Re: OS/400 V4R3 installation CDs

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd be very shocked if BlueSCSI worked ... IBM AS/400 drives had some
particular firmware and 520(?) byte sectors...

Honestly, a v4r3 is pretty dang old...installation has changed.  Electronic
delivery came out in v5r1.

Good luck!
Charles

On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM Ali Mualla <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> Long time lurker, first time writing here.
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> Yesterday, I became the proud owner of a Model 170 in fairly good
> condition (IMO). Bought from a really nice retired gentleman who used to
> work as an IT technician on IBM i hardware, and who came to deliver the
> machine and help me set it up in my home network and connect to it. The
> system came with a clean licensed install of V4R3. As I understood from
> him, he restored the system from a QIC backup. I also got a 5250 terminal
> box and an IBM keyboard, and in a couple of days will receive PCMCIA 5250
> cards bought from ebay in the US.
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> I’m a software engineer with almost 20 years of experience in about half a
> dozen programming languages, but who’s new to AS/400 and has been learning
> on and off for the past year using the great pub400.
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> As I live in Germany, the system came with the interface in German. While
> I’m learning the language and debating using that as an extra excuse to
> practice the language (and slowly reading Holger Scherer’s Kurs für
> Einsteiger), but still want to learn and be able to install the OS from
> scratch, since one of the things I want to try is replacing the HDDs with
> BlueSCSI Ultra.
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> I was wondering if anyone in the community has V4R3 CDs or ISOs laying
> around who’s willing to sell them, or sell CD-R copies or even provide ISOs
> for download. I’m willing to pay for the hassle of making the ISOs and
> uploading them somewhere.
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> Kind Regards,
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> Ali Mualla
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