[rescue] AS/400? Anyone?

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Thu Jan 17 21:02:26 CST 2008


>From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm at mendelson.com>
>Date: 2008/01/17 Thu PM 01:28:16 CST
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] AS/400? Anyone?

>On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:14:34PM -0500, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
>> Anyone want a AS/400? 3 cabinet system, complete?
>
>Does IBM still sell AS/400's? 
>
>I have some very anti AS/400 opinions and the effect they had on IBM's
>finances when the company stopped selling low end 370's to force customers
>to buy AS400's, and said so on another mailing list. (circa 1990-1991)

I would have thought (though I haven't investigated it) that IBM tried to stop 
selling System 34/36/38 when the AS/400 was introduced.

Lionel



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