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Hello,

I am a bit of an IBM fan and have used most of their product line (PCs, RS/6000, even 390/z - see my pages: http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/) for fun and work. However, I have yet to try an AS/400. I see them come through the local computer recycler and sell on eBay cheaply enough and would like to pick one up for home tinkering. The goal is to simply learn and play with another computing platform.

Tips on what models to look out for would be helpful. Obviously, I don't need a lot of compute power nor current hardware/software. The one requirement I do have is to be able to setup/interact with the system over Ethernet rather than fool with something like Twinax.

I also see the potential problem of finding a system with software, since I assume it is not cheap to get a hold of os400. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.. as you can tell I am a total newbie to AS/400s.

Regards,

Kevin

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