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- From: vu2gmc@navier (Sitaram Ramaswamy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: 730 -> 735 upgrade
- Message-ID: <7279041758-322906@navier>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 19:36:15 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.163121.5126@nuscc.nus.sg> <43777@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <43779@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <1993Jan21.153604.11235@news.mentorg.com> <1993Jan21.175519.13411@news.mentorg.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.175519.13411@news.mentorg.com> from [21 Jan 93 17:55:19 GMT] you wrote:
- |> In article <1993Jan21.153604.11235@news.mentorg.com>, gcagle@dracula.mentorg.com (Greg Cagle) writes:
- |> |> In article <43779@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, xm9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (richard g. adair) writes:
- |> |> ......
- |> |> You can use the same memory and disks; the motherboard comes with
- |> |> an additional 16 meg on it, also. The upgrade replaces both the
- |> |> CPU board and the I/O board, so the resulting I/O layout is the
- |> |> same as a "real" 735 (it has the audio I/O and fast/wide SCSI
- |> |> connections). You will need HP-UX 9.01.
- |> |>
- |> |> Those of you with 720s will want to know that you must have the
- |> |> optional EISA slot upgrade installed to support the 735 upgrade.
- |> |>
- |>
- |> The only other "difference" is that the new 735 can be outfitted with a
- |> 525 Meg or 1 Gig internal disk. I believe that the 730s originaly only had
- |> the 420 Meg as an internal option, now you can order a 730 and swap the
- |> 420 for a 525 and add a 1 Gig, but you cannot get a 730 with 2-1 Gig
- |> drives internal (unless you toss out the 420/525).
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- Does the upgrade offer any advantages as far as computational
- speed is concerned ? I remember reading a post that seemed to indicate
- that the 730-735 upgrade would be a two fold increase in performance.
- Does anybody know for sure (true/false/partly-true etc...) about this ??
-
- Also does the upgrade include HPUX 9.0(1) as a part of the deal or is
- it an item that has to be ordered seperately?
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- Is the additional 16MB, in 4x4MB, 2x8MB or 1x16Mb pieces ?
- And are there additional slots on the mother board for further expansion?
-
- -thanks for your help
-
- -Ram
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