Re: Developer AS/400

[Art Tostaine <atostain@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>         Rich:
>         I use a model 150 to do all of the above.  If you get 8 gig
> disk, go with the base 128 meg memory, one extra comm line and twinax
> controller, you can get a 150 Growth for around $15K ot $16K list.  If
>
> you want to run notes and NT on the IPCS, you should probably get 2
> IPCS
> so that you can experiment, delete, recreate, etc., without affecting
> the other application.  I would bet that NT needs its own IPCS anyway.
>
>         There's a slight flaw in this suggestion.  The PCI based
> systems
> (150, 600, 610, 620 AND S20 if no SPD bus, AND the new 160/170
> Invaders)
> can have only ONE IPCS.
>         So, if you want to do NT serving and Domino, you will HAVE to
> wait for Native Domino on V4R2 as you will need your one IPCS for NT
> (which also isn't available until V4R2 anyway).
>         Now, if you ALSO want to run the Firewall code, which should
> be
> on it's own IPCS, then you're out of luck.  The cheapest machine that
> can handle two IPCS cards is the 620/S20 with SPD bus (it can have up
> to
> 16 IPCS cards with the SPD bus, and two if the expansion unit is PCI,
> as
> you have one PCI IPCS in the base unit, and one in the PCI expansion
> unit) - and even with the new low end 2175 processor on the 620 it's
> still a LOT more expensive than a model 150/160/170.
>
> ... Neil Palmer                                     AS/400~~~~~
> ... NxTrend Technology - Canada     ____________          ___  ~

I meant to say that my experience was from memory, but usually my memory
is so good that I've stopped saying it :-)

If you wanted to experimient with both, I'd buy two 150's (or invaders),
instead of a big 620.

Art Tostaine
Creative Computer Associates, Inc.

Oh, I forgot to say that I meant to say that my experience was from
memory, but usually my memory is so good that I've stopped saying it :-)



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