IRA includes an IBM P/370* VM* co-processor board for installation in a
PS/2* running OS/2* (eventually in an RS6000* running AIX*), plus the following
IBM software required for VM Internet and NJE communication and resource
access:
VM/ESA
RSCS*
C/370 Library
Pascal Run-time Library
TCP/IP
IRA includes CREN modifications to certain of the above software to improve its
efficiency for network services. Third-party software required for IRA must be
licensed directly by the IRA purchaser from the appropriate sources. This
software should, for example, include VMNET from Princeton University for sites
desiring to use IRA for BITNET-NJE communication over the Internet. It might
include LISTSERV from L-Soft. When the RS6000 platform is adequately supported
for the P/370 (and/or the anticipated P/390), CREN will offer ListProc as
optional list-management software for IRA systems utilizing the RS6000.
IRA is priced as follows:
Price to Price to
Description Members Non-Members
Base price, P/370 only $5,995 $7,995
Price including single-user
license for IBM software 11,995 14,995
Price including 16-user
license for IBM software 16,995 19,995
Extended maintenance, per year 1,000 2,000
The base price (P/370 only) shown above for IRA applies only to those
institutions which have other licenses for the IBM software in the IRA product,
which includes participants in IBM's (USA) Higher Education Software Consortium
(HESC). HESC participants may utilize their HESC-licensed IBM software on
their IRA systems to support both the single- and multiple-user versions of the
IRA product. The single-user and 16-user prices apply to all other IRA
purchasers. The prices listed above for Members apply to all CREN member
organizations and to education and research organizational members of CREN's
international Cooperating Networks, except that the latter will be charged an
additional $100 to cover the extra cost of international shipping and handling
and of dealing with US export regulations. The non-member prices apply to all
education and research organizations which are not members of CREN or its
international Cooperating Networks; $100 shipping and handling will be added to
these prices for non-USA purchasers.
All prices include board-swap maintenance of the P/370 hardware for the
first year, with maintenance available for the next two years through CREN at
the extended maintenance prices shown. Maintenance will be provided by
replacing the P/370 board; CREN will ship a replacement board immediately by
the fastest method reasonably available upon receipt of notice that an IRA
board has failed and a commitment to return the failed board to CREN upon
receipt of the replacement.
All IRA purchasers must sign a CREN purchase agreement plus an IBM
agreement; those which intend to license their IRA software through HESC must
also sign a second IBM agreement specific to their use of the HESC software.
All agreements must be sent to CREN IRA Project upon their proper execution.
CREN will distribute the relevant software electronically to IRA licensees
after receipt of the necessary agreements.
Information about IRA, including the required agreements, is available via
anonymous ftp from ftp.cren.net, by gopeher gopher from gopher.cren.net and on CREN's WWW server, whose URL
is http://www.cren.net . The relevant
PostScript files for ftp include
/ira/description.ps,
/ira/components.ps,
/ira/cren-agreement.ps,
/ira/ibm-agreement.ps,
/ira/hesc-agreement.ps and others (...rtf for RTF
versions). With Gopher and WWW clients, click on "IRA". Further information
may be obtained by contacting CREN at 1150 18th Street, N.W., Suite 1030 Washington, D.C. 20036, by telephone at 202-293-5909, or by e-mail at
IRA@cren.net.
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* CREN and BITNET are servicemarks of the Corporation for Research and
Educational Networking. IBM, P/370, VM, PS/2, OS/2, RS6000, AIX, NJE, and RSCS
are servicemarks or trademarks of the International Business Machines
Corporation.
