How an 18-Year-Old Bought and Ran an IBM z890 Mainframe

SHARE Association · Talk · 45 min · 2016 · YouTube title: Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe

Why it's here

HN commenters cite it as an entertaining example of a teenager buying, hosting and booting a real mainframe.

What it covers

Connor Krukosky, an 18-year-old college student and vintage computer collector, tells how he bought an IBM z890 mainframe and got it running at home. The talk was given at SHARE in San Antonio in March 2016.