Re: year 2000

[Russ Khoury <russk@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:13 PM 9/7/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Has anyone tried a way to fix SSP for the year 2000 on their system 
>36?  If you have any ideas please write.  I know that IBM has a PTF 
>out called the VASP software, that allows the user a 100 year window 
>within which to work.  I am wondering if anyone has used this 
>software or knows of another fix.
>
>Thank You,
>
>Roy Schnauss

Roy:

Years back I put the VASP on some 36's. Along w/support for Year 2000 for
the SSP, it had some other features, including CALL support for RPG II. But,
I never IPL'd the system w/2000 as the year. Now the Advanced/36's includes
the VASP so I presume that's how IBM implemented Y2K support in the SSP.

BTW, getting VASP for the original 36's may be hard - I don't believe IBM
offers it anymore. Also, you need to be at a high level of PTF's. If you're
sticking w/36 code - I'd get an Advanced/36 w/OS400. W/O OS400 its a
supercharged 36 that'll run just about all 36 object code. If you have all
the source, then you should get OS400, so you can migrate the code to the
400 side. 

Good luck.
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