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From: twh@mibte.UUCP (Tim Hitchcock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 3B5/15 3B2/400
Message-ID: <2550@mibte.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 88 15:14:07 GMT
References: <407@paisley.ac.uk> <448@olgb1.oliv.co.uk> <2552@usceast.UUCP>
Organization: Michigan Bell Telephone Company
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Keywords: 3b5 has already been discontinued, 3b2/400 supported for cal yr 1988.

> >> being discontinued. Is there any truth in this claim and if so, what
> >
> >There is no truth in this rumour. The 3B2/400 is not being discontinued.
> 
> 	Better check with your AT&T rep. I was told TODAY that the 3b5 is
> no longer supported: meaning that the current rev level of System V.3 won't
> run on it. Furthermore, the 3b2/300 (which I have on my desk) is
> 
AT&T has a policy to "support" their products 5 years after they are
"MD'd" (Manufacturer Discontinued). It is my understanding that
they  will "MD" the 3B2/300, 3B2/310 and 3B2/400 sometime soon, making the 
3B2/500 (18Mhz WE32100/Dual processor) the entry level 3B2. 


I don't see the 3B4000 (300 user/44MIPS/24Mhz We32200/MP/20MB/sec BUS)
going away for a while.