[log in to unmask] (John Beckett ) wrote:
 
>[some snipping...]
 
>Now, to figure out how I'm going to tell my boss that
>the next CPU upgrade  will involve shooting three
>Eagles, a Coyote (OK, all 4 can be replaced by  a
>single SCSI drive), the system printer (Ouch!), and our
>7980 tape drive  (louder Ouch!) Maybe we'll pump up the
>RAM and see how long we can hang  onto the 947.
 
Some of our customers are converting their hpib 7980 to scsi
7980. I understand it costs about 2-3k. We have converted most
of our printing to networked lj 4 and 4si printers so a serial
2563b won't bother us too much. I'm motivated to can hpib so I
can remove the interface card and replace it with a fast-wide
scsi. That should keep my ol' 937lx hummin' for the next few
years.
 
-- Duane Percox (Quintessential School Systems)
   [log in to unmask]