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October 1999, Week 1

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David Gale <[log in to unmask]>
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David Gale <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:03:25 -0700
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I stand (while sitting in my chair) corrected. ;)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Lancaster [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 9:53 AM
> To: David Gale; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] $11.00 950???
>
>
> No, the 930 actually was the very first released PA RISC HP 3000.  It
> wasn't much of an offering given how many Series 70 customers
> at the time
> were screaming for additional processing power.  It was a stop-gap
> only.  The 930's were deftly replaced by the 950's within a
> few months of
> release of the 930's.
>
> The 935 didn't come until quite a bit later as an upgrade to
> the 925.  The
> 949 followed as an upgrade to the 935.
>
> Bill
>
> At 06:46 AM 10/06/1999 -0700, David Gale wrote:
> >Me thinks they meant the 935, was released after the 925 as
> an upgrade.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Gilles Schipper [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 6:25 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: $11.00 950???
> >
> >
> >The first PA HP3000 was the 930. Soon thereafter, the 925
> and 950 were
> >released.
> >
> >I believe all 930 customers were offered free upgrades to
> the 950.  The 930
> >was architechurally quite different from any other PA
> machine, and really
> >considered to be almost a prototype.
>

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