RE: Twinax?

Dunno about those consoles, but the HMC is an xSeries box.  1U rack mount or 
standard PC desktop.  The rack mount one still says xSeries on the front.  It's 
a Linux appliance and boots/runs the console code automatically.  It has an 
internal DVD burner for backups and has multiple Ethernets on the back for 
connecting to the iSeries and your LAN.  You can use PS/2 or USB keyboards & 
mice.


John A. Jones, CISSP
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Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Jan Megannon
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:29 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Twinax?

Hi,

Let me start by saying that I have not touched an HMC so far! Believe it or not!

Is the ´new' HMC not just another reincarnation of what used to be the console 
on the 9375s, 4381s (?), etc?? The microcode used to be loaded from the 
harddrive of the console, which in every way resembled a PS/2 workstation. In 
fact, I think it was one.

Regards,

Jan.

Pat Barber wrote:
> Perhaps IBM learned their lesson with their other attempts at a 
> "console".
> 
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