Re: Sv: when buying an as/400 what do you look for?

[mohammad khan <mohammadakhan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Henrik,

I live in canada. From the
sounds of it from several people,
i'm considereing just junking this 
idea and getting a timesharing account
or something. as soon as i get a list
of what comes w/the machine i want i
hope to post it for the list to critiuqe.

Mohammad



---Henrik Krebs <hkrebs@hkrebs.dk> wrote:
>
> Mohammad
> You don't mention where you live.
> 
> New prices on smallest model (170) is USD 6995, a little less than
previous
> smallest 150. IBM offers a huge discount for us developers with the
> restriction not to sell within one year, so a one year used 9401-150
with
> OS/400 V4R1 and more should be at less than USD 3000. Then you also
need
> RPG and ADT.
> 
> Those machines are normally either twinax or ethernet, not both. A
used
> 5250 or a twinax adapter for a PC should be possibly to pick up in a
> garbage bin or get for a very small money. 
> 
> Machines whithout twinax also have a serial Console cable (for CA
Console).
> You need this for configuration and other system tasks, but DONT USE
IT FOR
> NORMAL PURPOSE. It is very very very slow. So it is either twinax or
> ethernet.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Henrik Krebs
> 
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Please find my attached resume.

Regards,

M.A.Khan
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