Ted Johnson wrote:

> We are running a 979/400 with roughly 150-200 concurrent users.  Our
> systems people (who by the way hate the HP3000 and love NT) say the life
> expectancy of this machine will be 2-3 years and then have to be
> replaced.   Since we are moving our financials off this machine (and
> onto NT) I would think we would be able to keep this box running a lot
> longer than that.  Anyone care to comment.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted

The software used on our 927LX was originally written in the late 70's,
early 80's.  Originally, the
software was written by a Service Bureau (remember that term?) that I worked
for.  The software
ran on a Series III and gradually migrated to a Series 48 over many years.
Then our company
purchased the service bureau when it went out of business and I helped
convert them to the
927LX box from the 48 about 5 years ago.  Most of that software still ran in
compatibility mode
up until the Y2K project, when I had an excuse to convert it all to native
mode.  Many programs
are virtually unchanged and the company is happy with their software and
their HP3000.

I did note that the 927LX is slated to go off support in April, 2002.  But
that is subject to change
I'm sure.  We will upgrade to a newer HP3000 ... if we need to.
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        Tom Hula
        Victor S. Barnes Company
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