Introducing HP 9000 Model 332 and R/332 Instrument Controllers

Information For Hewlett-Packard's Value-Added Businesses March 1989

Introducing HP 9000 Model 332 and R/332 instrument controllers

HEWLETT - PACKARD Table of Contents Volume 8, No. 5 Personal Computers Editor I1 General Tracy Wester Introducing enhanced AdvanceLink: the Business Computers right connection HP Channels is published monthly for I General Introducing the Asian integrated Business I1 Calculators Hewlett-Packard's value-added busi- New HP calculator - the HP-IOB nesses to provide you with information System Information Access enhanced on MPE XL about HP's products and services to 42 Desktop HP Vectra PC software discontinued help you be more successful. 3 Small Business Computing Peripherals For further information on any of the HP 260 StarterPack and PowerPack packages 13 Networks products and services discussed in now available as SSP bundles New networking features in the HP-UX HP Channels, please contact your HP 4 HP 3000 6.513.1 sales rep. Migrate to MPE XL with Tape Server Demo New StarLAN 10 adapter cards and lower Development Promotion ThinLAN card prices See back cover for subscription HP StarLAN 10 now supports Novell information. Technical Computers First OpenView applications now available 5 General 16 Plotters Note: Not all HP computer products HP ALLBASEi4GL - smooth and reliable HP 7600 electrostatic plotter translucent are sold and supported in all countries. HP EGS photoplot postprocessor media Please check with your local HP sales 6 HP 9000 17 Printers ofice. Announcing a new generation of controllers HP Paintlet color graphics printer now Introducing the HP 9000 Series 300 Model compatible with Macintosh software Hewlett-Packard does not warrant the 332 - four times the power of a Model accuracy of the information provided in 310 for the same price Supplies HP Channels and shall not be liable The new Series R controllers: tailored for 17 Supplies for any use made of the information You HP DIRECT order phone numbers HP 9000 Models 825s and 835SiSE: lower contained herein. Information provided prices for OEMs and VARs in HP Channels is subject to change Introducing new low-cost 3D MCAE without notice. workstation On the cover CLASSIFIEDS I 18 Software Packages Available and Wanted

I~,I~ 'm332 and Model 1 R1332 are new desktop and rackmount instrument controller; based on a 16.7 MHz Motorola MC68030 processor. ( They combine high performance, flexible configurations, and low prices, yet maintain software compatibility within the HP 9000 Series 300 product family. See articles beginning on page 6. HP CHANNELS March 1989

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For research and education purposes only. Host system to PC linkage allows PCs to access the host system's resources. Worldwide electronic mail provides Generul effective worldwide communication Introducing the Asian Integrated Business and information distribution. Computer resource sharing allows System -- disk, printer, and plotter sharing for centralized data storage, increased data integrity, and higher return on Asian Integrated Business System 1.0 peripherals investment. I I Customization tools provide tools and 1 1 ntegrat~onsoftware ,R I flexibility for special custom HP DeskManager Resource Shar~ng applications and interfaces. AdvancePrlnt Plotter to system Cooperal~veServ~ces -- ,\\ AdvanceLlnk -- A good start is the half-way mark to HP 3000 -e-, ', Networklna software -- 1 success ~ff~ce~tyare I v-~e~ta6 PC software. : Graphics Gallery Aslan system printers-- The AIIBS new product tour to Japan, Executive MemoMaker Lotus V -2-3' Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong was a StarLAN IOThlnLAN Asan - phenomenal success. Over a thousand customers, prospects, reporters, and opinion leaders participated in a series /.$Ianl- HF Vectia PC of AIIBS product demonstrations, cus- PAWS C -- .- .- tomer seminars, and press conferences. ,- Am. d % -3~ ,, PC Local industry watchers were very .. h-\> '.,"".' -7yA-: #-7 F7 -r.z

As the industry leader of PC integra- Traditional Chinese. The platform AIIBS: a competitive advantage in tion in the U.S. and Europe, Hewlett- includes integration software, network- the global marketplace Packard has gone a step further to pro- ing software, PC software, and various vide a competitive office system to the Asian hardware. In today's increasingly competitive Asian marketplace, where the economy global market, being able to provide a is typically growing two to three times AIIBS, consistent with the original IBS local-language office-computing envi- faster than elsewhere in the world. concept, provides a powerful office ronment is critical to success. HP's Asian Integrated Business System information strategy that combines the AIIBS is a flexible system platform for (AIIBS) Phase I, a complete office strengths of personal computing. office all kinds of industries with the needs of integration platform on MPE V sys- applications, data processing, and net- PC integration, cost-effective communi- tems, was announced last December in working. The AIIBS platform generates cation, and computer resource sharing Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. invaluable links between HP 3000 and in the three Asian languages. AIIBS PCs for effectively accessing, manipu- users can easily create various systems, AIIBS: a superior office system lating, sharing, and distributing data such as inventory tracking, sales fore- solution and information. casting, and sales quoting for different business needs. Asian Integrated Business System, the The Asian Integrated Business System localized version of HP's worldwide offers the following various features and Contact your HP representative for office system platform. was developed benefits for improving office produc- detailed product and ordering based on the Asian-specific needs of tivity especially for Asian and multi- information. local-language user interfaces. All the national companies: AIIBS components are designed or certified to handle Asian ideographical Asian language support provides a characters (16-bit), specifically Kanji familiar and easy-to-use interface for (Japanese), Hangul (Korean), and Asian language users. General have been greatly simplified. Installa- tion manuals have been replaced by Information Access enhanced on MPE XL a single installation card, thus off- loading DBA resources and ensuring A powerful software and hardware added. Some of the most noteworthy end users quick access to new combination just got better. Beginning are listed below: applications. in March, HP will ship the newly enhanced version of Information Access MPEjle support - In addition to Other enhancements and feature XL (A.04.10) for MPE XL host-based supporting IMAGE and TurboIMAGE improvements have been made and can systems. Information Access has been databases, Information Access XL be referenced in the Information Access upgraded to include most of the allows database administrators (DBA) data sheet (PIN 5959-2460). advanced features available on MPE V to also configure KSAM, SD, BRWI systems. IRF, and binary (including ASCII) Integration with HP NewWave files. From these data sources, end environment and MS Windows As a base component of the newly users can access these sources just as Information Access PC also runs in the announced Business System Plus XL they would access IMAGE tables. HP NewWave environment. As a fully (BSP XL) (HP Channels, December Formats for remote file output now context-switchable program, the new 1988), Information Access XL provides include BRWIIRF and binary, as well version also runs under Microsoft@ information management to Hewlett- as previously supported formats. Windows 2.03 on an HP Vectra PC. PC Packard's leading PC integration offer- Additional PC data sources - Infor- users will be able to move more easily ing. With Information Access XL, PC mation Access XL now supports input from data access to further analysis, users can easily retrieve data from PC and output to dBASE IIIo and HI+, thus improving productivity and quality and minicomputer applications. Ana- R:base System V, R:base for DOS, of results in their organization. lysts, managers, and other decision Lotuso 1-2-3@,and Symphonyo, as makers spend less time gathering data well as output to previously supported Ordering process unchanged and more time solving problems. formats. Existing Information Access XL users At the heart of Business System Plus Information Access XL links with on support service contracts will Reporting Oficeshare - Support is now pro- receive the A.04.10 version as part of vided for Officeshare connections their normal SMS support update in The introduction of Business System between the PC and MPE XL host March. For new customers, the order- Plus (BSP) Reporting opens new doors systems. This means users can now ing process - pricing, product number for selling solutions on Precision take advantage of the throughput and (32586A), hardware options, and sup- Architecture. Users attending BSP connectivity of LAN configurations. port services - for the enhanced ver- Reporting seminars have expressed Timely information means quality sion of Information Access XL remains enthusiasm over this solution, and are decisions. unchanged. excited about implementing this solution at their sites. Secondary DBAs for improved workgroup eficiency - With the new Information Access XL delivers timely information to decision makers. As part At the heart of BSP Reporting is Infor- version, any number of secondary of Business System Plus XL, it teams mation Access XL. As the data retrieval administrators can be defined by the up to deliver industry-leading PC tool for this integrated solution, Infor- primary DBA. Information Access integration and information distribu- mation Access XL delivers information allows secondary DBAs to use the tion. Get on board with industry- in a format easily transformable into Administrator Utility, while limiting leading technology - Precision presentation graphics. their access to definitions set by other administrators. Information Access Architecture, Business System Plus XL, and Information Access XL. New and enhanced capabilities XL distributes the workload, yet assures the security and integrity of Users have shared with us their needs data tables. dBASE Iffa is a US. registered trademark of for information services. In the enhance- Ashton-lbte Corporation. Lotusa, 1-2-3@,and ment process for Information Access Easier installation for DBAs - Symphonya are US. registered trademarks of Lorus Development Corporation. Microsofra is XL, many required features have been Installation procedures for Informa- tion Access host and PC components a US. registered trademark of Microsofr Corporation.

