Re: 170's from ibm on ebay

Ebay is great,for a few thousand dollars I purchased machines (Dell,Compaq,
IBM servers in mint condition at maybe less than 5%
of origional retail.


cheers Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Crothers" <bob2@CStoneIndy.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 9:08 AM
Subject: RE: 170's from ibm on ebay


> Does anybody have any idea how much it would cost to upgrade one of these
> machines to V5R1?  And add development environment and languages (C, C++,
> RPG at a minimum)?
>
> Specs of the machine:
>
> 9406-170 e-Server System Unit   1
> 0044 Device Parity Protection (RAID)    1
> 0348 PCI Cable - V.24/EIA232 20-Ft      1
> 1402 120 Volt Power Cord        1
> 2164 Model 170 Processor 256MB  1
> 2729 PCI External Tape Controller       1
> 2740 PCI RAID Disk Unit Ctlr    1
> 2809 PCI LAN/WAN/Workstation IOP        1
> 2924 English    1
> 3002 128MB Main Storage         6
> 5024 Software Version V4R2 W/D 2/200    1
> 6382 4GB 1/4-inch Cartr. Tape (PCI)     1
> 6813 8.58GB Disk Unit (S/       9
> 7101 PCI System Exp Unit Base 16MB M    1
> 8813 Opt Base 8.58GB Disk Unit (S/      1
> 9720 PCI Base WAN/Twinaxial IOA         1
> 9724 PCI Base Token-Ring IOA    1
>
> Regards,
> Bob Crothers
>
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> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:05 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: 170's from ibm on ebay
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> IBM is auctioning 3 170s on ebay.  V4R4. Current bid is $900.
>
> They look to be complete systems, so I am not sure why the price is so
low.
>
>
> Steve Richter
>
>
> .
> Item #: 2004826304
> Title:  IBM e-Server iSeries (AS/400) 9406-170 Refurb
> Price:  $799.00
> Bids:   0
> Starts: Feb-21-02 14:22:20 PST
> URL:    http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2004826304
>
> 4.
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