RE: Advice on Home Development AS400

["Charly Jones" <charly301@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad,

I think you should read what Nelson was asking for again.  "One or
two users, $ 8,000 or $ 9,000 is high."  I think the
shipping would have been around $ 150-200 USD.  What are you
thinking that would fill his requirements for less than $ 300?

Charly Jones


>From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
>
>Shipping would have been more that it was worth.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charly Jones [mailto:charly301@hotmail.com]
> >
> > Nelson,
> >
> > I saw an AS/400 model 400 on ebay a couple of days ago with most
> > of what you are asking for.  I believe the "buy it now" price
> > was less than $ 2,000 (USD).  It included V4R3 of OS/400, RPG,
> > and Query.  I think the auction ended with no buyers.
> >
> > Charly Jones
> >
> > >From: "Smith, Nelson" <NSmith@lincare.com>
> > >
> > >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?
> > >
> >
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