Introducing the New HP MICRO 30(MILX and HP 3000 Series 925

Introducing the new HP MICRO 30(MILX and HP 3000 Series 925

HEWLETT PACKARD Table of Contents Personal Computers Volume 7, No. 6 PARTNERS WITH' HP 17 General 1 VAB migration to HP Recision Architecture - Announcing AdvanceRint: lowcost Editor a suu'~ss advanced shared printing AdvancePrint replaces Rint Central I mywester Buy AdvncePrint with AdvanceLink HP Channels is published monthly for and save -SUCCESSFULA Hewlen-Packard's value-added busi- AdvanceMail update HP Pascal Language Processor and new $~LUTIONS ..I' ' " ,,. nesses to provide you with information - - right-toexecute product about HP's products and services to 2 Baan Info Systems on HP commercial UNIX 20 Desktop help you be more successful. system ME Series 10 on the HP Vectra RS 20 PC For further information on any of the HP-HIL barcode reader now supported on products and services discussed in HP HP Vectra ES and RS PCs Windows/386 releases the power of the HP Channels, please contact your HP sales Vectra RS PC rep. Customer Support HOW to order windows/386 from HP See back cover for subscription 4 Training New tested products list shows compatibility New RJW3000 training course of HP Vectra CS PC information. Terminal emulation in ROM available on Business Computers HP ve~traPC Note: Not all HP computer products 4 General ROM-based applications on the HP vectra are sold and supported in all counsries. TransacUXL: Native Mode performance for PC with ROM disc accessory card Pleare check with your local HP sales Transact applications HP Touchscreen to HP Vectra PC software ofice. HP announces office applications on UNUC upgrade Program strategy Discontinuance of HP Vectra StarLAN PO Hewleft-Packarddoes not warrant the New release of Executive MemoMakerll 50 5 HP 3000 now available accuracy of the information provided in HP introduces a new product line HP Channels and shall not be liable for ~ewminis at micro prices Peripherals any use made of the information con- Low-cost HP MICRO 3000LX/GX 25 Mass Storage tained herein. Information provided in Datacomm Program now available New disc subsystem features high capacity HP Channels is subject to change with- HP Easytime makes life easier in compact package New midrange 900 Series HP 3000 systems New SCSI discs join the midrange product out notice. New highend HP 3000 Series 955 provides family a 50 percent performance boost over the New HP 7959B extends current midrange On the cover Series 950 product offering I New HP 3000 systems literam HP 7959B and 7%3B system support Introducing NS X.25 3WNNetwork Link When to choose the HP 7936 and 7937 Remarketed HP 3000 systems availability instead of the HP 7959B or 7%3B More office products available on 900 Series HP 9153C ad 9122C support on HP 9000 HP 3000 system BASIC 3.0 and 4.0 Selective operation of the HP 35401A with New upgrrsde feature comparison between the HP 3000 HP 9153M and HP 97%3B Return credits will drop On seh?Cted WAN link products 28 NetworkS ARPA TCPIIP now available for HP Vectra Technical Computers PCS Introducing LU 6.2 API: new HP-to-IBM 14 HP Precision Architecture/ networking product HP-UX HPUX 2.0: what's new for the HP 9000 30 Terminals Series 800 HP 2392A and 2394A terminal obsolescence Ems plans 1 HP-UX A.B2.00 HP 9000 Series 800 The HP MICRO 3000LX offers a new networking enhancements supplies HP SQU300 for HP-UX 6.0 entry point into the HP 3000 family and 31 New 3%-inch disc for HP 9122C stores 1.42 the new Series 925 offers HP Precision 16 HP 9000 Mbytes of data Architecture in a midrange system. New SCSI interface HP Direct Order Phone Numbers These highlighted systems are only two HP 9000 Series X)O CPU board updates of six new HP 3000 products. See arti- Correctiod: HP 9153C support on HP 9000 <- . - BASIC 5.0 cles on all six new systems beginning on page 5. CLASSIFIEDS

