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zOS on Android

PostPosted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:18 pm
by YCher
Hi all,

I've spent the better part of two hours looking for a zOS app for android smartphones and came up with nothing.

Am I crazy for even thinking such a thing exists (being impossible due to hardware constraints) or does anyone here know of something like this?


Note: I am talking about a complete virtual machine on an android OS, NOT an 3270 emulator that connects to an existing machine. I am aware of such apps but I need a self-contained app.

Re: zOS on Android

PostPosted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:01 pm
by enrico-sorichetti
being impossible due to hardware constraints

WHY ?

once upon a time one of the developers of hercules emulator for IBM mainframes
posted pictures of the emulator running on the iPhone
and it was 2012 :mrgreen:

is it possible to port it now ?
certainly yes, given the proper skills

will it be likely to happen soon?
certainly NOT

the set of skills needed to port application to IOS / ANDROID platforms
is quite different from the set of skills needed to develop on normal PC operating systems