Re: RAM

2001-09-04 Thread Neil Martin


The AW51B is a Sun SPARC 5.  I am only aware of 32MB RAM (SIMMs or DIMMs
??) being available.  You should consider 64MB to be the minimum, but 128MB
is recommended especially if you are running FoxView/FoxDraw.




   
   
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Gents,
What are  the different possible RAM chips and
sizes that an AW51B might has ?
What is the minimum RAM configuration that an AW51B
could run with?

Regards
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RE: RAM

2001-09-04 Thread Airhart, Chad M.

Speaking of RAM.  We just got an estimate for how much Foxboro would charge
to upgrade our 4 WP's and 1 AW to 256 MB of RAM.  It was on the order of
$20K plus.  We all know materials is 1/20 of the total installed cost.  My
question is since RAM is readily available what would Foxboro's stance be if
we upgraded ourselves?  We have a service agreement with them.  Would it be
all bets are off or would RAM problems be unsupported or would all future
problems be blamed on RAM?  Maybe I shouldn't ask but I find this cost
ridiculous.  It would be a tremendous performance boost but I can't justify
it as a stand alone upgrade.  We are going to have to tie it to a software
upgrade to capitalize it.

Chad Airhart
Senior Instrument, Electrical & Control Systems Engineer
Equistar Chemicals, LP.
Victoria, TX
Wk. (361) 572-2568
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> The AW51B is a Sun SPARC 5.  I am only aware of 32MB RAM (SIMMs or DIMMs
> ??) being available.  You should consider 64MB to be the minimum, but
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RE: RAM

2001-09-04 Thread David Johnson

Chad,

I don't know Foxboro's official policy (if they have one), but, in my 
experience, they have always been very reasonable on matters of things like 
additional RAM, additional hard drives, etc. coming from a non-Foxboro 
source.  I wouldn't anticipate additional RAM causing any problems, but if 
it does, you can take it out and be right back where you started.

Good Luck,
David


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RE: RAM

2001-09-04 Thread duc . do

Since I'm not a lawyer (thank God!), I'll leave the contractual nuances and
obligations to you all to consider, but we've upgraded RAM in some of our
Sun workstations by buying them direct. Our boxes didn't self-destruct.

A reliable source (which was recommended here a while ago) is MemoryX. I
have no connection with it other than being a satisfied customer. For the
B-style boxes, check these pages out:

Memory for Sparc5:
http://www.memoryx.net/sparc5.html

House-brand memory:
http://www.memoryx.net/ss532.html

Sun-manufactured memory:
http://www.memoryx.net/5012471.html
http://www.memoryx.net/5953346.html

For the D/E-style boxes, start here:
http://www.memoryx.net/memx/ultrasparc1.html

Hope this helps.

Duc

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From: Airhart, Chad M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:56 AM
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Subject: RE: RAM


Speaking of RAM.  We just got an estimate for how much Foxboro would charge
to upgrade our 4 WP's and 1 AW to 256 MB of RAM.  It was on the order of
$20K plus.  We all know materials is 1/20 of the total installed cost.  My
question is since RAM is readily available what would Foxboro's stance be if
we upgraded ourselves?  We have a service agreement with them.  Would it be
all bets are off or would RAM problems be unsupported or would all future
problems be blamed on RAM?  Maybe I shouldn't ask but I find this cost
ridiculous.  It would be a tremendous performance boost but I can't justify
it as a stand alone upgrade.  We are going to have to tie it to a software
upgrade to capitalize it.

Chad Airhart
Senior Instrument, Electrical & Control Systems Engineer
Equistar Chemicals, LP.
Victoria, TX
Wk. (361) 572-2568
Pgr. (361) 270-2214 alpha messaging at  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fx. (361) 572-2541

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RE: RAM

2001-09-04 Thread Deen, Ron

Whatever you do: do not install PC compliant memory. I MUST be Sun Sparc
compliant. The SUN standards are a bit higher. PC memory just won't work
reliable and should not be used.
We buy RAM from Sun (it is Sun partnumbered and more expensive) because
customers do, sort of, rely on the Foxboro systems to work properly.


Regards


Ron Deen

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Since I'm not a lawyer (thank God!), I'll leave the contractual nuances and
obligations to you all to consider, but we've upgraded RAM in some of our
Sun workstations by buying them direct. Our boxes didn't self-destruct.

A reliable source (which was recommended here a while ago) is MemoryX. I
have no connection with it other than being a satisfied customer. For the
B-style boxes, check these pages out:

Memory for Sparc5:
http://www.memoryx.net/sparc5.html

House-brand memory:
http://www.memoryx.net/ss532.html

Sun-manufactured memory:
http://www.memoryx.net/5012471.html
http://www.memoryx.net/5953346.html

For the D/E-style boxes, start here:
http://www.memoryx.net/memx/ultrasparc1.html

Hope this helps.

Duc

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Dow Corning Corp.
Carrollton Plant
Carrollton, KY, US

-Original Message-
From: Airhart, Chad M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:56 AM
To: 'Foxboro DCS Mail List'
Subject: RE: RAM


Speaking of RAM.  We just got an estimate for how much Foxboro would charge
to upgrade our 4 WP's and 1 AW to 256 MB of RAM.  It was on the order of
$20K plus.  We all know materials is 1/20 of the total installed cost.  My
question is since RAM is readily available what would Foxboro's stance be if
we upgraded ourselves?  We have a service agreement with them.  Would it be
all bets are off or would RAM problems be unsupported or would all future
problems be blamed on RAM?  Maybe I shouldn't ask but I find this cost
ridiculous.  It would be a tremendous performance boost but I can't justify
it as a stand alone upgrade.  We are going to have to tie it to a software
upgrade to capitalize it.

Chad Airhart
Senior Instrument, Electrical & Control Systems Engineer
Equistar Chemicals, LP.
Victoria, TX
Wk. (361) 572-2568
Pgr. (361) 270-2214 alpha messaging at  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fx. (361) 572-2541

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