Re: Where to get a cheap developer box?

Garry

Not off eBay - only a new box leased through the Partner program.

Do some of the eBay boxes have the licenses? IBM even sells some there and might do it.

As to Partner lease, I think the rate might be 1.75% of hardware price - it might be more or less now - on a 10,000 dollar box, that's 175 a month. You get support contract dirt cheap there, too, and all the software you want to order - at the time. Later additions cost more, so fill it up. You can probably get a reasonable small box that way - of course, if you want to play with LPARs, it'll be "who knows"

The virtual loaner thing - you have full QSECOFR privileges there. If you didn't mind re-upping every once in a while, at night or something, it could be a good enough option for a while.

Vern

Garry Taylor wrote:

I've used RZKH before, and while they're good, I feel I want QSECOFR
capability and the flexibility of having my own machine.

Vern, are you saying that the software is basically free even if I get the
hardware off eBay, not from IBM?

Thanks

Garry

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And they're closer too...

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Garry

Would a timeshare fill your needs? If so, take a look at

http://www.rzkh.de

They offer free use of a partition there and have all the compilers.

HTH
Vern

Garry Taylor wrote:

Hi All,
Hope I'm on the right list here.. I'm after a cheap developer box with

ILE

compilers, C in particular. Anyone know a good place to get one, or

does

anyone have one for sale? All the dealers I've tried cannot help as IBM

does

not allow them to sell on the licenses on refurb hardware.

Any pointers would be great, I'm in the UK but happy to buy from the

US.

Thanks

Garry

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