On 14 Jan 2013, at 20:14, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote: All this talk about IBM mainframe technology and gatewaying it to Hecnet - is there an equivalent hobby group in the IBM community? Surely you are kidding, Nobody that would've used IBM gear has a sense of humour or comprehends fun. ;) Haven't you read CPU WARS? ;) I know absolutely nothing about SNA or anything IBM, but I'd love to learn :) Hope you have time, MVS and such have a rather steep learning curve. ;) Ian -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net/ Personal stuff! http://gimme-sympathy.org/ My permanently-a-work-in-progress pet project.