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watersb on June 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: IBM Mainframe that cost a quarter of a million dol...

Okay, you can "Buy it now" for $500...

But I suppose you'd need an OS license from IBM to operate the thing?

Or does Linux boot bare metal on z/Systems?

(Initial Program Load, sorry. One does not simply "boot" an IBM mainframe.)

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