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- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!convex!tighe
- From: Mike Tighe <tighe@convex.COM>
- Subject: Re: 730 -> 735 upgrade
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.003518.24137@convex.com>
- Originator: tighe@convex1.convex.com
- Keywords: upgrade
- Sender: usenet@convex.com (news access account)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: convex1.convex.com
- Reply-To: tighe@convex.com
- Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Texas
- References: <C17JEq.Fws@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> <43968@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <1993Jan25.203913.4106@news.mentorg.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:35:18 GMT
- X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
- Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
- not necessarily those of CONVEX.
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- greg_cagle@mentorg.com writes:
- >In article <43968@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, xm9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (richard g. adair) writes:
-
- >>Our local HP SE said that you get the fast wide SCSI on the upgrade.
- >>However, the local Convex rep (who resells the HPs as a cluster)
- >>said that he talked to insiders at HP who insisted that the upgrade
- >>does *not* include the fast wide SCSI.
- >
- >Well, I'm looking at a 735 upgrade right now, and it's got a port
- >on the I/O board labeled "16-bit Differential SCSI".
-
- Differential & fast/wide are not the same. Differential has a 50 pin
- connector, and a 10 MB/s peak, while fast/wide has a 68 pin connector and a
- 20 MB/s peak.
- --
- Mike Tighe, (214) 497-4206
- tighe@convex.com
-