More Vintage Power Systems Stuff Gets The Plug Pulled

November 4, 2019 Timothy Prickett Morgan

We are well into the Power9 era and looking ahead to the Power10 and Power11 era, so it is no surprise at all that IBM is looking to streamline its product catalog and empty out its barns of old equipment. In announcement letter 919-139, which somehow slipped our attention two weeks ago on October 22, a whole bunch of Power Systems stuff got the axe, with withdrawal dates ranging from right now until February 2020.

On October 22, IBM i 6.1.1, with its machine code, will no longer be available for ordering on a slew of machines. This is …