Re: Upgrade Question

In article <4lr171$mn2@pilot.njin.net> arcieri@pilot.njin.net (Joseph Arcieri) writes: > >Hi, > >I have an Informix/hardware upgrade question. I'm not sure if this >is the appropriate newgroup, but here goes. > >I work for a small nonprofit agency we use Infomix-SQL ver 4.11.UC3 >w/Informix-SE ver 5.01.UD3. We purchased this a little over a year >ago (we upgraded from Informix 3.3 then to Informix SQL 2.01 then >this). We're running it on an AcerAltos 800 (486DX2-66 w/32mb >mem) with Altos/SCO Unix 3.2/4.2. > >I want to uprade the motherboard to a Pentium class. I want to do >this because I want to upgrade to either SCO or Altos/SCO >Openserver 5 to be able to replace some terminal boxes with >Specialix boxes. > >MY QUESTION...will I be able to keep running my current version of >Informix. I'm hoping so because we have a small budget and the >last upgrade set us back some bucks. I know for a fact that Informix SE & RDS V 4.10 will work on a Pentium running SCO OpenServer; a friend is doing just that. No reason to think 4.11 won't work. You may violate your Informix licence conditions, though. They used to claim that a Pentium was a higher class machine = more money. Peter Wiley