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For research and education purposes only. VAB migration to HP Precision Architecture Vendor Products SDG TRMl3000 Summit SPECTRUM Tymlabs PREVIEW When the new Hewlett-Packard Preci- Here is a list of VARs and their soft- VTLS VTLS sion Architecture (HP-PA) systems were ware products that have been migrated CUSTOMER PRODUCTS announced, HP, in anticipation of the to MPE-XL. BRADMARK DBGENERAL importance of migrating VAB software, CAROLIAN SILHOUETTE13000 established several programs. Among Vendor Products FDPIBoston MASS these are Fast Start and Expanded Fast /Miami CLAS ADAGER ADAGER Start. Both programs were created to HOLLAND HOUSE UNISPOOL ARGl Subscription 7' aid key VABs, as well as major and key Fulfillment Package . Infocentre SPEEDWARE account customers. ASK MANMAN Insurance Data VISION-MIS Processing PROPERTY Bea Management P.A.R.T.S. The Fast Start program required a par- CASULTY SYSTEM BSA PROPHIT -7 ticipant to come to the Software Eval- Pertaine SCHOOL13000 Cognos PowerHouse STUDENT13000 uation and Migration Center (SEMC) in Col lier-Jackson CJIPAYROLL MENU13000 Cupertino for all migration accesses. CJIADVANCED GL PSG FASTRAN An engineer from the SEMC was CJINEWSPRINT SPLASH SPLASH assigned to that participant for the dura- CRI RELATE13000 Tymlabs BACKPACK tion of the program. BUILDER13000 Unison MAESTRO DISC OMNIDEX RADAR The Expanded Fast Start program FILEPRO TAPES DBMGR required that the participant have an INSIGHT AMS contract, and that an HP-PA- DRC Vesoft MPEXl3000 INVISIONSFD jT trained systems engineer (SE) be SECURITY13000 DSI QED -? assigned to support them. The assigned WDS COMPASS Gerber Alley THE ALTERNATIVE 1 CONTRACT SE accompanies the participant to the Infocentre SPEEDWARE SEMC for the initial migration access, INNOVUS (SSG) SPSS If you are interested in acquiring any of and is responsible for scheduling future SPSS-X the above-listed software, please contact accesses either at the SEMC, or at a BMDP the VAB directly, or if there is software Field Migration Center (FMC). These MINITAB not listed that you require, contact that programs have been the vehicles for JBI MARK11 VAB, and urge them to gain admittance migration of many VABs, tool sup- Martin Marietta MAS13000 to the Expanded Fast Start Program. pliers, and major end-users. MSAIAMI AMAPSl3000 OCSl3000 OCS VABs who have not migrated their soft- To facilitate these programs, Hewlett- PSG FASTRAN ware to MPE-XL, and are interested in Packard organized several migration PSS ROBOT13000 doing so. should contact their HP sales centers throughout the United States ROBELLE QEDlT rep, who will assist them with admit- and Europe. The SEMC has aided in SUPERTOOL tance into the Expanded Fast Start the migration of over 35 VABs, and EXPRESS DBAUDIT Program.* continues to facilitate the Expanded SATCOM BOSS13000 Fast Start program, and other programs PSI13000 *Tojoin rhe Expanded Fast Start Program, an created to migrate software to Precision QMSl3000 AMS conrracr must be established, and field Architecture. Their professional and well-trained staff have been critical in ensuring the success of these migration programs. fessional partner in the middle and 1 Baan Info Systems on HP commercial high-end UNIX operating system mar- 1 UNZX s~ystems ket. Baan's motivation for choosing HP as a partner is based on two things.

The high quality of HP's products and HP's strong commitment to the UNIX operating system The prospective of HP's international support.

HP chose Baan as a partner for several important reasons:

The possibility of expanding new business Baan's leadership in the UNIX operating system market for MRP solutions The financial health of the company and their business attitude.

