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From: karen@kinetics.UUCP (Karen Frisa)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Do the KFP-1 upgrade or not?
Message-ID: <792@kinetics.UUCP>
Date: 2 Aug 89 17:00:43 GMT
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From article <2117@dogie.macc.wisc.edu>, by edwards@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (mark edwards):
> 
>  1. Non upgraded KFP 1-3 will not be able to run Appletalk Phase 2. 
>     Kinetics has said that Phase II for the upgrade boxes will not
>     immediately be available (will they ever be?).

We are currently working on an AppleTalk Phase 2 module for the upgraded
FastPath models 1, 2, and 3.  I would hope that it would be available
in October.  Unfortunately, these things take time...

> So upgrade or not?

The FastPath 4 is a much better hardware platform than the models 2
and 3, and it also has enough memory to support the new features
that we continue to add to our download module (K-STAR).  If you
are interested in better performance and future enhancements, I would
recommend the FastPath 4.

Karen Frisa
Kinetics, Inc.		karen@kinetics.kinetics.com