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From: bradley@boulder.Colorado.EDU (James Bradley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: purchasing the HP/Apollo 9000 series 400 workstations
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Date: 30 Aug 90 22:41:12 GMT
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In article <1781@tuvie> mike@tuvie (Inst.f.Techn.Informatik) writes:
>I have a question concerning the network adapters for the HP/Apollo
>9000 Series 40: at the introduction of the new series, I got the 
>impression that you would get an ethernet controller by default, but
>could add an Apollo Token Ring controller - _without_ forfeiting the  
>ethernet controller. This is what I gathered from the first price list also.
>(The options for the ATR (AL #3 here in Austria) said "adds" not 
>"converts", as some other options did!)
>
>Now we ordered one and the order says _or_ which sound like _XOR_. 
>Has anybody received clarification from the people who _really_ know 
>what this means (_ior_ vs. _xor_).  Was the _ior_ just a machination 
>to make the HP 9000 Series 400 better to Apollo customers, or is it for real? 

   I just placed my order for a 400t and a 400dl and had the same question.
I talked to my local sales representative and he told me that we *can* get
both interfaces without any additional charge!  I got a quote from HP/Apollo
that includes both interfaces for no extra charge - so it must be real :-)

                                    James Bradley
                                    bradley@harrier.den.mmc.com
                                    bradley@tramp.colorado.edu
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