Re: 170 - Power it off or keep it powered on?

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete,

This was my recollection although I no longer have my E02 or my 170 in 
the basement (my wife had me get rid of them....wimp...)

I would occasionally start up either and I know for certain that it was 
months between power ons.  I never recall having to do anything special 
beyond plugging it in and pushing the button and (eventually) signing on.

Pete Helgren (re-Pete)

Pete Massiello wrote:
> I wasn't arguing about the grace period, I was agreeing on that, and that is
> why I thought people were mixing up grace period for how long a machine
> could be off for.
>
> So, now you evoked my curiosity.  I went into the computer room and
> connected a 170 to power and just powered it up. This AS/400 (yes, it is an
> AS/400) with V5R2 on it that hadn't been on (unplugged since we turned it
> off) since Dec 06, 2006. So, that would be 13 months it was powered off and
> Un-Plugged. This machine hasn't been on since 2006, I went and looked up in
> the history log.  It came up fine, didn't ask for a password, didn't ask for
> anything.  I had to connect a console (Twinax) to it, but its up and
> running, and those noisy old disks are just chattering about.
>
> Pete Massiello
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