HP CHANNELS March 1989 Smll Business Computing HP 260 StarterPack and PowerPack packages 1 now available as SSP bundles

February 1 brought an exciting Product No: 45073A enhancement to the HP 260 bundles. Solution adjustment: 24% Both the StarterPack and PowerPack Description: HP 260 Series 30 StarterPack Bundle offer more peripherals at lower prices Revision Date: February 1, 1989 and at higher solution discounts. Product No. Description Product group Choices Choices selected 'These two new Structured Solution 45070A HP 260 Series 30 SPU Required 1 I Program (SSP) bundles present system Maximum 1 solutions that can be easily and favora- 45008A 512 Kbytes memory Memory board Optional 0 bly compared with other companies for Maximum 1 price and performance - SSP makes it 45127A AS1 interface Terminal Optional 0 possible. The HP 260, along with all 45128A Video MUX interface interface Maximum 1 components purchased in these two 9153C Data storage box Mass storage Required 1 bundles, applies to HP's most aggres- Opt. 040 40-Mbyte Winchester device Maximum 1 sive purchase agreement discount + floppy schedule. Opt. 041 40-Mbyte Winchester only 7957B 81-Mbyte fixed disk Flexible and attractive HP 260 7958B 152-Mbyte fixed disk bundles -- our contribution to a suc- 9144A %-inch tape drive Backup device Optional 0 cessful partnership. 9145A %-inch tape drive Maximum 1

HP 260 SSP StarterPack bundle All options apply The new HP 260 SSP StarterPack bundle is HP's lowest-priced entry into HP 260 SSP PowerPack bundle 1 Various components are enclosed - multiuser systems. We offer a high level choose the terminal interface board, of flexibility through inclusion of new The new HP 260 SSP PowerPack bun- mass storage, and backup device that dle now offers more price adjustments peripherals (for example, HP 7958B, best fit your HP 260 Model 40 SPU. HP 9145A) and the introduction of cost on the available components. Price reductions. reductions for the peripherals (for example, HP 7957B, HP 7958B) and The system solution adjustment has a solution adjustment of 10 percent been aggressively raised to 24 percent. increase this bundle's appeal. This means that users will save almost one quarter of the list price on any Product No: 45074A Solution adjustment: 10% component in this bundle. Users may Description: HP 260 Series 40 StarterPack Bundle choose up to five components. Contact Revision Date: February 1, l989 your HP representative for more information on structured solution packages. Product No. Description Product group Choices Choices selected 450nA HP 260 Series 40 SPU Required 1 I Maximum 1 45127A AS1 interface Terminal Optional 0 45128A Video MUX interface interface Maximum 1 7957B 81-Mbyte fixed disk Mass storage Required 1 7958B 152-Mbyte fixed disk device Maximum I 9 144A %-inch tape drive Backup device Required 1 9145A %-inch tape drive Maximum I

All options apply I MARCH1989 I HP Channels 3 HP 3000 And the savings don't stop here. While hardware support prices remain un- Migrate to MPE XL with Tape Server Demo changed, VABs will be eligible for significantly reduced software support 1 Development Promotion prices on their MPE V system. This is because the MPE V system will now Are you hesitating to migrate to MPE What this promotion offers qualify for "additional system cover- XL because cartridge tape is not sup- age" (ASC), which offers savings of 40 The Tape Server Demo Develop- ported? If you answered yes to this to percent when compared with con- ment Promotion offers savings on an 70 question, read on. HP is introducing ventional RCS or AMS support. MPE system and on the LAN links a promotion that will enable you to XL and services that connect an MPE V have an MPE V and an MPE XL sys- How this promotion works system to an MPE system. Specifi- tem in house at incredible savings. XL cally, under this promotion, a VAB will Beginning March 1, 1989, you can The Tape Server Demo Development receive an additional $10,000 (U.S. list) enjoy savings on the following: Promotion begins March 1, 1989, and off the combined purchase price of a will be available for six months. To be Demo Development HP 3000 Series Demo Development HP 3000 Series eligible for the promotion, a VAB must 925LX, 925, or 935 and the LAN 925LX, 925, or 935 order an HP 3000 Series 925LX, 925, products to connect the new MPE XL or 935 with the LANproducts and must LAN links and services to connect system with an existing MPE V system. qualify under the terms and conditions MPE V to MPE XL of the Demo Development contract. HP MICRO 3000LX for in-house The Tape Server Demo Development The HP MICRO 3000LX is optional; MPE V capability Promotion also offers VABs an alterna- however, it must be ordered on the tive to keeping their current MPE V same section as the other products to Who will take advantage of this system. In addition to the $10,000 dis- be eligible for the additional discount. promotion? count on the HP 3000 Series 925LX, VABs may take advantage of this pro- 925. or 935 with the LAN products, motion only once and no substitutions This promotion is designed for value- the VAB can also buy an HP MICRO are allowed. The 900 Series HP 3000 added businesses (VAB) that support 3000LX at a substantial discount. This system must include the LAN products some or all of their customers via car- results in combined savings of $11,000 specified below, without exception. tridge tape. Since cartridge tape is not (U.S. list) above the standard Demo supported on MPE XL, your support Development discount on these Act now of MPE V customers may be a migra- products. tion concern for you. The Tape Ser- So why wait? Now is the time to plan ver Demo Development Promotion See the chart below for an example your migration to MPE XL. The Tape addresses this concern by reducing using a Series 925LX Structured Solu- Server Demo Development Promotion the financial outlay for VABs needing tion Package (SSP) which includes gives VABs an opportunity to upgrade or desiring both an MPE V and an SPU, 32 Mbytes of memory, HP 7979 to MPE XL at significant cost savings MPE XL system. In addition, VABs tape, HP 7937 disk, 1 DTC, and 3 and gives them the option of having an taking advantage of this promotion will port cards. MPE V system in house for very little have both MPE V and MPE XL envi- cost. When combined with the state- ronments in house for final software of-the-art technology and new market testing. opportunities offered by MPE XL, this promotion offers one more reason to plan your future with Hewlett-Packard. Price with demo Price with 1 Description development discount promotion Savings For more information on this pro- Series 925LX SSP $48,700 $48,700 motion, please contact your HP representative. Series 925LX SSP and LAN 60,500 50,500 $10,000O- I Series 925LX SSP, LAN, and 67,000 56,000 MICRO 3000LX

