I have an AS/400 in my trunk...

From: Ian Primus <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Dec 3 17:44:33 2003

I was really busy over Thanksgiving, and then I got really sick, I'm
just recovering today, so I haven't had much time to do any tinkering
with computers. I just got home a few minutes ago, and the back end of
my car is sagging from the weight of an IBM AS/400 Model 9404. It's
very heavy, and I can't lift it alone, so it's going to have to stay
there until I can get a friend to help me lift it out and get it into
the house, but I have the panels, tape drive and battery backup unit
inside (I took them out to make it lighter and easier to load).
Unfortunately, the machine is missing it's hard drives, as well as
their carriers. It does, however, have a tape drive installed, and
seems to have it's full compliment of boards. I can't wait to play with
it :). It's not like I need another project, and I really don't have
space for it at the moment, but I couldn't pass it up. I can always use
it as a nightstand/space heater...

Anyway, anyone know anything about this beast? I've only done a little
googleing, which hasn't turned up any information on the hardware. I
need to find at least one drive carrier, and an operating system for
it. Does Linux run well (if at all) on the AS/400? Like I said, I
haven't done much research yet, I'm just trying to see if anyone has
had any experience with this thing. It's an interesting (and heavy)
piece of hardware. It will be fun to get running, provided I can find
the time.

Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
Received on Wed Dec 03 2003 - 17:44:33 GMT