I remember thinking seriously about borrowing a pickup when I junked a
two-section series 70 a few years ago.  I wanted to make a bar-back out of
it for my rec room.  The "power that is" convinced me otherwise.  Actually
it was more like "Not in MY basement you don't..."
:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Werth [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 1:22 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Information HP 3000
>
> Howard Hoxsie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > In my former life at a large Northwest forest products company which
> shall
> > remain nameless, I went through the y2k validation process for MPE/V
> > machines (42's, 52's and 70's) and discovered that releases 3p and 4o of
> > MPE/V are compliant in terms of system clocks and COBOL compiler.  Other
> s/w
> > I don't know about but they and other companies will be running their
> > businesses on these machines into next year.  I guess we'll see...<grin>
>
> That is correct. Actually Release 31 (or maybe Release 32) which came out
> between 2P and 3P is supposed to be Y2K compliant. But I don't think you
> can
> actually obtain it. Wouldn't it be really nice if HP made this available
> to
> all of those sites that are "going to be off of the system by the end of
> the
> year." It could possibly be distributed by Interex as part of the Open
> Source initiative.
>
> >
> > If you indeed have it in your living room, then Stan is most likely
> right
> on
> > with guessing what model it is, the models I worked on would more
> > appropriately occupy a full-size stall in your garage...<another grin>
>
> Oh, I don't know. If you are not much on interior decorating a Series
> 42/52
> might make a nice end table.  :-)
>
> Doug.
>
> Doug Werth                                     Beechglen Development Inc.
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