5 Jan
2003
5 Jan
'03
8:47 p.m.
I'm selling an '89 IBM AS400/9404 and I'm trying to find out the appropriate
price. Here are the specs. Anyone able to help me out?
IBM AS400/9404
S/N 10-03a9a
PTF Level: C4060230
Software Liscence Type: EUL
OS release level: V2R3
Includes IBM RPG/400 software
Tape Drive is a QIC1000 (includes 1 tape, blank as far as I know)
2 hard drive bays with 2 drives in each bay
1 10BaseT Ethernet adaper with manual
Several misc plugins
Add-on cards: (in the back)
Amount Base number Part Number EC
1 2700
1 2615
1 2641
2 6152
1 6050 56F0392 899322
1 2623
1 2609
2 2641
1 2617 56F0392 899322
2 3122 56F0392 899322/second one is D48180
1 2587 56F0392 899322
It seems to boot up fine, although I don't have a monitor adapter for it so I
can't say for sure. Reply via this list or to scair(a)charter.net (email preferred)
Thanks!
6 Jan
6 Jan
2:13 a.m.
The old CISC AS/400's do not retain a lot of value due to their relative
lack of speed, ram and disk capacity, and general proprietary wierdness.
I had a similar but not as nice 9404 E0? and 9402 d02 for free. I believe
that version of the OS might have some Y2k issues. The RISC models are
another story. I hate to say it but you might have better luck selling
the more desirable features like the ethernet if you're intent on selling
it and no one will pick up the whole box.
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, John Mark wrote:
I'm selling an '89 IBM AS400/9404 and I'm
trying to find out the
appropriate price. Here are the specs. Anyone able to help me out?
IBM AS400/9404
S/N 10-03a9a
PTF Level: C4060230
Software Liscence Type: EUL
OS release level: V2R3
Includes IBM RPG/400 software
Tape Drive is a QIC1000 (includes 1 tape, blank as far as I know)
2 hard drive bays with 2 drives in each bay
1 10BaseT Ethernet adaper with manual
Several misc plugins
3:56 p.m.
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, John Mark wrote:
I'm selling an '89 IBM AS400/9404 and I'm
trying to find out the
appropriate price. Here are the specs. Anyone able to help me out?
I guess it might have value on the secondary market, but as a collectible:
$0-10.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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4:08 p.m.
John Mark wrote:
I'm selling an '89 IBM AS400/9404 and I'm
trying to find out the
appropriate price. Here are the specs. Anyone able to help me out?
Sellam Ismail wrote:
I guess it might have value on the secondary market,
but as a
collectible: $0-10.
In my experience, they have even *less* value on the secondary market;
you may even have to pay to have the larger (9406) models scrapped.
The problem is that the software licenses for the older CISC-based
models are non-transferrable, and the cost of buying a new OS/400
license is substantial. (I'm not sure IBM will even sell OS/400 for
CISC any more.)
Even if you don't care about having a legitimate OS/400 license, if
you leave the machine powered off for too long, the service processor
will demand a password on startup, which you have to obtain from IBM.
And if you don't have a license, IBM won't give you a password.
If you want to do a fresh install of software onto a CISC-based AS/400,
you need a MULIC tape (Machine Unique Licensed Internal Code) for the
specific hardware model. If you don't get the right MULIC tape with the
machine, it is very hard to find one, and they are very expensive to buy
from IBM.
The software licenses for the newer PowerPC (RISC) based AS/400 and
iSeries machines are transferrable.
7 Jan
7 Jan
1:41 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Smith" <eric(a)brouhaha.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Selling an old IBM AS400/9404
Even if you don't care about having a legitimate OS/400 license, if
you leave the machine powered off for too long, the service processor
will demand a password on startup, which you have to obtain from IBM.
And if you don't have a license, IBM won't give you a password.
This is good to know! I've been wanting an AS/400, but there's no way I'd
ever get around to cracking firmware passwords. Guess I'll have to be a
little picky about which AS/400 I'll take.
Bob
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