IBM Mainframe

Yes it was! I'm getting another one as soon as Will makes his trip out West. I had intended for this one as spares. Great! My concern has been getting S/W for them. I don't know what's on them (yet). TTFN - Guy On 5/2/15 12:25 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > 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 >> >>