Re: Number of installed AS/400s

Rich:
I am in the same situation.  We are in the process of ordering a new 170, I
still haven't come off the dime to get it, but we have 2 AS400s, a model 400
at V3R7 and an E04 at V2R3.  The E04 box is basically used only to
communicate with remote AS400s via dial up APPC.  I don't have any
intentions of retiring it though after 12/31.  It has tons of comm lines on
it and we dialup to lots of customers at the same time.  Who cares it the
comm box thinks its 1972 all over again, we will just break our the
bellbottoms and polyester. :)
CJG
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Duzenbury <rduz@aros.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 3:02 AM
Subject: RE: Number of installed AS/400s


>That's what I'm going to do.
>
>My trusty D04, with an RP of 1 and change, running V2R3M0, a total of 800MB
storage  (400 of that taken by the OS) will have it's lights put out
sometime later this year.  I've tried lots of different remote access
solutions and for my customers that don't have a network (about four -
still!), good ol appc passthrough is the best way to connect for on-line
support.
>
>It has been running continuously with very little maintenance since early
1992.  I was glad to have the hardware support, as the tape drive went out
in the machines 13th or 14th month of service, but otherwise, no problems.
>
>The new order is for a 170, but it hasn't been approved by the boss (me)
yet.  Anything special to watch out for in a 170 config?
>
>Regards,
>Rich
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Art Baker
>> Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 5:18 PM
>> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>> Subject: RE: Number of installed AS/400s
>>
>>
>> I wonder how many of these AS400 machines will be running after
>> 12/31/99? I
>> know of one company that has an old AS400 that has not been upgraded in
10
>> years. They are just going to turn it off at the end of this year (they
>> already have another system setup).
>> Art
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fisher, Don [mailto:DRF@HeiligMeyers.com]
>> Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 2:54 PM
>> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>> Subject: RE: Number of installed AS/400s
>>
>>
>> 550,000, eh?
>>
>> I wonder, being the cynical person that I am, how many of those
>> "installed"
>> AS/400s are still running.  Does this number include all AS/400s ever
>> installed, including ones that have been replaced by newer models and
>> subsequently discarded?
>>
>> And then there's the question of whether a single AS/400 can be counted
>> multiple times by being installed at one site, replaced by a newer model,
>> installed at another site, and so on.
>>
>> Don't get me wrong folks.  I'd like to believe that number, but the use
of
>> the word "installed" rather than "operating" makes me very suspicious.
>>
>> Donald R. Fisher, III
>> Project Manager
>> Heilig-Meyers Furniture Company
>> (804) 784-7500 ext. 2124
>> Don.Fisher@HeiligMeyers.com
>> <clip>
>> >Supposedly there are over 500,000 AS/400s installed around the world.
>> <clip>
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