Re: Sys/36 Upgrade

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

All,

  Yes the 436 is gone.  Yes any RISC /400 with V3R7 or better can run an
internal 'virtual S/36.' In fact some models can run up to 7 of them
completely independant one of another.  It does in fact run real SSP and
real S/36 objects. YOU MUST ORDER the features to do this however they
are not standard or free (although I belive a promotion is currently in
place to make them free for a while).

  Larry Bolhuis
  Arbor Solutions, Inc
  lbolhui@ibm.net


Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:
> 
> I thought that they had discontinued 436 and gave all AS/400 models ability
> to run SSP.  I'll double check that.
> 
> Problem would be ability to ever go native, though, with a 436, right?
> 
> Art Tostaine, Jr.
> CCA, Inc.
> Parlin, NJ 08859
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James W. Kilgore <qappdsn@ibm.net>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 6:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Sys/36 Upgrade
> 
> >
> >
> >Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:
> >
> >> I have an old time customer who wants to finally migrate to an AS/400.
> We
> >> haven't heard from them in about 8 years, then, get me an AS/400!  They
> will
> >> run in 36 mode.  Can I run a 170 like an Advanced/36?  With real SSP, not
> >> 36/mode?.
> >>
> >
> >Art,
> >
> >Have they ruled out a 436?  It's a load-n-go since it sounds like they
> don't want
> >to change the way they do things.
> >
> >I have one (count 'em, one) who called me after the fact that they
> purchased a
> >436 and over the phone I told them to save from the S/36, restore on the
> new box
> >and move cables port by port and by the time I got there they were done, up
> and
> >running!
> >
> >I was amazed at the speed.  To buy an AS/400 running *S36 at the same
> performance
> >would have cost them (shooting from the hip) 4x. But that was before the
> 150/170
> >models.  I know it's not pc to do this, but if it works in their budget,
> what the
> >heck.
> >
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