Uses for AS400 9040?

[Arno Kletzander]

Bill Richman <bill at timeguy.com> wrote:
> I was just given an IBM AS400/9040 at the computer refurb/recycling shop 
> I operate.  Is there anything legitimate that it could be used for, 

I should think there's no law prohibiting its use as a space heater?! In
fact there shouldn't be many illegitimate activities involving the
_hardware_, unless one tips it over onto people, uses it to crushes foreign
property or pollutes the environment with it ;-).

Kidding aside...as just recently explained, the problem is the OS for it.
Before I go repeating stuff that I only picked up here on the list, I
suggest looking for the knowledge which has already been exchanged here; two
starting points out of a lot more:
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2003-December/022896.html
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2003-January/013268.html

As an aside, "9040" isn't an AS/400 designation I could easily find...any
chance you mixed up the symbols, "9404" looks a lot more like it?

> or should I scrap it?  I know nothing about it other than that it's big 
> and heavy, and it seems to IPL according to the front-panel display.

That last sentence essentially _is_ three arguments not to scrap it, at
least to me... I've never touched an AS/400 before, but should like to.

> I'm going to try to hook a terminal to it, but I'm not sure how quite yet.

http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2002-December/006151.html
is yet another thread worth having a look. However it only deals with twinax
terminals; I've never heard of somebody accessing one via serial console.

So long, yours sincerely

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Arno Kletzander
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