[rescue] Personal Workstation 433a happiness

[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:13:54AM -0600, Scott Newell wrote:
> Price structure.  I've seen low-end machine tool controls that ship with
> all the hardware and software of the more expensive models, the only
> difference being some bits flipped in the configuration memory.  Pay $$$
> for the upgraded features and a technician comes out to enter a code.
> Instant upgrade.

Anybody remember the uVAX II that had most of the expansion slots 
filled with epoxy?  It was cheaper to order the "crippled" uVAX II,
then a *cough* replacement backplane from a normal uVAX, than to 
order the "normal" uVAX from the start.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX