Future Removal of Support for Servers and HP-IB in MPE/iX

In order to streamline the development and test of future MPE/iX releases, the PBA-IB HP-IB Device Adapter (A1747A) and old CIB I/O based HP 3000 Servers will not be made to work with MPE/iX Release 6.5 and later releases. MPE/iX Release 6.5 is projected to begin shipping during the first half of 2000. The PBA-IB HP-IB Device Adapter was discontinued in May 1999 and has an end of support date of November 1, 2001. The following old CIB I/O (also known as CIO) based HP 3000 Servers will have completed their end-of-support well before November 1, 2001:

HP-IB and the above HP 3000 Servers will continue to be supported through their end-of-support date on MPE/iX Release 5.5 (which has a projected end-of-support date of November 1, 2000) and Release 6.0 (which has a projected end-of-support of November 1, 2001).

Customers wishing to replace their HP-IB I/O cards and peripherals should consider SCSI or LAN connected peripherals. Customers wishing to replace the above older HP 3000 Servers as they complete their support life should consider the 9x8 or 9x9KS HP 3000 Servers.