Re: Sys/36 Upgrade

["James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@xxxxxxx>]

Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:

> I have an old time customer who wants to finally migrate to an AS/400.  We
> haven't heard from them in about 8 years, then, get me an AS/400!  They will
> run in 36 mode.  Can I run a 170 like an Advanced/36?  With real SSP, not
> 36/mode?.
>

Art,

Have they ruled out a 436?  It's a load-n-go since it sounds like they don't 
want
to change the way they do things.

I have one (count 'em, one) who called me after the fact that they purchased a
436 and over the phone I told them to save from the S/36, restore on the new box
and move cables port by port and by the time I got there they were done, up and
running!

I was amazed at the speed.  To buy an AS/400 running *S36 at the same 
performance
would have cost them (shooting from the hip) 4x. But that was before the 150/170
models.  I know it's not pc to do this, but if it works in their budget, what 
the
heck.

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