Re: IBM CPU Hardware Maintenance, Policy on Phasing-out support on old machines

Very good point. I do suggest looking at the cost of hardware maintenance
versus a new machine. Now, there's a certain crowd that does their own
maintenance but I'd not suggest that for 90+% of businesses out there.

The keywords to search for are: "Declaration of plan to discontinue
lease, rental, and maintenance services for selected machines"

I think IBM is tiring of the plan that Lukas spoke of. They are starting
to announce plans to drop several machines. One batch got dropped in
2004. Another batch is planned for 2008.
Normally when IBM drops maintenance you can still get them to work on it.
However it's time and materials and best effort. If you're going to do
that it might behoove you to buy a few backup machines from ebay, and keep
them running to avoid "stiction", and have them around for parts. When
needed, call IBM to scavenge from them. You may find that the additional
power consumption is cheaper than monthly maintenance (on a 436, probably
not on a F97).

Sept 30, 2008:
9309-IUO
9309-S02
9402-E02
9402-E04
9402-E06
9402-F02
9402-F04
9402-F06
9406-E35
9406-E45
9406-E50
9406-E70
9406-E80
9406-E90
9406-F35
9406-F45
9406-F50
9406-F60
9404-E10
9404-E20
9404-E25
9404-F10
9404-F20
9404-F25
9406-F70
9406-F80
9406-F90
9406-F97

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS908-128&appname=lenovous&language=en



Dec 31, 2004
9402 C04
9402 C06
9402 Y10
9404 B10
9404 B20
9404 C10
9404 C20
9404 C25
9404 P10
9404 P20
9404 T10
9404 T20
9404 T25
9406 B30
9406 B35
9406 B40
9406 B45
9406 B50
9406 B60
9406 B70
9406 E95
9406 P30
9406 P35
9406 P40
9406 P45
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS602-015/ENUS602-015.PDF
http://www-01.ibm.com/cgi-bin/common/ssi/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&htmlfid=897/ENUS602-015&appname=usn



Rob Berendt