14 Apr
2016
14 Apr
'16
3:57 a.m.
The size of two pc towers. I am trying to figure out how to log in. I tried
the account qsecofr with pass qsecofr with no luck. I might actually have a
licenced os on this thing, it is very different from anything i have worked
with before. Not sure really where to go from here.
The drives are scsi, are they in a standard filesystem format i could read
in a seperate machine?
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
Nice! I have a 170 (not up and running, no OS). Which
variant do you have.
Is it
about the size of a PC tower or or two PC towers next to each other?
/P
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 08:09:02PM -0400, devin davison wrote:
Alright. Picked up the machine today. Much
smaller than expected, but
everything needed seems to be included. I got a terminal as well as a box
of cables. I managed to boot the machine up to the login screen. However
I
do not know the username or password. I was
speaking with someone on the
phone that was quite knowlegable, they said that after 3 attempts to
login
it becomes a potato. What do i do from here. I am
going to try and
contact
the original owners, however i believe they are
unwilling to help. Im
quite
amazed the main drive was not wiped. Anyhow, if i
can not get the
password
from the original owners, there does appear to be
a working install on
the
drives, how would I go about resetting the
password to gain access to the
machine? The machine is a ibm as/400e 170.
pictures to follow once I find my camera.
--Devin
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Mazzini Alessandro <mazzinia at tin.it
<javascript:;>> wrote:
> You had it easy.
>
> Once upon a time, a place I was working for decided to get a new
> development
> as/400. The toy was 2x the 270 you mentioned (hd cage taking one
side)...
> and the shipping original ibm box upped the
weight to dunno... king
kong.
> It didn't fit in the elevator, and
anyway exceeded the max weight.
>
> The office was 2 floors up....
>
> We pushed it up, I still have the nightmares
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org <javascript:;>] Per
conto di Kevin
> Monceaux
> Inviato: mercoled? 13 aprile 2016 21:09
> A: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Oggetto: Re: Getting an ibm as/400
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 01:26:29AM -0400, Ian Primus wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com
<javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > > In IBM-speak, it's a "Midrange."
> >
> > Which is a fancy word for "unusually heavy for its size".
>
> That's the truth. In a previous reply I mentioned I have a "small"
> 9406-270
> in my living room. I found it listed on eBay. It was in New York.
I'm
in
> Central Texas. It was listed with a flat
$50 shipping fee. From the
> photos
> and shipping fee I was expecting something small enough to be shipped
by
> UPS
> or FedEx. I made the seller an offer $50 less than the list price
which
> they accepted, so I basically got free
shipping. It was shipped by UPS
> - UPS Freight. There was no way UPS Fright could get down my driveway
so I
> had to pick it up at their terminal.
Fortunately it was shipped on a
tiny
> pallet that just fit in the back of my
mini-van. It looks like an
> oversized
> tower PC, but is definitely unusually heavy for its size. I have to
use a
> dolly to move it around.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Kevin
> http://www.RawFedDogs.net
> http://www.Lassie.xyz
> http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org
> Bruceville, TX
>
> What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!
> Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.
>
>