Re: IBM 5363 - System/36 - Connecting to a PC?

["Paul Nelson" <pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Not really. Remember the opaque plastic cubes that covered the lights on the
S/3's? I remember switching the cubes around (green for red) and causing
panic attacks for the operators...

Paul Nelson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Norbut, Jim" <Jim.Norbut@Grubb-Ellis.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: IBM 5363 - System/36 - Connecting to a PC?


> iSeries Processor usage lights don't count? (grin)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PaulMmn [mailto:PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 10:06 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: IBM 5363 - System/36 - Connecting to a PC?
>
>
> If there's anything that the PC guys have over us AS/400 (excuse me--
> iSeries) types, is indicator lights.  Our PC Servers have lights for
> each disk, and it's really impressive to watch a bank of lights
> merrily flickering as the PCs think.
>
> WHY DON'T AS/400s HAVE INDICATORS?  Yes, I know that the disks have
> indicator lights, but they're buried under the covers.  I WANNA SEE
> BLINKING LIGHTS!    (:
>
> It's not a -real- computer unless it has SeaView style lights!
> Remember the huge panel (4' x 8' at least!) for the front of the
> 'computer--'  lights marching in waves across the panel, making
> pretty patterns.  The original StarTrek had lights, but they looked
> like they actually -did- something!
>
> It's like the blinking colon on a digital clock-- the colon blinks so
> you 'know that it's working.'
>
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com
>
>
>
>
> >  Gosh I'd forgotten that.  Every morning you came in you pushed the
> "Test
> >Lamps" pushbutton.  If a lamp was out you phoned IBM and a service
> engineer
> >parachuted into the parking lot.  Its making me all misty here,..  :')
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