Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: HP's 9000/300 upgrade offer - good value? Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 02:55:40 GMT References: <24254.9106261450@marr.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA. Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: T.J.Chown@ecs.soton.ac.uk's message of 26 Jun 91 14:50:44 GMT In article <24254.9106261450@marr.ecs.soton.ac.uk> T.J.Chown@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown) writes: >> HP (UK) are doing a promotion at the moment whereby they will upgrade >> a 9000/300 by putting in a 68040 processor, give the machine a >> total of 16Mb internal memory and add a standard SCSI port (amongst >> a few other things). Has anyone else had experiences of such a >> deal? We have been quoted #2200 (UK pounds) to do two such machines. >> Is the 68040 significantly faster than the 68020? The 68040 is faster than the 68030 at 50 MHz (at least on my NeXT), so that is not the problem. We got a similar offer here (About $ 4500 before discounts) for 370 -> 380 with 16 MB. I am tempted (provided we get the usual University discount) to take the offer, and then wait for the next generation of snakes for the next step. I would be interesting to hear form people who have upgraded, particularly as to how such a system behaves in a mixed cluster with 68030 machines -- given the fact that some of the floating-point stuff did not fit on the '040, and has to be done in software. Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET