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BOOK 7 <br />IBM has ceased to provide updates for the System 38 and <br />I believe that they will eventually cease to provide <br />technical suport for the System 38. <br />Presently, the Sheriff, the Supervisor of Elections and <br />the Circuit Court Judges are using the IBM AS/400 and <br />the Property Appraiser will have an IBM AS/400 <br />installed in the next few months. <br />Because of the capacity constraints of the System 38, <br />the potential lack of technical support for the System <br />38, and my desire for all computers in the County to be <br />able to.communicate with each other, I am requesting <br />$440,000.00 to purchase an IBM AS/400 Model 60. The <br />IBM AS/400 Model 60 will have 64,000 bytes of memory, <br />which will significantly increase our response time, <br />and sufficient capacity to meet our needs for the next <br />eighteen months. <br />Clerk Barton stated that he is here today to try to relay <br />the needs within the Clerk's office, where they are today and <br />where they are heading with the System 38. The basic problem is <br />storage capacity. He then reviewed the history of purchasing the <br />System 38, noting that it started off with a straight lease and <br />then went to purchase. It was originally intended that the <br />technology of that particular machinery would last between 7 and <br />10 years. The System 38 was installed in 1980 and paid for in <br />Federal Revenue Sharing money, and we are now in year 9 and <br />running at 91% of the storage capacity in the machine. Mr. <br />Barton, stated that in his opinion, and the opinion of those who <br />work in Data Processing, when you work above 80% dedication of <br />your storage space, you should look for an expansion or <br />alternative. The expansion they would need to keep going on a <br />short term basis costs $26,000 for hardware and another $24,000 <br />to pay off some things tied to the existing machine, and he felt <br />that would only last them 11 years at the most, at which point, <br />they would have a machine they cannot upgrade to the technology <br />that is out there. <br />Clerk Barton then passed out the following list of every <br />application that is presently stored on the System 38: <br />12 <br />