RE: Hobbyist looking for Model 170/270/800

Hi Brett,

I have an old 820 gathering dust, but it only has V5R4 on it and I have all the passwords, although not the original media.

I always worry about shipping something this large as it could get damaged during transit.

Contact me via email if this interests you.

Another option might be setting up a Power Virtual Server on IBM cloud. You technically have access to the bare metal for your server.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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message: 3
date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:35:07 -0700
from: Brett Poland <brett.poland1@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Hobbyist looking for Model 170/270/800

Hi everyone,

I'm a student in Calgary looking for a retired AS/400 for a home lab (ideally a Model 170, 270, or 800 so it runs on standard wall power).

Does anyone have a dust-collector they'd be willing to sell? I'm hoping to find one where the QSECOFR password is known, since I don't have the gear to reset a locked machine.

Happy to cover all shipping costs.

Thanks,
Brett