Re: twinax cards

The problem is that there is NO support for old systems from IBM.  If anything
goes south (which it will) it can't be fixed (for a reasonable cost anyway).

Its not reasonable to bet a company's mission critical systems on computers that
can't be supported.  Its unfair to those that work hard in the organization not
to be supported at the core where numbers get crunched and orders get
processed.

The oldest OS I support today is V4R3 and they are NOT going to upgrade this
week.  However, they DO understand the corner they are painted into.

Jerry

PS:  A number of these systems still use twinax printers and a twinax tube or
card here and there.  Nlynx has a twinax card that allows the console session
to be accessed over the TCP/IP network which is very useful.  You can put the
ole DSP01 on the shelf.

J

Quoting rob@xxxxxxxxx:

> James,
> 
> Perhaps you are selling new product like hotcakes to people running V2R3, 
> however I doubt it.
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> There is a lot to the stone knife philosophy that if I can cut down a tree 
> with it why do I need a chainsaw?  However I like to use the new features, 
> etc of the newer operating systems.  And often I am quite vexed by vendor 
> products that cater to obsolete operating system versions to the detriment 
> of everyone else.
> 
> I did like your comments in the earlier message.
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> > But, on the other hand this should NOT stand in the way of upgrading
> > their operating system.  I wish people would stop using these ancient
> > releases of OS/400, it makes my life (answering questions in forums,
> > writing newsletters) much more difficult.
> 
> Why? Why does everything have to be the "latest and greatest"?
> 
> At Touchtone, we don't have a single product requiring anything beyond
> V4R2, and QuestView, our flagship product, will run quite happily on
> anything from a V2R3 machine (albeit with slower response times, and with
> some of the advanced features quietly disappearing) to V5Rwhatever, and
> will make use of a number of post-V2R3 OS features if it finds them.
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> Like another list member just said, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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