2x42U of <em>phat iron</em> to run 50+ year old COBOL code at 0% performance gain at bit-, cycle and clock-accuracy.</li></ul><p>And even <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TradFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradFinance</span></a>"</em> hates that because they refuse to train new programmers for that stuff and they are too deeply entrenched to migrate away!</p>
Ars Technica News<p>Reddit user surprised when 1960s computer panel emerged from collapsed family garage <a href="https://arstechni.ca/LR4p" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechni.ca/LR4p</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/computercollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computercollecting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Classiccomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Classiccomputing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a>'sSystem/360 <a href="https://c.im/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mainframes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RCASpectra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCASpectra</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrotech</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> #1966 <a href="https://c.im/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCA</span></a></p>
Toy Box Comix (.com)<p>Random Old Comic: That Internet Thing From Last Week <a href="https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2018/05/22/that-internet-thing-from-last-week/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.toyboxco...</a> That Internet Thing From Last Week <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Batman" target="_blank">#Batman</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Enemy" target="_blank">#Enemy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Frenzy" target="_blank">#Frenzy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Ironhide" target="_blank">#Ironhide</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LadyJaye" target="_blank">#LadyJaye</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Laserbeak" target="_blank">#Laserbeak</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Mainframe" target="_blank">#Mainframe</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Megatron" target="_blank">#Megatron</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ReedRichards" target="_blank">#ReedRichards</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RoadRage" target="_blank">#RoadRage</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Robin" target="_blank">#Robin</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Rumble" target="_blank">#Rumble</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Soundwave" target="_blank">#Soundwave</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Stalker" target="_blank">#Stalker</a>…</p>
Toy Box Comix<p>Random Old Comic: Shrinkage, Part II <a href="https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2018/06/29/shrinkage-part-ii/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">toyboxcomix.com/2018/06/29/shr</span><span class="invisible">inkage-part-ii/</span></a> Shrinkage, Part II <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Beachhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Beachhead</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/GIJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIJoe</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/RipCord" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RipCord</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Scarlett" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Scarlett</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/SnakeEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SnakeEyes</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Soundwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Soundwave</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Transformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transformers</span></a></p>
heise Developer<p>Software Testing: KI-Einsatz für die Legacy-Modernisierung</p><p>In dieser Episode sprechen Richard Seidl und Erik Dörnenburg über Möglichkeiten, Legacy-Systeme wie Mainframes zu modernisieren.</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/blog/Software-Testing-KI-Einsatz-fuer-die-Legacy-Modernisierung-10423117.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/blog/Software-Testing</span><span class="invisible">-KI-Einsatz-fuer-die-Legacy-Modernisierung-10423117.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/K%C3%BCnstlicheIntelligenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KünstlicheIntelligenz</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SoftwareTestingPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareTestingPodcast</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Softwareentwicklung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Softwareentwicklung</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Test" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Test</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@leftpaddotpy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leftpaddotpy</span></a></span> <em>"the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a>"</em> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> for folks who don't have a sales rep / account manager at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a>!</p><p><em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudNative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudNative</span></a>"</em> is just a short for <em>"I can't be assed to make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reproduceable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproduceable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/standalone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standalone</span></a> code and make tarballs!"</em></p>
