IIRC hearing the same about the Series 6000 the Los Angeles Community College District (where I both studied and worked) had. (Replaced a perfectly good 370/158. Long political story.)
Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Black > Sent: Wednesday 22 June 2005 12:33 > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Downgrade 9672 > > > I remnember Texas Tech getting a speed "upgrade" to there > 370/145 back > > in the 70's. It consisted of the CE removing three loops from the > > 145's microcode. The price tag for this upgrade? A cool $ 50K! > > I remember a story from long ago: Honeywell had a processed > that came in single and double speeds, with a price jump. If > you had the slower processor and paid to upgrade to the > faster, the CE removed a jumper that made the clock run at > half-speed! I can't swear this was true, could be one of > those urban computer myths ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