Nore: All prices are US. lisr

HP CHANNELS h March 1989 1 The Tape Server Demo Development Promotion includes the following products: ( General 1 Product No. Description 1 1 HP ALLBASE/4GL -smooth and reliable A1032AlAH* Series 925LX or AIWIAIAH* Series 925 or A1060AlAH Series 935 Developing applications in HP Creates a number of printed reports Alld ALLBASEl4GL is an attractive propo- on the collected data. The cable manu- 30240A ThinLAN 3000lV Network sition because you only need an entry- facturer presents these reports to cus- Link level HP 9000 Series 300 computer to tomers as part of the product. 36923A ThinLAN 3000lXL Network create solutions for top-end systems Link such as the HP 9000 Model 850 or the This HP ALLBASEl4GL quality con- 32344A NS3000lV Network Services HP 3000 Series 950. trol application has been used inten- 36920A NS3000lXL Network sively for almost 18 months. During Services In January of this year, a manufacturer this time, production levels have Oprional of opto-fiber cables put the scalability peaked. The automated production 32520A MICRO 3000LX of HP ALLBASEl4GL to the test when environment and the high demand for it moved a complex, quality-control cables have made it viable for the fac- *Also eligible for Srrucrured Solurion Package application from an HP 9000 Series tory to operate between 16 and 24 hours (SSP) disco~tnt. 500 to a Series 800 computer. a day. Widen said, "The performance of HP ALLBASEl4GL has been superb Gunnar Widen, an HP representative, throughout. They are very impressed by said, "Their manufacturing process its reliability." depends heavily on the 4GL application, so it was very important that the The scalability of HP ALLBASE/4GL, Also in .this issue migration be free of problems. Every- which allowed such a smooth upgrade thing went smoothly. The customer was to the Series 800 computer, also applies HP ALLBASE/4GL - very pleased." to HP ALLBASEl4GL for MPE XL smooth and reliable 5 systems. All applications created with Introducing enhanced To produce opto-fiber cables of consis- HP ALLBASEl4GL can be run or mod- AdvanceLink: the right tently high quality, each cable must be ified on any other HP ALLBASEl4GL connection 1.1 measured and tested more than 40 times system. For example, you can develop during production. The HP ALLBASEI an application on an HP 9000 Model First OpenView 4GL application does this with the fol- 330 computer and run it on an HP 3000 applications now available 15 lowing functionality. Series 950 computer, or vice versa.

Directly interfaces with measuring I For further information on HP equipment to retrieve and analyze , ALLBASE/4GL, please contact your data. HP representative. Provides a uniform interface to applications throughout the factory, including a variety of specialized applications written in conventional languages. This interface enables staff who are not computer professionals to invoke tests with the appropriate parameters.

MARCH1989 HP Channels General Delivery To quote Executive Vice President Bill Terry: HP EGS photoplot - Software on double-sided 3 %- inch floppy (single-sided option postprocessor available) "These instrument controllers add new computer power to the broud range of - Documentation and installation HP and industty offerings of program- The HP EGS photoplot postprocessor instructions mable instruments to form automatic for the HP 9000 converts HP EGS systems. Demand for these systems is - Right-to-use codeword for the post- drawing files for hybrids and printed growing as customers seek ways to circuit boards into the required processor based on any ID-Module already connected to the HP EGS improve engineering effectiveness, cornmand/coordinate data files for station assure higher levels of quality in manu- photoplotters. facturing, and pe$orrn more automatic Installation maintenance of systems. HP5 new con- Functional description - User installable trollers also join new families of modular instruments - VXI and Modular The postprocessor uses HP EGS gener- - Can be installed by Hewlett- Microwave - toform the systems of the ate files for its input and then produces Packard and combined with user Gerber photoplotter drawing files as its future. We are excited about having the training, in which case, time and right products at the right time." output. During this conversion, a "fast- materials billed separately fill" algorithm optimizes the plane-fill process by automatic selection of flash Initially, the family includes the Model apertures and, where trace apertures 332, a workstation system to replace the HP 9000 are necessary, automatic selection of Model 310, and the Model R/332, first the maximum trace size. In addition, Announcing a new of the Series R rack-mountable con- an optional "aperture sort-by-size" rou- trollers. Both are available as HP tine can be selected. "Dimension" and generation of BASIC, Pascal, or HP-UX systems, "oval" components in the HP EGS with HP BASIC/UX support to follow. generate file are not converted to controllers photoplotter code. These controllers offer outstanding performance, thanks to the Motorola Photoplotter MC68030 CPU, DMA, fast memory, and optional MC68882 math coproces- - Compatibility with Standard Gerber sor. Math computations can run four Word Address Formats or times faster than a comparable Model Aristo400 Formats 310 system. Yet the Model 332 is priced - Photoplotter command syntax cus- the same as a Model 310, has more tomizable via simple user changes standard features, and optional features to the postprocessor cost less.

Hardware You can learn more about these exciting - HP EGS CAD station with an The HP 9000 Model 310 instrument new products in the following articles. HP 9000 computer, Model 320 or controller has long been a favorite higher, and 3 %-inch floppy drive among HP's value added business part- ners. On March 1, 1989, HP announced - Postprocessor requires 1 Mbyte the Model 332 controllers, a new disk space for installation; further generation of instrument controllers disk space required for program designed to replace the Model 310 with execution and output files both familiar and new configurations. - ID-Module (can use any module already connected to the HP EGS station) Software

- HP EGS version 2.11 or higher

HP CHAN~YELS 5 March 1989 I I the Model 332 are offered in two sizes, 1 Mbyte and 4 Mbytes, both with parity Introducing the HP 9000 Series 300 checking. The configurations available Model 332 -four times the power of a are 1, 2, 4, 5, or 8 Mbytes, and because they are daughter boards, up to 8 DIO Model 310-forthe same ;price slots may be saved over a Model 310. The Model 332 has also added on- board DMA (Direct Memory Access) and optional MC68882 floating-point coprocessor. DMA is especially useful for instrument 110. Another DIO slot is saved since DMA was an option on the Model 310 as a DIO board PIN 98620 (AIB). Likewise, the floating-point processor for Model 310 (PIN 98635A), is now an option on the Model 332 as the MC68882 math coprocessor. Since the MC68882 is socketed, adding the coprocessor is easy and another DIO slot is saved since the MC68882 is on board.

