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		throwawayish on Jan 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Is the Oldest Computer Program Still in Use? Notedly it runs on a very small configuration of an IBM mainframe (z10 BC - 8 GB of RAM), costing less than 100k USD.

tyingq on Jan 29, 2017 [–]

Not practical/legal due to IBM licensing, but the open source hercules emulator is stable enough to even run current z/OS on a linux box: http://pastebin.com/umhdBsPu

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