withrow@vino.enet.dec.com (Robert Withrow) (11/15/90)
To spare others the frustration I have gone through for the last week, here is the information that you need to order the Intel unix 4.0 upgrade. 1) The part number is ``UNX40F5UPG''. The people at 1-800-INTEL4U claim that this is a ``complete upgrade''. I specifically asked about whether or not it includes the SDS and the networking stuff and they said yes. The price is $400. It appears that this is non-discount- able. (The above is for 5-1/4 floppies. The part number for 3 in. floppies is ``UNX40F3UPG'' and for tape ((I dont know what kind)) is ``UNX40TPUPG''. I don't know the prices on these.) 2) The part number for the documentation set (for the basic os) is ``UNX40PLATMN'' and the price is $150. The documentation for the SDS is partnumber ``UNX40DEVMAN'' and the part number for for XWindows is ``UNX40XPPDOC''. Whether the above software contains XWindows I don't know. I don't know the prices for the latter two documentation sets. 3) You can order online documentation as ``UNX40OLDOC''. I don't know the price for that either. It seems that there should be a media code for this, but heck, what do I know? 4) You have to find someone to sell these to you: Intel won't sell to you unless you want a few thousand copies. Hamilton Avnet is pretty much generally available (Get their number from 1-800-555-1212 and then ask them for a Hamilton Avnet location near you.) I know that Programmers Connection *does not* sell these (at least as recently as last friday). Arrow electronics does not sell to end users. 5) You can call 1-800-INTEL4U and ask for the ``fax package'' for the upgrade program. I haven't seen what this contains yet. 6) No one has asked to see my original v3.2 floppies yet. I don't know what that means... I don't know if this is a so-called ``competitive upgrade'' or only for customers who have Intel SYSV386 r3.2 or what. 7) If I find out any of the many things I said ``I don't know'' about above I'll let you know! 8) I asked the people at 1-800-INTEL4U if they minded if I posted this information and they said ``Please do. That may reduce the number of questions we have to answer''.