Year 2000 Compliance Overview
GCOS 6 HVS

Last content update: July 22, 1997 (see Notice)
Change History for this page

The Bull DPS 6, Bull DPS 6 Plus and Bull DPS 6000 systems families have now reached their End-of-Life (EOL) as defined by the Bull Product Life Cycle Process (PLCP). For more details, see the table below.

Nevertheless, to protect our GCOS 6 customers and our partners' business against Year 2000 issues, Bull has defined a specific market program for helping them to migrate smoothly to Estrella/Escala with HVX.

Life cycle status

Operating system Supported until
GCOS 6 MOD 400 Terminated
HVS 2.0 December 1999 (1)
(1) HVS 2.0 was the last version under GCOS 6 MOD 400
Software Applications Supported until
STA 6 Terminated
ONE PLUS Terminated
DOAS 6 Terminated
CDA 6 Terminated
NMF6 Terminated
Hardware platforms Supported until
Level 6 Terminated
DPS 6-95 (9 x Mono) Terminated
DPS 6000-2xx (LRX) September 1999
DPS 6000-x11 (411, 511...) June 1999
DPS 6000-x12 (412, 512...) June 1999
DPS 6000-423.(MRX Quad) June 1999
DPS 6000-424.(MRX Quad) June 1999
DPS 6000-515 (MRX-A Mono) June 1999
DPS 6000-525 (MRX-A Mono) June 1999
DPS 6000-611 (MRX-A Mono) June 1999
DPS 6000-621 (MRX-A Dual) June 1999
DPS 6000-622 (MRX-A Dual) June 1999
DPS 6000-623 (MRX-A Tri) June 1999
DPS 6000-624 (MRX-A Quad) June 1999
DPS 6000-634 (MRX-A Quad) June 1999
XCP 486 (MRX-A Mono) June 1999 (1)
Diram (MRX-A Mono) Dec. 1998
DPS 6/6E Add'ons Terminated
(1) Including both software and hardware add-ons.

Testing status

Completed. GCOS 6 HVS is not Year 2000 compliant.

Services

Your usual Bull representative will be pleased to discuss the different Year 2000 related services available, including:

  • Year 2000 impact analysis and compliance planning
  • Customer application renovation and Year 2000 compliance
  • Acceptance and implementation
  • Project management
  • GCOS 6 to HVX migration assistance
  • Platform planning

Compliance catalog

Software: GCOS 6 HVS and associated products

Product code Year 2000 ready
For the product codes available under HVX see the GCOS 6 HVX Year 2000 Compliance Catalog
Other product codes No

Hardware platforms: DPS 6 and DPS 6 Plus

Name Year 2000 ready
DPS 6: all models No (1)
DPS 6 Plus: all models No (1)

(1) Suggested solution: Evolution towards UNIX world with HVX or O2E-6.

Hardware platforms: DPS 6000

Name Model Year 2000 ready
LRX DPS 6000 2xx No
MRX Mono DPS 6000 411 No
MRX Mono DPS 6000 511 No
MRX Dual DPS 6000 412 No
MRX Dual DPS 6000 512 No
MRX Tri DPS 6000 423 No
MRX Quad DPS 6000 424 No
MRX-A Mono DPS 6000 515 No
MRX-A Mono DPS 6000 525 No
MRX-A Mono DPS 6000 611 No
MRX-A Mono DPS 6000 621 No
MRX A Dual DPS 6000 526 No
MRX A Dual DPS 6000 622 No
MRX-A Tri, Quad DPS 6000 623 No
MRX-A Tri, Quad DPS 6000 624 No
MRX-A Tri, Quad DPS 6000 634 No

Change history for this page

July 22, 1997 Updated

 

Index

With frames: [ Overview ]...and use the navigation bars.

Without frames: [ Overview | Chairman's message | Year 2000 Program | Recommandations | Commitments | Assistance 2000 | Watch 2000 | Change history |  Other useful sites ]
Compliance catalogs: [AccessMaster | AIX | BOS 2 | Compuprint | CTOS | Datawarehousing | EDIWorks and Cross-File Transfer | EFT Terminals | Encryption Utilities | GCOS 4 | GCOS 6 HVS | GCOS 6 HVX | GCOS 7 | GCOS 8 | Integris Utilities | Mistral | Networking | Nipson | OESS | OpenMaster | AS/U - OpenTeam | Migration Products | PCs | Peripherals | Point of sale | Powercluster | Sagister | Smart Cards | Solar and SPS5 | SPART/SPIX | Telco - PowerSS7 | Teller machines  | 2Ai Solutions ]

Notice
Bull is making every effort to provide accurate and explicit information on the Year 2000 readiness of its products. The information on this page reflects the current results of our compliance tests and may be updated as testing continues. Please see the Bull Year 2000 Compliance Overview for an explanation of the terms used and our commitments.

Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Statements
Information contained on Bull past and present Year 2000 Internet Website pages regarding products and services offered by Bull are "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures" as defined by the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, (The United States of America's Public Law 105-271, 112 Stat. 2386) enacted on October 19, 1998. Bull Year 2000 Internet website pages have been and will continue to be our primary mechanism for communicating year 2000 information.

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