heise online<p>150 Milliarden US-Dollar: IBM macht USA schöne Augen</p><p>IBM will viel Geld in den USA investieren. Die versprochenen Entwicklungsausgaben sind allerdings schon seit Jahren so hoch. </p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/150-Milliarden-US-Dollar-IBM-macht-USA-schoene-Augen-10369956.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/150-Milliarden-U</span><span class="invisible">S-Dollar-IBM-macht-USA-schoene-Augen-10369956.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Quantencomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quantencomputer</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Wirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wirtschaft</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Elizabeth K. Joseph<p>"This could definitely make for a fun weekend project to mess around with."</p><p>That's what <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thomholwerda</span></a></span> of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@osnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>osnews</span></a></span> wrote this week when he shared details of our latest IBM LinuxONE and Linux on IBM Z open source software report, and went on to highlight the IBM <a href="https://floss.social/tags/LinuxONE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxONE</span></a> Community Cloud!</p><p><a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/142178/linux-on-ibm-z-and-linuxone-open-source-software-report/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">osnews.com/story/142178/linux-</span><span class="invisible">on-ibm-z-and-linuxone-open-source-software-report/</span></a></p><p>Well, the weekend is coming up 😄 <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a></p>
Elizabeth K. Joseph<p>I dug into the technical Redbooks and scoured our image library to bring you lots of goodies around the new IBM z17 announced this month!</p><p><a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/23/a-tour-inside-the-ibm-z17" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">community.ibm.com/community/us</span><span class="invisible">er/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/23/a-tour-inside-the-ibm-z17</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/IBMZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBMZ</span></a> </p><p>And as always, if there's a card or close-up you wish to see, don't hesitate to ask, I'll see what I can find.</p>
Toy Box Comix<p>Random Old Comic: Robo J.O.E. <a href="https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2019/03/29/robo-j-o-e/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">toyboxcomix.com/2019/03/29/rob</span><span class="invisible">o-j-o-e/</span></a> Robo J.O.E. <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Bazooka" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bazooka</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Doc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Doc</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Duke" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Duke</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/GIJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIJoe</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/RoboJOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RoboJOE</span></a></p>
iX Magazin<p>IBMs z17: Neue Mainframegeneration auch für KI-Workloads</p><p>Mainframes gelten allgemein als nicht besonders KI-fähig. Mit dem neuen z17 will IBM den Gegenbeweis antreten.</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/IBMs-z17-Neue-Mainframegeneration-auch-fuer-KI-Workloads-10348946.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/IBMs-z17-Neue-Ma</span><span class="invisible">inframegeneration-auch-fuer-KI-Workloads-10348946.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/K%C3%BCnstlicheIntelligenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KünstlicheIntelligenz</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Rechenzentrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rechenzentrum</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Server</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Elizabeth K. Joseph<p>In case you were curious, there was an IBM z17 cake 😋 <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ibmz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibmz</span></a></p>
Elizabeth K. Joseph<p>One of my favorite things about <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> hardware development is that it undergoes <a href="https://floss.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a> tests.</p><p>It's been a while since we've seen new footage, but now we have a new video! </p><p>The IBM z17 that announced today undergoing tests under the condition of an 8.3 magnitude earthquake!</p><p><a href="https://mediacenter.ibm.com/media/1_w4yx8brc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediacenter.ibm.com/media/1_w4</span><span class="invisible">yx8brc</span></a></p>
Elizabeth K. Joseph<p>I had to dig up a specification for the new IBM z17 and voila, the Redbooks are live today too! They're basically my go-to for all this knowledge: <a href="https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/feature/z17" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">redbooks.ibm.com/feature/z17</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>And I have my image-heavy blog post about some of my favorite hardware bits of this new <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> drafted up, which I hope to publish in a couple weeks.</p>
Elizabeth K. Joseph<p>A thread in a lot of the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/IBMZDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBMZDay</span></a> Launch sessions is skills, which is nothing new for the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> space 😉 </p><p>But something that is new is clients speaking up about how helpful some of the AI-driven tooling has been in helping get newcomers up to speed. From making documentation easier to find and search, to gaining a firm understanding of data &amp; code architecture. Cool.</p><p>But we are still working on traditional training and skills too with the Mainframe Skills Depo! <a href="https://www.ibm.com/z/resources/mainframe-skills" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ibm.com/z/resources/mainframe-</span><span class="invisible">skills</span></a></p>
Elizabeth K. Joseph<p>Happy IBM z17 launch day 🎉 <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a></p><p>Taking in IBM Z Day Special Edition from the SVL IBM office in the cow part of San Jose where I can celebrate with my colleagues later 🥳 I'm told there will be cake.</p>