Talk:Hercules

Maybe it's worth adding a note from the document that Scott just linked to?

NOTE: Hercules is intended ONLY for ADVANCED, HIGHLY EXPERIENCED, TECHNICAL USERS.
It is almost impossible for a new, unfamiliar user to use it to accomplish anything.
It is NOT a Point-And-Click system or anything close to it.
10-20 years of technical experience with IBM Mainframes is required.

Tor (talk) 15:28, 16 January 2020 (CET)

Why would you want to intimidate potential new users? Are you familiar with TK4-

(Hercules Turnkey System v4.00-)?  Have you viewed the installation manual at
http://wotho.ethz.ch/tk4-/MVS_TK4-_v1.00_Users_Manual.pdf ?  The site's author,
Juergen, went to great lengths to get a system up and running with minimal
knowledge. And then there are all the Moshix videos on YouTube!  Have you seen
those?  Any one wanting to learn (about) IBM mainframes have a wealth of
information to view, on the Internet.  Yes, I agree it is difficult to find the
right place to start, but there are also forums to ask questions.
https://groups.io/g/turnkey-mvs/ or a friendlier group, https://groups.io/g/hercules-os380/
These links are all documented on http://curlie.org/Computers/Emulators/IBM_Mainframe/Hercules/
except for the https://groups.io/g/hercules-os380/ group which I will be adding very shortly.
Thanks, Scott

Scott (talk) 14:29, 16 January 2020 (PST)

Here's a testimonial...

It's not current, so please don't try to follow any of the instructions, but you'll get
the idea. An excerpt: "I am probably one of the more unusual Hercules and MVS
users because I used Hercules before I ever used a real mainframe." You get the idea.
Ref: http://timpinkawa.net/hercules/

Scott (talk) 14:59, 16 January 2020 (PST)