Re: IBM AS400 questions

2017-04-09 Thread Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk
Hi Devin Have you subscribed to MIDRANGE-L ? http://lists.midrange.com/ They might help you out. Also, if you would document your findings I would be very greatful. I have a model 170 on my todo-list. /P On Sun, Apr 09, 2017 at 12:21:17PM -0400, devin davison via cctalk wrote: > Alright, it wa

Re: IBM AS400 questions

2017-04-09 Thread Barry L. Kline via cctalk
On 04/09/2017 12:21 PM, devin davison via cctech wrote: > Any advice on what to do from here is much appreciated. I just want to get > the thing backed up and rest assured that if the drives fail i can > reinstall the os and it have its license. > > --Devin > Assuming that you have tape to back

Re: IBM AS400 questions

2017-04-09 Thread devin davison via cctalk
Thanks for the info. I was worried that I needed special disks, these ones are holding up for now. my machine has a drive for 4/8gb tapes. I have never seen such a drive on a machine till this one. I am used to DDS DLT and LTO tapes. Unfortunately, what i thought was a nice new 4gb ibm branded tap

Re: DOS-11/BATCH-11 manuals on Ebay

2017-04-09 Thread devin davison via cctalk
I am being outbid left and right on those PDP 11 DOS books. Only a few hours left, if someone else wants to step in and bid then, go for it, i can not bid any further. Apparently one of them was not on bitsavers. http://www.ebay.com/itm/361940854169 --Devin On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Mattis

Re: IBM AS400 questions

2017-04-09 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
Devin, The backup command is 'savsys'. The commands on on AS/400 are usually three letter abbreviations for in the command mashed together savsys = 'save system' or 'work with user profiles' is 'WRKUSRPRF' and the shutdown command 'Power Down System' is 'PWRDWNSYS'. If you type in the com

IBM AS400 questions

2017-04-09 Thread devin davison via cctalk
Alright, it was quite a while back that I picked up my ibm AS400 model 170. I had asked some questions on the list, it was locked with a password and i could not get into the machine. I finally got around to getting into the machine and am at the main menu. Before i do anything, I want to back up t

Re: DEC wall plates, cables

2017-04-09 Thread Systems Glitch via cctalk
> Certainly looks like MMJ to me. that was what I searched for as well. If they're MMJ, I'd be interested in wall plates. I've got a few systems that use it, plus I recently picked up a DECHub 90, including two terminal server modules, which of course use MMJ. Thanks, Jonathan

Re: DEC wall plates, cables

2017-04-09 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
Here is the connector it has to go into. I found three other cable sites with the identical page you shared (but came up much more quickly). Certainly looks like MMJ to me. that was what I searched for as well. http://www.pacificcable.com/photos/PT-J250-6DEC.jpg thanks jim On 4/8/2017 11:5

Re: RIP: Daniel Bobrow

2017-04-09 Thread Andrew K. Bressen via cctalk
If anyone else has any Daniel Bobrow stories, please send them to me to pass along to his family; his daughter is collecting them. Stan Sieler via cctalk writes: > Re: > > >> From: Tony Aiuto >> Subject: RIP: Daniel Bobrow >> >> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary. >> aspx?n=dani