Re: MAPICS II and 9404

[Dave Shaw <dshaw1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephanie Coulshaw <scoulshaw@aimtronics.com>


>Hello!
>
>I have just been given an AS400 9404 running MAPICS II to look after.  I am
>completely unfamiliar with this system and could really use some help.  Our
>previous system manager has left the company so I have no in-house
>resources.
>
>Is there anyone here using this system?  I've been asked to look into the
>feasibility of turning the clock back on the system to continue running
>past the end of the year.  Has anyone experimented with this?

MAPICS II, eh?  Do you know which variety?  (The "native" AS/400 version,
the S/38 version, or the S/36 version.)

Depending on which modules you're running, you may or may not have a
significant Y2K problem with it.  Can you post a list of what's being used?
Also, is it hacked up, er, I mean "modified", much?  What OS/400 release is
the machine running?

If the intent is to stay on MAPICS for any length of time, I would at least
consider upgrading to MAPICS XA or the Y2K-compliant version of MAPICS/db.

---
Dave Shaw, General Nutrition, Greenville, SC
MAPICS "victim" since 1980
The opinions expressed may not be my employer's unless I'm sufficiently
persuasive...


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