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Correction. IBM is NOT withdrawing F to 2/3/4/5xx upgrades. Only F to 2/3xx. They ARE withdrawing all E to 2/3/4/5xx upgrades. Abstract Effective November 4, 1997, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following: Model upgrades and related processor feature conversions E to 2XX/3XX/4XX/5XX F to 2XX/3XX New builds of all 2XX/3XX 3XX to 3XX model upgrades (processor upgrades within a 3XX model are still supported.) Related miscellaneous feature codes After November 4, 1997, you can no longer obtain these products directly from IBM. Also, effective December 31, 1997, IBM will withdraw CISC to RISC memory feature exchange credits on upgrades to models 5XX. These credits were originally announced in Announcement Letter A96-597, dated June 4, 1996. Description Type Model ----------- ---- ----- Model 200 9402 200 Model 20S 9402 20S Model 300 9406 300 Model 310 9406 310 Model 320 9406 320 Model 30S 9406 30S Feature Processors Description Type Model Feature ----------- ---- ----- ------- 5.9 RPR Processor 9402 20S 2010 2XX/3XX Factory Only Features Opt Single Disk Unit 9402 ALL 8606 Pat Barber wrote: > > For those of you who don't look at IBM ann. letters, today they gave > advance notice of no more model upgrades of E or F models to 2/xx/3xx/4xx > or 5/xx.. Also memory exchange option on upgrades goes away at the end > of this year... The upgrades for white boxes is effective 11/04/97 & the > memory option is 12/31/97... So if you plan to go to the Advanced series > you better get started.... -- ... Neil Palmer AS/400~~~~~ ... NxTrend Technology - Canada ____________ ___ ~ ... Markham, Ontario, Canada |OOOOOOOOOO| ________ o|__||= ... Phone: (905) 731-9000 x238 |__________|_|______|_|______) ... web:http://www.nxtrend.com oo oo oo oo OOOo=o\ ... mailto:npalmer@nxtrend.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the Midrange System Mailing List! To submit a new message, * * send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe from * * this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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