Re: CFINT - original implementation

Jan:

On Fri, 04 January 2002, Jan Megannon wrote:

> When was it (CFINT) first introduced? V4R4M0?

CFINT has been around at least since the early 'black box' AS/400s; it was 
evident in Version 3 of OS/400. However, that's not to say the functionality 
and purpose hasn't changed.

> It is a s/w feature, not a hardware feature?

CFINTxx tasks are definitely software...

> If it is truly a s/w feature, what happened when I loaded the new
> version of OS/400 on one of my previous machines (5XX, or one of the
> other models)? I purchased that older system with no
> governor/limitation. Would the new software now impose a performance
> penalty on a box that was originally purchsed 'penalty-free'?

...but the software clearly reacts to differences in hardware (firmware?). 
Loading a new OS/400 shouldn't cause significant differences in CFINT behavior. 
If it does, a PTF should be made available to fix it.

Older boxes were purchased with interactive capacity included, i.e., it was 
paid for at that time.

Tom Liotta

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