[rescue] AS400

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 11:28 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>    Now, I'm not a big AS/400 fan...but your statements here are
>> nothing
>> short of completely ridiculous, and if I didn't know better, I'd
>> swear
>> you were trolling.
>
> No, not trolling - my suspicions were repeated by Eric:
>
> "The software is licensed and coded, so for a hobbyist getting
> a valid OS can be difficult."
>
> Which I take to mean, that the CPU has a serial number, and the license
> has a "life", after which it needs to be repurchased (it expires).

   Same with Unicos. ;)

> Dave, I've prefaced all my statements (and if I didn't, my bad, I meant
> to) by saying "if you don't have an OS"... He never said one way or
> another...

   Ok, I stand corrected on that point.

        -Dave

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