RE: eBay listing

["Robert Houts" <rshouts@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the link on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-AS400-Type-9401-One-only-AS400-laptop-/250900710
299?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item3a6ad9039b

The current bid is $30.

It's obviously not a "laptop" but is approximately the size of a desktop PC.
It looks like it is a P01, P02, or P03.  The serial number starts with 44,
which means it was manufactured in Italy, which is where the P0x series was
manufactured.

I have a P02 which I purchased in 1994.  It originally had V2R3, and I later
upgraded it to V3R2.  I'm not sure about the P03, but the P01 and P02 were
twinax-only, so you would need a dumb-terminal to IPL it.  Mine had 16MB of
memory and a 2gb hard drive.  They also weren't expandable hardware-wise, so
they had a very limited purpose (and pretty much no purpose today).  Mine
hasn't seen the light of day since 1998.



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roberto José
Etcheverry Romero
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 13:27
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: eBay listing

hmm in theory you should be able to do a D type IPL from the tape that has
the lic and os, fresh reinstall and voila!
Or you could go into DST and hope for the default password, i dont know when
the "reset os password" setting was added to the DST...
do you have a link? i would like to see such a thing as a laptop AS...

Best regards,

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:55 PM, John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have no interest in buying a 9401 CISC.  But, I am curious.  The seller
states this:
> Type: 9401.
>
> S/N: 44-90434
>
> One and the only AS400 "laptop version".
>
> AS400 is in working condition. If I remember well it have V3R??? OS
installed.
> Tape with OS is included.
>
> I do not have QSECOFR password.
>
> Softcase, Tape and some cables are included.
>
> I do not have a time to play with it.
>
> I'm selling it AS IS.
>
> No return Accepted
>
>
>
>
>
> Since seller states "I do not have QSECOFR password", along with it being
quite old, my thought is that this is essentially junk.  Am I wrong?
> John McKee
> --


---wlteihnssf---