Ken asks:
> Several people have mentioned HP's statements to the fact that the 925, 935
> & 949 systems are the only Spectrum HP3000s which will not be supported for
> the year 2000.
>
> My question is whether this is similar to the statement that certain things
> are not "supported" but they still seem to work.  Does anyone know if there
> is a definite problem with the clocks on these systems that will cause them
> to stop working on 1/1/2000?  Is 5.5 supported on these boxes?  Will future

Sorry, I thought I'd posted this...but...I now realize I didn't send it
to HP3000-L, just to the individual poster...



The firmware of the 935 (and 925 and 949, AFAIK), has no problems with
the year 2000 (I've tested it).

I set the clock (via ISL> CLKUTIL) to 1999/12/31 23:59, and it properly
rolled over to 2000/01/01.  I set the clock to 2000/02/28 23:59, and it
properly rolled over to 2000/02/29.

The items mentioned by some people (e.g., STREAM), are MPE/iX problems that
have been (or will be) fixed, and which you will be able to run with
no problem on a 925/935/949 (assuming you are on software support).

HP apparently said to themselves: "The 925/935/949 will be past the end
of their support life prior to 1999/12/31, so we don't have to check them",
without realizing the impact it would have on customers.

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