Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mischief.ecn.purdue.edu!curt From: curt@mischief.ecn.purdue.edu (Curt Freeland) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Sun != Open Archtecture Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 20:50:56 GMT References: <2199@aber-cs.UUCP> <5177@auspex.auspex.com> <5232@auspex.auspex.com> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 33 guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes: >>...or instead just upgrade your SUN 386i to a SUN 486i (this upgrade was >>a well kept secret :-> and I think is no longer available). >I don't think it ever *was* available.... According to the Sun-3/Sun 386i Supplement to the US Price list Effective August 1, 1990 Page 42 (Sun386i upgrades) A Sun 386i to Sun486i upgrade is part number UG-RR-350 list price $5,995 discount category A Upgrade includes: CPU board, Sun 486i POP board, and cables. Customer returns Sun 386i CPU board A Sun 486i 0Meg memory expansion board is a UG-RR0MB listing at $750, discount category A Under the ordering instructions it says: Sun 386i to 486i upgrades require SunOS 4.0.3; order USR1-03F (1/4" tape) or USR1-12F (3.5-inch diskette) at no charge if media is required. The system board includes 8 SIMM sockets for 8Mbytes of existing memory. If the Sun386i system to be upgraded has 12 or 16 Mbytes of memory, order option UG-RR0MB, listed above. --curt -- Curt Freeland Manager, Systems Engineering Purdue University Engineering Computer Network (curt@mischief.ecn.purdue.edu) (317) 494-3715