This is amazing, I still have two 3490-C2A on IBM maintenance. I check the Sales manual on the C2A and they were withdrawn from marketing in 1998 and were replace by the F1A, but still don't have a service discontinued date.
I have a spare unit for use as parts. Last year I still had 3480 still under maintenance. Subject: Re: 3490 off maintenance June 30 2007 Ken Porowski wrote: > I just got this announcement that the 3490-F1A (and others) will be > going off maintenance services on June 30, 2007. > > It seems to me that 3 months is rather short notice that you can't get > service from IBM (I know you can probably get 3rd party maint). What if > you have a long term contract? Am I misunderstanding something? Will the drives stop work on June 30 ? Will long-term contract terminate prematurely on June 30 ? Does anybody expected the 3490 will be supported forever ? Does any *serious* customer still use 3490 for production ? Are there any alternatives, i.e. 1. Run unsupported HW 2. Buy spare HW as a reserve 3. Get rid of 3490 and start using more "contemporary" HW for tape processing and CD/Internet for software installations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
