Getting an ibm as/400

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

have a licenced os on this thing, it is very different from anything i

worked with before. Not sure really where to go from here. The drives are scsi, are they in a standard filesystem format i could

in a seperate machine? On Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se>

> 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

> > 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> > 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] Per conto di

> > > 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> > 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

> > > photos > > > and shipping fee I was expecting something small enough to be

> 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