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I have such a curiosity about the AS/400. The extent of my experience with it though was setting up 5250 emulator cards in PCs for customers over 20 years ago.

by 300bps 5y ago

I have such a curiosity about the AS/400. The extent of my experience with it though was setting up 5250 emulator cards in PCs for customers over 20 years ago. Tempting to buy an old one on eBay and play around with it. I’ll avoid starting a Ponzi scheme with it though. :)

chiph 5y ago
If you do, blog about it. One of the challenges in getting an old mainframe (System 360, 3090, etc) running is getting a license for the operating system from IBM. Hopefully acquiring one for the AS/400 is easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45X4VP8CGtk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45X4VP8CGtk
Angostura 5y ago
If you look very hard, you might be able to find a luggable 'laptop' version that was developed in-house for salefolks to cart around for demomstrations