Wolfe, Julian wrote:
I'm not entirely sure if this is off topic
yet(hence why I put it on
cctalk), but I know on a hobbyist level it's fairly rare.
On Saturday I'll be picking up an AS/400 model 9406-600 originally purchased
September 1997 with all the software and docs, licences etc that were ever
used with the machine, from the original owner. I've contacted IBM and
arranged license transfer (there was thankfully no charge)
Does anyone else here deal with AS/400, or have a lingering interest in it?
Secondly, I'm thinking of connecting a classic IBM terminal to it such as a
5251 S/34 term instead of the one that comes with it (something fairly
modern, not sure of the model yet) I am curious; are any limitations on what
I can connect, or are all twinax terminals pretty equal from a connectivity
standpoint?
I've got code in that box. When you get around to discussing the
internals, I can core dump some of my brain for you.
(I worked in the low level OS of the AS/400 from 1992 to 2000.)
The 5251 should work fine - I've used them on much newer AS/400s.
Mike