Medium-resolution 512 x 400 monochrome video is standard on the Model Hewlett-Packard's new HP 9000 Model Standard features of the Model 332 are 332 system board. In addition, the 332 significantly enhances performance similar to the Model 310 that it replaces medium-resolution may be replaced of entry-level Series 300 instrument and include the following: with a high-resolution 1024 X 768 controllers. The design goals for the monochrome video option on the sys- Model 332 were to significantly im- ' IEEE-488 (HP-IB) tem board. Only two socketed parts prove pricelperformance while pro- ' RS-232-C with DB25 connector need to be changed along with one dip- viding a board upgrade for thc popular switch setting, again, all on the system Model 310. The Model 332 uses the HP-HIL (Human Interface Loop) board. The addition of high-resolution state-of-the-art MC68030 and optional On-board monochrome video video eliminates a possible video sys- MC68882 floating-point processor to tem card and offers significant cost sav- Audio achieve performance three to five times ' ings. A graphics upgrade kit makes that of a Model 310 using HP BASIC Clock installation easy for any customer. and a four MIPS rating using HP-UX Four DIO slots 6.5. The design goals were not only The Models 3101332 enclosure includes met, but even exceeded, by offering .For the CPU, the Model 332 uses the four DIO slots. The I/O bus of the CPU additional benefits such as on-board board was designcd to be 16 bit, so DMA. on-board monochron~evideo !MC68030, Motorola's latest generation 32-bit processor. Outstanding perfor- DIO-I1 is not possible with this design. options, RAM daughter boarcls (1-8 Some 300 cards are not supported in Mby tes) and optional on-board mance is achieved with 16.57 MHz clock rate and the MC68030's on-chip the Model 332 because of the system MC68882 math coprocessor. These performance issues (the 16-bit DIO benefits mean that a typical Model 332 IdMU, 256-byte instruction cache, and 256-byte data cache. bus). The following cards are not sup- system will not only work in the same ported by the Model 332: test and measurement application as a current Model 310. but also provide The Model 332 uses a 32-bit "local FLAMbus" to send and receive data to ' RAM 98254A (64 Kbytes), 98251% additional DIO card slots, since RAM. (256 Kbytes), 98257A (1 Mbyte) DMA, and floating-point DIO cards are the RAM daughter boards by using two no longcr needed. connectors on the CPU board. The ROM 98603A (ROM BASIC 4.0), local RAM bus offers a 3.45 times per- 98603B (ROM BASIC 5.1) formance improvement over external ' DMA 98620AlB 16-bit RAM (used by the Model 310). c,otzrirzuecl on IIP ~CI~P O,ne Mbyte of RAM is standard on the Model 332; additional RAM boards for Since all 110 cards will work in the workstation 3.22 is scheduled for The Model 332 became available for Model 332, popular Model 310 config- March 1989 shipments. HP BASICIUX sale March 1, 1989, with shipments urations such as two additional 98624A 5.5 is only currently supported under starting in April. The Model 332 is (HP-IB) or 98622A GPIO cards may be HP-UX 6.2 and will be turned in order sold in the same configurations as the used in the Model 332 with no changes. to support the Model 332. Model 310 is today and include those No LAN is provided with the Modcl listed below. 332; however, the 98643A LAN card is Since the majority of Model 310 sys- supported. Likewise, the 98658A SCSI tems are used as HP BASIC worksta- =NO. Description - card is also available, but today, both tions, performance tests have been I I 985RA Model 332 SPU the LAN and SCSI cards are only cur- focused on comparing the Model 332 98580C Model 332 MMA 12-inch rently supported by HP-UX. with Models 310, 330, 332, and 360 medium-resolution mono- workstations using the latest version of chrome HP BASIC system A new version of HP BASIC, Release HP BASIC. These benchmarks were 98581C Model 332 CMA 12-inch 5.13, supports the Model 332. Also developed specifically for HP BASIC. medium-resolution color supporting the Model 332 are HP-UX Results for HP-UX or Pascal may vary. HP BASIC system 6.5 and Pascal 3.22. HP-UX 6.5 and The benchmarks were normalized to HP BASIC 5.13 are scheduled for the Model 310 Minimum configuration In addition, a Model 310 to Model 332 February 1989 shipments. HP Pascal as listed below. field installable upgrade kit is available as PIN 98243C. This provides the Model Configuration Computation Graphics Device I10 File I10 Model 332 CPU board with 1 Mbyte of memory. With credit for return of the 310 Min 1.O 1.O 1.O 1.O Model 310 CPU board, thc upgrade 310 Max 1.5 1.O 1.O 1.2 price is about $3,000 (U.S. list). Other 330 - 3.8 2.5 1.8 1.3 credits for Model 310 RAM, DMA 332 Min 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.3 board, and floating-point board are also 332 Max 4.9 2.7 1.9 1.4 available. Options to Model 332 configurations include: 2-Mbyte or 4-Mbyte RAM options, high-resolution graphics, The following details the configurations and MC68882 coprocessor. All options used in the benchmarks. are very attractively priced.

The Model 332 helps test and measure- Model RAM Display DMA Fast disk interface Math coprocessor - - ment users by offering compatibility 310 Min 1 Mbyte 512x400 No No No with cxisting systems while taking 310 Max 1 Mbyte 512x400 Yes Yes (98625B) Yes (98635A) advantage of the latest technology. Cost 330 4 Mbytes 1024 X 768 Yes Yes (98262A) Yes (MC68881) savings and much higher performance 332 Min l Mbyte 512x400 Yes No No are the benefits of the Model 332 when 332 Max 4 Mbytes 512x400 Yes Yes (98625B) Yes (MC68882) users compare to the Model 310. 360 4 Mbytes 1280 X 1024 Yes Yes (98262A) Yes (MC68882)

HP CHANNELS March 1989 HP 9000 You can supplement the built-in peripherals by connccting external displays, The new Series R controllers: tailored.for you printers, disk drives, and input devices to the HP-IB, HP-HIL, RS-232-C, and video interfaces. The internal nine- inch-diagonal CRT is a standard medium-resolution (512 x 400) monochrome display, so an external monochrome display of the same type can be connected instead. Or the CPU board can be upgradcd to use an external high-resolution monochrome display.

Series R accessories include rack- mounting hardware and the Series R Custom Engineering Kit. The latter contains parts a skilled person can use to modify the second unused disk drive position. This front-panel area can be converted into a storage drawer or a control panel. Your specialized lights, knobs, or connectors can be mounted here, and there's room inside for a custom circuit. Cables can be fed through What if.. . HP offered a standard con- For ease of use, the is hinged to the back of the controller according troller system in a more specialized to the front and locks into several posi- to the instructions provided. package? What if it were ruggedized, tions, including fully up for protection integrated, and rack mountiible? You while not operating[ 0; you can detach Contact your HP representative for asked the question, and the result is the the keyboard and use it with an exten- more information. Series R Controllers. The first member sion cable. The keyboard is also de- of this new product family is the Model signed to remain attached and usable Ordering information Rl332, based on the new HP 9000 when the controller is installed in a 19-inch rack. Model 332 CPU. 1 Product No. Description The Model R1332 begins life as a seven- Best of all, the Model Rl332 comes A1303A Model R/332 with single floppy and touchscreen inch-high controller system with excep- as a complete ready-to-run unit with Opt. 001 Delete touchscreen tional capabilities (PIN A1303A). The BASIC preinstalled on the internal hard A1305A Model Rl332 with single disk drives and display are built in and disk -just turn it on and load your floppy, 20-Mbyte hard disk, shock mounted. There's a touchscreen program. The 3%-inch flexible disk and touchscreen for user inputs, a key lock to prevent drive can read older single and double- Opt. 001 Delete touchscreen accidental or unauthorized access, and sided disks as well as the newer disks A1307A Model Rl332 with single floppy. 40-Mbyte hard disk, an adjustment for speaker volume. with 2-Mbyte unformatted capacity. and touchscreen There's a filter on the positive-pressure Internal hard disk storage is optional Opt. 001 Delete touchscreen fan and there's a high-temperature and available in either 20- or 40-Mbyte warning alarm. For all the i~lstruments (PINS A1305A and A1307A, respec- and devices you want to control, eight tively) capacity. DIO expansion slots are available without an added bus expander. HP 9000 HP 9000 HP 9000 Models Introducing new low-cost 30 MCAE 825s and 835S/SE: workstation lower prices for OEMs Introduced in late January, the HP 9000 The SRX graphics pipcline performs and VARs Model 340SRX is the industry's first 70.000 3D vectors per second and 2,300 3D MCAE workstation to break the polygons per second, making it particu- $15,000 price barrier (U.S. list). The larly suitable for both wireframc and OEMs and VARs with 1988 purchase Model 340SRX allows application soft- solid-modeling applications. In addi- agreements are now eligible for deeper ware suppliers to offer complete 3D tion, the SRX supports advanced hard- discounts on their HP 9000 Models MCAE hardware and software bundled ware lighting models and NURBS with 825s and 835SlSE computers. Effective systems for under $40,000. A few years trimming capability. February 1, 1989, these systems, and ago, these systems cost over $70,000. selected accessories and upgrade prod- Ordering information ucts, have moved from the 29 percent Product description maximum OEM categories on Al/Al(V) and A2/A2(V) to a new 39 percent The system is object-code compatible maximum discount. In other words, with all other Series 300SRX; hence, 98573C Model 340SRX with accelera- tor and 8 planes the "*" designation now applies to users' investment in software is pro- Oot. 016 Add 8 lanes these products, which allows the more tected. The application performance of aggressive discount. the Model 340SRX is roughly equiva- Contact your HP representative for lent to the Model 350SRX, but the more information. This more aggressive discounting pos- Model 340SRX's price is 70 percent ture was incorporated January 1, 1989, less than the Model 350SRX. on the new system exhibits for resellers (A1001 and A1002) by placing these The Model 340SRX is based on the products on the more aggressive MC68030 and MC68882 microproces- Column IV. The new discount maxi- sor running at 4 MIPS and the field- mums are 36 percent for VARs and 39 proven SRX graphics subsystem. The percent for OEMs. Model 340 SPU comes standard with 4 Mbytes (expandable to 16 Mbytes), Also in this issue Contact your HP representative for fur- RS-232-C, HP-IB, HP-HIL, and a ther details. choice of an AUI LAN or ThinLAN Zntroducing enhanced with built-in ThinMAU. A DIO slot AdvanceLink: the right accepts optional SCSI or high-speed connection 11 HP-IB disk interface. New networking features in HP-UX 6 5/3,1 13

