RE: Intro AS/400

["Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Well, it sounds like you're wanting a piece of hardware from ebay or
wherever...  So this begs the question, what o/s are you planning on running
on this thing?



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Bowling
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:37 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Intro AS/400

PaulMmn wrote:
> Norm--
>
> Wouldn't the name depend on what model he purchased??   (:
>
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> At 9:30 AM +0900 12/7/08, Norm Dennis wrote:
>   
> > Well firstly, it's not an AS/400 it's an E Server I Series, er , i
Series,
> > um, System i, oh stuff it, Trevor can you explain?
> >
> > Norm Dennis
> >     
A horse is a horse, and I am well aware of the name changes over the 
product life cycle -- no different than RS/6000-pSeries-System p or 
S/3x0, z Series, System z.  I really don't care about marketing and am 
interested in the folklore and thought processes of the design of these 
computers.

As I stated in my first email, running the latest os400 isn't a priority 
(nor the cost associated with it).  If I can get a good system cheaply 
off eBay, I would be more happy.

So I guess I should make it clear - AS/400-i Series-System i... they are 
all the same to me and I just want an inexpensive system as an 
introduction to learn and play with.  Again, CPU power or modern OS and 
software are not that important.  If anyone has one sitting offline at 
work, or sees something on eBay, let me know!  Thanks for the 
suggestions thus far.

Regards,

Kevin