Originally Posted by jaco
Originally Posted by Frank
The 861 V4 -> V6 is going to be expensive. As I currently understand it, for upgrade purposes the only thing that they are retaining is the case and the backplane. The "motherboard", the power supply, and the cards are all new design, though I am certain the V4 cards will continue to work.
I do not believe all the old things need replacing.
I see stil the C00 card without USB. If you change the lot, why not add those things the G series has ?
The power supply in my 861 got changed for free a few years back, so i assume it will not be very expensive. It does not look very complex, so more or less standard parts.

The backplane look just passive from what i saw when i peeked inside when the distributor upgraded my from V2 to V3 and V3 to V4
Backplane is passiv,have lot of pictures if interest.
I agree with you jaco,from the economy point of view its make sense to change the backplane.
Also i trust Mr. Stuart as to think on his customers and keep the upgrade path open for sensefull money and make not technical gimmicks.
When people allways cryimg its getting a pricey upgrade,then the new mangement will "do" this for us....

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