HP CHANNELS March 1989 For a 10-user right-to-copy site license upgrade, order PIN 683332. Users ordering the site license will receive I General both 3%-inch and 5%-inch media.

I Introducing enhanced AdvanceLink: For further information, order data sheet PIN 5959-1199 from your HP the right connection-- representative.

AdvanceLink is a comprehensive data ' AdvancePrint and VGA support communications software package for are also new features, as well as Calculator I the HP Vectra PC, HP Portable Vectra HP Vectra LS112 laptop PC sup- PC, HP Vectra LS112 laptop PC, IBM port (subject to local availability of New HP calculator - I PC XTIAT, or IBM PSI2 that provides this PC). terminal emulation capabilities for host the HP-10B program execution, file transfer for data Buy AdvancePrint with AdvanceLink exchange, and an extensive command and save language for building integrated Extend the AdvanceLink connection to PCIhost environments. the HP 3000 with the AdvancePrint option and extend your printing capabili- The new enhanced version of Advance- ties. The AdvanceLinkIAdvancePrint Link enables users to fully integrate combination gives the serial-based their PCs into the workgroup. Advance- HP 3000 user advanced shared printing Link provides all the tools, terminal and plotting, in addition to the wide capabilities, file transfer, and command range of dak communication capabili- language to perform the connection ties offered by AdvanceLink - all using management and data exchange needed the existing basic serial connection, and to achieve such integration. all at an unbeatable price. Include the AdvancePrint option and save about 25 New features percent (U.S. list) on the AdvancePrint HP OfficeShare LAN TELNET sup- standalone price. port offers terminal emulation capability to PCs on an OfficeShare I-AN How to order AdvanceLink connected to an HP 9000 or HP 1000 RTE host computer. Product No. Description ' Color alphanumeric text offers inl- Single copj 68333F AdvanceLink 5 '%-inch medla proved HP 2627 terminal emulation. Opt. 003 AdvanceLink 3%-inch media Forms cache to disk functionality Opt. 100 AdvancePrint 5 %-inch media ' Opt. 103 AdvancePrint 3 '/:-inch media offers enhanced HP 2624 terminal Site licpnsp emulation. 68333L AdvanceLink 10-user right-to-copy Hewlett-Packard, as it celebrates its fif- ' MS-DOS INT14h Interface Certifica- Opt. 100 AdvancePrint 10-uscr tieth year in business, is introducing a tion enables the connection of re- right-to-copy new calculator with a price tag under mote PCs or LANs (for example $50 (U.S. list). HP OfficeShare or Novell) to the Upgrades from any previous version of host computer via an X.25 pad. AdvanceLink to the enhanced version The HP-lOB, for cost-conscious busi- Reduced memory requirement ena- are available fro111 HP DIRECT on ness professionals and students, offers bles HP OfficeShare 111 and terminal return of the application master disk. the same high quality and reliability of emulation in graphics mode to run Upgrade part numbers are as follows: HP's more sophisticated models and concurrently. delivers all the essential business and math functions for solving problems ' Improved Hostcontrol Command such as loan calculations and cash-flow improves the reliability of PCIhost analysis. interaction. 68333-63003 3%-inch media continued otl t~extpage The HP-lOB has a variety of features that make it easy to use. For instance, there's no need to shift modes to access HP Mctrb PC sofhvare discontinued specific functions; all functions on the HP-IOB are available all the time. A number of old software products for HP Price List. The discontinued the HP Vectra PC will be discontinued products and their replacements are Because the HP-lOB doesn't use a from the March 1 and April 1, 1989, listed below. COMPUTE key like competitive products, it saves time by eliminating Off keystrokes. Also, labels for cash flows price Discontinued Replacement 1 list Product No. Description Product No. Opt. Description and amortization schedules make _1 I reviewing entries easier than on most April 45951BX* MS-DOSB 3.2, 5IA-inch 45951DX* MS-DOS 3.3, 5%-inch competitive models. ' ( April 45951CX* MS-DOS 3.2, 3%-inch I 45951EX* MS-DOS 3.3, 3'h-inch I 1 April 45952A Vectra BASIC 3.11 1 none** 1 The HP-IOB rounds out the new calcu- April 45953A Macro Assembler 4.0, none** lator product line HP started intro- 5 %-inch ducing a year ago. Now HP offers 12 April 459530 Macro Assembler 4.0, none** calculators in a wide range of prices for 3'h-inch all types of technical and business March 45954AX* Windows 1.03 D1318.4 ABX* Windows1286 professionals and students. March 459543 Windows ? .O, 5 %-inch D1318A ABX* Windowsi286, 5 %-inch March 45954C Windows ? .O, 3%-inch D1318B ABX* Windows1286, 3%-inch These five business and seven scientific 1 March 45964A Aldus PageMakerB 3.0 1 none** I calculators offer a choice of algebraic- entry versions as well as a selection of *Letter "Xu denotes the localized version HP's traditional RPN machines. **Latest versions are available through dealers

Older calculators discontinued The Windows 1.03-to-2.0 upgrade (PIN option (for example, ABA for U.S., 45954-60001) and the Windows 2.0-to- ABD for Germany, ABF for France). Three older calculators were discon- 2.1 upgrades (PINS D1318-65002 and Orders will be accepted for 30 days tinued on January 1, 1989 -the HP-1IC D1318-63001) will also be discontinued after the products have been removed programmable scientific, HP-15C pro- effective March 1. from the HP Price List. grammable scientific with matrices, and HP-16C programmable calculator Note that all orders for Windows1286 MS-DOSB is a U.S. registered tradptnark of for computer science. must include the three-letter country Microsoft Corp. PageMakera is a US. registered trademark of Aldus Corporation. Contact your HP sales rep for more

