[rescue] AS400

[Eric Dittman]

> 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?

I remember that message on one of the email lists.  I asked a
local AS/400 guy and he said he's never seen an AS/400 that
had a tilt switch that invalidated the license.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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