Re: IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul

This saga just seems to go on forever. I believe a
great many accounts are frozen at V4R5 for the same
reason.

My next plan of attack is to recommend that we just
keep a 170 or whatever at V4R5 and keep OV/400 alive
forever. We just hook the older box into the network
and keep on trucking with newer boxes for everything
else. That keeps everybody happy and an extra box
laying around for other stuff. Hooking two 400's
together is childs play.

Jim Franz wrote:

Can someone clarify this. There definitely were recent release
upgrades where at least parts of OV400 disappeared. Older
posts indicated you could then restore parts, but not get all functions.
I've got an upgrade pending our rewriting a data text merge/print
function using OV400 commands. Been stuck at V4R5 just for this.
(customer delaying, not me)
jim