Board:   [DoveNet] Unix/Linux
Subject: Re: What Is Unix? (was: H
From:    MIKE POWELL
Date:    Thu Jan 15, 2026 19:36

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>  I worked for a catalog/retail company that did all of their compute on
>  3 S/36s and 2 AS/400s. I administered the PC side of the company, so I
>  got login rights to the AS/400s and could bring networks up and down -
>  later found out that I could have re-IPLed the system with my creds!

Before the AS/400 this company had an IBM product that required "drum
memory," and they apparently broke down and upgraded to the AS/400 once
that type of memory became scarce... IIRC, they hadto start sourcing it
from Brazil (and maybe used).

While I worked there, my primary machine was a "Baby-36"... a PC with what
I can only assume was an S/36 emulator.

Mike
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