Re: What to have on a new AS/400

But he only wants it for home use-so he should not have to have the 5 to 10k
license if he is learning!!!
.Hence the prices reflected on Ebay .I have had an agument with IBM for a
long time reguarding the use
of AS/400s for non -business use.More students should own one to practise
on!
Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Mangham <randym69@pacbell.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: What to have on a new AS/400


> Another tip:
>
> Be sure any machine you think about buying used has a LEGAL copy of OS/400
(or
> any other licensed programs on the disk) at V4. Prior to V4 the license
does NOT
> pass from the original licensee w/o charges from IBM. I can't remember all
the
> details off hand from the announcement letter but I'm not even sure that a
V4
> license passes from the original licensee unless the machine shipped with
it
> (i.e. I'm not sure upgrades from V3 can pass on w/o charge). Just because
V4
> licensed programs are on the machine doesn't mean they are LEGAL so check
w/IBM
> before you buy. Any legitimate seller will give you the serial number of
the
> machine so you can check. Also, don't even consider buying a used machine
to run
> OS/400 V4 unless it has AT LEAST 64 Meg. of memory!
>
> Randy Mangham
> Pacific Crest Consulting
> San Diego, CA
>
> D Bulog wrote:
>
> > Tip,
> > For home use I would do this
> > Go to Ebay and do a search on AS/400.there are some model 400s going
> > cheap-Under 2k with OS/400!!!
> > dAVE
>
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