Found a rs6000 43p

Oh gawd, yes. We, the private AIX non-corp users, aren't worth IBM's white- shirt-and-sincere-tie time. I went around and around fruitlessly for weeks to buy hardware and media from them. Just take my money, I said! So I gave up and bought both the server and later the AIX media secondhand. The only "new" AIX I ever got was with my Apple Network Server. Otherwise, I just have eBay media sets. Ironically, now that I have connections with our large municipal IT department, the IBM salesdroid showed mock horror when I related this story to him and perhaps they'll be a bit more forthcoming next time. I can understand them not wanting to openly handle end-user sales, but if someone's sitting there with a credit card ... -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Good times, noodle salad. -- "As Good As It Gets" --------------------------