Package: hercules
Version: 3.06-1.3
Severity: wishlist
Hi Peter,
fjp pointed me to the hercules package --- looks to be just what I
needed, thank you for maintaining it. The extended package description
is a little overwhelming. I’m quoting it here for reference with
comments.
| Hercules is an open source software implementation of the mainframe System/370
| and ESA/390 architectures, in addition to the new 64-bit z/Architecture.
Nitpick: I would just say:
Hercules is a software implementation of the mainframe System/370...
because isn’t inclusion in Debian enough to imply it is open source?
| This means that your PC can emulate an IBM mainframe processor.
[...]
| You will have to use a free software
| operating system such as Linux, write the operating system or standalone
program
| yourself, obtain a license from IBM to run one of their operating systems on
| your PC, or use IBM programs and operating systems which have been placed in
the
| public domain.
Neat.
| Virtual networking can be accomplished using the TUN/TAP driver in 2.2 and 2.4
| kernels. For older kernels, try the vmnet package.
This information sounds outdated (2.4.x kernels?). But anyway, this
means that getting networking set up requires root access on the host
machine, right? I am not sure what the easiest way to convey this is;
maybe
Virtual networking can be accomplished using the TUN/TAP
driver in the host (non-emulated) system’s Linux kernel.
| Hercules was created by Roger Bowler and is maintained by Jay Maynard. Jan
| Jaeger designed and implemented many of the advanced features of Hercules.
I think this information does not belong in the package description,
because it would not help someone decide whether to install Hercules,
and the description is already long.
Please let me know if any information I could provide would be
helpful. Probably some of what I wrote above is wrong, since all I
know about Hercules is from the package description. ;-)
Regards,
Jonathan
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