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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: Exabyte 8500 firmware
- Message-ID: <nkf2v34@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <31454@adm.brl.mil> <fish.711814903@news2.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 19:08:46 GMT
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- In <fish.711814903@news2.gsfc.nasa.gov> fish@daacdev1.stx.com writes:
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- | lsr-vax!art@uunet.uu.net (Art Hays - PSTAFF) writes:
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- | >Dave Olson worte on 14 Mar 92, <i8rksog@zuni.esd.sgi.com>:
- | >|> We haven't even completed qualification of the 8500 yet, as far as I
- | >|> know. There are no hardware changes, just a different firmware rev.
- | ...
- |
- | >And also in <ip4s4o4@zuni.esd.sgi.com>:
- | >|> The 8500 (5 Gb) isn't fully qualified (by SGI) yet, and there is some
- | ...
- |
- | well, this is really confusing because i just got two 8500's purchased
- | from SGI (does this mean it isn't "fully qualified" yet its shipping???
- | dave (or anybody else) can you clarify this?)
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- This was old mail. The drive is qualified now, but not on all platforms;
- I'm not even sure which ones, although I know crimson was one of them.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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