RE: Happy Birthday !

Comments on the black-box covers,
I thought the two piece cover on our 310 was annoying because you
had to very carefully fit it just right and then jiggle it a bit for it
to fit,
then we got our S20. It's a bad joke. I did think it "funny" at the
COMMON expo in New Orleans that it looked like over a third
of the 400s I saw ( including the ones in IBM area ) had their
back covers either off or they weren't on correctly.
Also, there is a fix for the inner covers on the 620s and S20s
that cover the port cables. Our CE removed the power interlocks
from the covers, plugged them into their sockets and pitched out
the cable covers as part of the initial machine set up.

 -steve cotes
 -cotess@data-io.com

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> From:         Hart Doug[SMTP:dah6696@Goulds1.com]
> Sent:         Thursday, June 25, 1998 7:14 AM
> To:   ml
> Subject:      RE: Happy Birthday !
> 
> 
>       OK, so the 400 is now 10 years old.  I'd like to bring up one
> issue
> where it has NOT improved.  Remember those white box 400's with the
> Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award banners.  Ever wonder why the black
> boxes
> haven't won the quality award.  Could it the those damn back covers.
> We
> have 8 400s of all sizes and trying to hang the rounded rear covers
> back
> on is next to impossible.  Our 620 has an even better idea.  Inside
> the
> cover are two smaller covers that go over the cable ports.  The covers
> have to be removed to see which port a cable is attached to.  The
> covers
> have a kill switch on them.  The only time I can remover the cover is
> when I'm powered down.  So label you cables about a foot down from the
> plug end guys.  Last the 620 ports are marked by an etching in the
> metal
> (ie:E09).  This can be quite hard to see even with those covers off.
> Not like the good old days when the card slots were clearly labeled.
> 
>       So, after 10 years I'd guess I have to say the AS/400 is 99% new
> and
> improved.
> 
> 
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