Re: Subject: Advice on Home Development AS400

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

cgi would work fine (for testing) on a 600-2129, but certainly no WebSphere.
btw - do the various timeshares offer websphere? advanced?
net.commerce (or whatever it is called now)?
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan M. Andelin" <nathanma@haaga.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Subject: Advice on Home Development AS400


> Hi Nelson,
>
> What do you mean by play with all the web serving tools?  For Web
> applications a model 600-2129 may not work.  It only has a 50 Mhz CPU and
> 22.7 CPW rating.  What kind of Web applications are you talking about?
> Websphere/Servlets/JSP's?  CGI?  Most Web applications need lots more CPU
> and memory than traditional work.
>
> Nathan.
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:13:09 -0400
> > From: "Smith, Nelson" <NSmith@lincare.com>
> > Subject: Advice on Home Development AS400
> >
> > 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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