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From: zador-anthony@cs.yale.edu (Tony Zador)
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Subject: Re: Should I buy a SPARCstation 330?
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Date: 4 Nov 90 03:00:00 GMT
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In article <1990Oct7.221826.25967@rice.edu> carnone@homxc.att.com (Christopher Arnone) writes:
>My
>Sun salesman tells me not to worry because Sun is very liberal about CPU
>upgrades.

In my opinion, Sun is *not* very liberal about CPU upgrades, except
perhaps from one fundamentally different chip to another (eg 68020 -->
SPARC).

We have a 4/110 we bought 2 yrs ago that is slower than an SLC, but no
upgrade is offered. Our 4/60 from last yr is slower than the 4/65 now
offered, but no upgrade offered or planned.  Sun has released a 4/470, and
presumably will soon offer a similar 4/430, but no upgrade is offered from
the 4/330.

Tony Zador