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		nl on Dec 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber sells self-driving unit in deal that will pus... IBM "Midrange", aka AS/400: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_i They were an interesting - but dead - sideline of computing evolution. I never used one, but they had a interesting object-based (instead of file based) operating system.

janosett on Dec 7, 2020 | [–]

A friend used one of these (the shorter models) as a coffee table -- I distinctly remember how hard it was to move the big, dense metal cube in and out of his room!

neurostimulant on Dec 8, 2020 | [–]

My only experience on them was interacting with some API hosted in an AS/400 via FTP protocol. Felt like I was going back to the 90s.

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