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by linksnapzz 929 days ago
I think so; there's a series on youtube that takes one through the IPL process on a virtualized (Hercules VMM) mainframe; part of the process of booting involved creating files on the emulator host that corresponded to a boot card deck (for the virtual card reader) and an OS (for the virtual tape drive), IIRC.