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- From: zapantis@uvphys.phys.uvic.ca (Nik Zapantis)
- Subject: Re: Is the Alpha 3000(400/500) board upgradable?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.232048.29205@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Physics & Astronomy
- References: <1992Nov17.200730.11217@sol.UVic.CA> <1992Nov18.154130.22416@PA.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 23:20:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.154130.22416@PA.dec.com>, rjones@wsl.dec.com (Russ Jones) writes:
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- |>Nik,
- |>
- |>The DEC 3000 AXP Workstations are "classic" single-board computers.
- |> There are no CPU daughtercards. However, rest assured that these
- |>workstations will be upgradeable over time through many iterations
- |> of faster Alpha performance levels.
- |>
- |>--
- |>Russ Jones
- |>UNIX Marketing
- |>Digital Equipment Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
- |>All opinions expressed are mine, and not necessarily those of my employer
- |>
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- Should I read the above answer as a 'yes' to my question? Will DEC offer a
- "classic" single-board upgrade for these systems?
- One of the selling points of HP, IBM and now SUN, is that board upgrades will
- be offered as new/faster CPUs become available.
- I sure hope DEC does not choose to be different.
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