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This is a mirror site of Volker Bandke's original Tur(n)key 3 (TK3 website - http://www.bsp-gmbh.com/turnkey/) - Download links for a ready to install turnkey package consisting of a combination of Hercules and MVS 3.8j (both, circa 2002) and extensive Cookbook documentation. (Alternate locations to download the TK3 CD image: http://www.jaymoseley.com/hercules/downloads/archives/turnkey-mvs-3.zip -or- ftp://www.cbttape.org/pub/cdimages/MVS_Turnkey_Volker_V3.zip) - Note: TK4- by J��rgen Winkelmann (see above), is a more up to date, turnkey implementation.

The family of freely-available 31-bit mainframe operating systems which currently includes MVS/380, VM/380 and VSE/380. Software, documentation and links to related software is available. Site maintained by Paul Edwards.

Instructions documented by Malcolm Beattie.

Updated version of the Stanford Pascal Compiler designed to run on VM/370 Rel. 6 under the Hercules emulator. It should also run on today's z/VM and some, or all flavors of z/OS, a.k.a. MVS too, however it has not been tested on those operating systems. Currently supported by Bernd Oppolzer.

An introduction to getting IBM's OS/360 operating system loaded and running on the Hercules emulator for the System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture systems. Tutorial created by Jay Maynard. Obtain IBM OS/360 software from: http://www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/

MVS 3.8, OS/390 and z/OS program products and technical services including system software development. Includes download links and documentation. This site is the home of REVIEW, a software product which rivals IBM's licensed ISPF/PDF software product.

RPF is a software product, which runs on TSO under the operating systems of MVS, MVS/380, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/390 and z/OS on S/370, S/390 and z/Series mainframes, both real and emulated. It can be compared to IBM's ISPF/PDF software product, but can be run without a vendor software license.

A presentation at SHARE 97, 25 July 2001, Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Jay Maynard of Global MAINTECH Corp. Looks in detail at OS/360, VM/370 and MVS Version 3.8. Prior locations: http://tech-insider.org/open-source-software/research/acrobat/010725-a.pdf and http://tech-insider.org/mainframes/research/acrobat/010725-a.pdf [PDF]

A presentation at SHARE 99, 20 August 2002, San Francisco, California, by Jay Maynard of Global MAINTECH Corp. An overview of running vintage and modern (circa 2002) operating systems under the Hercules emulator. [PDF]

A presentation at SHARE 100, 27 February 2003, Dallas, Texas, by Jay Maynard of Global MAINTECH Corp. An overview of running vintage and modern (circa 2003) operating systems under the Hercules emulator [PDF]

A presentation at SHARE 108, 15 February 2007, Tampa, Florida, by Jay Maynard of Savail Consulting, Inc. An overview of running vintage and modern (circa 2007) operating systems under the Hercules emulator. This document includes Powerpoint slides with the presenter's notes. [PDF]

A presentation at SHARE 112, 5 March 2009, Austin, Texas, by Jay Maynard of Savail Consulting, Inc. Explores the addition of 31-bit architecture into MVS 3.8j. [PDF]

Resource links and documentation for Hercules and MVS Turnkey v3 from Tim Pinkawa.

A page of links to public domain versions of MVS and CMS and supporting software, such as Hercules and terminal emulation software.

Vintage IBM Manuals for MVS/370, VM/370, OS/360. Alt link: https://groups.io/g/hercules-os380/files/Vintage_Manuals.html

Background, performance and controversy with IBM. [Wikipedia]

Extensive demonstration videos including explanations on how to install and operate MVS 3.8 and TK4- under the Hercules emulator.

MVS 3.8j Tur(n)key 5 System (TK5) - An update to Volker Bandke's Tur(n)key 3 (TK3) System by Rob Prins - OS/VS2 MVS 3.8j Service Level 8505 - Tur(n)key Level 5 Update 4 - Documentation and distribution package download links. Release date: February 7, 2025

MVS version of Vasilis Vlachoudis awesome REXX implementation. Maintained by Mike Grossmann.

A graphical user interface (GUI), Windows front-end for Hercules, with screenshots and free download. See also, the Hyperion link at the bottom of this page for information on the Hercules 4.x (Hyperion) version of the Hercules emulator. Mirror site (may not list the most recent software versions): https://hercgui.pedroramos.com/

A freely available 31-bit C mainframe standalone compiler designed to run on MVS (z/OS back to at least MVS 3.8j), CMS (z/VM and predecessors) and VSE (z/VSE back to DOS/VS R34). Software, documentation and links to related software is available. Site maintained by Paul Edwards.

Discussion on anything related to the CBT-TAPE free user supported IBM mainframe software. Website: http://cbttape.org/ This group migrated from: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/cbt-tape/info in January 2020.

