Re: Software subscription for "out of service'd" AS400s

["William A.\(Tony\) Corbett" <corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OOPS!
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any reason to maintain software subscription for a box, such as
the
> 170 or 720, which can go no further than V5R1.
> I'm considering ordering V5 and not renewing my SS for the next year, as
> well as advising a few clients on 720s to do the same.
>
> Is there any downside to this, other than the savings?
>
> It was IBM's bright idea to stop the upgrade path, not mine...
> Excuse me, IBM said they'd give me $360 trade-up for my 170.  Ha!
>
> TIA

Quote from:  http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/TFH-10-15-2001.html

What is known is that V5R2 will not run on first-generation RISC-based
AS/400 machines in the Model 4XX and Model 5XX families, which date from
1995. OS/400 V5R2 will run on Apache and Northstar generations of Model 150,
Model 6XX, and Model SXX servers; on the Northstar generation of Model 170,
Model 250, and Model 7XX servers; on the Pulsar, I-Star, and S-Star
generations of Model 270 and Model 8XX servers; and on the future
Power4-based iSeries servers due in the second half of 2002.

How do I know if I've got a Northstar generation cpu?

AS/Resources, Inc.
William A.(Tony) Corbett
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Developer
http://www.asresources.com
corbett@asresources.com
770-587-4812 (no answer forwards to mobile)
fax:  404-663-4737