Hello MPE/V users.

On 23 October 1996 at 8.50am Terence Quek, INTERNET:[log in to unmask]
wrote:-


>HP has stop short of going the way of ITAA or other sort of certification.

>The CALENDAR intrinsic is SAFE until the year 2027. However, HP is rolling
>     out a new version of MPE by 1997 that will complete all Year2000
>     enhancements.

>----------------------------------------------------------------------

>     The Year 2000 with the HP 3000 and MPE/iX
>     Year 2000 Product Plans
>     Updated:  August 20, 1996


>     HP has assessed the MPE/iX operating system and its related subsystems
>     to determine all Year 2000 issues.  HP has a plan in place to address
>     these issues, and by the end of 1997 HP expects to release a version of
>     MPE/iX that will support the Year 2000 and beyond.  This version of
>     MPE/iX, like all previous versions, will be backwards compatible on all
>     HP 3000 PA-RISC servers, providing investment protection so customers
>     can quickly and easily take advantage of the new features of the
>     operating system without having to upgrade to a newer HP 3000 server.

<snip>

This does nothing for users of MPE/V. It appears that classic HP3000 machines
have been very conveniently ignored on the basis that they will all have
disappeared before the Year 2000.

Does anyone care besides me?

Ken Nutsford
Systems Manager
Timeshare Systems Ltd.