Re: Any risk in Cisc

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 07:36 PM 1/26/01 +0000, you wrote:

Hi Alan,

I think that parts for that box are still available.  Maybe not as quickly 
as you want, but they are still available.

Al


>Firstly apologies for any puns!
>
>We have a model 9406-300 about 5 years old in our Rio
>office. It is still doing it's job and has not run out
>of capacity and nor is it likely to. We have business
>plans to replace this by merging it with our US office
>in the last quarter of the year. We have IBM
>maintenance and we just suffered a disc crash which
>was repaired.
>
>Do we face any risks like spare part shortages by
>staying on this model until it is replaced or should
>we spend a relatively large amount for a short time
>and go to RISC (170 or similar)?
>
>The current machine has 32mb memory, 4x 6606 2gb
>drives and a 2gb streamer tape.
>
>I would very much appreciate the list's comments.
>
>Alan Jeffries,
>IT Manager,
>BMG Music Publishing Worldwide,
>London.
>
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