Proposed targets to deprecate (sigh)

[Michael Meissner]

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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