14 Apr
2016
14 Apr
'16
12:09 a.m.
Alright. Picked up the machine today. Much smaller than expected, but
everything needed seems to be included. I got a terminal as well as a box
of cables. I managed to boot the machine up to the login screen. However I
do not know the username or password. I was speaking with someone on the
phone that was quite knowlegable, they said that after 3 attempts to login
it becomes a potato. What do i do from here. I am going to try and contact
the original owners, however i believe they are unwilling to help. Im quite
amazed the main drive was not wiped. Anyhow, if i can not get the password
from the original owners, there does appear to be a
working install on the
drives, how would I go about resetting the password to gain
access to the
machine? The machine is a ibm as/400e 170.
pictures to follow once I find my camera.
--Devin
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Mazzini Alessandro <mazzinia at tin.it> wrote:
You had it easy.
Once upon a time, a place I was working for decided to get a new
development
as/400. The toy was 2x the 270 you mentioned (hd cage taking one side)...
and the shipping original ibm box upped the weight to dunno... king kong.
It didn't fit in the elevator, and anyway exceeded the max weight.
The office was 2 floors up....
We pushed it up, I still have the nightmares
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Per conto di Kevin
Monceaux
Inviato: mercoled? 13 aprile 2016 21:09
A: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Oggetto: Re: Getting an ibm as/400
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 01:26:29AM -0400, Ian Primus wrote:
That's the truth. In a previous reply I mentioned I have a "small"
9406-270
in my living room. I found it listed on eBay. It was in New York. I'm in
Central Texas. It was listed with a flat $50 shipping fee. From the
photos
and shipping fee I was expecting something small enough to be shipped by
UPS
or FedEx. I made the seller an offer $50 less than the list price which
they accepted, so I basically got free shipping. It was shipped by UPS
- UPS Freight. There was no way UPS Fright could get down my driveway so I
had to pick it up at their terminal. Fortunately it was shipped on a tiny
pallet that just fit in the back of my mini-van. It looks like an
oversized
tower PC, but is definitely unusually heavy for its size. I have to use a
dolly to move it around.
--
Kevin
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Bruceville, TX
What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!
Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Jason T
<silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
In
IBM-speak, it's a "Midrange."
Which is a fancy word for "unusually heavy for its size".