Re: AS/400s being auctioned at Egghead.com

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, say I bought this box for $200.  I take it home, I plug
it in and... nothing, no OS.  For a PC I create a Linux disk,
or a DOS disk and boot up, and have something to go on.

Say I wanted to use this machine to write machine code,
or see what I could make it do, write my own OS.  Where
would one start?  Would one HAVE to have the full version
of the OS?  Can anyone think of a way to get it to boot up
to some means to start plugging away?

Regards,

Jim Langston

Roger Pence wrote:

> AS/400's pop up all the item on auction sites. Check out this Model 150
> (bundled with OS/400) on eBay (there are always several AS/400-related
> things on eBay).
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=232254886

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---