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From: dougw@fdls.odag.or.gov (Doug Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: Tower Sys V.3 upgrade
Message-ID: <282@fdls.odag.or.gov>
Date: 17 Jul 90 20:55:42 GMT
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In <4383@texbell.swbt.com> news1@texbell.swbt.com (Greg Hackney) writes:

>With a software service contract, the 'point issue' upgrades have
>only been the cost of the media. This was a new release, and my machine
>hadn't been under hardware or software maintenance agreements.

We have operating system maintenance, no hardware maintenance.  Our NCR rep
tells me that "I can get a real deal" at $750 to upgrade.  He gave me a copy
of the letter Greg Hackney mentioned.  Frankly, I also think this is
excessive.  And, this doesn't even start to count the additional software
outlays when existing software doesn't work with the upgraded operating
system.

In my case, I'll probably update one of these days (years) simply because our
Data Base vendor always ports to the latest Unix release being marketed by the
hardware vendor, and I'm already one version "behind" on the data base
releases because their 03.xx port is not compatible with (will not run on) our
02.01.01 on a Tower 650.

As long as the issue has been opened, what kind of performance change (if any)
have users experienced when they went from 02.xx to 03.xx?  I've heard
(rumors, mind you) that additional swap space would probably be required
(beyond the stock 10 mb under 02.xx) and that nothing is faster and some
things are slower.  I'd be interested in your upgrade experiences; both good
and bad.  Particularly changes in overall system performance and
incompatabilities discovered with existing application software.
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Doug Walker               uunet!fdls!dougw  -or-  dougw@fdls.odag.or.gov
Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, Oregon           (503) 378-3790