Re: when buying an as/400 what do you look for?

Henrik,

I have been following this, where would be the best place to pick up one of
the 2nd user 150's ?.

Nick
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From: Henrik Krebs <hkrebs@hkrebs.dk>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: 14 February 1999 20:31
Subject: Sv: when buying an as/400 what do you look for?


>Mohammad
>You don't mention where you live.
>
>New prices on smallest model (170) is USD 6995, a little less than previous
>smallest 150. IBM offers a huge discount for us developers with the
>restriction not to sell within one year, so a one year used 9401-150 with
>OS/400 V4R1 and more should be at less than USD 3000. Then you also need
>RPG and ADT.
>
>Those machines are normally either twinax or ethernet, not both. A used
>5250 or a twinax adapter for a PC should be possibly to pick up in a
>garbage bin or get for a very small money.
>
>Machines whithout twinax also have a serial Console cable (for CA Console).
>You need this for configuration and other system tasks, but DONT USE IT FOR
>NORMAL PURPOSE. It is very very very slow. So it is either twinax or
>ethernet.
>
>
>
>Regards
>
>Henrik Krebs
>
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