IBM AS/400(?) in Denver, CO

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Thu Jul 12 00:13:49 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Thompson" <thompson_at_mail.athenet.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: IBM AS/400(?) in Denver, CO


>
> It could be
>
> 1) placed in the manual but never implemented
> 2) implemented only on certain machines (highest end 9406's or such?)

My understanding is 2) above. Not sure exactly which model(s), but I
too have seen references in online manuals to this, when I was trying to
get my CISC AS/400 running. It's apparently functioning, and seems to
be booting, but I lack a cable gizmo (I have the IBM part no if anyone
has any going begging) to go from the machine's DB25 to the Twinax
terminal string, so I can't talk to it. So it's currently in storage as
the gizmo is several hundred dollars from an IBM reseller. I have
machine complete with 4 x SCSI drives and some IBM Terminals. Hopefully
I will come across the necessary cable gizmo one day at a price that is
affordable for a hobbyist.
Theoretically the O/S should have been deleted before it was sold (got
it at auction for $25, thought it ran AIX at the time.) but it's
evidently still there. Of course since the license cannot be
transferred to a third party, I would not be able to use it even
privately. ;^)

cheers

Geoff in Oz
Received on Thu Jul 12 2001 - 00:13:49 BST