I remember having to drop other efforts and install, roll out z/OS 1.6 ASAP to 
support the zAAP processors we ordered.

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On Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 at 3:44 PM, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Wow, that's hard to believe--it seems like it was just yesterday! The perils 
> of aging, I guess...
> 
> But is it really "Hapy Birthday" if it's been subsumed? A theological 
> question.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of 
> Timothy Sipples
> 
> Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2024 10:19 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Happy 20th Birthday to zAAP
> 
> As previously reported back in 2004, the first customer production use of 
> zAAP (the System z Application Assist Processor) went live on September 1, 
> 2004. Which was impressively speedy because it occurred more than 3 weeks 
> before the earliest release of z/OS to support zAAP (z/OS Version 1.6) became 
> Generally Available - and barely 2 months after zAAP (the hardware feature) 
> was introduced. IBM discontinued zAAPs several years ago because their 
> functions were fully incorporated into zIIPs.
> 
> Happy 20th Birthday, zAAP!
> 
> -----
> Timothy Sipples
> Senior Architect
> Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity IBM Z/LinuxONE, 
> Asia-Pacific [email protected]
> 
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