MINIMUM OS WISHLIST

Instead of fighting about what is or isn't legal let's try a different, 
more constructive, subject...  

 + What would the *minimum* configuration be that a hobbiest would need?

Someone mentioned awhile back that the ADCD has lots of IBM's best stuff 
included and I think it is reasonable that IBM would not want to distribute  
their latest & greatest too easily. Instead, let us imagine that IBM 
**would** be willing to do a Hobbyist License **if** it could do so by 
using a cut-down and/or older version of their OS family. With this in 
mind, what features / options / packages would be a MINIMUM and WHY?

Before you answer that consider also that there are really three different 
kinds of "Mainframe Hobbyists" as far as I can see:

  TYPE A:  Nostalgic Mainframers

These are oldtimers who no longer have a mainframe but want to play with 
one just for the heck of it. A lot of Hercules was started by & for 
just such types of hobbyists.

  TYPE B:  Student Mainframers

Just as simple and clean as it sounds - various kinds of novices in our 
world who want to learn and *need* a "Little Blue" box for hands-on 
learning. 

  TYPE C:  Tinkering Mainframers

Individuals who want a Sandbox of their very own. Subtypes of this range 
from "start-up" software companies to the console operator who has an idea 
for a utility program to make the job easier and want's to be a hero at 
work for providing a ready-made solution (subject to QR and CM of course).

PS: I am offline for a few days so have fun with this thread in my absence.


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