Good question. We are going to be in the same boat before too long. We will likely be adding several WPs and CPs to our system over the next 2-3 years, and I suspect the first one is going to cost us a pair of ethernet switches and a pair of NCNIs along with the WP (which we didn't budget in the project; I hope those NCNIs aren't too pricey). I hope they decide to do Solaris 8 on D and E boxes, at least. Some of our Ds are less than a year old, and all are less than 2 years old. Corey Clingo Sr. Engineer BASF Corp. I haven't seen any traffic in the last week, I hope this forum is still up. I'm seeking input on replacing two dual headed "B" boxes workstations in January when funds are available. Should we go with the new and improved ethernet XP platforms? Should we go with the next generation of Sun platform on ethernet? Should we stay with the nodebus only, and upgrade the "B" boxes to "D"? At the Orlando conference, I understood that after January, Foxboro won't be shipping "D" boxes for new installations. They will supply the new Sun platforms running Solaris 8 that replace the "D" box. We have a small I/A system, municipal water treatment, running V6.1.2 with two "E" hosts, one "D" workstation and 2 "B" dual head workstations. Thanks in advance for any input. Wally Magda Instrumentation & Control Specialist Colorado Springs Utilities PO Box 214 USAF Academy, CO 80840 719-668-9502 wmagda@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave