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IBM
Third Party Practices and Sales
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Basic IBM Practices & Procedures
§Service
Terms & Practices (cont)
§Alteration
Definition
-Any change made to an IBM machine which deviates from IBM's physical, mechanical, electrical or electronic design
(including microcode) whether or
not additional devices or parts are used.
-Also, any
interconnection to an IBM machine, at other than an IBM defined interface, of 1) an IBM machine, 2) non-IBM
machine, or 3) any other
product.
-An
interconnection to an IBM Machine at an IBM defined interface, if below the machine's external user interface or within
the machine's Specified
Operating Environment may also constitute an alteration.
-Use of genuine IBM parts is not an alteration.
Supplier irrelevant.