[rescue] AS400

[Corda Albert J DLVA]

A long time ago, I vaguely remember reading a post on one
of the newsgroups indicating that some versions of the AS/400
had "tilt" switches built in to indicate when the system was physically
moved. Once the tilt switch was triggered, the OS
would detect it and require a "revalidation" of the license.

BTW, Please, don't all jump down my throat at the same time ;-)
This probably falls under the catagory of "Urban Computer Legends".
I do remember that when I heard it, I thought it
sounded like paranoid hogwash... I'm just curious to see if
anyone else remembers hearing a fable like this?

-al-
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Dittman [mailto:dittman at dittman.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:03 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [rescue] AS400
> 
> 
> > "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).
> 
> The guy in the office next to me is an AS/400 admin, and I've
> seen some of the licensing requirements, and the problems
> that can come up due to a bad or expired key.
> -- 
> Eric Dittman
> dittman at dittman.net
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