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From: madison@vms.ecs.rpi.edu (Matt Madison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: MicroVAXII Upgrade to 3400
Message-ID: <0092DEA3.FB38E080@mdmvs.ecs.rpi.edu>
Date: 17 Nov 89 14:16:26 GMT
Reply-To: madison@vms.ecs.rpi.edu (Matt Madison)
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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In article <8596@cbmvax.UUCP>, grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>In article <1989Nov16.220339.19360@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> garyf@mehlville.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Gary Faulkner) writes:
>> In article <918@ul.ie>, youngg@ul.ie writes:
>> > Has anyone heard of an upgrade for a MicroVAX II to a 3400 that 
>> > involves a CPU and memory board swap to the UVAXII and not a complete
>> > replacement that will be available in the New Year?
>> 
>> I would like to here about this also, if anyone has any information!
>
>The trade rags recently mentioned that DEC had finally set up their usual
>sort of trade-in program to trade in MV-II's for MV-3000's, but didn't say
>Anything about an in-box upgrade.

Not true!  The recently announce MicroVAX II-to-MicroVAX 3/3+ upgrades
_are_ in-box upgrades, specifically for BA23, BA123, and H9642 enclosures.
They pull your KA630 CPU and MS630 memory boards and replace them with
either a KA650 (MicroVAX 3500) or KA655 (MicroVAX 3800) CPU and MS650
memory.

A description of the upgrade program is available (and has been for a few
weeks now) on DEC's Electronic Store.
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Matthew Madison, Systems Programmer  | 
Engineering Computing Services       |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute     |
Troy, New York 12180-3590 USA
   madison@vms.ecs.rpi.edu