Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!karl From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: MCS Tidbits & Computer Hints Weekly Column Summary: Only updates for certain Model 70s at this time Keywords: Newworthy stuff for Xenix Message-ID: <1989Jul13.141347.24236@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 13 Jul 89 14:13:47 GMT References: <3688@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <174@mobile.UUCP> Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc., Mundelein, IL Lines: 28 In article <174@mobile.UUCP> dave@mobile.UUCP (David C. Rein) writes: >In article <3688@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, michael@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Michael Duebner) writes: >> MCS Tidbits & Computer Hints >> ---------------------------- >> [..stuff deleted..] >> Upgrading to '486 >> >> Last week's IBM '486 on-a-board upgrade announcement was only the >> beginning of a flurry of 'we have it too' press releases. AST, >> [..stuff deleted..] > Does this mean '486 upgrades for IBM Model 70s and 80s, or does it > also apply to the Model 50s and 60s (80286)?? You're not going to like this, but... IBM has done it to most of their buyers again. Only certain runs of the Model 70 (I believe it's the Model 70A21) can accept the new processor update. IBM has only shipped some 2,000 of these total; the rest of the IBM buyers are out in the cold on this one. To top it all off, they are supposedly introducing a "new" MCA which is supposed to have the bandwidth that the original MCA was designed for, but never realized. Again, no refit possible for the older users on this one. -- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, !ddsw1!karl) Public Access Data Line: [+1 312 566-8911], Voice: [+1 312 566-8910] Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality Solutions at a Fair Price"