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From: pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: presto
Message-ID: <3177@canisius.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 91 04:45:15 GMT
References: <AJT.91Feb6151243@bilbo.bhpmrl.oz.au> <1895@riscy.enet.dec.com>
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Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208
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In article <1895@riscy.enet.dec.com>, frank@croton.enet.dec.com (Frank Wortner) writes:
> In article <AJT.91Feb6151243@bilbo.bhpmrl.oz.au>, ajt@bilbo.bhpmrl.oz.au
> (Andrew Telford) writes:
> 
> I'm assuming that you have the appropriate hardware:  a DECsystem 5500
> or the 5100 and its optional PrestoServe board.  If you don't have either
> of these systems, then you can't use PrestoServe, since it consists of
> *both* software and non-volatile memory hardware.
> 
  [ after waiting 2 years for the obvious uVAX II -> uVAX III upgrade and
    other mythical related products, I know that this falls in the category
    of "dumb question", but what the hey ]:

    Are all of us who squandered our companies' capital budgets on 
    DEC {23}100s, DEC 5400s, DEC 58n0s, and DEC 5000s going to be left
    out in the cold on this product ?

    greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny
    pavlov@stewart.fstrf.org


     [ yes, I know: the uVAX upgrade eventually appeared .... ]