AS/400s in the Champaign area

From: Russ Blakeman <rhb57_at_vol.com>
Date: Fri Apr 19 13:28:16 2002

HOT day here, musta been rambling, although I'm not sure they even classify
the 390 as a mainframe - most literature and such refers to it as a server.
On anohter subject somewhat related, I hear they're pretty decent Linux
boxes - or at least the pricing for the Linux is likely better than for
OS/390. I may have even been think along the lines of the S/38.

=> -----Original Message-----
=> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
=> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chad Fernandez
=> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:48 PM
=> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
=> Subject: Re: AS/400s in the Champaign area
=>
=>
=> Russ Blakeman wrote:
=> > Is this the black or beige series of AS/400? There should be
=> the telltale
=> > IBM data tage that has something in the order of 9406-XXX (the
=> XXX is the
=> > model variant, explaing the options from the factory, and
=> consequently the
=> > processor type and number). There are different sizes/models
=> within the 9406
=> > line, and that dash number will tell a lot about it. There are
=> models like
=> > 170, 250, 730, 740, etc. I don't know a hell of a lot about
=> the older beige
=> > units but I think they are for OS/390 instead of OS/400 anyway.
=>
=>
=> OS/390 is for the S/390 mainframes isn't it? The AS/400 is the IBM
=> "midrange" line of computers. S/36 would have been IBM's pre-AS/400
=> midranges, I believe. Any chance your getting the numbers mixed up?
=> I've never heard OS/390 used with an AS/400.
=>
=> Chad Fernandez
=> Michigan, USA
=>
Received on Fri Apr 19 2002 - 13:28:16 BST