8 Dec
2015
8 Dec
'15
6:50 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 06:53:31PM +0000, Brian Adams wrote:
Yeah, I've got an account on an AS/400 right now.
I like the OS, I
probably couldn't do anything useful with it, but I like the look.
I've had an account there for years, though I don't use it much these days.
But having an account on a remote system isn't the
same as a physical
system, ya know? And I don't have QSECOFR access of course.
Maybe I can find one at a surplus or recycler, mm.
Having a box with full access is definitely a plus. I have a 9406-270 in my
living room that I found on eBay for a fairly descent price. It's been
encountering some memory errors for a while now, but seems to be hanging in
there. I might have to find some replacement memory, or a replacement box,
one of these days myself. There was a post on the Midrange-L list last
month from someone with a couple of "old 525 systems" that he's looking to
part with:
http://Archive.Midrange.com/midrange-l/201511/msg00446.html
I contacted him recently and as of a few days ago they were still available.
I'd have grabbed one of them if I had the funds to spare at the moment.
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Kevin
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