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- New IBM PC Upgrade Policy
- by Tom Mack
- August 4, 1983
-
- At the July 18, 1983 meeting of the Capital PC User Group, Don Withrow
- announced that, if you had one of the older IBM PC's (i.e. shipped before
- January 1982) with the 8088 chip soldered onto the mother board, IBM would
- replace it at no charge with the new IBM PC mother board that has a
- replacable 8088 chip. Coincidently the new mother board also allows up to
- 256K on it.
-
- Unfortunately, I have been unable to confirm this with any of the IBM
- Product Centers. What I have obtained is the following IBM memorandum:
-
- "June 9, 1983
- To: All NAD Branch Managers
- All NMD Branch Managers
- NAD/NMD Regional Managers
- NAD/NMD Directors of Marketing
- NAD/NMD Center Managers
-
- A new version of the 64/256KB memory expansion option for the
- IBM Personal Computer is now beign used to fill all 64/256KB
- memory expansion card orders. This version has been designed
- to enhance memory card performance when used with highly
- interactive software requiring large amounts of memory. This
- type of application currently represents a very small percent of
- personal computer users; however, we have decided to take the
- following steps to assure a continuing high level of product
- performance for all our customers.
-
- Since customers with IBM memory expansion cards (32KB, 64KB
- and 64/256KB) may have experienced intermittent false parity
- check 2 errors, we are making available a free exchange program
- to allow those customers the opportunity to obtain the new
- version of the 64/256KB card at no charge. This offer will be
- in effect from today until December 31, 1983 and covers all IBM
- Memory Expansion Cards sold prior to July 15,1983. This card is
- required only in highly interactive environments requiring
- large amounts of memory (e.g. 3270 emulation). Accordingly the
- exchange is not required by all customers.
-
- You should instruct your Marketing Representatives and System
- Engineers to inform customers who report intermittent parity
- check 2 errors to call the National Support Center (NSC) and
- report this as a normal service call. The National Support
- Center can be reached by dialing toll-free (800) 428-2569 in
- the continental U.S.; Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska
- customers may call collect to (312) 986-7451. The NSC will
- typically indicate that the following actions will be taken:
-
- 1. For on-site service customers, a CE will be dispatched to
- perform the memory expansion option exchange.
- 2. For pickup and delivery service customers, a courier
- will be dispatched to pickup the failing system unit for
- service.
- 3. For carry-in customers, the customer will be instructed
- to bring the failing system unit to the nearest
- service/exchange center.
- 4. For mail-in customers, the customer will instructed where
- to send the failing system unit.
- 5. For per call customers, the customer will be instructed
- where to send the failing system unit.
-
- This exchange will not affect the price for service agreements
- in force at the time of exchange. However, renewals will be
- billed at the then current 64/256KB memory expansion service
- price. Since this exchange program affects a small percentage
- of IBM Personal Computers, there will not be a direct customer
- announcement. You should contact the local CSD branch manager
- in unusual situation.
-
-
-
- J. M. Guglielmim
- R. Hallman"
-
-
- If anyone else succeeds in trading in their old mother board (i.e.
- with a maximum of 64K of RAM on it) for the new IBM mother board
- (i.e. with a maximum of 256K of RAM on it), please leave a message
- on my RBBS-PC bulletin board (703) 759-5049 in Great Falls, Virginia.
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