Re: New to AS/400, Please help

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do not believe you can get keys.

So far as I know the only way to get keys for a V5R4 system is to be on 
a machine new enough to run a release you CAN purchase, which today is i 
7.2. That means you need to be on a POWER6 server. Then once you get the 
i 7.2 software IBM will generate keys back as far as the machine will 
support.

Given that a 270 can't run i 7.2, you're out of luck.

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On 3/7/2019 9:55 PM, smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> You are correct that V5R4 is the last release to run on a 270.
>
> Since it is no longer supported, how does one go about getting keys?  I'm
> asking because I have an old 270 collecting dust due to a lack of keys.  I
> got tired of reinstalling everything every 70ish days and powered it off.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Kevin
> Monceaux
> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:19 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <Midrange-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: New to AS/400, Please help
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 03:32:03PM -0600, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
>   
> > In any case you will need software, and I'll be shocked if IBM i is
> loaded.
>
> So would I.  I think i5/OS V5R4 was the last OS version supported on a
> 9406-270.  :-)