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- From: stanj@ferrari.corp.sgi.com (Stan Jensen)
- Subject: Re: How to speed up X?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.205045.27122@odin.corp.sgi.com>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- References: <1dcj1uINNgt5@fido.asd.sgi.com> <BxJ6E9.B5M@rahul.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:50:45 GMT
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- In article <BxJ6E9.B5M@rahul.net>, jonathan@rahul.net (Jonathan Heiliger) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov10.181812.24335@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- |> stanj@ferrari.corp.sgi.com (Stan Jensen) writes:
- |>
- |> >Of course there are upgrades! You can upgrade your 210 to a 310, 480 or an
- |> >R4000 ("Crimson"); your GTX to VGXT or Reality Engine; and your twin tower
- |> >to a single tower or Predator rack. Call SGI Express @ 1-800-800-7441 and
- |> >ask to speak to our Canadian specialist, Eric Hanson.
- |>
- |> How is it possible to upgrade an Indigo to something like a Crimson? I
- |> was just wondering, because we simililary went through a faze of whether we'd
- |> be able to add certain products because of our Crimson chassis.
- |>
- |> Jonathan Heiliger ........ Electric Power Research Institute
- |> Internet: -/- jonathan@rahul.net -/- flix@mecca.epri.com -/-
- |> Telephone <*> (415) 855-2888
- |>
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- It is NOT possible to upgrade an Indigo to "something like a Crimson", unless
- converting an Indigo R3000 to an Indigo R4000 counts. I was responding to Tim
- Writer's request for an upgrade "... from a 4D/210GTX to one of the newer
- machines ..." and I apologize for any misunderstanding.
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