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TYPE     =MARKETING
NUMBER   =392-208
DATE     =19920921
TITLE20  =IBM AIX PS/2 NO-CHAR

ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER NUMBER
392-208

DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT (year-month-day)
19920921

INTEREST AREA CATEGORY CODES
CM00, CM40, WS00, WS20

TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
Marketing

TITLE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
IBM AIX PS/2 NO-CHARGE UPGRADE PROMOTION

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ANNOUNCEMENT, CHARGES, AND AVAILABILITY
       For a limited time only, customers can upgrade from IBM
Advanced Interactive Executive (AIX (R)) Personal System/2 (R) (PS/2
(R)) Operating System Versions 1.1, 1.2 or 1.2.1 to Version 1.3 at no
charge.
       In addition, customers can upgrade from selected related
Versions 1.1, 1.2 or 1.2.1 programs to related Version 1.3 programs
at no charge.
       To be eligible for these upgrade license fee waivers, the
upgrades must be ordered on or before December 31, 1992.  Their Date
of Installation, as defined in the IBM Customer Agreement (ICA), must
occur on or after September 21, 1992, but no later than
March 22, 1993.
       IBM reserves the right to modify or withdraw this promotion at
any time.
 (R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
   Corporation.

OVERVIEW (Highlights, Description)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Eligible program upgrades under this promotion are from Versions 1.1,
1.2 or 1.2.1 to Version 1.3 of the following:
                                                          Feature
                                                          Number
                                                          Upgrade/
Type/                                                     Additional
Model         Program Name                                License
5765-160      AIX PS/2 Operating System V1.3
               (diskette) (1-16 Users)                    1202/1203
5765-160      AIX PS/2 Operating System V1.3
               (tape) (1-16 Users)                        1207/1208
5765-161      AIX PS/2 Operating System
               Extensions V1.3 (diskette)                 1212/1213
5765-161      AIX PS/2 Operating System
               Extensions V1.3 (tape)                     1217/1218
5765-162      AIX PS/2 Application Development
               Toolkit V1.3                               1222/1223
5765-163      AIX PS/2 Text Formatting System V1.3        1227/1228
5765-165      AIX PS/2 INmail (1)/INed (2)/INet (1)/INftp
               V1.3                                       1237/1238
5765-166      AIX PS/2 Network File System V1.3           1242/1243
5765-167      AIX PS/2 Transmission Control
               Protocol/Internet Protocol V1.3            1247/1248
5765-168      AIX X.25 V1.3                               1252/1253
 (1) Trademark of INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation.
 (2) Registered trademark of INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation.
       The following programs are not available through the upgrade
promotion.
o   AIX PS/2 X-Windows Version 1.3
o   AIXwindows (R) Environment Version 1.3
o   AIX PS/2 Xstation Manager (TM) Version 1.3
o   AIX PS/2 DOS Merge Version 1.3
       Upgrades for these programs, however, are available at an
upgrade charge.  For information, see Programming Announcement
292-528, dated September 21, 1992.  Also see that announcement for
information on compatibility and on how to order other AIX PS/2
programs.
NOTE: AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 is only offered for 1-16
user licenses. All upgrades from previous versions, including 1-2
user licenses, will be upgraded to 1-16 user licenses at no
additional charge.
 (R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
   Corporation.
 (TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.