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Re: Proposed targets to deprecate (sigh)
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 02:41:33PM -0700, Jim Wilson wrote:
> Michael Meissner wrote:
> >>i370
> >Presumably superceeded by the 390 port.
>
>
> Unfortunately not. They have different non-overlapping feature sets.
> i370 supports EBCDIC. s390 does not.
> i370 support MVS. s390 supports linux.
> i370 supports 370 hardware and up. s390 requires 390 hardware.
>
> It would be nice if the two ports were merged together, but meanwhile we
> need both of them, as they are both in use.
IIRC, it was originally donated by SAS. Given S/370 equipment was produced in
the 70's, I wonder how much use people actually make of it. MVS and EBCDIC
support I can see.
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