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

From: Mike <kenziem_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat Dec 6 15:12:37 2003

On Wednesday 03 December 2003 18:44, Ian Primus wrote:

> 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).

> 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.

Linux runs on the newer RISC as/400, the 9404 is not one of them. I have a
pair of 9404's I'm missing the keys, and didn't notice any batteries when
I brought mine in the house for the winter.

Mike

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Received on Sat Dec 06 2003 - 15:12:37 GMT

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