z/OS is an operating system for IBM mainframes that supports a variety of applications and workloads. ADCD stands for Application Developer Controlled Distribution, which is a collection of z/OS software products that can be used for development and testing purposes. Hercules is an open source software that emulates IBM mainframe hardware and allows running z/OS on a PC.
In this article, we will show you how to install and run z/OS 1.13 ADCD on Hercules emulator on Ubuntu Linux 18.04.3 LTS. This is based on the instructions from GuangXingLiu[^2^], with some modifications and updates.
