Re: AS/400 Systems Programming

["Garnet MacPhee" <gmacphee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First of all, thanks to those that responded to my note. I STILL 
haven't got all my mail read yet. :-)

Booth Martin wrote:
> Why not ask if you can have a little machine, early, to start practicing
> on, for at home (with a dial-up connection from the office) so you can
> start the system, have backups, do PTFs, the whole cycle of events.  Do
> some hard crashes, recoveries, security setups, etc.  A complete system is
> under $10,000 now.
>
 
That in fact is the plan. Probably early '98 we will get in a small 
AS/400, just enough to learn the basics.
 
Our mainframe still has 2 years to go on the lease/purchase, so the 
cutover will be gradual.
 
Garnet MacPhee
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