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> 1. AS/400 update (W. Chris Shank)
I might be able to help you. I have 20+years on AS400, and know lots of
others. In fact, a friend of mine in K of P got 3 free AS400's and was
looking to scavenge a complete AS/400 by merging the three, but he was a
little gun-shy of mucking with the hardware internally.
First question is - is yours a white box or a black box?
If a white box, it is so old, that it probably is of little use to anybody.
With a black box, you will need the latest OS to run LINUX in a partition.
Note that on the older boxes, you needed one processor to run OS400, then a
second processor to run LINUX. ( This was just changed on the latest HW,
where LINUX runs on part of a processor.) The dual processor is not finding
and inserting chips, but are both put on a "processor feature card" specific
to the number of chips.
Even then, there are free native HTTP & APACHE servers that run natively on
OS400 etc. so if that is what you want to do, then options are still available
to making it a productive box.
If the LINUX constraint discourages you, we can still find a home for this
box.
Yes, you will be seeing lots of SCSI (probably 50-pin SCSI). Some of it is
specific to the front panel - the back arrays are pretty generic. (Specific
Tape Units only fit in certain positions in the front.)
You will also see some older larger SPD 14-inch slots that take dual-function
Comm cards in the back. These slots are being phased out.
My guy Felix Cartegena of Norristown/K of P can probably get you the disk from
his box(s). Maybe some memory too.
One book of mine you will want is the "System Handbook" which shows the config
layouts, rules for populating drives, etc. You will want one that has your
older model in it, so the one on the IBM web site may not have your older box.
You can probably search for this at http://www.as400.ibm.com
BCC is a vendor doing some great deals on new drives. (Never used them but
prices for BCC and IBM drives has dropped to 40% of January's prices.) Older
drives are also available in the second hand market (most 2nd hand vendors for
AS400 are located in FL GA and AL)
The latest deal from BCC = = =
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6818, and 6718 are eligible. · All you pay is installation, maintenance,
shipping, and taxes. · Leased machines are not eligible. · BCC reserves the
right to cancel this promotion at any time.
· Orders must be received by May 31, 2002
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David Sebastian
800.598.9910 - 949.453.7600 - 949.453.7601 fax
You can always reach me off-line at mailto:jvoris@axs2000.net. I will send
you info on Felix. I am actually IBM Certified in config.ing AS400s, but only
on the boxes that are about 1-2 years old, not the older stuff. Talk to me
off line.
............... John Voris ...............
IBM Certified Specialist,
iSeries Technical Solutions Designer
mailto:jvoris@axs2000.net
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