Dear Search400.com member, This month is the 15th anniversary of the AS/400 (now called the iSeries). How long have you been around the AS/400? Is your brain filled with AS/400 trivia? Test your knowledge of the midrange server and its early beginnings by taking this quick 10-question quiz.
>> VIEW all the answers at: http://search400.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid3_gci901105,00.html?Offer=06quiz2 ===================== AS/400 WIZ QUIZ ===================== 1. When the AS/400 was introduced in June 1988, how many processor models were there? a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8 2. When IBM introduced the AS/400, it touted it superior performance over the System/36 and the System/38 computers. What kind of performance did the AS/400 offer over the System/36? a. 5 times the performance b. 7 times the performance c. 8 times the performance d. 10 times the performance 3. How many applications were available for the AS/400 when the first one shipped in 1988 (approx.)? a. 1,500 b. 2,000 c. 2,500 d. 3,000 4. What year was IBM's Rochester, Minn., plant completed? a. 1956 b. 1957 c. 1958 d. 1959 5. The 250,000th AS/400 was sold in 1994 to which company? a. Coca-Cola Co. b. Pepsi-Cola Co. c. Dr Pepper/Seven-Up, Inc. d. National Beverage Corp. 6. During 1998, IBM says it sold an AS/400 to a customer every? a. 5 minutes of every workday b. 8 minutes of every workday c. 10 minutes of every workday d. 12 minutes of every workday 7. When was the relational database included in OS/400 branded DB2 UDB? a. December 1997 b. February 1998 c. June 1998 d. February 1999 8. What year was native Lotus Domino for the AS/400 announced? a. 1997 b. 1998 c. 1999 d. 2000 9. In what year was the AS/400 renamed the eServer iSeries? a. 1998 b. 1999 c. 2000 d. 2001 10. Today, how many operating system environments can be run simultaneously from a single iSeries server? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 BONUS QUESTION: OS/400 was the first operating system to be certified Year 2000-ready by the ITAA. What year was this and which versions of the operating system? >> VIEW all the answers here: http://search400.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid3_gci901105,00.html?Offer=06quiz2 >> CHECK OUT these other resources & features on Search400.com: Free white papers: http://search400.techtarget.com/whitepapers/0,293835,sid3,00.html?Offer=wp0503 Technical tips and columns: http://search400.techtarget.com/tips/0,289484,sid3,00.html Webcast library: http://search400.techtarget.com/webcastsTranscripts/0,289709,sid3,00.html =================================================================== To subscribe to "Daily News" go to: http://search400.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid3,00.html?cid=464144&em=&tid=68&FE=1 Not a Search400.com member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. =================================================================== ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ::::::::::::::::::::: Published by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2003, All Rights Reserved. Unsubscribe from 'Updates on new site content' - Simply Reply to this Email with REMOVE within the Body or Subject > or - Go to: http://search400.techtarget.com/register - Log in to edit your profile. - Click on the link to Edit email subscriptions. - Uncheck the box next to the newsletter you wish to unsubscribe from. - When finished, click "Save Changes to My Profile."
