System-36 users favor upgrades: laggard AS-400 migration propels disk prices, tightens secondary supplies

IBM System-36 user migration to the AS-400 has been minimal. Some of the factors contributing to the current situation include: insignificant price-performance of the AS-400, adequacy of the S-36 to satisfy current processing needs, AS-400 performance degradation in the S-36 execution environment, a...

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Published in:Computerworld 1988-12, Vol.22 (49), p.135
Main Author: Membrino, Tony
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Computer industry
Minicomputer
Minicomputers
Price Increases
Used computer hardware
Used Equipment
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Summary:IBM System-36 user migration to the AS-400 has been minimal. Some of the factors contributing to the current situation include: insignificant price-performance of the AS-400, adequacy of the S-36 to satisfy current processing needs, AS-400 performance degradation in the S-36 execution environment, and difficult conversion from S-36 to AS-400. Used prices for the IBM 5360 B24 have fluctuated from $20,800 to $22,534 since the introduction of the AS-400, compared to $27,000 in Jun 1988. Activity has focused on demand for S-36 upgrades, usually entailing the addition of 200Mbyte or 358Mbyte disk drive. Dealers began looking to acquire more S-36 machines in order to strip them of their disk drives once it became apparent many S-36 users were reluctant to migrate to the AS-400.
ISSN:0010-4841