Hello Friends: Randy Smith noted about his HP 9000s: "I guess I've been too much time contemplating the 9000 side of my job. I believe they're going to obsolete one of my machines shortly. Yes, yet another way in which the HP3000 is a great investment." Absolutely correct, Randy, And Unigram-X, a Unix newsletter, reports that HP will be pulling its G,H and I Series HP 9000 systems off the price list sometime next year. Sooner or later, time catches up with every platform, even those that are Unix-based. It just seems to happen sooner with systems other than HP 3000s. Ron Seybold, Editor In Chief The 3000 NewsWire Independent Information to Maximize Your HP3000 http://www.3000newswire.com/newswire [log in to unmask] 512-331-0075