Re: OS/400 Authorisation Keys

Since the 170 will not go above V5R4 and now that V5R4 is no longer
marketed ( not for sale anymore ) I do not think you will get any keys for
it. Heck if a licensed user with a support contract can't get additional
SW ( and its key )
from IBM then don't you will ever get keys for that 170.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Kevin Wright <Kevin.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi Jeff,

There is a fairly recent discussion on comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc where
someone is trying to get IBM to issue a hobby type licence for IBM i family
computers. It is entitled "Opening dialogue with IBM for hobbyist uses".
Here is the URL for the discussion via google groups:


https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc/QqELA8GP50o


Regards,

Kevin Wright

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jeff Bull
Sent: Tuesday, 30 September 2014 7:28 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: OS/400 Authorisation Keys

Is IBM a Big Blue snake eating its own tail?



I have (rather foolishly perhaps) purchased an old AS/400 Model 170 to
"play with" at home, well the price was right!



The system used to be owned by a retail chain here in the UK, and I have
been told by IBM that it used to have V5R4 on it, so they do know about
this system.



As a part of the recycling process the system/disks were initialised; it
was then reloaded with V5R2, with a 70-day temporary key. Rather naively I
thought that it would come with a permanent code.



I have been trying to obtain a permanent key for this little, old AS/400.
The IBM Software Key Support centre say they can't help, that I need to
contact my IBM Business Partner - yeah right!, or the sales team who sold
me the system - a one-man-company, not meaning to be offensive, but
"tin-merchant". An IBM Business partner is going to take one look at me,
see no potential revenue ... good-bye Jeff. Mr Tin-man is not set up for
this kind of client support.



I really don't want to pay IBM's normal list price for an OS/400 licence
on a system running V5R2, long since gone out of support, and for a system
that will likely only last a couple of years before it has to go to the Big
Blue Computer-Heaven in the Sky.



It is me being unreasonable to expect, and naïve to try, to get something
discounted from IBM, suck in breath ... or the price even waived? I've
worked on the AS/400, iSeries, System i and on System/38 before that since
1987. A little 'thank you' from IBM would be a nice gesture for my small
part in the success of this platform.



Please, I need some inspiration on how to resolve this conundrum. Perhaps
a nice person at IBM will read this posting and give me some advice, or
even help me obtain the permanent code.



P.S. It gets worse though, I actually bought three 170's, the other two
for friends/colleagues, so we could have our own little network. :|



Regards



Jeff Bull

Technical Manager

NYCO Ltd iSeries & AS/400 Automation Specialists

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