Re: Intro AS/400

kevin

Al's point about documentation is a good one - although newer documentation is not that different - this system has not changed in the important areas over the years - new features, of course.

If you end up getting one, contact me off-line - I have links to older documentation, actually a long way back - that is still out there on IBM's sites.

And as to the console, you don't need Twin-ax - Operations Console, a part of what is called Client Access (and other names), will work just fine on 150s, 170s, and 270s. There might be a couple setup issues, and you do need the right cable - check with whomever you get unit from. If it has twinax - hey, that stuff never dies. So it is really the most reliable way to get on the system when other things are broken.

HTH
Vern

macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Another thing you might be interested in is OLD DOCUMENTATION.

I am a book-a-holic.
The last time I had to move to a new apartment, my inventory came to approx 10,000 soft cover books, 1,000 hard cover books, 1,000 magazines, and that was after I had given away tons to old folks homes, boys & girls clubs, VA hospital etc. I figure my inventory right now is at least three times that last move.
My living room has wall to wall bookcases, and in the middle of the room floor to ceiling book cases that are back to back, creating like a donut shaped room, for huam to walk through two aisles around Al's "library".

While most of my home collection is science fiction, history, other topics of special interest, much is old computing stuff. I have had a hard time throwing old books & magazines in the trash, so if there is anyone in my neck of the woods who would like to arrange a visit, there's probably hundreds of old reading materials that I no longer want, but can't bear to put in the trash.

Yes, sometimes I take some to the 2 for 1 trade places, but it does not matter how many cartons I take there, I invariably see more that I want than 1/2 of what I took them.

I first got into computing in the 1960's ... I probably do not have any computer literature that goes back that far.

Al Macintyre
Evasnville Indiana

Kevin Bowling wrote

I just did a blog post about why I am into old systems like these: http://www.kev009.com/wp/2008/12/retrocomputing-for-fun-and-profit/