On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 04:28:45PM -0600, Dave Jones wrote: > >By the way, how old is the 9370, and what version of VM ran on it? > > The 9370 series was introduce in 1989, I believe. They ran VM/SP or the > repacked VM/IS system, as well as VSE. They were quite popular as > remote office systems, as they would fit into a normal office environment > without a lot of trouble.
The earliest models of the 9370 (the 20, 40, 60, and 90) were announced on 10/7/1986 and made available on 9/30/1987, and the later models (the 30, 50, and 80) were announced on 9/13/1988 and made available on 9/30/1988. The last one to be announced was the model 25 on 4/4/1989, available 5/26/1989. The 20 and 40 were withdrawn 8/31/1990, the 60, 80, and 90 were withdrawn on 8/21/1991, and the last models were withdrawn on 1/6/1993. All service stopped for the 9370 on 12/31/1999. Supported operating systems were VSE/Advanced Functions Version 2.1.6 and subsequent releases VSE/SP Version 2.1.6 and subsequent releases VSE/SP Version 3.1.1 and subsequent releases VSE/SP Version 4.1.0 VM/SP Release 4, 5, and 6 VM/Integrated System (VM/IS) 5.1, 6.0 and subsequent releases. MVS/SP Version 1.Release 3.5 and later releases of MVS/SP Version 1 DPPX/370 As VM guests: VM/SP Release 5 with APAR VM30315 and VM31002 VSE/Advanced Functions Version 2.1.6 VSE/SP Version 2.1.6 VSE/SP Version 3.1.1 VSE/SP Version 4.1.0 MVS/SP Version 1.3.5 (for 9373-25, 9373-30, 9375-50, 9375-60, 9377-80, and 9377-90) AIX/370 Version 1 IX/370 Version 1.1.4 MUMPS/VM (5796-ZPW) VS1 with BPE Version 4.0 I have also seen VM HPO on the metal, although it's very rare (and performed like a stuck pig, but then again, what didn't on the 9370?). Current market value on eBay is about $250-300 -- they had REALLY nice racks with autopower sequencing, etc. (Information courtesy of www.ibmlink.ibm.com, click on SalesManual and use 9370 as the product code. A fascinating source for IBM archaeology.)
