Re: v2r2 & y2k

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Our AS/400 F45 is at v2r2 and has some static accounting data on it.  The
> users still occasionally run reports.
>
> Will the AS/400 run after 12/31/99?  If not, you could just change the clock
> to 1/1/1999, right?

do you really want to do that?  what would that do to the reports?

also, backdating the machine would give it fits.  logs, journals, spool files,
etc would be a real mess.

the maintenance on an f45 must be high. you may want to consider switching to a
170, where the payment would most likely be less than your maintenance.

> If we created a bunch of reports and didn't want to print them, is there
> software that will transfer the spool files to a lan server and allow them
> to be accessed/printed from there?

there is a cpysplf command that takes spool files, and creates data files out of
them.  from there, you can move them to the p/c lan.

nj

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