Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!unisoft!paul
From: paul@unisoft.UUCP (n)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Marketing MIPS
Message-ID: <856@unisoft.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 88 16:57:19 GMT
References: <15349@beta.UUCP> <1685@aurora.UUCP> <9741@tekecs.TEK.COM> <1110@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <1988Feb18.175121.16125@utzoo.uucp> <2780@dalcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: paul@unisoft.UUCP (Paul Campbell)
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In article <2780@dalcs.UUCP> thompson@dalcs.UUCP (Michael A. Thompson) writes:
>	I heard about the CDC upgrade for their Cyber 6600 (I think)
>that doubled the speed and cost on the order of $10000, and consisted
>of cutting a couple of jumpers and removing a chip. ( I can see the itemized
>bill now -- $10000 for knowing which chip to remove :-)



Yes - our Burroughs 6700 once had what was locally known as the '$8000
screwdriver' (depends on your idea of who was being screwed ...) where
the field support people came in and tweeked a switch in the back to
bump the clock rate - we made sure that we had a performance clause in
the contract which turned out great when they discovered that the system
had been installed with the high speed turned on by mistake 3 years before,
when we didn't get N% better performance we got our money back .....


		Paul

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