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From: tneale@aeras.uucp (Tom Neale)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: question on exabyte upgrades
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.205412.14170@aeras.uucp>
Date: 20 Dec 90 20:54:12 GMT
References: <560@rome.gdwb.oz.au>
Reply-To: tneale@aeras.UUCP (Tom Neale)
Organization: Arix Corporation, San Jose, CA.
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In article <560@rome.gdwb.oz.au> was@gdwb.oz.au (Warren Stokes) writes:
>
>Does anyone know whether it will be possible to upgrade to 5 GB capacity
>from 2.3 GB on exabytes?
>
>Will it be just a PROM upgrade?

My understanding is that there are several substantial differences in
the electronics.  There may also be differences in the transport mechanism.
I doubt that PROMs will do it.
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