Donna , you wrote:
>
> is there something deep in the bowels of www.hp.com that
> lists the hardware products that have or are about to reach
> the end of their support life?  i've been looking but with
> no luck....

Try :

http://www.southerncrossinc.com/eos3000table.html for the End of Support
Table (HP3000s)
and http://www.southerncrossinc.com/eosPeriphtable.html for the End of
Support Table (Peripherals)

You can find both of these at http://www.hp3000links.com under the
"Miscellaneous" category.

Cheers,

John Dunlop

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