Re: virus on AS400?

[Olivier Crouslé <oc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Over software still stand hardware.
It is probably a bug ... but I saw the following in a not especially AS/400 
shop.

They had inherited of a model 150.
Somebody sold them some connectors to save on twinax wires: they managed to use 
some cheap blue unshielded twisted RJ45 wire between a couple of them.
They had used it to connect few dummies and their SNA printer for invoices on a 
classical SNA controller.

I will add it was a TV channel business with heavy electromagnetic environment.

As soon as any dummy was connected their QSYSOPR msgq was screaming hundred of 
times the following message:

* *Attention*  Device *N on resource *N failed.
  Controller CTL01 failed. Internal system failure.

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Problem analysis leads to:
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List type . . . . . . . :   Isolation

Type options, press Enter.
  5=Display detail

Opt  Probability  Possible Cause
                  Cabling
                  Work station
                  Electrical interference
                  I/O processor card
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Ghost devices were appearing, ... but globally no more trouble than that in 
daily business. This server is sometimes too much robust.
I warned them they were going toward harware trouble and even more troublesome 
things like false printing trouble ... but the statu quo stayed for a while 
because they were on the verge to throw  there server away anyway.

HIH if it can enlight the "electrons" case.

Olivier












  I have never heard of a virus on an AS400.  Anyone?

  I have a customer with a changing item#/descr/price on an invoice.  The
  software developer said it was electrons changing the data in the AS400 or
  the printer was malfunctioning.  Sounds like a bug to me.

  Jerry


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