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Article #12911Re: Are fileservers a waste of money
From: David L. Kensiski 929-8844
Date: Wed, 10 May 1989 16:38
Date: Wed, 10 May 1989 16:38
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Bob Sutterfield <bob@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: >sacto!mmsac!cygnus!david@sun.com (David L. Kensiski) writes: > I recently read that Helios offers a RAM upgrade that does not > require soldering to the CPU, hence it does not invalidate the Sun > warranty or service contract. > It's the other way around: Helios is the only memory upgrade that I > know of that requires soldered modifications to the 3/50 board, > rendering Sun unwilling to service it if it breaks. Page 38 of the April 17 issue of InfoWorld contians the article: Helios Announces Reversible Add-On RAM Cards For Sun-3/50 The article explains that Helios has previously offered boards that were soldered to the CPU board, but also that Helios just announced a new reversible board that is not in violation of Sun's warranties.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request From: sacto!mmsac!cygnus!david@sun.com (David L. Kensiski 929-8844) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Are fileservers a waste of money Keywords: Hardware Message-ID: <8905101638.AA00869@cygnus.> Date: 10 May 89 16:38:13 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 17 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 294, message 1 of 16