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I have many customers that still refer to the "AS/400". I just smile and
always say "IBM I" and "Power Systems". Some even started to update their
language as the result of the gentle reminder. Most of them are on Power8
equipment and getting ready to get to V7R3 or V7R2. So I agree, what a
customer calls his machine is not relevant.

Vendors on the other hand I tend to be less tolerant of using the wrong
names.

Let 'em call it what they want as long as they pay SWMA and hardware
maintenance, with the occasional upgrade.

--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark
Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc.
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 1:22 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Re: BI / Reporting tools

That doesn't mean anything. The last two places I've been called it an AS400
even though they are really running IBM i v7.1 on Power 7+ hardware. I've
been one or two places that called it an iSeries, but everywhere else they
call it AS400. Rolls off the tongue much nicer than IBM i on Power. Granted,
it is the wrong name, please no flames here, this is just a report of
reality. I suspect that most people in your organization call the thing on
your desk a PC even though technically none of those have been made since
the 80's. When someone says they have an AS400, it doesn't mean it is an old
beige C20 or F35.

Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/18/2016 01:57PM
Subject: Re: Re: BI / Reporting tools


<snip>
What release of the OS are you currently on?
</snip

I'll give you a clue right here:
<snip>
AS400
</snip>

Since IBM replaced OS/400 running on an AS/400 a few decades back with IBM
i running on Power he has to be running a REALLY old version of the OS.
Doing so is often responsible for people migrating from an open system
like IBM i to an old proprietary legacy system like Dos/Windows.

But I am curious as to what version of the OS (often easily obtainable
from executing the command DSPPTF and pasting the results, like
Release of base option . . . . . . . : V7R3M0
and the hardware can be obtained by
WRKHDWRSC TYPE(*PRC)
and showing the type/model from that.

Rob Berendt

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