On Thu, 23 Nov 1995 03:36:25 GMT Terry Johnson said:
>HP was hot to write into our leases the ability to convert my HP3000
>systems to Unix, However now that I want to convert one of my G30's to
>an MPEiX system, they are decidely dragging their feet! Does anyone
>know of any customer sites that have done this? Or any HP Executives
>that can assist me?
 
We once had a half-baked proposal to convert a 950 into an 8xx (which
didn't happen).  I've never heard of anything in the other direction,
but I'm pleased to no end that a customer wants to do so!
 
They seem willing to convert 3000->9000 because you forfeit all of the
bundled MPE FOS software that comes with it and have to turn around and
buy UX software.  Going the other way around, I don't think they have
actually priced the MPE FOS software alone.  The hardware changes are
minimal to insignificant.
 
What's next, a consulting firm Enut-BD to assist in 9000->3000 migration?
<grin>
 
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>