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IBM System/370 on a… Raspberry Pi

Posted on September 5, 2020 at 07:26 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

Astounding.

@mainframed767 on Twitter just tweeted this:

I have been running a full IBM System/370 Mainframe on a $20 Raspberry Pi Zero for ~5 months. Thousands of lines of COBOL and HLASM running flawless. Tested an entire bank’s mainframe COBOL on it.

All he’s missing is the 029 card puncher and the console typewriter.

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Is there a DNS Blackhole in your future?

Posted on August 9, 2020 at 23:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

PRIVACY

By Richard Hay

Managing your online security and privacy is a never-ending battle.

There is a variety of tools for this task, but each has its limitations. So I decided to experiment with a somewhat lesser-known technique called DNS Blackholes. Here’s my report on a journey of discovery.

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.31.0 (2020-08-10).

AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Privacy Anonymous mode, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, DNS Blackholes, Personal DNS, Raspberry Pi, VPNs

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