Re: MP3000 - nothing good about? If you wanted a full 'function' z System, there were alternative options available at the time.
The MP3000 addressed the requirements of a certain customer type/set with a different price point and. They didn't need the same functionality as other z customers of the time. In my book ESCON was a real channel and at the time the MP3000 was introduced there were lots of large customers (banks, airlines, utilities etc) still using ESCON I/O. So no big deal if the MP3000 didn't have FICON. BTW: Are there customers who still have BUS/TAG and ESCON devices today. Yes, and they use the Optica channel convertor to attach to FICON channels :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
