RE: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

TigerDirect refurb laptop for $200.00.

Paul

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jack Woehr
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 3:10 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

There are laptops in the $400 range that run Linux very nicely on sale now at Office Depot.

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Richard Schoen < Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you decide to go Linux, go to osboxes.org and download an already
created VM for Linux.

Or check out Amazon Lightsail. For $5 per month you can get an online
Linux instance.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
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w. helpsystems.com

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date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 13:06:52 -0500
from: Scott Williams <scottwill0707@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

Thanks for all the input on this matter.

The more I thought about it the IBM i isn't really made for hardware
tinkering unless you have some very deep pockets to buy the hardware
and reconfigure the machine. Also,many of these machines are powered
on, configured and then expected to run for years without much
attention given to the hardware. It just needs to work and work reliably.

I might research a Lenovo/IBM Box with an Intel CPU and slap Linux on
it since that will be much cheaper, and will be more 'tinkerable' than the I.
Additionally, I'm not totally against looking into a hosting offer
that fits my needs to get the RPG/CL fix.

Maybe in the future an affordable POWER server with proper licensing
will become available, and then I can have some iron of my own...

Many thanks once again!


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