Re: iSeris access/V5R3/Win98

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Whoa here!

Jerry - what are you saying here?
IBM customers with licensed Client Access clients on
Win98 pc's want to know if their Win98 CA will connect
to a V5r3 server. I said yes, as long as it is an Express client.
IBM still has downloadable service packs for old releases.
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/sphist.htm
jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry" <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: iSeris access/V5R3/Win98


> Whoa here!
>
> IMSMW there is CA and there is CA.
>
> IBM has this product called CA.  It has two components:
>
>   1.  The FREE stuff (ops nav, odbc, etc.)
>   2.  The Billable stuff (display, printer, file xfer)
>
> The display (green screen stuff) is just telnet extended (TN5250E) and
getting a
> 5250 telnet client for W3.1, W9x, W2K, WXP, etc. is not big deal.  There
are
> many options.
>
> Having worked with many my longtime preference for the price and quality
is
> still Synapse (www.synapse.com).
>
> Jerry
>
> Quoting Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > If your client is an Express client on Win98 it should work (although
> > not supported). I have done several installs of V5R2 this year
> > to shops with some Win98, and left the client it had. I did try & get
> > newer service packs on them, and it was "bumpy", mostly with
> > lack of memory issues, and various Win98 editions, and some
> > Win98 set to run in a Win95-like mode.
> > These same pc's had issues with almost every other software it ran,
> > so management did schedule them to replace later.
> > jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mark Allen" <mallen@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:52 AM
> > Subject: RE: iSeris access/V5R3/Win98
> >
> >
> > > Wouldn't let us install at 5.2 either
> > >
> > > Mark Allen
> > > IS Manager
> > > Wilkes Telephone & Electric
> > > 11 W. Court Street
> > > Washington, GA 30673
> > > Phone: (706) 678-9565
> > > Cell: (706) 498-7907
> > > Fax: (706) 678-1000
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:10 AM
> > > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> > > Subject: iSeris access/V5R3/Win98
> > >
> > >
> > > In the memo to users for V5R3, it states that iSeries Access for
Windows
> > > (IAW) can no longer be _installed_ on W95, W98, or WinME machines.
> > >
> > > It doesn't say, in this document, whether it can still be _used_ or
> > > _upgraded_ to the latest IAW version.
> > >
> > > We still have 3 W98 machines in use.  If IAW is _already_ installed on
> > those
> > > machines, does it still work?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Jeff Crosby
> > > Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
> > > P.O. Box 13369
> > > Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> > > 260-422-7531
> > >
> > > The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of
my
> > > company.  Unless I say so.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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