Re: System i5 first boot

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Geez...if you're going to slam your elders, at least spell Alzheimer's
correctly...

On 11/13/06, rob@xxxxxxxxx <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> First, look to see how you're supposed to be connected.  Your system is
> configured to use something, probably Op's Console.  You really need to
> RTFM.
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> Even if you do buy:  twinax card (providing you have a slot for it),
> twinax terminal, twinax cabling, etc, just shoving all this in doesn't
> automatically make this your system console.
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> And twinax is not the magic bullet some altzeimers seem to think it is.
> I've had a lot of issues with it in the past.  Twinax cards going bad. Bad
> twinax cabling, address conflicts, baluns screwed up, terminals going bad,
> electrical shock from the attaching the cable because the wall plug was
> reversed, repeaters all needing to be replaced because 5250 signal is not
> as strong in an iSeries as it was in an AS/400, and more.
>
> Op's console was problem free for me.
> HMC, (now that most of the early ship issues have been worked out) is
> quite reliable now.
>
> Plus, with the newer technologies you can get remote access much easier.
>
> Rob Berendt
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> Hmmm... I get the feeling that is the direction I should be going also.
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> It has been quite some time since I have been an operator (when I actually
> used a dumb terminal). Is this what I should be looking at getting?
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-3476-amber-and-greens-3476_W0QQitemZ120042629589QQih
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> Z002QQcategoryZ162QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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> Looks like it is going to run me about $145.  Those things must be gaining
> speed as collectors items!  I seem to remember a plethora of them at my
> previous employer that were all going the way of the buffalo.
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> Aaron Bartell
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
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> I don't use the HMC, Aaron, I use a $50 dumb tube and a twinax brick. I've
> never had any problems.
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> Joe
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