Selling an old IBM AS400/9404

From: Robert F. Schaefer <rschaefe_at_gcfn.org>
Date: Tue Jan 7 18:41:00 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Smith" <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Selling an old IBM AS400/9404


>
> Even if you don't care about having a legitimate OS/400 license, if
> you leave the machine powered off for too long, the service processor
> will demand a password on startup, which you have to obtain from IBM.
> And if you don't have a license, IBM won't give you a password.

This is good to know! I've been wanting an AS/400, but there's no way I'd
ever get around to cracking firmware passwords. Guess I'll have to be a
little picky about which AS/400 I'll take.

Bob
Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 18:41:00 GMT