25 Mar
2007
25 Mar
'07
3:14 a.m.
Michael B. Brutman wrote:
I have a friend who has an older AS/400 in his personal collection of
computers. (It is in the collection because the AS/400 is unique
enough to be interesting.) He doesn't know a lot about it but he did
manage to get a console, wire it correctly, and get to the OS/400
command line.
To do anything remotely interesting with the machine he needs to have
a development environment. I am figuring green screen COBOL, C and
RPG are good enough. Does anybody know how to engage IBM to find out
if license keys are available for home/hobbyist use? (Other
manufacturers like DEC did this for their 'bigger' iron.)
I have a friend who has a system that he loads
OS/400 on, and lets it turn into a pumpkin every
couple of months, and just keeps reloading it.
I don't know what sorts of development you can
do on the system, as it is closed. I would think
that most development just consists of customizing
either IBM aps, or those you have purchased. I
have heard from him that you can run for some time
on a single terminal (unknown how long, but I recall
the couple of month time frame) and then just reload.
good enough for testing and play.
jim