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February 1996, Week 4

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Re: Is firmware software or hardware?
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"James B. Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
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James B. Byrne
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Fri, 23 Feb 1996 19:46:37 -0500
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Richard Gambrell wrote:
>
 
> Don't know about most of these questions, but the cd-rom is a *boot* device
> for MPE, so it may matter a great deal that you use HP's own cd-rom.  I
> believe the list price is about $650 from HP.  Perhaps the used market has
> some cheaper?
> Not so fast, the CD-ROM is a *boot* device for the newer 900 series 3k boxes,
but the older units cannot be configured to boot from cd-rom.
 
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James B. Byrne                 mailto:[log in to unmask]
Harte & Lyne Limited           http://www.harte-lyne.ca
Hamilton, Ontario              905-561-1241

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