[geeks] Re: [SunRescue] TCF?!

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Alright, but what if it is a V4 machine (is there a V5?  I seem to remeber
seeing it mentioned it some AS400 magazines I was browsing last summer).

--
Joshua Boyd

On Thu, 3 May 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:28:38AM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > So, what does one do with an AS400?  If I bought what, what could I get it
> > to do other than sit there and look pretty?  Is it a cost effective way to
> > get a database server?  Can the things be cheaply colo'ed?  I'm all for
> > old hardware, but I never understood what the average person could do with
> > an AS/400 (or why a company would want them unless the software they
> > needed required one).
> 
> The problem with an AS/400 is that if you have an older one that only
> runs V3 of OS/400, unless you get the OS tapes with the machine, you
> have a very pretty DOORSTOP.
> 
> Literally - there is NO WAY to get OS tapes for these machines.  IBM
> will not sell them to you for any price, and the licenses are non-
> transferrable.
> 
> That's why I got rid of my little cute AS400.
> 
> Bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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