Discussion on anything related to the Michigan Terminal System (MTS) operating system software. This group migrated from: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/H390-MTS/info in January 2020.

Discussion group for users of the MVS Operating System running under Hercules. This group migrated from: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/H390-MVS/info in January 2020.

Discussion group for users of the VM Operating System running under Hercules. This group migrated from: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/H390-VM/info in January 2020.

Discussion group for users of the Hercules System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture mainframe emulator. Websites: http://www.hercules-390.eu/ http://hercules-390.github.io/html/ http://sdl-hercules-390.github.io/html/ This group migrated from: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/hercules-390/info in January 2020.

Current discussion group for users of the OS/380 family of operating systems (MVS/380, VM/380, VSE/380) utilizing a patched version of the Hercules mainframe emulator (enabling MVS 3.8 limited 31-bit capabilities). Includes discussion of C tools adapted for use on all MVS platforms, MVS 3.8 through z/OS as well as all VM platforms. All computer related questions and topics are welcome and encouraged. This group migrated from: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/hercules-os380/info in January 2020.

Current discussion group for users of the Turnkey MVS System, including the latest incarnation of the Hercules Turnkey System, TK4-, utilizing the Hercules mainframe emulator. Warning and disclaimer: Membership in and content posted in this group is strictly monitored. Deviance from the moderators' beliefs and direction may be grounds for expulsion. This group migrated from: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/turnkey-mvs/info in January 2020.

This is the Computer History Wiki ('CHWiki', for short), a knowledge base about historic computers which anyone can join in order to edit.

This is a mirror site of Volker Bandke's original Tur(n)key 3 (TK3 website - http://www.bsp-gmbh.com/hercules/index.shtml) - Ongoing documentation project.

Source code repository containing a historical record of the evolution of the Hercules mainframe virtualization platform, tracking each release from 1999 to the present day.

Source code repository for the production-quality version (release 3.xx) of the Hercules mainframe virtualization platform.

Source code repository for the Hyperion release of Hercules.

"Source code repository maintained by an active Hercules developer, ""Fish"". The SoftDevLabs (SDL) version of the Hercules 4.0 Hyperion System/370

A Hercules graphical user interface (GUI) front-end for Linux and Mac OS X, with screenshots and free downloads.

An open source System/370, ESA/390 and 64-bit z/Architecture emulator for Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X.

Documentation repository for the Hercules emulator. Site maintained by Peter Glanzmann.

Hercules Mainframe Emulator - Mirror of the former official site, http://www.hercules-390.org/ and source archive - Contains v3.07 binaries and source archives, v3.07 and prior. Maintained by Jan Jaeger.

"This is official web page for Hercules version 4.0, working titled ""Hyperion""

"This is the official web page for the SDL maintained version of the original 4.0 version of the hercules-390 mainframe emulator, code named ""Hyperion"". This version of Hercules is the SDL development version of the Hercules emulator containing bleeding edge changes made by ""Fish"" (David B. Trout) and others to address bugs that may or may not still exist in the original version or to add new features and functionality above and beyond what exists in the original version."

A Timeline and Brief Explanation For the IBM System/360 and Beyond including the Hercules Emulator. Alt link: https://groups.io/g/hercules-os380/files/_$OSTL37.5.pdf

OS/360-MVT 21.8F customized for use with APL\\360 Version 1 Modification Level 1 by J��rgen Winkelmann (MVT for APL Version 2.00) is also needed and can be downloaded from: https://web.archive.org/web/20221120082731/http:/wotho.ethz.ch/mvt4apl-2.00/

This site will walk you through the installation of DOS/360, an early IBM mainframe operating system.

An integrated graphical front-end to the Hercules S/370, ESA/390 and z/Architecture Emulator. Written by Oleh Yuschuk.

Provides instructions on installing and using Hercules, as well as archives of source code, JCL, and instructions on installing and using several of the IBM mainframe operating systems and many language compilers for the System/360-390 family of mainframes.

C Compiler and Library product to enable applications written in ANSI C to operate under IBM's MVS Operating System. Includes download links and documentation by Jason Winter. Original location: http:/www.8mm.com.au/jcc/

Jol is a Command or Scripting Language originally designed as a substitute for IBM MVS Mainframe Job Control Language (JCL). It can now run on Z/OS, MVS, Windows and OS/2. Linux and VSE versions are planned for future release.

A CICS-like transaction processing system for Hercules. Site includes CICS documentation reference links and a free download.

Excellent documentation, how-to's, links and resources devoted to running Hercules and available operating systems, including MVS 3.8j.

Collect, share, and save information about the Michigan Terminal System (MTS). A comprehensive site with resources to help get MTS up and running under Hercules. Original site: https://sites.google.com/site/michiganterminalsystem/home