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On 4/13/16, devin davison <lyokob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alright. Picked up the machine today. Much smaller than expected, but > everything needed seems to be included. I got a terminal as well as a box > of cables. I managed to boot the machine up to the login screen. However I > do not know the username or password. I was speaking with someone on the > phone that was quite knowlegable, they said that after 3 attempts to login > it becomes a potato. What do i do from here. I am going to try and contact > the original owners, however i believe they are unwilling to help. Im quite > amazed the main drive was not wiped. Anyhow, if i can not get the password > from the original owners, there does appear to be a working install on the > drives, how would I go about resetting the password to gain access to the > machine? The machine is a ibm as/400e 170. > > pictures to follow once I find my camera. > > --Devin > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Mazzini Alessandro <mazzi...@tin.it> > wrote: > >> You had it easy. >> >> Once upon a time, a place I was working for decided to get a new >> development >> as/400. The toy was 2x the 270 you mentioned (hd cage taking one side)... >> and the shipping original ibm box upped the weight to dunno... king kong. >> It didn't fit in the elevator, and anyway exceeded the max weight. >> >> The office was 2 floors up.... >> >> We pushed it up, I still have the nightmares >> >> -----Messaggio originale----- >> Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di Kevin >> Monceaux >> Inviato: mercoledì 13 aprile 2016 21:09 >> A: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >> Oggetto: Re: Getting an ibm as/400 >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 01:26:29AM -0400, Ian Primus wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Jason T <silent...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > In IBM-speak, it's a "Midrange." >> > >> > Which is a fancy word for "unusually heavy for its size". >> >> That's the truth. In a previous reply I mentioned I have a "small" >> 9406-270 >> in my living room. I found it listed on eBay. It was in New York. I'm >> in >> Central Texas. It was listed with a flat $50 shipping fee. From the >> photos >> and shipping fee I was expecting something small enough to be shipped by >> UPS >> or FedEx. I made the seller an offer $50 less than the list price which >> they accepted, so I basically got free shipping. It was shipped by UPS >> - UPS Freight. There was no way UPS Fright could get down my driveway so >> I >> had to pick it up at their terminal. Fortunately it was shipped on a >> tiny >> pallet that just fit in the back of my mini-van. It looks like an >> oversized >> tower PC, but is definitely unusually heavy for its size. I have to use >> a >> dolly to move it around. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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. >> >> > -- Chris Halarewich
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