Firmware upgrades should be somewhere in that list.

At 12:39 PM 10/3/2002 -0400, Jonathan M. Backus wrote:
>         Let's focus a bit on this part of HP's presentation.  Does
> anybody have any
>thoughts, questions, or concerns about this part of what HP presented?
>
>"Hardware Flexibility"
>* Modify platform hardware
>  - Provide new and/or remarketed A/N Class hardware add-ons after 2003
>(CPUs,
>embedded disks, memory, I/O, and network cards).
>  - Install remarketed or used e3000 boards at Time & Materials through EOS
>(under investigation after that).
>  - Continue software license transfer process.
>  - Extend 3000 -> 9000 conversion kits through 2006.
>* Acquire new peripherals
>  - Provide new/or remarketed external storage for A/N Class after 2003,
>limited by supply and demand.
>  - Enhance MPE/iX to mount "big" disks.
>  - Improve capabilities of SCSI pass-thru driver.
>* Integrate MPE/iX environments with changing IT infrastructure (e.g.
>networking, storage)
>  - Provide new/or remarketed external storage for A/N Class after 2003,
>limited by supply and demand.

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Northtech Systems, Inc.
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