RE: What to have on a new AS/400 -- MIDRANGE-L

It would run with 128 meg.  Question is, do you want to?  Like Al says, IBM is 
rumored to increase
the minimum to 256.

Do you want to run Win98 on 16 meg?  It can run, you know.

Oh, make sure your ethernet card is the 10/100 card.  It's the same price 
(free) as the 10meg card
but not necessarily ordered unless you specify it.

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Mauricio
Della-Quercia
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 9:56 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: What to have on a new AS/400


Comments are inline:

>128 Meg memory is too small in my opinion.  I don't configure a box with
>less than 256, 320 or 384
>even better.

256 Meg Memory?, but Art, there will be at most only 4 or 5 people at once
using it, do you really think it will require that much, the standard was
64Meg and I thought going to 128Meg would be more than enough.

>Unless you want to spend a lot of time making it work, don't get the Op Con
>cable.  Get a twinax
>port.  It's the same cost, and it will save you a lot of headaches.  Plus,
>you'll be able to support
>all of the new bleeding edge twinax devices coming out :)

>Seriously, even the IBM CE's we deal with are happy when they walk into a
>shop and see a dumb
>terminal for the console.

Great Idea, and now I can finally put that twinax console I have in the
basement to good use <g>
Good idea seriously, thanks.

>Where's your ethernet card?

Oops forgot to type that in the hardware specs:

Hardware:
            9406-170 e-Server System Unit
            Modem
            PCI Cable V.24/EIA 232 20-ft
            Op con Cable
            Remote control Panel Cable
            Model 170 Processor 128 MB
            2.5GB 1/4" Cart Tape (PCI)
            4.19GB Disk Units (3) total 12.57GB
            PCI Base 100/10Mbps Ethernet IO
            Base PCI Two-Line WAN IOA
            Preload OS/400 & Lic Prgms
            Software Version V4R4

>Also, if you're really trying to save some money, pick up disk drives and
>memory (true blue IBM
>only) on the used market.  Buy the used equipment certified for IBM
>maintenance, have IBM install
>them (which they'll do for free if you have a service contract with them).
>Any peripherals that are
>in the main system box do not increase your monthly hardware service cost.

I was going to do that for the modem.


>Look into IBM partners in Development.  If you qualify, you can buy
>hardware direct from IBM real
>cheap.
>
>They have a web page that is accessible from the main as/400 page.

Thanks, I'll look into it.

>Art Tostaine, Jr.
>CCA, Inc.
>Jackson, NJ 08527
>
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Regards
Mauricio Della-Quercia

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