IBM AS/400(?) in Denver, CO

From: terryf_at_intersurf.com <(terryf_at_intersurf.com)>
Date: Wed Jul 11 21:27:58 2001

        I've got 2, 1 rode 200 miles in the back of my pickup and the other, I had
shipped from LA to Baton Rouge by United Van Lines. No problems waking
either one up, so I'm not too convinced of the "switch"

Terry

At 09:15 PM 7/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
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>The existence of the switch was in some of the manuals (the relevant
>manual I seem to have chucked). I do recall that all that was required
>was to call IBM for a new license, there did not seem to be anything to be
>physically replaced.
>
>Paul
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>On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Chuck McManis wrote:
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>> > > Are these the machines that contain a vibration switch so they can tell
>> > > if they've been moved? and if so, the license becomes invalid?
>> >
>> >Jerome Fine replies:
>> >What ever the IBM systems were that contained that feature, did
>> >that mean that the original legal user could also not move his system
>> >into another room?
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>> Of course not, legit owners had IBM field service move the hardware and
>> field service replaced the vibration switch after it was moved.
>>
>> --Chuck
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