I have an AS/400 in my trunk... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Dec 2003

First message, second try. ?Sorry if I mess up.

...
  If anyone ever comes up with some real system tapes,
please save them! 
 The lack of "early" IBM software is really annoying (not only AS/400, but 
 for the earlier S/3x and S/3 lines, and even the mainframe lines).

 William Donzelli 
Even that early model had some sort of emulation or compatability modes
for S36 and S38.

While there may not be a Linux (or AIX) port, there was supposed to be
a way to run... NT? from inside some sort of AS400. ?Maybe post-CISC?

The AS400 was primarily for RPG and COBOL, but did have other languages.
In fact it had C, but I was never quite sure how a ported C program would
work with their batch-IO to terminals...

The batch/script/command language is very strong and fills several manuals.

Manuals! ?200?+ 3" manuals. ?But available on CD for PC or for AS400.
...
 From IBM of course. 
Nothing at all wrong with having an AS400 reel tape drive...
That'd do it for me except for the lic cost.  Then Token-ring to an 8228 to
a PC with a TR card and a nic.

There was a way to start subsystems beyond the OS, but you didn't want
to challenge a 9404 too much.

Other comm cards you might see could be one of V.35, X.21 or EIA (~RS232)
And of course twinaxial connections to the console, printers and CRTs.

Have fun.

~Zubla