Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe

I'm shure alot of you have seen this already. If not, it's an entertaining 45 minutes [VIDEO] (Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe)

He did, his talk about it is really interesting: [VIDEO] > He and his old computer friends played around with some applications that were on the platform, and even made an FTP server that put some data on the internet. Per [LINK]

C'mon, you just needa little motivation. ;-) Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe [VIDEO]

This vid has some good photos [VIDEO] (also discussed on HN previously). You don't want one if you ask me.

Consumer tech has been refined and dumbed down to the point where everything just sort of magically works, and since it's "magic" you never have to dive into the nuts and bolts. By making it so easy to use, we are depriving people of their opportunities to organically learn like people in my generation had to. Exceptions exist. * Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe - YouTube || [VIDEO]

Reminds me of the kid that bought an IBM z890 mainframe and brought it to his basement. And got it to work! [VIDEO]

If you do, blog about it. One of the challenges in getting an old mainframe (System 360, 3090, etc) running is getting a license for the operating system from IBM. Hopefully acquiring one for the AS/400 is easier. [VIDEO]

Wasn't there that kid that IBM uses as a sort of new mascot for mainframe stuff who bought an old mainframe and got it working in his basement? [1] [1] [VIDEO]