daveb@pyuxf.UUCP (david berk) (07/13/88)
I am considering purchasing a 6386 WGS. In the first brochure I recieved from AT&T, on the technical specifications page it mentioned that this machine was a 16MHZ machine and the 6386E (tower model) was 20MHZ. Just the other day I recieved another brochure identical to the first except that now it says the 6386 & 6386E are both 20MHZ. I spoke with a couple of VARs and they told me that the 20MHZ desk model is unavailable but would become available in September. 1. Does anyone know what the price difference (if any) for 20MHZ desk model will be? 2. If I purchase a 16MHZ desk model can it be upgraded to a 20MHZ by swapping the CPU? 3. Should I wait for the 20MHZ desk model? Dave Berk ..!ihnp4!pyuxf!daveb ..!bellcore!pyuxf!daveb
jlw@lznv.ATT.COM (j.l.wood) (07/13/88)
In article <365@pyuxf.UUCP>, daveb@pyuxf.UUCP (david berk) writes: > I am considering purchasing a 6386 WGS. > > 2. If I purchase a 16MHZ desk model can it be upgraded to a 20MHZ > by swapping the CPU? > I would expect that you would also have to replace <all> your memory as well. The current catalog lists 120ns memory cards and SIMM chipsets for the desktop at 16MHz and 100ns ones for the tower at 20MHz. I don't think that this is a win. The desktop is impressively fast as it is. Joe Wood lznv!jlw