On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 02:01:17PM +0100, Patrik Schindler via cctalk wrote:
> Hello Tomasz,
>
> allow me to send ahead, that it’s a pleasure to have a conversation
> going on with you.
And it is a pleasure to have a conversation with you, too. Perhaps
because this place is full of goodwilling st
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Hello,
Am 06.01.2021 um 13:37 schrieb mazzi...@t
Hello,
Am 06.01.2021 um 13:37 schrieb mazzi...@tin.it:
>> What I understood from your last posting is that once you reformat an AS/400
>> disk for 512 Bytes per sector as used by commodity hardware, you can’t use
>> it again on AS/400, even by reformatting.
>
> Yes, that's correct
Hm, I never
Hello Tomasz,
allow me to send ahead, that it’s a pleasure to have a conversation going on
with you.
Am 06.01.2021 um 03:35 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk :
>> If you’re new to the platform, I agree. :-)
> To be frank, I am "new" to many things out there.
I’m sorry for being ambiguous. With „
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Hello,
Am 06.01.2021 um 02:04 schrieb mazzi...@tin.it:
> Yeh, I know for a fact you cannot setup Hdds for an as/400 unless with
> the ibm factory tool. ( saw p
Hello,
Am 06.01.2021 um 02:04 schrieb mazzi...@tin.it:
> Yeh, I know for a fact you cannot setup Hdds for an as/400 unless with the
> ibm factory tool. ( saw people using AS for a lot of years professionally
> discuss this )
> You had an as400, you had to buy the spares hdds sold by ibm and ibm
On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 12:57:42AM +0100, Patrik Schindler via cctalk wrote:
> Hello Tomasz,
Ahoy,
> Am 05.01.2021 um 22:45 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk :
>
> > I guess it is more complicated to check mainframe's correct operation.
>
> If you’re new to the platform, I agree. :-)
To be frank,
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Hello,
Am 05.01.2021 um 23:33 schrieb mazzinia--- via cctalk :
> The hard
Hello Tomasz,
Am 05.01.2021 um 22:45 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk :
> I guess it is more complicated to check mainframe's correct operation.
If you’re new to the platform, I agree. :-)
Hint: If you say mainframe to an AS/400 and a mainframe guy is nearby, duck and
cover. ;-) AS/400s were par
Hello,
Am 05.01.2021 um 23:33 schrieb mazzinia--- via cctalk :
> The hard disks are factory initialized with a specific number of sectors...
> they are scsi, and you cannot use normal scsi disks there.
Yap. See here for details (and further reading).
https://try-as400.pocnet.net/wiki/Ordinary_H
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On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 10:02:02PM +0100, mazzi...@tin.it wrote:
> Well,
>
> The whole translatio
On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 10:02:02PM +0100, mazzi...@tin.it wrote:
> Well,
>
> The whole translation is more on the lines that it hasn't been
> started since 3 years and they can't be bothered to check if it
> still works with the mains not plugged since then. Thus the risk to
> turn it on is on the
Hello,
Am 05.01.2021 um 22:02 schrieb mazzinia--- via cctalk :
> The whole translation is more on the lines that it hasn't been started since
> 3 years and they can't be bothered to check if it still works with the mains
> not plugged since then. Thus the risk to turn it on is on the buyer.
I
On 2021-01-05 5:02 p.m., Patrik Schindler via cctalk wrote:
Hello Tomasz,
Am 05.01.2021 um 21:53 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk :
It says "Als Ersatzteil / defekt", which to my nose smells like "parts
donor". Whoever would like to pick it, should verify this. I might be
wrong.
It’s advertis
Hello Tomasz,
Am 05.01.2021 um 21:53 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk :
> It says "Als Ersatzteil / defekt", which to my nose smells like "parts
> donor". Whoever would like to pick it, should verify this. I might be
> wrong.
It’s advertised as that because it’s „three years ago since the last tim
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On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 06:41:30PM +0100, Patrik Schindler v
On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 06:41:30PM +0100, Patrik Schindler via cctalk wrote:
> Hello,
>
> to fellow readers in Germany and surrounding areas:
>
> HUGE 9406-F2, 300€, pickup in Heidelberg, Germany. Might be a
> Multiprocessor-Machine.
>
> https://cgi.ebay.de/174577267021
>
> I’m not related to t
That looks like it may be a 730 model complete with a twinax terminal
for a console. One thing that seem to be missing is the electronic key
that fits into the odd shaped hole in the operator panel.
Paul.
On 2021-01-05 1:41 p.m., Patrik Schindler via cctalk wrote:
Hello,
to fellow readers i
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