Re:Fun things to do with your VM/370 CE machine – Fun with b...
by EmX_3000 on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:59AM
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We had IBM's at my University back in the day, got some time in on those for sure. AIX is its own thing, I'm a bit surprised they don't offer a hobbyist version to get a little more mindshare. Nobody chooses it from my experience, it just comes with your IBM, probably plus tip, and you probably use it if you have legacy programs and can't just run Linux. Makes it tougher to get qualified admins though, maybe that's the whole plan. You just hire 'em from IBM.
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Re:Fun things to do with your VM/370 CE machine – Fun with b...
by xxpor on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:22PM
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The biggest problem is AIX (at least these days, not sure of the history) is POWER only. Yeah you can get one for cheap off of ebay (I did :) ) But that's a very niche market. You can find pretty modern AIX downloads on the Internet Archive. Not sure if it's officially sanctioned by IBM, but I really don't care for my own use :)