RE: Model 170 for Personal Development

It might be the OS, but that's it. No PDM, no Query, no compiler.

If you want to develop code, check out timesharing. There are some places
out there where you can rent time on an AS/400 and they have all the
tools.

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 12:44:46 -0400 , "Winchester Terry"
<terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 12:24 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Model 170 for Personal Development
> > 
> > The *BASE means that it's the base version of the licensed program
> > product. Software and hardware are seperate - you can't get them
> > together. You can buy this hardware, but you need to license 
> > the OS and  LPPs from IBM. That gets expensive. Of course, sometimes 
> > products are left on systems when they're sold, but you would of course 
> > want to scratch the disk and reinstall from the software you acquire from
> IBM.
> 
> OK, I'm a little slow here :(
> 
> If the hardware comes with the V5R1 CDROM and "proof of entitlement" 
> doesn't that mean I get the base licensed O/S software with it?  I  
> didn't think you had to buy anything additional from IBM to use 
> the operating system.  Maybe I misread what you wrote (not uncommon).
> 
> Of course, if I have to buy the SEU/PDM tools, then I assume it 
> would be necessary to contact IBM and pay the big bucks - which
> is *exactly* what I'm afraid of :(
> 
> > That's on the small side, but it's big enough to do the green screen
> > stuff you want to do.
> 
> Finally, some good news :)  Thanks for the feedback Michael.
> 
> Terry
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