RE: OS/400 V3R2 media?

You won't learn anything from a C10. Years ago I worked for a company that had an F10, just to make software tapes. I had a 150 sitting at home at V3 something-or-other. Neither of these boxes is worth the learning experience. Things have just changed too much. If you should get the C10 up, after awhile your reaction would be something along the lines of "What a piece of s**t!" and you would be either discouraged or come to unfounded conclusions backed upon old technology (software and hardware). I have a 720 at V5R1 sitting (cold) in the next room; even just three [3] releases later (we're at V5R4 on a couple of 520's) things are vastly different (for the better).

Jerry C. Adams
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rodgers, Gregory Landon
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:52 PM
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Subject: RE: OS/400 V3R2 media?

It has a QIC drive in it, IBM rebadged Tandberg, with a perfect condition roller, which astounded me. It does have the Ethernet board however. I'm not terribly interested in exchanging data with it though. I just want to see what its like.. and to learn a little about IBM midrange boxes.

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 2:33 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: OS/400 V3R2 media?

What kind of tapes?

Seriously, it's not worth the power consumption to power it on. And I do
not think I am being elitist.
Are you sure that it even supported V3R2? (Update: I researched that - it
does.)
By reading an old system builder some of them came with ethernet. Do you
have that? I don't think you want to rely solely on token ring or snads
with comm lines. I think you would be hard pressed to find the right tape
drives to even use sneaker net to transfer data between it and anything
current.
You want to snag on to an old copy of PC Support/400.

I've known people to throw much newer machines than that into dumpsters.


Rob Berendt