9 Apr
2002
9 Apr
'02
9:53 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "r. 'bear' stricklin" <red(a)bears.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: Twinax (was Re: Last run at the local Uni Surplus for a
while...)
Yeah, this box (CISC) has OS/400 installed AFAIK. Can't tell for sure since
I don't have the
black box to hook up the twinax terms. But the diag readout suggests it's
booting something.
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Geoff Roberts wrote:
> I don't have the 25 pin d to 8x twinax connector gizmo (I can supply an
IBM
> part no). I've had a few offered to me, but
they all want very serious
> money for it. Considering I paid $25AU for the lot I'm not that
interested
in shelling
out a couple of hundred for the terminal interface box and
cable.
A couple of hundred for the workstation adapter cable is nothing compared
to the cost of $26,000 IBM quoted me, to license OS/400 for mine. Word of warning for the rest of you, the conventional
wisdom that states
RISC AS/400 = V4 = transferrable OS isn't entirely true. _Some_ RISC
AS/400s did run a late release of V3. Licenses for OS/400 V3 are not
transferrable, whether for RISC or CISC.
Not planning to use it to do anything, so doesn't really matter anyway. I
just want a complete system.
Cheers
Geoff in Oz