Oops, me typed a bit too fast minutes ago :

> Q2) Operating system
>
> No idea of an HP committed EOS date for 6.5 but, since 6.0 goes EOS at the
same
> time the 9x7 goes EOS (April 2002), 6.5 should remain supported for at
least 18
> months (common HP practice ...) after that. The previous HP(e)3000 range
(9x8,
> 9x9 and 997) runs on both 6.5 and 7.0, there no requirement to keep 6.5
till
> 9x8s, 9x9s and 997 all go EOS (Feb. 2006). My expectation (only speaking
for
> myself at this point) is that 6.5 may go EOS about halfway between April
2002
> and February 2006. My bet would be late 2003 / early 2004.

One very important item (which I overlooked in my frist message, hence the
correction !) is the support of HP-IB. 9x8s and 997s all support HP-IB (9x9s
do not). This mandates an HP-IB capable MPE release until EOS date for these
boxes, i.e february 2006. That means 6.5 has to remain supported until that
date, since 7.0 has no HP-IB drivers.

Christian Lheureux
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Networks Department
APPIC R.H.
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