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  • Subject: Re: DOS Client Access and V4R5
  • From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 07:25:15 -0500
  • Organization: Arbor Solutions, Inc

Thanks Bob and Neal,

  We have a couple customers wavering on their 'will to upgrade' to V4R5
because of mission critical stuff still running on DOS with the Extended
DOS client. (Hey it's more reliable than Windoze!!).  Sure the PCs are
getting a bit long in the tooth but they got spares!!

  - Larry  

Bob Buchanan wrote:
> 
> I just finished a CISC to RISC conversion from an E35 (V3R2M0) to an 820
> (V4R5M0) for a client.  They have 8-10 386 (yes, 386) pcs running DOS PC
> Support (I was afraid to look and see which version) on a token ring in
> a clean-room environment.  Since we changed the system name, all the
> CONFIG.PCS files had to be changed to the new system name.  No other
> problems or changes required on the DOS pcs. (except the transition from
> 3 to 5 second response times to sub 0.2 seconds)
> 
> I also saw at least one Win 3.1 system working on their upgraded system.
> 
> Can't speak for OS/2, but I'd bet a drink at CUDS that it will work.
> 
> -Bob Buchanan
> 
> Larry Bolhuis wrote:
>  >
>  > The V4R5 memo to Users states that the DOS, DOS Extended, Win 3.1, and
>  > OS/2 clients are no longer supported.
>  >
>  > Can anyone confirm that these clients Will or Will Not still connect
>  > correctly to a V4R5 system?
>  >
>  >  Thanks,
>  >
>  >   - Larry
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Arbor Solutions, Inc.   |
(616) 451-2500          |               (I think, therefore I buy iSeries.)
(616) 451-2571 -fax     |
lbolhuis@arbsol.com     |        #3  1951-2001
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