RE: Hardware requirements for V4R4

["John P. Walsh" <john_walsh@xxxxxxxx>]

Assuming I can find these memory cards at anything near the price you
mentioned as opposed to the $640.00 quote I have received, can I just pop
these in like pc memory?

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> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Douglas Handy
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 12:13 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Hardware requirements for V4R4
>
>
> John,
>
>
> >I heard that IBM is recommending a mimimum of 256mb of memory to
> run v4r4.
> >Is this so?
>
> I know with Logical Partitioning they say the minimum is 256MB for the
> primary partition and 64MB for every secondary partition.  But you
> can't partition your 2030 anyway, since it only has one processor.
>
> Without using Logical Partitioning, V4R4 requires a minimum of 64MB
> main storage, and 1.6GB of disk for OS/400 and licensed internal code.
>
> >I have a 9404-400 2130 processor with 96mb of memory.
>
> The 400-2130 is a 9402, not a 9404, but it does max out at 160MB.  The
> other 400-213x models can take up to 224MB.
>
> To get from 96MB to 160MB, you need to add one more feature #3110,
> which is a pair of 32MB memory cards.  I bought a pair from a broker
> in June for $450, but the price has probably dropped some since then.
>
> Doug
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