presto

[Chet Juszczak]

In article <3177 at canisius.UUCP> pavlov at canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov) writes:
>In article <1895 at riscy.enet.dec.com>, frank at croton.enet.dec.com (Frank Wortner) writes:
>> In article <AJT.91Feb6151243 at bilbo.bhpmrl.oz.au>, ajt at bilbo.bhpmrl.oz.au
>> (Andrew Telford) writes:
>> 
>> I'm assuming that you have the appropriate hardware:  a DECsystem 5500
>> or the 5100 and its optional PrestoServe board.  If you don't have either
>> of these systems, then you can't use PrestoServe, since it consists of
>> *both* software and non-volatile memory hardware.
>> 
>  [ after waiting 2 years for the obvious uVAX II -> uVAX III upgrade and
>    other mythical related products, I know that this falls in the category
>    of "dumb question", but what the hey ]:
>
>    Are all of us who squandered our companies' capital budgets on 
>    DEC {23}100s, DEC 5400s, DEC 58n0s, and DEC 5000s going to be left
>    out in the cold on this product ?
>
>    greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny
>    pavlov at stewart.fstrf.org
>
>
>     [ yes, I know: the uVAX upgrade eventually appeared .... ]


You can upgrade a 5400 to a 5500 today.

If you think some other platform would make a good Prestoserve
host (the DS5000 comes to my mind), then I suggest you convey
your interest to your local sales office.

	-chet

Chet Juszczak	chet at decvax.dec.com   (decvax!chet)