AS/400?

"Geoff Roberts" <geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au> wrote: [...] Go to http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/ Choose IBMLink for the United States (at the bottom of the list). Choose "Sales Manual" under InfoLink. Enter "9402" in the Product Number field and click Search. There'll be a list of all the 9402 series. You presumably want 9402-200, unless what you have is a 9402-236 or 9402-20S. This will give you *lots* of useful information. Note that since your machine is CISC-based, it does NOT come with any software licenses, and software licenses are NOT transferrable, so you will have to buy an OS/400 license from IBM. We're talking really big bucks. :-( Also, if you ever have to reinstall the software from scratch, you will need a MULIC (Model-Unique Licensed Internal Code) tape. If at all possible, try to get this from the seller. Also, under certain circumstances the computer will as for a system password at IPL time. If you don't have a system password, you will be given the opportunity to use the system for up to 70 days (IIRC), after which time you will no longer be able to IPL. I'm told that if the system is powered off for a long time, that's one of the conditions that will cause it to ask for a system password. If you need a system password, you'll have to pay big bucks to IBM. Because of these problems, I'd strongly recommend that anyone interested in acquiring an AS/400 try to get a newer RISC-based model instead. With the RISC-based models, the software licenses are transferrable. I have a 9406-B45 and another 9406 which I have not yet identified. I've put some links at: http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/ibm/as400/