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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!rtech!sgiblab!sgigate!odin!sgihub!zola!bebop!cook
  3. From: cook@bebop.esd.sgi.com (Doug Cook)
  4. Subject: Re: Indigo => Indigo2?
  5. Message-ID: <vdvv180@zola.esd.sgi.com>
  6. Sender: news@zola.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
  7. Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
  8. References:  <C1J7sM.1F3@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  9. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 01:39:14 GMT
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  13. In article <C1J7sM.1F3@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, ercolessi@uimrl3.mrl.uiuc.edu writes:
  14. > Can an Indigo be upgraded to Indigo2 retaining the original box,
  15. > chassis etc and just swapping boards? Of course without EISA.
  16. > The question is "in principle", i.e. not related to the present
  17. > offerings.  For example, can Extreme graphics reside in a normal
  18. > Indigo.
  19.  
  20. I doubt it. The Indigo^2 has a completely different chassis, power
  21. supply, cooling, and more slots; some of this extra space & cooling is
  22. required for Extreme graphics.
  23.  
  24.     -Doug
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