At 09:51 AM 12/4/97 +1000, Jeff Dowsley wrote:

           <snip>

>On another matter, we will be sadly decommissioning our HP3000 after
>20 years.  We started with an HP3000/II in 1977, and will be
>pensioning off our HP3000/955 early in 1998.  Factors in higher
>education here in OZ coupled with local marketing have driven us to
>acquire dual DEC Alpha 4100s and DEC UNIX.  Go like the clappers, but
>are not stable when compared with MPE.
>
            <snip>
>
>J. Dowsley                       Tel +61 3 53279571
>Deputy Director (Resources)      Fax +61 3 53279803
>Information Services Branch
>University of Ballarat
>University Drive
>Mt Helen   VIC   3350
>AUSTRALIA
>

Too bad to see an institution of higher education discarding the HP3000
which has obviously served it well for many a year. Lest others consider
this a trend, be assured that under appropriate circumstances the 3K remains
a superb platform on which to support applications vital to post-secondary
institutions including student records, registration, human resources,
library processing, etc. Sad to see you go, Jeff.

***********************************************************************
Eric Bender, Coordinator, Computer Services, John Abbott College
P.O. Box 2000, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada    H9X 3L9

Voice: (514) 457-6610, Ext. 208        Fax: (514) 457-3027

E-Mail:  [log in to unmask]

Visit our Website:  http://www.JohnAbbott.Qc.Ca
***********************************************************************