I think that "withdrawn from marketing" also means that if I order a new z/9 after December 06 that I can't order the timer connection feature to allow it to connect to the 9037's that I have now.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 9037 Syspex timer withdrawn 31 Dec. 2006 In a recent note, James Chappell said: > Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:29:25 -0700 > > If "PTFs will be required to enable STP support" then what PTFs. I > don't get to do maintenance whenever I want. > It did say "withdrawn from marketing". I assume support will persist and you can continue to use your existing 9037 for some period beyond. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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