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OK Al, I'll bite...How do you change a system's serial number? I thought that was an "indelible" part of the hardware.
Or perhaps it is one of those "I could tell ya but I'd have to kill ya" kind of questions.......
Pete Helgren Al Barsa wrote:
The World Trade Center bombing (1993) had me recovering a firm that needed to run payroll that weekend. (The bombing occurred on Friday, February 26, 1993.) I was recovering the customer at a DR site, and their H/R vendor had no method of getting me a software key over the weekend. So I changed the system serial number, and we ran payroll. IBM was really mad at me! Al Al Barsa, Jr. Barsa Consulting Group, LLC 400>390 "i" comes before "p", "x" and "z" e gads Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor! 914-251-1234 914-251-9406 fax http://www.barsaconsulting.com http://www.taatool.com http://www.as400connection.comJerry Adams <jerry@bwwholesal e.com> To Sent by: Midrange Systems Technical midrange-l-bounce Discussion s+barsa=barsacons <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ulting.com@midran cc ge.com Subject Re: Software Licensing for HA 02/14/2006 01:07 systems PM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midra nge.com>Ron-Zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:If the vendors can give us some assurance that we will be able to obtain the temporary key in a reasonable time frame, then that is the direction we will be going.Of course, be sure to define "reasonable" and get it in writing. If your business is a 24 x 7 operation or works multiple shifts or etc., you want to be able to get that key at, say, 0300 on Sunday. * Jerry C. Adams *iSeries Programmer/Analyst B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* * voice 615.995.7024 fax 615.995.1201 email jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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