Re: Intro AS/400

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

kevin

Al's point about documentation is a good one - although newer 
documentation is not that different - this system has not changed in the 
important areas over the years - new features, of course.

If you end up getting one, contact me off-line - I have links to older 
documentation, actually a long way back - that is still out there on 
IBM's sites.

And as to the console, you don't need Twin-ax - Operations Console, a 
part of what is called Client Access (and other names), will work just 
fine on 150s, 170s, and 270s. There might be a couple setup issues, and 
you do need the right cable - check with whomever you get unit from. If 
it has twinax - hey, that stuff never dies. So it is really the most 
reliable way to get on the system when other things are broken.

HTH
Vern

macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Another thing you might be interested in is OLD DOCUMENTATION.
>
> I am a book-a-holic.
> The last time I had to move to a new apartment, my inventory came to approx 
> 10,000 soft cover books, 1,000 hard cover books, 1,000 magazines, and that 
> was after I had given away tons to old folks homes, boys & girls clubs, VA 
> hospital etc.  I figure my inventory right now is at least three times that 
> last move.  
>
> My living room has wall to wall bookcases, and in the middle of the room 
> floor to ceiling book cases that are back to back, creating like a donut 
> shaped room, for huam to walk through two aisles around Al's "library".
>
> While most of my home collection is science fiction, history, other topics 
> of special interest, much is old computing stuff.  I have had a hard time 
> throwing old books & magazines in the trash, so if there is anyone in my 
> neck of the woods who would like to arrange a visit, there's probably 
> hundreds of old reading materials that I no longer want, but can't bear to 
> put in the trash.
>
> Yes, sometimes I take some to the 2 for 1 trade places, but it does not 
> matter how many cartons I take there, I invariably see more that I want than 
> 1/2 of what I took them.
>
> I first got into computing in the 1960's ... I probably do not have any 
> computer literature that goes back that far.
>
> Al Macintyre
> Evasnville Indiana
>
> Kevin Bowling wrote
>   
> > I just did a blog post about why I am into old systems like these: 
> > http://www.kev009.com/wp/2008/12/retrocomputing-for-fun-and-profit/
> >     
>
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