RE: Model 400 upgrade cost

[Winchester Terry <terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charly Jones [mailto:charly301@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:31 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Model 400 upgrade cost
>
>
>
> Terry --
>
> I have bought several model 400 systems.  The tricky part is
> finding out if
> the V4R3 software is actually licensed to the box you are
> buying.  If it is,
> the V4R3 operating system license transfers with the box.
> Other IBM LPP
> (licensed program products) that are licensed to your new
> system can also be
> transferred if the seller gives you the certificates of
> ownership to prove
> that the ownership actually transferred (sort of like a
> automobile pink
> slip).

Yes.  The V4R3 upgrade is licensed to the box.  If it wasn't,
I sure wouldn't be interested :)

> So the cost of software may be zero, depending on what licenses can be
> transferred.
>
> Be careful that you have enough memory and disk to do what
> you want, the
> newer operating systems require a lot of memory...  Upgrading
> the hardware
> may be hard and/or expensive.
>
> -- Charly

I hope to find out about disk/memory by the end of the week.

Thanks for the feedback.

Terry