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- From: jsm@fc.hp.com
- (John Marvin)
- Subject: Re: Upgrades from the 710 to the 715 possible?
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:53:41 GMT
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- Doug Siebert (dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu) wrote:
- : Will it be possible to upgrade a 710 to a 715? It'd be the same clock rate,
- : but if the 99MHz 755 is nearly twice the speed of the 66MHz 750, it sounds like
- : one could still expect almost a 50% performance boost. If the "easy no penalty
- : CPU board upgrades" mentioned in HP's press release from the 720 and up to the
- : new CPU also applies to the 705 and 710, that sounds like a pretty good deal!
- :
- : Anyone know?
-
- The 710 will not be "upgradeable" to a 715. They are very different boxes.
- I have no idea what HP's plans are regarding possible trade-up programs
- regarding the 705/710.
-
- the 720, 730 and 735 all use the same basic "box", so upgrading is fairly
- easy. The same applies to the 750/755.
-
- John Marvin
- jsm@fc.hp.com
-