sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Phase Out of upgrades to SPARCstation ELC, SPARCstation IPC, and SPARCserver 600MP-Cypress SunFLASH Vol 56 #33 August 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56.33 Phase Out of upgrades to SPARCstation ELC, SPARCstation IPC, and SPARCserver 600MP-Cypress Phase Out of peripheral products related to SPARCstation ELC and SPARCserver 600MP-Cypress. Other product Phase Outs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On February 3, 1993, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) announced the phase out of the SPARCstation(TM) ELC(TM), SPARCstation IPC(TM), and SPARCserver(TM) 600MP-Cypress systems and upgrades. This announcement details those upgrade paths that will be phased out per the February announcement. In addition, this announcment will list the peripheral products specific to SPARCstation ELC and SPARCserver 600MP-Cypress that will phased out with the systems. Finally, this announcement will describe a few other products that are no longer needed and will tphased out now. TRANSITION SCHEDULE ------------------- August 27, 1993 All products listed below removed from SalesDesk. October 29,1993 FINAL date that any configuration of the SPARCstation ELC, SPARCstation IPC, and SPARCserver 600MP-Cypress upgrades can be ordered. FINAL Date that other products listed below can be ordered. December 31, 1993 FINAL date that any configuration of these upgrades can be requested for shipment. FINAL Date that other products listed below can be requested for shipment. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS --------------------- Q. With the phased out of these paths, what upgrade options does a customer have? A. Multiple paths exist to enable the Sun-3 or SPARC(R) installed base including upgrades to the SPARCstation LX(TM), SPARCstation 10, SPARCserver 1000 and SPARCcenter 2000 systems. Please contact your Sun representative for more information. Q. Why is Sun discontinuing the SPARCstation 10 Owner's Sets? A. Demand for these sets is very low and in fact they are no longer included in the SPARCstation 10 country kits. This information is included in the Solaris(R) 1.1 Version A AnswerBook(TM) Online Documentation. Q. How will a SPARCstation 2 GT customer upgrade to the SPARCstation 10 if the part numbers are being discontinued? A. The specific part numbers are being discontinued, but the paths are still available, all you need to do is: Part number previously ordered: Part number to now order: UG-S2GT-S10-30 UG-SS2-S10-30 UG-S2GT-S10-41 UG-SS2-S10-41 U.S. PRICING ------------ Upgrades to SPARCstation ELC ---------------------------- SUG-ELC Sun-3/386i full system upgrade to SPARCstation ELC UG4/20-Q SPARCstation SLC 0 MB board upgrade to SPARCstation ELC Upgrades to SPARCstation IPC ---------------------------- UG3/50D-P8 3/50(dimple top) chassis swap to SPARCstation IPC UG3/50F-P8 3/50(flat top) chassis swap to IPC UG-RRM-P8 386i with mono monitor chassis swap to SPARCstation IPC UG3/60M-P8 3/60 with mono monitor chassis swap to SPARCstation IPC UG3/75-P8 3/75 with mono monitor chassis swap to SPARCstation IPC UG3/80M-P8 3/80 with mono monitor chassis swap to SPARCstation IPC UG3/60C-P8 3/60 with color monitor chassis swap to SPARCstation IPC UG-RRC-P8 386I with color monitor chassis swap to SPARCstation IPC UG3/80C-P8 3/80 with color monitor chassis swap to SPARCstation IPC Upgrades to SPARCserver 600MP Model 120 --------------------------------------- UG4/4X0-MP64 470, 490 board upgrade to SPARCserver 600MP UG4/3X0-MP64 370, 390 board upgrade to SPARCserver 600MP UG4/330-MP64 330 board upgrade to 630MP UG670GX-120-64-P59 3/X60, 4/260 enclos. exchange to SPARCserver 600MP UG690-120-64-P61V3/V4 3/X80, 4/280 enclos. exchange to SPARCserver 600MP UG690-120-64-P73V3/V4 3/X80, 4/280 enclos. exchange to SPARCserver 600MP SPARCstation ELC Specific Peripherals ------------------------------------- X540Q 424-Mbyte SCSI-2 Desktop Disk Pack X545Q 1.05-Gbyte Fast SCSI-2 Desktop Disk Pack X985Q Serial Port Splitter Cable SPARCserver 600MP Specific Peripherals -------------------------------------- X1160A SM100 SPARC Module with Two 40-MHz SPARC CPUs Other Products -------------- UGSYS-C-GX Color Frame Buffer to GX Upgrade UG4/6XGX-GS SS1, SS1+ and SS2 GX to GS Upgrade UG-S2GT-S10-41 SS2 GT to S10 GT Model 41 Upgrade UG-S2GT-S10-30 SS2 GT to S10 GT Model 30 Upgrade X9301F SPARCstation 10 Owner's Set for Solaris 1.X - English X9302F SPARCstation 10 Owner's Set for Solaris 1.X - French X9303F SPARCstation 10 Owner's Set for Solaris 1.X - German X9306F SPARCstation 10 Owner's Set for Solaris 1.X - Swedish X9374F SPARCstation 10 Owner's Set for Solaris 1.X - Italian UPG-X70-CD CD upgrade for 4/370 and 4/470 UPG-X90-CD CD upgrade for 4/390 and 4/490 (c) 1993 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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