Mark, You can use the IBM announcement website with the following URL:
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss Within the "Type of content:" pull down, select the "HW & SW desc (Sales manual, RPQ) item. Then select the "Advanced search" hyperlink. Then enter machine type in the "Product number: " box and click the search button at the bottom of the screen. Make sure you alter the search date ranges near the bottom of the screen. For example, if you enter '9672' in the Product number: " box and use at least a 5 year range, From: 01/01/03 to 01/18/08, you will see the "Sales manual" information for all the 9672 processors. The "Sales manual" shows the withdraw from marketing and withdraw from service dates for each of the model types. HTH Glenn Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html