1 Also in this issue Information Access enhanced on MPE XL 2 First OpenView applications now available 15

HP CHANNELS March 1989 New StarLAN 10 adapter cards and New networking features in HP-UX 6.93.1 lower ThinLAN card I- prices A number of new networking features In addition to the NFS 3.2 features on will become available in HP-UX 6.5 for the HP 9000 Series 300, both HP-UX the HP 9000 Series 300 and HP-UX 3.1 6.5 and 3.1 will contain the following HP is enhancing its leadership position for the HP 9000 Series 800, both of new features: in StarLAN 10 by offering two new PC which will be shipping in March 1989. adapter cards that will significantly Release 6.5 on the HP 9000 Series 300 UNIXa domain sockets enhance the network's pricelperfor- has new NFS features that make it fully mance. One new link product is the SIGIO in sockets (asynchronous HP StarLAN 10 PC link I1 for the compatible with Sun's NFS 3.2. These sockets) same NFS 3.2 features will be available HP Vectra PCs and IBM PCs with AT in HP-UX 7.0 on the HP 9000 Series NFS support for named pipes backplane; the other is the HP StarLAN 800, which will be shipped in August NFS support for device files 10 Micro Channel link for IBM PS12s 1989. The features include the with Micro Channel backplanes (Model following : The NFS 3.2 features discussed here 50 and above). are standard in the NFS product for the Lock manager is a new feature that HP 9000 Series 300 (PIN 50969LlA) Better pricelperformance provides advisory file locking over in the HP-UX 6.5 release and for the The new StarLAN 10 AT was reduced the network. Lock manager is the Series 800 (PIN 50!27OA for Models in price close to 30 percent. The U.S. answer to potential data corruption 8251835, PIN 5097lA for Model 840, list price of the StarLAN 10 Hub problems where many users are PIN 50972A for Models 8501855) in remains the same. An upgrade package accessing the same data at the same the 7.0 release. UNIX domain sockets will still be available for users who time on an NFS server. It prevents and SIGIO in sockets are included wish to upgrade from StarLAN to users from inadvertently overwr~ting in NS-ARPA Services1300 (PIN StarLAN 10 PC link 11. The new cards each other's files. 50952LlC) and LAN19000 Series 800 will incorporate increased buffering Remote procedure call generator link (PIN 91786A for Models 8251835, capabilities, which will result in perfor- (RPCGEN) is a tool used by distrib- PIN 98194A for Model 840, and PIN mance improvements. Preliminary uted application developers that 91788A for Models 8501855). measurements using the standard allows them to easily write C Officeshare performance test suite language-like descriptions of net-- Contact your HP representative for (Lotuse, dBasem, DOS copy, Gallery, worked applications and then auto- more information. and MemoMaker) indicates that the matically produce the C code for the new StarLAN 10 product will have 20 server and client sides of the applica- percent better performance than the old tions. This greatly simplifies dis- StarLAN 10 product. tributed application development using remote procedure calls (RPCs). In addition to introducing new StarLAN 10 cards, HP will be lowering the U.S. Remote execution service (REX) is list prices on the old StarLAN 10 cards an NFS 3.2 tool that provides trans- and the ThinLAN cards. parent access to compute servers c,ontin~cedon tze.rt page from clients. It allows a user to exe- cute a command on a remote machine but makes it look as though the command is being executed on his own machine

MARCH1989 HP Channels 3 Extended market Pricing summary I The PC card (PIN 27236A) will be shipped with an installation manual, IBM has stated that as of September Price reductions have been made on the diagnostics disk, diagnostics user's 1988, it has shipped a total of three following products. I manual, and diagnostics loopback million PS/2s, half of which were Product No. Description hood. The card will not be shipped ' Micro Channel machines. Our previous with network transport software; this 1 solution for connecting Micro Channel Old products software is provided with the network 1 PS/2s was by referencing the Western 50927F ThinLANIHP Vectra PC link operating system or on a supplemental Digital card and selling users our D1802A StarLAN IOIHP Vectra PC disk available from Novell. OfficeShare driver for that card link (D1805A). The old solution did provide D1802AN StarLAN to StarLAN 10 link Users purchasing HP OfficeShare connectivity, but at a premium cost to upgrade credit should still order the D1802A our users. The new Micro Channel New prodrrcrr HP StarLAN 10 PC Link which StarLAN 10 card will provide Micro D1808A includes the HP OfficeShare trans- Channel connectivity at less than half Opt. 100 HP StarLAN 10 PC link 11 Opt. 200 HP StarLAN 10 Micro port software with the PC card. of our previous price. These new Channel link prices will enable HP's StarLAN 10 D1808AN StarLAN to StarLAN 10 link I1 I Extended market solution to compete with IBM's newly upgrade credit announced 16-Mbps token-ring The offering of a software-independent solution. The D1802A will remain on the HP PC network will allow HP to support Price List even after the introduction of users in all environments using 10- Competitive analysis the new D1808A cards because the new Mbps twisted pair LANs who already have invested in proprietary networking In November 1988, IBM announced its cards do not support ARPA Services on software from other vendors. Market long-awaited 16-Mbps token-ring net- the HP Vectra PC. Users who require research indicates that the installed base work. The new token-ring cards have a ARPA Services for their PCs will need of Novell networks is between one and switchable rate of 4 and 16 Mbps, and to order the old StarLAN 10 cards. two million nodes. This increased flexi- are priced at $895. With our new pric- bility further demonstrates HP's com- ing of StarLAN 10 cards, HP is very Contact your HP representative for mitment to multivendor connectivity competitive with IBM's 16-Mbps token- more information. and leadership in 10-Mbps unshielded ring offering. HP offers an additional twisted-pair LANs. advantage in that StarLAN 10 runs on LotusB i~ u US.registered trademark of lotus unshielded twisted-pair wiring, whereas Development Corporation. dBase" is a US. registered trademark of Related products IBM's 16-Mbps token-ring network Ashton-Tate Corporation. requires shielded twisted-pair wiring. HP has recently announced the new In addition, IBM had previously stated HP StarLAN 10 PC link kits for AT that the distance between wiring closets and Micro Channel backplanes (PIN Networks can be up to 200 meters. With the new D1808A Options 100 and 200. respec- 16-Mbps token-ring LAN. that distance HP StarLAN 10 now tively). These cards will initially run now can be only 65 meters. Customers only OfficeShare. After the introduc- who do not meet this distance con- supports Novell tion of the industry-standard LAN straint will be forced to use IBM's 8220 Manager in late 1989, the D1808A will Optical Fiber Converter at each wiring also support that LAN Manager. Con- HP is enhancing its position in multi- closet and run fiber between them. A tact your HP representative for more vendor connectivity by offering the pair of these converters will cost cus- information. StarLAN 10 PC card standalone that is tomers $3,000. At a recent Local-Area certified for use with Novell Advanced Communications conference, Gartner Netware Version 2.15 networking soft- Group stated, "unshielded twisted-pair ware, allowing users greater flexibility wiring will be the horizontal medium of in network operating system choices. choice in buildings over the next five The HP 27236A StarLAN 10 PC Card years." HP's StarLAN 10 solution can is supported in the HP Vectra PC line leverage existing wiring schemes in and IBM PC/XT/ATs. buildings to provide users with cost- effective connectivity.

