>This is very strange. We've been told by IBM that inorder run anything higher than OS/390 2.10, we had to go to a z box. We're currently running OS/390 2.6 on a 9672 R83.
Context always matters. IBM does not sell/market anything older than a z/900. The microcode store is too small on an R83 to support the (even 31-bit) instructions required for z/OS. So, if you go through IBM, you have no choice but a z/BOX. Maybe, 3RD party can find you an upgrade to a G5, which will support z/OS in 31-bit. - -teD I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html