RE: Moving - AS/400 S/36

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A 5363 is reasonably bulletproof.  You shouldn't have to worry about
locking down the disks, that should be automatic when you power off (I
believe the last time we had to worry about these were with S/38, and
9332/9335 disks, but they're almost older than you are !).  You should
stick a sacrificial 5.25" diskette in the drive to protect the diskette
heads from any rough handling.

Just be gentle with it, try to avoid dropping it or driving through any
large potholes, and you should be OK.
If it doesn't come up at the new location, try reseating all the cards
first before you turn it into a doorstop.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucas Haag [SMTP:lhaag@swnebr.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 1998 10:34 AM
> To:   Midrange Mailing List
> Subject:      Moving - AS/400 S/36
> 
> Well as for introductions I'm Lucas Haag i'm 15 years old and will be
> a
> sophmore this fall at Republican Valley High School well now on to the
> important stuff.
> 
> With all of this talk going on I thought I should pose my problem
> while the
> topic is hot.  I will be moving a S/36 5363 that I purchased about 60
> miles
> sometime in the next few weeks.  I'm sure that none of the origional
> packaging material exist and it dont make cents to have a IBM rep come
> in
> for a system that I bought for $50  What are the recomendations and
> here are
> some questions.
> 
> Does it need to sit upright while in transit?
> How do you "park" the HD heads?
> Should it be in a box with bubblewrap or what should I use?
> 
> well you sould all be braced for some totaly simple/stupid questions
> over
> the next few weeks as I get this system going. Thanks to all, this is
> a
> great group.
> 
> Lucas,
> 
> ************************************************
> Lucas Haag
> 
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