FW: AS/400 questions...

From: Julian Richardson <JRichardson_at_softwright.co.uk>
Date: Thu Feb 3 02:44:30 2000

OK, welcome back everyone....

I'm not sure if this email made it to the old list before it was
stopped, so I'm resending (in other words, sorry if you've seen it
twice!!)

>Technically this shouldn't quite make the list (the machine's of 1991 vintage
>apparently), but my work's throwing out an old AS/400 - I know nothing at all
>about these machines but if it's getting slung then I may as well grab it and
>take a look at the thing...
>
>Model number is 9404, big tower-style case, 8" floppy and (I believe) 150MB
>QIC tape drive.
>
>It's got a console/terminal of some sort which is apparently dead (I haven't
>looked at the cabling - can I wire up just about anything as a console or do
>they use some strange protocol / signal levels?). Nobody knows how much disk
>or memory it has in it and it hasn't been powered up in years. There's a box
>of assorted junk with it, cables, keyboard etc. and someone said there's a
>load of tapes for it too...
>
>So, initial questions:
>
>Does anyone have any handy web links to AS/400 stuff so I can get some more
>information on this thing? (and AS/400s in general)
>
And does anyone know how hard OS install media is to get hold of from
>IBM? It may be that someone here has the tapes (or whatever) but I'm not sure
>(I'll try to hunt them out later). I don't know if I can be bothered
>transporting it home when I don't even know if it works and possibly don't
>have installation media if the system needs rebuilding!!
>
>cheers
>
>Jules
>
Received on Thu Feb 03 2000 - 02:44:30 GMT