Re: Any free AS400 service to practice RPG other than PUB400 which seems to be closed?

I've read this thread with amusement. Years ago Larry Bolhuis and I started iDevCloud ( now owned by Larry and Pete Massiello). We did it in cooperation with IBM (software). Larry and I funded the hardware, rack space, power/cooling, internet, etc.. they now fund 100% of the environment and run it much the same as we did back then, but without any specific support except from the subscriptions.

We got about enough folks to sign up to break about even and keep the thing going. A lousy $50/month for access to IBM i with current PTFs. We did all the admin. It was an attempt to solve the problem being complained about now. That's after quite an investment in hard dollars and many, many hours to get it set up

Here's my take; if you are unwilling to invest $600 a year in your own development and career I question your devotion to it. Get some skin in the game and stop complaining that no one will do it for you.

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On May 14, 2019, at 3:12 AM, Yvan Janssens <ik@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

A E4A can usually be found for $200-$400, especially if you give it some
time on eBay. I found it very useful to have my "own" machine to learn and
experiment on; it gives you a lot of experience with not just the
application development side of things.

It also gives you space to mess up and start over (I tend to learn best by
doing) without affecting anyone else.

/y

On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 07:36, Farhan Qadri <farhanqadri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Having been associated with IBM I for so long and nowadays looking for
opportunities, would appreciate any free resource to have some full free
rpg practiced with some SQL and stored procedures.

Thanks for the replies on the topic.

On Tue, May 14, 2019, 10:55 AM Yvan Janssens <ik@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

There are a few people around on this list and elsewhere that sometimes

let

people have a profile on a hobby/non-production system. Do not expect any
guarantees on uptime etc though.

Depending on if you have any budget, Power6 E4As are getting really cheap
nowadays, and they're more than enough to learn/develop on.

/y

On Mon, 13 May 2019 at 18:49, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Kind of a late reply I know...

This site is not free but it's less than many pay for phone or cable TV
service.
https://iinthecloud.com/idev-cloud/

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Behalf Of Farhan Qadri
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2019 6:22 AM
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Subject: Any free AS400 service to practice RPG other than PUB400 which
seems to be closed?

Hi,

I asked the question to Jon Paris and he thinks that I should ask on

this

forum for a current update.

Please let me know.

Thanks
Farhan
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