i5/OS · 2004
i5/OS V5R3 out of support
OS/400 changes name and becomes i5/OS, and RPG reaches 63-digit numbers.
- Announced
- 4 May 2004
- Available from
- 11 June 2004
- End of marketing
- 4 January 2008
- End of standard support
- 30 April 2009
- End of paid extension
- 30 April 2013
What it brought
- The first release that names itself "i5/OS" rather than "OS/400" on the sign-on screen
- The System i5 550 and 570 models announced in January 2006 already run on V5R3 (machine code V5R3M0), the 520 needs level V5R3M5
- RPG: %SUBARR, %TRIM with the list of characters to remove, %DEC on dates and times, packed numbers up to 63 digits
Sources
- Release life cycle (IBM)
- Identifying the Operating System Release at Sign On
- IBM System i5 V5R4 Technical Overview (SG24-7271)
- ILE RPG Reference 7.6, «What's New in V5R3?»
Dates checked against the IBM life cycle table on .