Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

If you decide to go Linux, go to osboxes.org and download an already created VM for Linux.

Or check out Amazon Lightsail. For $5 per month you can get an online Linux instance.

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date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 13:06:52 -0500
from: Scott Williams <scottwill0707@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

Thanks for all the input on this matter.

The more I thought about it the IBM i isn't really made for hardware tinkering unless you have some very deep pockets to buy the hardware and reconfigure the machine. Also,many of these machines are powered on, configured and then expected to run for years without much attention given to the hardware. It just needs to work and work reliably.

I might research a Lenovo/IBM Box with an Intel CPU and slap Linux on it since that will be much cheaper, and will be more 'tinkerable' than the I.
Additionally, I'm not totally against looking into a hosting offer that fits my needs to get the RPG/CL fix.

Maybe in the future an affordable POWER server with proper licensing will become available, and then I can have some iron of my own...

Many thanks once again!