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- From: stanj@ferrari.corp.sgi.com (Stan Jensen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Frustrated with SGI support..
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.191355.14311@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 19:13:55 GMT
- References: <34842@adm.brl.mil> <1992Dec31.121923.27476@bernina.ethz.ch> <1993Jan1.173056.23814@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <ubalqqg@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
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- In article <ubalqqg@zuni.esd.sgi.com>, olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
- |> In <1993Jan1.173056.23814@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> Thomas.Weihrich@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Thomas Weihrich) writes:
- |>
- |> | BTW: I did not get a quote for a 1.2 GR chip or an upgrade to a 4D25 or
- |> | 4D30 or just a couple of additional bitplanes. If SGI USA is remarketing
- |> | used items or upgrades, I'd appreciate it if someone from SGI US could
- |> | give me a quote on these items.
- |>
- |> I don't think upgrades to the 25 are available anymore, since they haven't
- |> been built for quite a while (almost a year now?) but there are still be
- |> boards in inventory for system repair, and they may be available for
- |> upgrades as well.
- |>
- We still sell upgrades from 4D/20s to 4D/25s or 4D/35s and 4D/25s to 4D/35s,
- but no upgrades to 4D/30s.
-
- |> The cost of the 1.2 GR chip in the US is about $100 US (or was last year).
- |> I don't know what it is now, or what it is in Europe. It does help a lot
- |> for some kinds of X operations.
- |>
- |> Most SGI hardware and software can be telephone ordered through SGI
- |> Express through an 800 number (which I know is a problem for Europe),
- |> but I don't know if they handle upgrade kits (I suspect not). The
- |> number is 1-800-800-7441. I don't even know if they will handle
- |> international orders, perhaps Stan or one of the other folks more familiar
- |> with the policies can correct me on this.
-
- SGI Express does handle upgrades (hardware and software), but we don't
- handle "international" orders (we make an exception for Canada :-). There
- are "SGI Express" offices starting in Europe and Germany will have one soon.
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