19 Apr
2001
19 Apr
'01
10:58 p.m.
Also found this deal today
100$ takes all
4-6 AS400 9404 models
about 35+ IBM 3164 terminals with keyboards, dust screens
for terminals,
network blocks etc.
Tested one of the 9404 and powers up fine... others
untested...
they do include drives, tape units, cpu's, memory etc !!!!
19 Apr
19 Apr
11:29 p.m.
Also found this deal today
100$ takes all
4-6 AS400 9404 models
about 35+ IBM 3164 terminals with keyboards, dust screens
for terminals,
network blocks etc.
Tested one of the 9404 and powers up fine... others
untested...
they do include drives, tape units, cpu's, memory etc !!!!
BUT, do they include an Operating System? If not you might as well ignore
them. If so, how big are they and what OS? I might be interested in one :^)
Zane
20 Apr
20 Apr
11:36 a.m.
If they don't come with an OS, they are still a good source of 50 pin SCSI
cables and terminators of a variety of types: centronix -> ribbon etc.
The biggest pain will be getting rid of or moving the built in UPS in the
bottom of the pedestal.
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
BUT, do they include an Operating System? If not you
might as well ignore
them. If so, how big are they and what OS? I might be interested in one :^)
Zane
9:19 p.m.
healyzh skrev:
> Also found this deal today
>
> 100$ takes all
> 4-6 AS400 9404 models
> about 35+ IBM 3164 terminals with keyboards, dust screens
> for terminals,
> network blocks etc.
> Tested one of the 9404 and powers up fine... others
> untested...
> they do include drives, tape units, cpu's, memory etc !!!!
BUT, do they include an Operating System? If not you
might as well ignore
them. If so, how big are they and what OS? I might be interested in one :^)
What OS? Could AS/400s run anything but OS/400?
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start making vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge
9:30 p.m.
BUT, do they
include an Operating System? If not you might as well ignore
them. If so, how big are they and what OS? I might be interested in one :^)
What OS? Could AS/400s run anything but OS/400?
10:06 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus(a)canit.se>
To: "healyzh" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: AS400 9404 /s
healyzh skrev:
>> Also found this deal today
>>
>> 100$ takes all
>> 4-6 AS400 9404 models
>> about 35+ IBM 3164 terminals with keyboards, dust
screens
>> for terminals,
>> network blocks etc.
>> Tested one of the 9404 and powers up fine... others
>> untested...
>> they do include drives, tape units, cpu's, memory etc
!!!!
>BUT, do they include an Operating System? If not you
might as well ignore
>them. If so, how big are they and what OS? I
might be
interested in one :^)
What OS? Could AS/400s run anything but OS/400?
I found a few references today to a linux/400 but is sounds
like you need to have OS/400 running first.
Any guesses to the weight of these machines?
If the machine already has OS/400 on it is does it expire?
Does IBM offer a hobbyist licence?
21 Apr
21 Apr
12:40 a.m.
Any guesses to the weight of these machines?
Well, they range in size from where you can pick them up and carry them on a
sales call, up to multi-rack. Then there is all the peripherals that might
be included with a system such as the terminals.
If the machine already has OS/400 on it is does it
expire?
Hmmm, good question. I don't know.
Does IBM offer a hobbyist licence?
No. IBM is not what I would call a hobbyist friendly company.
Zane
9:31 a.m.
If the machine
already has OS/400 on it is does it expire?
Hmmm, good question. I don't know. Does IBM offer
a hobbyist licence?
No. IBM is not what I would call a hobbyist friendly company.
Zane
11:07 p.m.
At 08:31 AM 4/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
I have an IBM manual for 9404 and 9402 systems which states the operator
control panel has a "movement sensor" which detects gross changes in
position and causes the OS to prompt for the system password as an effort
to prevent unauthorized transfer.
Having hauled a couple around in a pickup ( over 100 miles ) and getting
one shipped from the west coast to louisianna via freight truck, I haven't
experienced any problems.
Terry
25 Apr
25 Apr
10:34 p.m.
I picked up 2 machines this evening for $20 (cdn)
There are 2 9404's all the slots in the back are full, there
are 3 HD's and 1 tape unit for each.
I have a twinax box, an box of cables a 3151 terminal and
another color one ( it still has a chamoix and maunal in
the drawers!) There are 3 manuals a tape cleaning kit, a
test tape and one other tape labeled type 9404 s/n 78-22340
and 21f3003 on the front. He threw in a Sparc 2 and a bag
of RAM to close the deal, and said to call back in the
mornig for a HP.
21 Apr
21 Apr
7:36 a.m.
Linux/400 not only requires OS/400 to install right now, but it doesn't
yet exist fully. Not only that, but is this machine a POWER-based machine
or a CISC? If it is a CISC your only choice is to run OLD OLD OLD OS/400.
Peace... Sridhar
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Mike Kenzie wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus(a)canit.se>
To: "healyzh" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: AS400 9404 /s
healyzh skrev:
>> Also found this deal today
>>
>> 100$ takes all
>> 4-6 AS400 9404 models
>> about 35+ IBM 3164 terminals with keyboards, dust
screens
>> for terminals,
>> network blocks etc.
>> Tested one of the 9404 and powers up fine... others
>> untested...
>> they do include drives, tape units, cpu's, memory etc
!!!!
>BUT, do they include an Operating System? If not you
might as well ignore
>them. If so, how big are they and what OS?
I might be
interested in one :^)
What OS? Could AS/400s run anything but OS/400?
I found a few references today to a linux/400 but is sounds
like you need to have OS/400 running first.
Any guesses to the weight of these machines?
If the machine already has OS/400 on it is does it expire?
Does IBM offer a hobbyist licence?
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