Just so I have this straight: Even though the HP Year 2000 site states that
they no longer support the 949, you are saying that it will be supported
until November 2001 as long as I'm on Release 6.0.

So as long as I'm on a compliant version of MPE/iX (currently on 5.5 PP6)I
will not have any HP3000 related problems during the century rollover and
beyond (i.e. there are no hardware, firmware, PDC issues that could cause a
problem outside of MPE)-- correct??

Thanks in advance for any warm and fuzzy feeling you can give me.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Cohen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 1:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: System Obsolescence: (was Re: The 949 and Y2K )


Allan Chalmers wrote in message ...
>Along this line, please note the latest HP3000 Advisor:
>
>"HP to discontinue Support for HP-IB in MPE/iX and older CIB Servers"
>
>The gist of it is that MPE/iX version 6.5 will be the last that will
>support a bunch of older machines - 920/922/932/948/958/950/955/960/980
>families.  Date - first half 2000.


That's not exactly right.  Let me quote an article that is in the 5.5
Express 7
Communicator, which is about to be sent out:

===============================================================

Future Removal of Support for Servers and HP-IB in MPE/iX

In order to streamline the development and test of future MPE/iX releases,
the PBA-IB HP-IB Device Adapter (A1747A) and old CIB I/O based HP 3000
Servers will not be made to work with MPE/iX Release 6.5 and later releases.
MPE/iX Release 6.5 is projected to begin shipping during the first half of
2000. The PBA-IB HP-IB Device Adapter was discontinued in May 1999 and has
an end of support date of November 1, 2001. The following old CIB I/O (also
known as CIO) based HP 3000 Servers will have completed their end-of-support
well before November 1, 2001:

     the 925/935/949 family
     the 920/922/932/948/958
     the 950/955/960/980 family

HP-IB and the above HP 3000 Servers will continue to be supported through
their end-of-support date on MPE/iX Release 5.5 (which has a projected
end-of-support date of November 1, 2000) and Release 6.0 (which has a
projected end-of-support of November 1, 2001).

Customers wishing to replace their HP-IB I/O cards and peripherals should
consider SCSI or LAN connected peripherals.  Customers wishing to replace
the above older HP 3000 Servers as they complete their support life should
consider the 9x8 or 9x9KS HP 3000 Servers.

===============================================================

So, bottom line -- your 949 CANNOT run MPE/iX Release 6.5 (which is
currently under development).  Your 949 will be supported on MPE Release 5.5
& 6.0 for quite some time.


Jon Cohen
Commercial Systems Division
Hewlett-Packard