16 Dec
2000
16 Dec
'00
3:21 p.m.
The AS/400 is a weird beast, it comes in many sizes. In
the lab we have
an AS/400 that is about the size of a MicroVAX II in a BA123 or 213
cabinet. I've seen AS/400's that could fill a 20x10 room (that's will
the peripherals). It's a good replacement for the System 1 and System
36 (5250 terminals). My customers seem to love them.
The one we have is roughly the size of a BA123 for the system
itself and then there are a number of external UPS's that take up
nearly the same amout of space. It's used strictly for a single
database application that takes data from users all over the world.
Cradle-to-grave type tracking and it's a seperate entity from out
main network of NT/95/98 and Mac machines. Unfortunately, there's
but one person that is allowed to work on it at all and it's not me.
Jeff
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