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Do you know what they were called or any page with details about them? I had a quick search but nothing useful turned up.
by d4rti 8y ago
Do you know what they were called or any page with details about them?
I had a quick search but nothing useful turned up.
- d4rti 8y agoI found this PDF: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/as400.pdf https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/as400.pdf > 1994 >A new generation of AS/400 computers called the AS/400 >Advanced Series is introduced in >May, including the AS/400 Advanced System, AS/400 Advanced >Server and the AS/400 >Advanced Portable.
- tapland 8y agoIsn't the Advanced Portable just a regular ATX-sized box?
- jzwinck 8y agoYes, the AS/400 9401 "Advanced Portable" is the size of a regular desktop PC. Some pictures are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/31231773@N02/albums/72157623717034546 https://www.flickr.com/photos/31231773@N02/albums/7215762371... I have one. Even at the time it was considered a toy, too small to do anything serious. Another 9401 model called "Advanced Entry" was significantly more capable, and was the smallest anyone would actually buy. Documentation (last updated in 2013, about 20 years after the machine was current): http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/printableversion.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/0/897/ENUS9401-150/index.html&request_locale=en http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/printableversion.wss?docURL... The portable was more of a sales and training tool, with a base 8 MB of RAM (maximum 16 MB in 1994, 56 MB in 1995) and billed as a single-user machine: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?appname=skmwww&htmlfid=897%2FENUS194-068&infotype=AN&mhq=9401%20as%2F400&mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&subtype=CA https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?appname=s... IBM also claimed the portable could be used for "low cost kiosks." The starting price adjusted for inflation to 2019 was over $12k.