I am constantly suprised that "upgrade" was/is an option - we had it happen (z/900 -> z/990). Same serial number, but about the only common components were a couple of cards.
Used to be a *serious* point of contention when sales were in the offing, and there were multiple suppliers. I can remember some heavy debates from my time at Amdahl. Shane ... From: "Marian Gasparovic" > It is box swap for z900 for sure, but it is considered an upgrade > because serial number of machine stays the same. Good for financing > etc. > Box look the same as z990 inside, but there are 16 instead of 12 STIs. > So just adapters can be moved, much everything else is changed. And > look, there is BLUE stripe on the box, so it must be changed too :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
