Devin, On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 02:09:00PM -0400, devin davison wrote:
> A local recycling center called me and said they are to pick up an ibm > as/400 mainframe from a working environment. An AS/400 is a mini, not a mainframe. > I left a deposit and am scheduled to go pick it up in the next day or so. Congratulations!! Where I work we've continued to use the name AS/400 for our newer boxes, even though IBM keeps changing the name. At home I have a small 9406-270 in my living room. I think it's technically an iSeries. Sadly I didn't get license keys with it, so I have to reinstall the OS every 70 days. It's powered down at the moment and overdue for a reinstall. It also has some flaky memory, but seems to recover gracefully from the memory errors without crashing. I'd love to have a true AS/400, if I had the room and power for one. > I am not even sure of what all it comes with or what can be run on the > machine. Any advice in advance on what to expect? Depending on its vintage it would run OS/400, i5/OS, or IBM i. > From the description it sounds like it comes with some terminals and > printers too. could be interesting. As others have said, be sure to get all the cables, etc. The terminals and printers will be connected with twinax cables. -- Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.Lassie.xyz http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works! Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.
