Any IBM Power / AIX fans out there?

It's not (just) the fact I have residency to worry about. I'm more than happy to practise on stuff that's common or not that difficult to replace, and this is not to say that when faced with a defect, I don't try *at all* to fix it. And I've been able to get stuff working with my limited skills, and without enlisting much aid. But on the devices that mean something to me, I'm not willing to risk ending up with a dead box just so I can 'learn something' by potentially farking it up. I'd rather have someone who knows something about the device help with/do those kinds of repairs, especially if they're easily available. That's not laziness or ennui, that's pragmatism. I can learn on lesser devices. Please correct me, but what I perceived you to say loudly and clearly was that the original poster should go ahead and 'learn something' by disassembling the lock on a machine that means something to him, something that could potentially render the machine inoperable if he extracts the lock wrong, or messes up with pins, or goodness knows. He can learn to re-pin a lock with something else. An AIX server, to me, would be an expensive way to learn and it doesn't make any sense when a competent locksmith can do the job and save the machine (and he could buy a cheap lock somewhere and learn how locks work with that). Maybe AIX servers are a dime a dozen where you are, but I think I'll start with something smaller. -- ---------------------------------- personal: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Floodgap Systems Ltd * So. Calif., USA * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- Eggheads unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks. -- Adlai Stevenson