Re: Have you read this? -- MIDRANGE-L

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At 19:34 01/12/2000 , James W. Kilgore wrote:
>IBM has a long history of shipping machines with "full" speed/function
>and disablers/cripplers to create a particular model.
>
>To upgrade your system, a jumper was installed to bypass the crippler.
>
>Now adays, it's probably done with software instead of alligator clips
>and a piece of wire.

It's actually a little daughter board on the CPU card. I just watched one 
get installed a few months ago when we converted our S30 to a 730. 
Apparently the chip on it is burned with the instructions that create a 
particular model. Pull it out and nothing works.


Pete Hall
pbhall@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~pbhall
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