RE: 170's from ibm on ebay

Does anybody have any idea how much it would cost to upgrade one of these
machines to V5R1?  And add development environment and languages (C, C++,
RPG at a minimum)?

Specs of the machine:

9406-170 e-Server System Unit                   1
0044 Device Parity Protection (RAID)            1
0348 PCI Cable - V.24/EIA232 20-Ft              1
1402 120 Volt Power Cord                        1
2164 Model 170 Processor 256MB                  1
2729 PCI External Tape Controller               1
2740 PCI RAID Disk Unit Ctlr                    1
2809 PCI LAN/WAN/Workstation IOP                1
2924 English                                    1
3002 128MB Main Storage                         6
5024 Software Version V4R2 W/D 2/200            1
6382 4GB 1/4-inch Cartr. Tape (PCI)             1
6813 8.58GB Disk Unit (S/                       9
7101 PCI System Exp Unit Base 16MB M            1
8813 Opt Base 8.58GB Disk Unit (S/              1
9720 PCI Base WAN/Twinaxial IOA                 1
9724 PCI Base Token-Ring IOA                    1

Regards,
Bob Crothers

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IBM is auctioning 3 170s on ebay.  V4R4. Current bid is $900.

They look to be complete systems, so I am not sure why the price is so low.


Steve Richter


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Item #: 2004826304
Title:  IBM e-Server iSeries (AS/400) 9406-170 Refurb
Price:  $799.00
Bids:   0
Starts: Feb-21-02 14:22:20 PST
URL:    http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2004826304

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