[CUBE] Sonnet Encore processor upgrade

[Andra and Reid]

>
> The characteristics of the electronic parts do not 100% match between 
> the same components. There are tolerances. So when the part is running 
> on its limit, some of them might blow up, while some won't. In any 
> case, it is not advisable for any of them.
> Maybe I missed it earlier, but what is that "Japan specific" Sonnet 
> policy you were talking about?
>

Here's a message I received not too long ago regarding a fellow in 
Japan and the local Apple dealers.  As to it's accuracy, that is with 
all dealer's in Japan, I don't know.


>> However, regarding the Sonnet CPU
>> upgrades,
>> the man at the Apple dealer here in Nagoya informed me one day that
>> Apple
>> dealers throughout Japan are not permitted by the Sonnet head office 
>> in
>> Tokyo to install or otherwise service the Sonnet CPU upgrade for the
>> Cube.
>> The Nagoya man told me that the man at the head office of Japan Sonnet
>> had
>> tried to install the upgrade for the Cube and the Cube caught on fire.
>> The
>> man here in Nagoya further informed me that if I were to obtain a
>> Sonnet
>> upgrade for the Cube and installed it myself that no Apple dealer here
>> in
>> Japan would be authorized to service my Cube.  After this conversation
>> with
>> the Apple dealer, I looked at the Powerlogix and Sonnet CPUs that were
>> on
>> display in his showcase, and sure enough on the outside of the box of
>> the
>> Sonnet upgrade, the Cube icon which otherwise showed that that product
>> was
>> made to fit into the Cube had been crossed out.  I shall be interested
>> to
>> learn whether your new Sonnet 1.2 Cube will handle the increase in
>> power
>> that it it is bound to draw.  All the best.
>>
>> sthub

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