Planet Mainframe 10 Year

Cheryl’s List #23 – May 4, 1999

1.  New IBM G6 Processors Yesterday (May 3rd), IBM announced their newest CMOS G6 processors, which provide a 32 to 54% improvement over the G5 models. The G6 models provide two series from 1-way machines to 12-way machines. The non-turbo model (9672-Xx7) is based on...

Cheryl’s List #22 – April 8, 1999

In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. Update on My Heart Attack 2. Clarification on LPARs 3. Important Y2K Web Site 4. Update to APARs in 1999, No. 1 Issue 5. HDS Trinium Series 6. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, No. 1 Summary 7. Cheryl Watson’s...

Cheryl’s List #21 – March 12, 1999

In this issue, I’ll cover the just following: 1.  IBM’s Change in Ordering for OS/390 R6 Last Wednesday, March 10, IBM released WSC Flash W99013 (OS/390 V2R6 Ordering Update). This flash announces that OS/390 R6 ordering will be reopened by May 28, 1999...

Cheryl’s List #20 – February 24, 1999

In this issue, I’ll cover the following: IBM Announcement In the last TUNING Letter, I suggested that people look at WSC Flash W98044, which recommends that multi-system customers be on OS/390 R2.5 by January 1, 2000. At SHARE this week, most of the speakers at...

Cheryl’s List #19 – February 18, 1999

In this issue, I’ll cover the following: 1. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, 1998, No. 6 Summary 2. Important APARs 3. Good Web Site 4. SHARE in SF 1.  Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, 1998, No. 6 The 1998, No. 6 TUNING Letter issue was mailed on...