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From: shair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: "Pre-GA" RISC Systems - Free upgrade offer expiring
Message-ID: <1991May27.165427.26584@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 27 May 91 16:54:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1991May27.165427.26584
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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A significant number of RISC Systems/6000 were provided to
universities, software developers, and others before the
general availability of the products.  Any system with a
serial number less than 05000, or received before May, 1990
may well be a "pre-GA" system.

IBM Austin has been trying to track down these systems, and
get them upgraded to current level hardware.  If you have one
which has not yet been upgraded, please contact your local
IBM representative at once to arrange for it.

IBM WILL NOT SERVICE BROKEN SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN UPGRADED!

(there, was that loud enough?)

This project has only another month to run.  We've been using our
internal records to track down and contact users directly, but
are not convinced we've found them all.  I'm therefore advertising
here.

If you really don't know how to contact your local IBM rep,
drop me a note at rmshair@chgvmic1.vnet.ibm.com

-- 

Bob Shair                          shair@chgvmic1.iinus1.ibm.com
Scientific Computing Specialist    SHAIR@UIUCVMD (bitnet)
IBM Champaign