Alright. Picked up the machine today. Much smaller than expected, but everything needed seems to be included. I got a terminal as well as a box of cables. I managed to boot the machine up to the login screen. However I do not know the username or password. I was speaking with someone on the phone that was quite knowlegable, they said that after 3 attempts to login it becomes a potato. What do i do from here. I am going to try and contact the original owners, however i believe they are unwilling to help. Im quite amazed the main drive was not wiped. Anyhow, if i can not get the password from the original owners, there does appear to be a working install on the drives, how would I go about resetting the password to gain access to the machine? The machine is a ibm as/400e 170.
pictures to follow once I find my camera. --Devin On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Mazzini Alessandro <mazzi...@tin.it> wrote: > You had it easy. > > Once upon a time, a place I was working for decided to get a new > development > as/400. The toy was 2x the 270 you mentioned (hd cage taking one side)... > and the shipping original ibm box upped the weight to dunno... king kong. > It didn't fit in the elevator, and anyway exceeded the max weight. > > The office was 2 floors up.... > > We pushed it up, I still have the nightmares > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di Kevin > Monceaux > Inviato: mercoledì 13 aprile 2016 21:09 > A: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Oggetto: Re: Getting an ibm as/400 > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 01:26:29AM -0400, Ian Primus wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Jason T <silent...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In IBM-speak, it's a "Midrange." > > > > Which is a fancy word for "unusually heavy for its size". > > That's the truth. In a previous reply I mentioned I have a "small" > 9406-270 > in my living room. I found it listed on eBay. It was in New York. I'm in > Central Texas. It was listed with a flat $50 shipping fee. From the > photos > and shipping fee I was expecting something small enough to be shipped by > UPS > or FedEx. I made the seller an offer $50 less than the list price which > they accepted, so I basically got free shipping. It was shipped by UPS > - UPS Freight. There was no way UPS Fright could get down my driveway so I > had to pick it up at their terminal. Fortunately it was shipped on a tiny > pallet that just fit in the back of my mini-van. It looks like an > oversized > tower PC, but is definitely unusually heavy for its size. I have to use a > dolly to move it around. > > > > -- > > Kevin > http://www.RawFedDogs.net > http://www.Lassie.xyz > http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org > Bruceville, TX > > What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works! > Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum. > >