rfinch@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Ralph Finch) (04/04/89)
I received a press release from Sun a few days ago about the floating point upgrade available. It will be standard on all new Sun 4 machines, and for $3000 the Sun 4/110 can be upgraded. When I inquired about the cost for a Sun 4/260, I was told by the local rep that /260s cannot be upgraded! I quote him: "I imagine that at some point customer presser [sic] may change this, however there is no guess as to when." This seems strange that, 1) new /260s have the new unit but old ones cannot be changed; 2) /110s can be fixed, but not the supposedly near-flagship /260. Is this information correct? If so, is anybody else bothered by this? What sort of customer pressure is needed to change the situation? Ralph Finch ...ucbvax!ucdavis!caldwr!rfinch