Re: Capella & PM3's (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Sat, 10 May 1997 16:56:57 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Todd Nagengast - Systems Wrangler shaped the electrons to say...
>I agree with you on this... But if it is the case then why modularize?

Upgrading is an issue - if the need is ever there to replace the main
board with an upgraded board.

>When I get an RMA box from Livingston I know they will work better than
>whatever I had previously. With simply a mainboard I don't have to derack
>the previous box and rerack the new one. It would only be a couple of
>thumb screws.

Well, you could pull the main board from the new unit, swap it with the old
one, and send the new chassis+old board back... Of course RMA might kill
me for suggesting this...

Oh wait - I think the serial number sticker for the unit is on the CHASSIS.
I think that might be an issue...

-MZ

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