Twinax (was Re: Last run at the local Uni Surplus for a while...)

From: FLTLT <co.614sqn_at_aafc.adfc.gov.au>
Date: Tue Apr 9 21:53:02 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: "r. 'bear' stricklin" <red_at_bears.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: Twinax (was Re: Last run at the local Uni Surplus for a
while...)


> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Geoff Roberts wrote:
>
> > I don't have the 25 pin d to 8x twinax connector gizmo (I can supply an
IBM
> > part no). I've had a few offered to me, but they all want very serious
> > money for it. Considering I paid $25AU for the lot I'm not that
interested
> > in shelling out a couple of hundred for the terminal interface box and
> > cable.
>
> A couple of hundred for the workstation adapter cable is nothing compared
> to the cost of $26,000 IBM quoted me, to license OS/400 for mine.

Yeah, this box (CISC) has OS/400 installed AFAIK. Can't tell for sure since
I don't have the
black box to hook up the twinax terms. But the diag readout suggests it's
booting something.

> Word of warning for the rest of you, the conventional wisdom that states
> RISC AS/400 = V4 = transferrable OS isn't entirely true. _Some_ RISC
> AS/400s did run a late release of V3. Licenses for OS/400 V3 are not
> transferrable, whether for RISC or CISC.

Not planning to use it to do anything, so doesn't really matter anyway. I
just want a complete system.

Cheers

Geoff in Oz
Received on Tue Apr 09 2002 - 21:53:02 BST