Hi,

> I was interested in learning aix but don't have access to a workstation
> or server. if i got one on ebay, would I need a license key to install
> aix on it (assuming i got the CDs as well)?

I recently did this and there was no keys needed. I got myself a 7044-170
with AIX 5.1 media and did a reinstallation of the OS overwriting the
existing system. Everything went great.
I don't think any future versions of the OS requires this either.

-- Henrik