Advice on Home Development AS400

["Smith, Nelson" <NSmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm looking for the smallest, cheapest RISC machine I can get just to play
with at home.  It won't running anything mission-critical.  Just for
learning.  I want CAE, SQL, RPG, tools, V4R5, ethernet, at least 8 gig of
disk and in the PO5 software tier, as a minimum configuration.  

It needs to be able to get a software subscription, so I think that leaves
out the 150, doesn't it?  The prices I've seen on the 170 & 250 seem awfully
high (around $8,000-9,000 configured as above) and the 270's are even worse
(around $12,000).  It doesn't have to be new, just something I can upgrade
to V5. There won't be more than two users on it, so memory is not critical,
but I would like to be able to play with all the web serving tools, etc.

The best quote I've gotten is for a 9406 model 600 (2129), configured as
above and with 128 mg memory, for about $5,000.  Does that sound reasonable
for such an older model?  Are there any other factors I should be
considering?           

Nelson Smith
DBA Team   
(727) 530-7700 ext. 8243
(800) 284-2006



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