IBM Mainframe

Oh was this the one on epay last week? I nearly went for that myself! I have two (one for spares) but major issues getting it operational. I do have pretty complete docs and software, so we should probably stay in touch! Mike On 2 May 2015 3:06 pm, "Guy Sotomayor" <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote: > I just received my first IBM mainframe. It's an IBM Multiprise 3000 model > 7060-H30. It's a a P/390 class machine. It has 6 18GB drives and 3 9 GB > drives. I'll be posting some pictures on my website soon. > > Getting it home was interesting since the freight companies can't made the > drive from the main roads to my house (curse of living out in the country) > so I had to run down to the shipping depot (about 60 miles away) and have > them load up the pallet into the bed of my pickup truck which meant getting > it out without a forklift was going to be interesting! It wasn't until I > got home that I realized that it was packed in the original crate from > IBM! It even had the original uncrating instructions stuffed into the > crate...which wasn't particularly useful! > > Overall it appears to be in really good shape. There were also a number > of other "goodies" in the crate including some new in the bag bus-and-tag > cables. > > It'll be a bit before I can power it up and see what's there because I > have to find an SVGA monitor and a PS/2 keyboard and mouse. > > TTFN - Guy > >