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    An old AS/400 System

    Some one was trying to give me an old (1986) AS/400 today. Very heavy. What would/could any one do with such a machine?
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    Re: An old AS/400 System

    I have heard that people run websites on them. Not sure of the technical aspects of doing it.

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    Re: An old AS/400 System

    Run a worldwide Warranty System, Payroll, Accounting.... etc.

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    Re: An old AS/400 System

    Bah, I hate AS/400.

    Write useless COBOL programs on it. I can't think of any use for it, really. I guess run a website, as I think you can run apache on it. This site runs on an AS/400.
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    Re: An old AS/400 System

    That was a pretty serious machine in its day. A minicomputer. According to Wikipedia they had 48-bit processors, and you can use C, C++, Pascal, Perl, Python and Java (among other languages). Check it out. I reckon if I was offered one, I'd take it. I'm sure there are plenty of tasks it could do for you.
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    Re: An old AS/400 System

    My dad works at IBM. He used to build those things. He gave me a ton of shirts with the AS/400 and OS/2 logos.
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    Re: An old AS/400 System

    Quote Originally Posted by DougieFresh4U View Post
    Some one was trying to give me an old (1986) AS/400 today. Very heavy. What would/could any one do with such a machine?
    Use it to defend your home if the need arises?
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    Re: An old AS/400 System

    AS/400's run an awful lot of RPG (RPG/400 actually) code in my experience. At least they do in the banking industry. Modern versions of that hardware are what is used by a very large number of banks for their nightly processing.

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    Re: An old AS/400 System

    Specs?
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