8 May
1999
8 May
'99
1:48 p.m.
Today at a Police auction I picked up IBM AS/400 model 9309 for $25 for the
rack and other parts. Not sure when I will be able to fire it up.
8 May
8 May
3 p.m.
Today at a Police auction I picked up IBM AS/400 model
9309 for $25 for the
rack and other parts. Not sure when I will be able to fire it up.
Very, very cool sounding. Two questions, does it have the OS, and secondly
how hard is it to get the OS for one? The AS/400's sound rather
interesting.
Zane
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4:35 p.m.
I got an IBM service tape (reel)with it and it has 4 hard drives and I'm
hoping they still have the OS on one of them. It came from the city surplus
warehouse and the guy told me that they paid over $300,000 for it 10 years
ago. He said it just ran out of memory for them to keep using it. Once I
get to power it up I will update you on the OS. John
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 10:00 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: New find
Today at a Police auction I picked up IBM AS/400
model 9309 for
$25 for the
rack and other parts. Not sure when I will be able
to fire it up.
Very, very cool sounding. Two questions, does it have the OS,
and secondly
how hard is it to get the OS for one? The AS/400's sound rather
interesting.
Zane
| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast |
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+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
9 May
9 May
3:23 a.m.
Today at a
Police auction I picked up IBM AS/400 model 9309 for $25 for the
rack and other parts. Not sure when I will be able to fire it up.
Very, very cool sounding. Two questions, does it have the OS, and secondly
how hard is it to get the OS for one? The AS/400's sound rather
interesting.
3:50 a.m.
Was the AS400 used by the police or seized in some manner?
I purchased some DSSI drives which were originally used by a municipality,
including its police department. Some interesting information was left on
the disk. All they had to do was use the ERASE program in the DSSI
firmware and they could have sent a completely blank disk. I did this for
them.
I don't believe that Linux is supported on the AS400. In fact, AIX
probably isn't supported if this is a CISC AS400, which it probably is
judging from its price and age. If it's RISC I believe AIX still requires
a pricey firmware change.
Paul
On Sun, 9 May 1999, LordTyran wrote:
>Today at a Police auction I picked up IBM
AS/400 model 9309 for $25
for the > >rack and other parts. Not sure when I
will be able to fire it
up. > > Very, very cool sounding. Two questions, does it have the OS,
and secondly > how hard is it to get the OS for one? The AS/400's sound
rather > interesting. > Eh? OS isn't hard to find... depending on what
you want to run on it.. Linux is free, and is stable from what I've
heard..
Kevin
5:32 a.m.
Sorry, my bad, I was misinformed. Linux does not run on the AS/400
Sorry,
Kevin
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11 May
11 May
2:45 p.m.
It was used by the City and Police department. John
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Paul Thompson
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 1999 10:50 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: New find
Was the AS400 used by the police or seized in some manner?
I purchased some DSSI drives which were originally used by a municipality,
including its police department. Some interesting information was left on
the disk. All they had to do was use the ERASE program in the DSSI
firmware and they could have sent a completely blank disk. I did this for
them.
I don't believe that Linux is supported on the AS400. In fact, AIX
probably isn't supported if this is a CISC AS400, which it probably is
judging from its price and age. If it's RISC I believe AIX still requires
a pricey firmware change.
Paul
On Sun, 9 May 1999, LordTyran wrote:
>Today at a Police auction I picked up IBM
AS/400 model 9309 for $25
for the > >rack and other parts. Not sure when I
will be able to fire it
up. > > Very, very cool sounding. Two questions, does it have the OS,
and secondly > how hard is it to get the OS for one? The AS/400's sound
rather > interesting. > Eh? OS isn't hard to find... depending on what
you want to run on it.. Linux is free, and is stable from what I've
heard..
Kevin
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