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- From: wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond)
- Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.workstation
- Subject: Re: Complete SparcStation IPC forsale!!!!
- Message-ID: <WBE.92Nov13212325@crystal.bbn.com>
- Date: 14 Nov 92 02:23:24 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.222927.11390@PacBell.COM> <1992Nov13.020904.14944@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- In-reply-to: robinson@med.unc.edu's message of Fri, 13 Nov 1992 22:37:26 GMT
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- wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond) writes:
- #The literature Sun handed out at its briefing says specifically that "Upgrades
- #[to SPARCclassic] are available for SPARCstation 1, SPARCstation 1+,
- #SPARCstation SLC(TM), SPARCstation IPC(TM), SPARCstation ELC(TM), Sun-3(TM),
- #and Sun386i(TM) systems." The "(TM)" indicates a "TM" superscript
- #(the trademark symbol).
- # -WBE
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- robinson@med.unc.edu (Gerard A. Robinson) writes:
- >The slick brochure (that I have that matches your quote and I received at the
- >announcement locally) does not specify. However, if you ask your sales rep.
- >he will only give you numbers for upgrading to an LX *NOT* an LC (Classic).
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- In this case, I got the quote from the back of the two-page non-glossy
- description entitled "SPARCclassic". In any case, people should ask their
- sales person, and if they're told it can't be done, try asking Sun or another
- sales person and see if the answer changes.
- -WBE
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