[rescue] Re: AS/400 question

[Gavin Hubbard]

> What color is it?
> 
> White == hard to get working.
> 
> Black == not so hard to get working.
> 
> I think it's because the white one will only use the IBM OS while the 
> black one  can run other things.  Unless you have a tape of the OS in 
> question you probably won't be able to do anything with it.
> 
> At least that's my (very) limited understanding of the situation.
> 
> Mike Hebel

Hi Mike

It was black with a big red cable shield at one end. Basically the same as the following picture from an EBay auction:

http://images.andale.com/img/imageTemplate.html?img=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.andale.com%2Ff2%2F119%2F107%2F8492676%2F1037045567105_170ibmrev4.jpg&marketId=1

The only difference is that the system I looked at had a QIC tape drive under the CDROM drive.

Regards,

Gavin