Re: V5R4 and 8GB drives

[ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Man... that sounds like a nice deal...



                                                                       
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OK, let's start the bidding for a Disk swap job.

In Londonderry NH which is also the home of the neat and well serviced
(read - good prices) alternate airport for Boston,I've a 170 at V4r5 with 4

4 gig drives and 4/8GB tape unit.

In a box I've got 4 17 GB drives and I've already installed the required
upgraded disk controller card which by itself made the box run faster.

I've also got a model 800 with 40 spare gig of disk at V5R2 on a local
network in my office

I've not had the courage to attempt the swap myself but I need to get it
done.

I'm sitting here with a stunning view (I'll send pictures) at my summer
place just a few miles west of Augusta Maine (Belgrade Lakes area)  about
25
feet from a little lake where:
I have:
a canoe
2 kayaks
a little Sunfish sailboat
14 foot boat with 10 HP motor
small Jon boat with 2HP motor for the kids
peddle paddle boat.

The lake has trout and bass and the water is crystal clear and there is no
public access on the lake so it's quite.

Not far from here is all the REAL lobsters you might want. There is a neat
little older town which a has few brew pubs about 10 minutes away. Augusta
area is a great positioning to explorer other parts of Maine.

I have high speed cable internet access here and at the office."here" is 3
hours by major highway.

I've been thinking that I would pay IBM to come do it but IF some qualified

person (with perhaps family in tow) would like come to do it I could see my

way clear to pop for the local NH hotel for a day or two and then some
non-weekend use of this house here. I'll toss in some pizza, chips and beer

& wine.

Perhaps even during the fantastic fall foliage season.
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Steve Moland
Access Paths Inc
12 Parmenter Rd Unit C4
Londonderry NH 03053
603 845-0190 Ext 2
603 315-0340 Cell
steve@xxxxxxxxxxx



"Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Where are you located?  Sound like a great opportunity to outsource to
> an individual like myself that has the hardware experience.  If your
> local, I would only charge a six pack and some pizza.
>
> Chris Bipes
> Director of Information Services
> CrossCheck, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 7:21 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: V5R4 and 8GB drives
>
> > From: Pat Barber
> >
> > A used tape drive is trivial in expense and you can certainly
> > do a save and restore.
>
> The more I look at it, the more this seems to be the way to go.  Of
> course,
> this is my "back release" machine and is currently on V5R1, so I have
> that
> additional complexity to consider.
>
>
> > These boxes have been "DIY" for quite some time.
>
> Ah, Pat, you're probably right but I consider it something of a victory
> if I
> manage to plug the headphones into my MP3 player <grin>.  Seriously, I
> built
> a small form-factor PC for my wife, but as you know PCs these days are
> pretty much plug and play.  I have NEVER opened up a midrange with
> malice
> aforethought, so it will be a new experience.
>
>
> > The disk drives are fairly cheap, so this would be the best
> > way to go.
> >
> > Go here for the books on "how to do it"...
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/v4r5hwpdf/inde
> x.
> > htm
>
> This looks great.  I definitely didn't know about this site, and I will
> be
> doing some reading.
>
>
> > Removing the covers is the biggest challenge.
>
> I have a big hammer...
>
>
> > If the IBM GARS site works next week, I'll shoot you some prices
> > if you wish.
>
> Please do so.  More and more it looks like maybe a used tape drive and a
> some tapes might not be a bad idea.  I can probably offload most of my
> user
> libraries using FTP, and then just save and restore the OS, base
> libraries
> and IFS using GO SAVE/21.
>
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