We had two monstrous AS/400s back in the early 2000s at Wedgwood. Aside from being gigantic, and power hungry, and a faff to maintain, you might as well get the most modern iteration of the Power5 or Power6 iseries you can. The OS is all but identical if your intention is to actually “learn” the platform.

Did you also ask on tweakers? I recall seeing someone there asking for an as400 machine not so long ago.

I have one, it uses twinax to connect the terminals and the terminals are also rare and without a terminal there's not much you can do with it. even though it does have ethernet (10Mbit) and you can connect to it (I think) with telnet.
The only user I was able to log in with was the printer operator, (If I recall correctly) and you can't do a lot with just that.

Getting the software to do a reinstall also seems pretty impossible .

We have like 5-6 AS400/i Series servers laying around at work. They are so f-ing heavy. Some should actually be fully functional.

Ok thx for the reactions . So if somebody want sell it . I am a buyer .

I don't know If or when I will get rid of it. I can give you more photos of the machine.
Even found an interface card for it, though I haven't gotten round to test the card. I noticed it got damaged, had a little bump on a corner. so no idea if it's still working.
Came with an 8" floppy. Photos are here https://imgur.com/a/iYMyjq2

Also, buying and selling isn't allowed on vogons.

weedeewee wrote on 2023-12-20, 21:29:

I don't know If or when I will get rid of it. I can give you more photos of the machine. Even found an interface card for it, t […]
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I don't know If or when I will get rid of it. I can give you more photos of the machine.
Even found an interface card for it, though I haven't gotten round to test the card. I noticed it got damaged, had a little bump on a corner. so no idea if it's still working.
Came with an 8" floppy. Photos are here https://imgur.com/a/iYMyjq2

Also, buying and selling isn't allowed on vogons.

Ok i am interested in the machine . Have you some pics of the machine ?

Nobody are willing to sell a computer . Why?

pupuklok wrote on 2023-12-29, 21:15:

Nobody are willing to sell a computer . Why?

Read the rules of this forum. Vogons is not a marketplace.
There's plenty to learn about the AS/400 in books and on the net.