Chip wrote:

     >Can someone fill me in on the status of the 927s and Year 2000.  I
     >understand that althought 927s can accept MPE5.5 there are some
     >firmware date problems that will not be fixed.



     The short answer appears to be yes.  See below:



     Taken from the White Paper,

     Year 2000 Issue: An HP Perspective
     Version 1.2, February 1998


     On page 20:

     Table 5. HP 3000 Servers
     Systems Tested and 2000-Ready               Systems Not Tested
                                                (End of Support Date)
     Series 920, 922, 932, 948, 958
     Series 950, 955, 960, 980
     Series 917, 927, 937, 947, 957,
     967, 977, 987
     Series 918, 928, 968, 978, 988
     Series 939KS, 959KS, 969KS, 979KS
     Series 990, 991, 992, 995, 996, 997       Series 925, 935, 949 (11/98)


     The entire white paper can be found at:
     http://www.hp.com/year2000/info.html


     Jon Broz
     HP Cleveland

     "All opinions/comments stated here are mine and mine alone"