RE: Model 170 for Personal Development

[Winchester Terry <terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

Do you read minds ... LOL.  Yes, besides being able to
do personal development at home I would also like to
learn more "system" stuff like installs, IPLing, etc.

There are some smaller shops in the area that use
one-man "contractors" and if things get rough where
I'm currently working it would be nice to have a 
broader background.  

And last but not least - I love this box and just GOT
to have one!  As with anything, it tends to boil down
to dollars and cents ;-)

Terry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark S. Waterbury [mailto:mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:12 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Model 170 for Personal Development
> 
> Hi, Terry:
> 
> You may want to check out www.timeshare400.com and/or 
> www.netshare400.com -- they both offer "time-sharing" where 
> you can simply telnet into an AS/400 and you get your own 
> userID and disk space, etc., and it is only about $10 per 
> month, and they have ALL the software development tools, 
> etc., all properly licensed, etc. and they maintain it all 
> for you (keeping up with PTFs etc.)
> 
> Unless of course you want to get a machine because you want 
> to learn how to IPL, how to do back-ups, how to load the OS 
> and other software, etc. ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark S. Waterbury