RE: Configuring a new iSeries

I just had to answer this -
when the day comes that you pay $150,000 for a low-end laptop,
then you can compare what a laptop can do, and what the
AS/400 can do - until then - there is no comparison;
we being AS/400 activists need to be careful with this too,
as management tends to think like this enough on their own,
we do not need to feed the fire.

Just my 2 cents

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:17 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Configuring a new iSeries


From: <JOberholtzer@compures.com>
> How many cables to you need for an entry-level box?
> And can't IBM figure out to ship that?
> <endsnip>
>
> Leif:
>
> IBM does not know what power you plan to use, what country your machine
> will wind up in, power alone is 10 different feature codes depending on
> voltage and country(2 for the USA), and we haven't started to talk about
> watertight and explosion proof, some of which are required by electrical
> code depending on your

I have a laptop computer that automatically senses and adjusts
for 50/60 Hz and 110/220 V differences. For $7 I bought a set
of "front" plugs at Radio Shack. With that I can plug my machine
in anywhere in the world (and I have tried most of the them!).
All this work well and there is not reason that an entry box can't do
the same.



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