[SunRescue] AS-400

[Eric Hall]

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> > Actually, the ancestor to the AS/400 was the System 38, not the 36!
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> Well, yeah, the S/38 was more directly in the line of ancestral succession,
> but I think there's a large but unhealthy dose of S/36 blood in there, too.
>  I seem to remember that part of the original AS/400 "migration strategy"
> advertising was that S/36 sites wouldn't have to change anything.
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> Isn't one of the low-end AS/400s really just one of those big-PC-chassis
> S/36s?
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> IBM's "midrange" line has always been a big pot of confusion.
>

I think the 38 was way ahead of it's time. Even had "context-sensitive" help.
Also  had SQL built  into the command line! They are rather large for home
use though. But having a smaller A/S400 might be a lot of fun!

Eric


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