HP CHANNELS ka March 1989 Networks Features and benefits I First OpenView applim'ions now available The OpenView NS Diagnostic Monitor (NS Diag) helps the user to monitor the status O~HP3000s anywhere on the In the March 1988 OpenView OpenView NS Diagnostic Monitor and network: announcement, several applications OpenView NS Performance Monitor were introduced. The first of these extend the network management capa- Status is indicated by symbols and applications is now available to users. bilities of today's NS network. These colors on the OpenView Windows These applications are OpenView NS applications are a set of distributed graphical map. NS Diag notifies the Diagnostic Monitor and OpenView NS applications with part of the functional- user of any status change as it occurs Performance Monitor. These applica- ity residing on an OpenView Windows on a node; not only does the node tions currently manage HP 3000 workstation (HP Vectra PC) and part change color, but a message box also MPE V systems in a LAN or WAN residing on an HP 3000 system. See the notifies the user of the change. Colors environment, and will be available on following figure for an illustration of indicate node status allowing the user MPE XL and UNIX@ systems. the OpenView application structure. to visually assess the current condi- tion of the network. The user can read network resource parameters about each managed node in the network. The user can read fundamental system I configuration information, such as the ASNL or t02 3 LAN OS version, the system series type, and the active links, about each managed node in the network. HP 3000 MPE V Network protocol parameters may be read. NS Diag has diagnostic tests designed to isolate the networking problem associated with the HP 3000 MPE V

Management node running over NS LAN, NS Point-to- Point, or NS X.25. Echo tests can be executed at levels 2, 3, and 4 of the ,/ 802 3 LAN IS0 reference model for the TCPIIP POI~I-~O-POI~~/ link products. Link-level counters that monitor interaction with the link-level protocols can be reset to their default values. Managed node Managed node Managed node

The MPF V liindamenlai operarrng systcn (FOS) cont,%ns The OpenView NS Performance Moni- nerwork marlagemen1luncr~onahty tor (NS PerM) allows the user to collect performance and utilization data from the network protocol stack of HP 3000 MPE V systems:

Data may be collected at the link level (level 2) and at the transport level (level 4). Thc information can be gathered through data collection runs which are specified by the user. continuer1 orr rle.rt page

MARCHIYRY UP Channels d Link data can be collected from Product structure Plotters LAN, LAP-B Bisync, ASNL, and OpenView NS Diagnostic Monitor and SDLC. HP 7600 electrostatic OpenView NS Performance Monitor re- ' Link data provides information about quire OpenView Windows running on plotter translucent how much traffic is being generated an appropriately configured HP Vectra on the network. PC (see OpenView Windows data sheet media ' Transport (TCP) data provides infor- in the HP AdvanceNet Specification mation about which users or pro- Guide for proper HP Vectra PC config- Translucent media for the HP 7600 grams are initiating and terminating uration) and OpenView Core Software. electrostatic plotter is now available. connections. OpenView Core Software provides com- This media, which works well in low- mon data management services to all humidity environments, is a low-cost ' Data is stored in a TurboIMAGE OpenView system-based applications alternative to vellum. Due to its trans- database on an HP 3000 called the and is a one-time purchase per manage- lucency, it can be used for diazo repro- "management node." The information ment node for all OpenView applica- duction and overlays. To order, specify is accessible through Information tions. A user buying OpenView for the PIN 17267T for 24 inches (609mm) or Access, Query, or by using IMAGE first time and purchasing OpenView NS PIN 1726n for 36 inches (914mm). on the management node. Users can Diagnostic Monitor and OpenView NS then design their own reports to meet Performance Monitor would need to their specific needs. order these products:

Staying consistent with all OpenView ' OpenView Windows, PIN 32048A applications, OpenView ND Diagnostic Monitor and OpenView NS Perfor- OpenView Core Software, mance Monitor share common features: PIN 32052A OpenView NS Diagnostic Monitor, ' Single-user interface - There is one PIN 32051A consistent, common "look and feel" ' OpenView NS Performance Monitor, user interface for all OpenView PIN 32053A applications. On-line help facility - On-line help is It is important that users understand available at every screen and menu. that the first release of these products OpenView also provides an on-line will manage HP 3000 MPE V systems tutorial that is designed to help the running V-Delta-5 and using NS user learn about the user interface. 3000lV link products. ' Easy installation - The OpenView applications are user installable with Contact your HP representative for

HP CHANNEL-s March 1989 Prinrers HP PaintJet color graphics printer now compatible with Macintosh software Supplies I There is finally an affordable, high- The driver software is compatible with HP DIRECT order phone numbers quality color printing solution for any application that follows Apple's Macintosh users. standard printing guidelines, including HP DIRECT Fast Phones-the easy, direct way for users to order supplies, accessories, media, furniture, text, object-oriented-graphics, and/or and software from HP DIRECT. Hewlett-Packard has introduced the bitmapped graphics programs. Output new HP PaintJet interface kit for quality and feature support will vary, Location Telephone Number Macintosh computers (PIN 17305A). depending on the capabilities of the Australia (03) 895-2645 (03) 895-2615 This kit enables the HP PaintJet color application. (03) 895-28 15 graphics printer to interface with nearly (03) 895-2861 (03) 895-2619 all QuickDraw-based Apple Macintosh Included with the HP Paintlet printer (800) 339-861 (toll-free) software. It consists of operating disks interface kit for Macintosh computers Austria (0222) 2500-614/6151616 Belgium/Luxembourg (02) 761 31 11 with driver, printer fonts, installer, are hand-tuned bitmappcd printer fonts Canada 800-387-3154 cable, and users' guide. corresponding to Apple's Times, Hel- Tbronto Local 416-671-8383 Denmark (043) 01 640 vetica, Courier, and Symbol screen Finland (90) 887 2361 Using thermal inkjet technology to pro- fonts. All fonts are provided in 10- to France (I) 69 86 17 25 duce 180 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution, 36-point sizes for true WYSTWYG Greece (01) 672 6090 Italy (02) 9236 9702 the HP Paintlet color graphics printer (what you see is what you get) output. Japan produces a full page of color graphics Osaka 06 300 3 150 Sagamihara 0427 59 1321 in less than four minutes. It also prints The HP Paintlet printer interface kit for Middle EastlAfrica, near-letter-quality (NLQ) text at 167 Macintosh computers, currently ship- Geneva (022) 831212 Norway (02) 24 60 90 characters per second. ping in the U.S. and non-European South Africa countries, will be available in Europe Johannesburg (011) 802 5111 The HP Paintlet printer interface kit on April 1, 1989. Contact your HP Cape Town (021) 537 954 Spain (91) 637 4013 for Macintosh computers supports 256 representative for more information. (91) 637 001 1 colors on the Macintosh I1 and 8 colors Sweden (08) 750 2400 Switzerland (057) 3 1 24 90 on the Macintosh SE or Plus. Depend- The Netherlands 06-050 1 ing upon the software application, these United Kingdom (0734) 44 12 12 United States 800-538-8787 colors can be mixed, or dithered. to West Germany (0130) 3322 produce thousands of shades and hues.

