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From: brian@natinst.com (Brian H. Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: How to upgrade FastPath 4?
Keywords: FastPath 5 vs. GatorBox CS
Message-ID: <24037@natinst.natinst.com>
Date: 3 Jun 91 15:11:26 GMT
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Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
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     We had a FastPath 4 and a GatorBox.  We recently upgraded the GatorBox
to a GatorBox CS.  Now we have the option of upgrading the FastPath 4 to
either a GatorBox CS (for $1195) or a FastPath 5 ($1299).
     We've had reasonably good success with both kinds of boxes.  We've had
excellent, excellent response from Cayman when we've had problems.
     I worry that the FastPath has led such a foster-parent existence
(Kinetics, Excelan, Novell, Shiva), and that this has adversely affected the
product and its support.  (I know I never got good support after Kinetics
was bought by Excelan, but I haven't dealt with Shiva.)
     I'm leaning toward trading in our KFPS-4 on a GatorBox CS.  Am I making
a mistake?  (E.g., is the KFPS-5 much better than the GB-CS?  Is K-Star 9.0
much better than GatorSystem 1.x?  Is Shiva support much better than Cayman's?)
     Please respond by email.  Thanks.

Brian H. Powell, M/S 56-14			National Instruments Corp.
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