6 Dec
2003
6 Dec
'03
7:12 a.m.
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 18:44, Ian Primus wrote:
the back end of
my car is sagging from the weight of an IBM AS/400 Model 9404. It's
very heavy, and I can't lift it alone, so it's going to have to stay
there until I can get a friend to help me lift it out and get it into
the house, but I have the panels, tape drive and battery backup unit
inside (I took them out to make it lighter and easier to load).
Anyway, anyone know anything about this beast?
I've only done a little
googleing, which hasn't turned up any information on the hardware. I
need to find at least one drive carrier, and an operating system for
it. Does Linux run well (if at all) on the AS/400? Like I said, I
haven't done much research yet, I'm just trying to see if anyone has
had any experience with this thing. It's an interesting (and heavy)
piece of hardware. It will be fun to get running, provided I can find
the time.
Linux runs on the newer RISC as/400, the 9404 is not one of them. I have a
pair of 9404's I'm missing the keys, and didn't notice any batteries when
I brought mine in the house for the winter.
Mike
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Ottawa, Canada
Collector of vintage computers
http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600