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Wasn't V3R2 the oldest Y2K compliant version ?

One Y2K work around for non compliant systems would be
to set the date back 28 years (calendars are indentical).

But just keeping a S/38 running today would be dificult.
DASD from that era was not that reliable.
9332s probably being the best bet and 3370s not.


If there's one still running,  I 'd like to hear about it.


Keith



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Barsa" <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul


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> As of 1999, the best info on the S/38 was that it was not Y2K compliant.
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> Al
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> Al Barsa, Jr.
> Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
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> 400>390
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> "i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
> e gads
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> Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!
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> 914-251-1234
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> And I'll bet there are now 25-35 functioning S/38s left, and over
> 100,000 S/36s left.
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> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:51:37 -0400, "Al Barsa"
> <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
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> > Depending on who you listen to (IBM doesn't talk) There were 25,000 to
> > 35,000 S/38's, and 250,000 to 275,000 S/36s.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > Al Barsa, Jr.
> > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
> >
> > 400>390
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> > "i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
> > e gads
> >
> > Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!
> >
> > 914-251-1234
> > 914-251-9406 fax
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> > http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> > http://www.taatool.com
> > http://www.as400connection.com
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> >              Please respond to
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> > More than you can imagine. Since there was far more S/36
> > installed than S/38(50 to 1, maybe much higher), you gotta
> > imagine many of those folks never bothered to convert to
> > "native".
> >
> > I have several customers who never bothered and never asked
> > to be converted once they saw that the 400 could handle
> > their software "as is".
> >
> >   Many have converted over the years, but some still run a few
> > applications just as they were on the S/36. The S/36 customers
> > are the reason the 400 exists today in my opinion.
> >
> > I don't believe "anybody" including IBM, has any idea how
> > much S/36 code still runs. Remember the S/36 was wildly
> > popular in other countries other than the USA.
> >
> > Of course IBM also didn't think many people were using
> > OV/400.
> >
> > Shields, Ken wrote:
> >
> >
> > That's another reason why IBM, rushed to put the Sys/36 out in the
> > market.
> > The S/36 was so popular, that even to-day, on the current release of
> > OS400,
> > the Sys 36 Environment is still supported.
> >
> > I'm very curious to know just how many companies are still using the
> > S36 Environment.
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