The chooser-selectable driver software Also in this issue for the HP Paintlet printer converts QuickDraw commands to Printer Com- Introducing enhanced mand Language (PCL), the HP Paint- AdvanceLink: the right Jet's printer language. This lets users connection 11 print from most popular QuickDraw- based software, such as MacDrawIL from Claris, MS Word 3.2, Excel 1.5. and Powerpoint from Microsoft, Cricket Presents, and many more. 1 I Software Packages Available Ability to review all items on a cash sale by scrolling forward and backward through multiple screens I 1 and Wanted Option to add, change, and delete line items during cash sale processing If you have a software package available for cross- Ability to use MCBA's pricing structure to calculate default licensing, or are looking for a package to cross license, pricing this section will help you. Your entry will appear for two - Default calculation of sales tax amount for taxable items months; the most recent additions are shaded. To list your Automatic calculation of change due after amount tendered is entered company in the Cross-Licensing Classifieds (at no charge), Printing of a sales slip that includes: see the address at the end of this section. - Company name and address Software Packages Available - Time and date of sale - Each line item - Item taxable flag Industry: Retail Abstract: Crowe, Chizek and Company, a midwest public account- - A "Thank You" message ing firm, is releasing its point-of-sale (POS) software package. Ability to trdck POS transactions through MCBA's Sales History This POS package provides the ability to combine the MCBA Dis- module tribution System with a point-of-sale opcration. This approach Ability to print on-demand rcports of sales by cash drawer at any combines the ease of use and efficiency of a POS terminal with time during the day, including a breakdown of sales by payment the immediate integration and power of a multiuser distribution system. This combination is possible without investing in expen- type sive and specialized POS devices. Two days of training and installation services provided with the first installation of the package at no extra cost Features Requirements: HP 3000 (any series) and one or more worksta- Accessible through the MCBA Customer Order Processing tions. Each workstation consisting of an HP XX)/92 terminal, a module receipt printer, a bar code reader, and a cash drawer. POS control file that designates by POS device: Company Name: Crowe, Chizek and Company - Valid POS payment methods (cash. credit card, check) Address: 55 Campau Avenue, N.W. - Ability to specify if coupons are acceptable Grand Rapids, MI 49503 U.S.A. - General Ledger account number specification for each payment type Phone: 6 16-774-0774 - Running total of sales by each payment type (check, credit Contact Person: Jack Andrzejak CDP card, etc.) Tjpe of Disrriburor Wonted: Open - Escape sequence for opening of cash drawer Geographic Coverage: United States - Cumulative sales total for cash drawer On-line validation and updating of inventory Ability to read bar codes and UPC codes Interface to a cash drawer that is opened from an HP 700192 terminal Ability to add multiple screens of items with 15 line items per screen Industry: Manufacruring - progmmmable conr.poller users Industry: Cross indusrry Absrmcr: MDT, Inc. is a software development firm specializing Abstmcr: Operations Control Systems develops and markets an 1 in UNIX system-based software for the support of programmable integrated line of data center management software for the controllers. The ProDoc software family providr:~integrated HP 3000. The product line includes the following: PLC program development and documentation capabilities for = OCS/EXF'RESS - Multiple-CPU barch job managemenr sysrem. I Allen-Bradley controllers. Additional software packages provide for data transfer via data highway, ASCII dumps, tolfrom OCSIEXPRESS runs the data center 24 hours per day, control- XL-2lXL-3. ling complex production schedules automatically and launching jobs in exactly the right sequence. OCSIEXPRESS includes Features fully integrated Tape Library and Chargeback Modules. Marketed since 1983, ProDoc provides an easy-to-learn menu OCSIEXPRESS is the leading job scheduler for the HP 3000. and command system. The same user interface is implemented - OCSILIBRARIAN - Multiple-CPU program library management for PLC-2, PLC-3, or PLC-5 packages. The integrated software and version control sysrem. OCSILIBRARIAN manages source provides for simultaneous program development and documenta- code libraries, controls changes to versions and releases, and tion. The ladder diagram with its associated documentation is automates file movement from development to production. displayed for development and modification of logic, dual refer- OCSILIBRARIAN has recently been purchased by Hewlett- , ence descriptions, and extensive commentary in five different Packard for use within its data centers worldwide. fields. OCS/PRIYATE - Posswod managemenr, access control, and Work-reducing features include instantaneous display of current automaric logoff system. OCSIPRIVATE provides comprehen- cross-reference information; pawerful searchlreplace/modify/ sive control, yet retains the ease-of-use necessary for user copy/move/paste commands; quick display and modification of acceptance. data-table values. A unique program comparison feature com- Company Name: Operations Control Systems I pares two versions of a program and prints or dlsplays rungs containing differences. Address: 560 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94305 ProDoc provides many reports including a fully-documented and U.S.A. cross-referenced ladder listing; reference and cross-reference reports; various data-table prints. Phone: 4154934122 Requirements HP-UX on the HP 9000 Series 300 or 800; also available on Confact Person: Jonathan Rosenberg 1 other UNIX system-based computers. Type of Disrributor Mnred: Open Company Name: Mm,Inc. Geogmphic Coverage: Worldwide Address: P.O. Box 70757 Marietta, GA 30007-0757 U.S.A. Phone: 404-587-2653 Conracr Person: Lisa Ladd Myers Type of Distributor Wanted: Experience with factory automation, and UNIX system sclftware applications Geogmphic Covemge: Worldwide

MARCH1989 HP Channels Industry: Cross Industy An attractive distributor package is available to an organization Abstracr: The Corporate Retriever (TCR) is a free text retrieval prepared to invest some effort to get the product to market. system developed by QCOM Pty. Ltd., a long established Bris- Fully functional MS-DOS demonstration systems are available bane software company. priced at U.S. $200 (cash with order). The product is used to interrogate text databases, usually word- Company: QCOM Pty. Ltd. processing systems. In the HP environment, there is a direct interface to HP Word documents and ASCII files. Documents Address: 457 Upper Edward Street, can be indexed 'in situ' without copying from their usual Brisbane Qld. 4000 environment. Australia Using simple English commands: Phone: 6 17-839-3544 FIND (references to words, numbers, phrases, or combi- Far: 617-832-2 1 I0 nations thereof) Contact: Patrick F. Wood LIST (the document titles) Divisional Manager BROWSE (display any or all of the listed documents) Type of Distributor Wanted: Open Users require little more than two hours training to become Geographic Coverage: United States proficient researchers of the database. Central Europe Southeast Asia Documents can be structured into variable length sections - "Text Section Names," giving the product application in an end- less number of ways. User-defined names allow the researcher to search WITHIN a section, for example: FIND SHAKESPEARE WITHIN AUTHOR FIND COBOL WITHIN SKILLS. Wildcards are available, for example: FIND L??D Will find LOAD, LIED, LEAD, etc. FIND SHARE*. Will find 'SHARE' and all words longer, e.g., SHARES SHAREHOLDER SHAREBROKER, etc. A phonetic search will find words that sound similar to the search term. AND, OR, EXCEPT, NEARBY, Boolean logic can be used in complex search patterns. Commonly used searches can be stored Retrieved text can be stored or printed. Basically a horizontal market product. TCR is predominantly used in the government, legal, research, and financial market3. Versions are available for the HP 3000. UNIX, and MS-DOS equipment, among others. Users in AustraliaINew Zealand include federal, state, and local governments, major legal companies, and police forces; whereas, in the U.K., the 200-plus user base is primarily in the private sector - Reckitt and Coleman, Barclays and Midland Bank, Prudential Assurance, Price Waterhouse, The Stock Exchange, The Bank of England, RTZ, etc.

HP CHANNELS March 1989 I Software Packages Wanted You can list your company in the Cross-Licensing Industry: MCBA-based verricals Classifieds (either Software Packages Available or Abstract: Brant Computer Services is interested in cross-licensing soft- Software Packages Wanted) by sending the informa- ware based on the M.C.B.A. financials. They market solutions to tion in the format used here to: Atlantic Canada, an area too remote to most of you. Brant is open to discuss any application with any company with more than 10 years of experience in providing HP 3000-based software to this region. Hewlett-Packard Company Company: Brant Computer Services Ltd. (Atlantic) Value-Added Channels Development Address: 3845 Dutch Village Road Attn: Gina Adams Suite 306 19091 Pruneridge Ave. Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 4HY Building 46UV Phone: 902-453-5288 Cupertino, CA 95014 U.S.A. Conracr: Patti McCaffrey Geographic Coverage: All Atlantic Canada Entries will run for two months. The most recent additions are shaded. Be sure to send the information in at least one month before you wish it to appear.

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How to get your name added to the distribution for HP Channels If you work for a company that is a value-added business for Hewlett- Packard and want to receive a courtesy subscription to HP Channels, call Hewlett-Packard and have your sales rep add your name to the distribution list. HP sales reps only: To add new U.S. or Canadian accounts to the distribution for HP Channels, please fill out a copy of "The Data Kit for Value-Added Businesses," P/N 5954-9091D, and return it to the appropriate contact listed on the cover page of the data kit. To add additional contact names to existing accounts, use your VALID edit sheets. For accounts outside of the U.S. and Canada: contact Tracy Wester for the name of the person responsible for the distribution of HP Channels in your country. Please address editorial correspondence to Tracy Wester at address listed below.

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