Books, education, technical reports, freeware and links of interest to those who support z/OS.

A Web site that looks at operating systems, takes a look at MVS, now officially known as z/OS.

Help Boards provide question and answer discussion threads on z/OS application programming, databases, utilities, JCL, Middleware including CICS, IMS, TSO, ISPF, data management and problem determination. There are also links to IBM manuals.

Explains how to use VSAM in TSO, ISPF and REXX. Part of Gilbert Saint-Flour's mainframe Web site.

Detailed usage information for z/OS JCL, TSO, ISPF and z/OS Abend codes.

Published twice annually by IBM for z/OS Systems Programmers, with one to five page technical articles. Available on-line in PDF format.

The software used to install and maintain z/OS software from IBM and many other software companies.

Performance tips for PeopleSoft running on z/OS DB2. From consulting firm DataBase Consulting Services (DBCS).

Web-based wizards for infrequent z/OS Systems Programming tasks.

On August 9, 1972, D.A. Jardine wrote this humorous obituary for Operating System/360 (OS/360), the original ancestor of z/OS.