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  • IBM-Z-zOS

    The helpful and handy location for finding and sharing z/OS files, which are not included in the product.

  • and other components the x86 platform misses.

    https://github.com/IBM/IBM-Z-zOS/blob/main/zOS-Education/Hin...

  • libz-sys

    Rust crate package to link to a system libz (zlib)

  • I tried out hardware accelerated compression on a z15 and it just speeds it up a stupid amount, something like 20x times in decompression and 200 times with compression [0], which is not something that is done many other places yet. Though the PlayStation 5 does have it [1]

    [0]: https://github.com/rust-lang/libz-sys/pull/72#issuecomment-9...

    [1]: http://cbloomrants.blogspot.com/2020/09/how-oodle-kraken-and...

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