Thinking industrial In the software industry, people should focus on data-directed tasks instead of function-directed tasks. Software. which is being developed for the data environment, is flexible. The Baan software enables the system and implementation management to assemble the desired version of the software according to individual wishes. According to Baan, a software product consists of subassemblies such as special functions, da'tabases, operating systems, computers, special procedures. etc. Those subassemblies should be replaceable at any time by other, newer and better, products. In Baan's philosophy, the databases must be replaceable, because a new DBMS will come. That is the reason Baan developed their own The Dutch Systemhouse, Baan Info Baan is a successful Dutch system- fourth-generation language (4-GL), Systems (Baan) - an HP VAR since house specializing in UNIXB operating which is database independent. In this May 1987 - and Hewlett-Packard system-based commercial applications. Netherlands have recently signed a The very early commitment to the language, the customization of screens, print-outs, and summaries is very easy. joint-marketing agreement. The agree- UNIX operating system as the de facto ment includes cooperation in activities standard for future software has given such as advertising, production of bro- Baan a substantial lead on national and Windowing is productivity chures, and organizing seminars. international competition; they Every software module is equipped Recently, both partners organized a suc- developed specific applications for with advanced windowing techniques. cessful CIM seminar entitled, "Produc- manufacturing (mixed solution of MRP A number of different processes may be tion Control in Larger Industrial and Make To Order) and the building started up, without leaving the original Companies." industry. application. Apart from that, the windowing techniques make working with Baan previously worked with several Baan's Manufacturing Systems (BMCS) hardware vendors. Due to increasing very user friendly and efficient. HP CHANNELS April 1988 demand, they decided to look for a pro- Baan Manufacturing Control System Available soon (BMCS) Group Technology Product Configuration

For more information on Baan Info Systems and BMCS, their manufacturing control system. contact:

Hewlett-Packard the Netherlands Rob Hageman (sales rep) or Onno Camman (district manager) Telephone: + 3 1.20.5476022

Baan Info Systems Jan H. Nusselder, Intl Marketing Manager PO Box 143 3770 AC Barneveld, The Netherlands Telephone: + 3 1.3420.10200 Telex: 7008 1 baan nl

BMCS is a flexible and fully integrated BMCS modules UNIXa is a U.S. regisrered trademark o/ MRP system for middle-sized and large The following modules are available AT&T in the U.S.A. cmd other countries. industrial companies (10 to 1 .SO0 within BMCS: employees). More than 300 systems have already been installed in several SUCCESSFUL SOLUTIONS Bill of Material countries: Australia, Germany. Great is a forum for you as HP value- Britain, and the Netherlands. BMCS is Article Control added businesses to share your sales expertise and experiences developed completely according to the Stock Control MRP (Material Requirements Planning) with our readers. If you have a philosophy. However, in comparison to Routing success story or application arti- other MRP packages, BMCS is applica- Production Control and Planning cle that you feel would benefit ble in companies that work with client other value-added businesses, we orders (Make To Order). The system Shop Floor Control would like to hear from you. integrates shop floor control with Data Cost Accounting Please send your ideas, com- Time Registration in the factory. Fur- ments, articles, and questions to: Hours Accounting thermore, a CADICAM integration has been realized that links product draw- Project Control Tracy Wester ings and Numeric Control Data directly Editor, HP Channels Material Requirements Planning with article numbers. Rapid project cal- Hewlett-Packard Company culations and graphic simulations can Capacity Requirements Planning 3200 Hillview Avenue Building 16L very easily be made. English, German, Master Production Planning and Dutch versions are available. Palo Alto, CA 94304 Purchase Order Control U.S.A. Sales Quotation Control Offer Control Statistics and Management Information

APRIL 1988 I I HP Chunnels The combination of industry standards and unique HP contributions in user- interface technology presents an oppor- 1 Training tunity for a major competitive advantage in the coming years.You will I New RJEl3000 I HP announces ofice continue to be kept informed of spe- training course applications on cific product strategies as they emerge I I in the future.

On April I, 1988. a new self-paced customer training course is available for Gmrrcrl RJEl3000 users. This training course is At the recent UniForum Show, HP an updated and revised version of the announced it will make its key office- TransactlXL: Native kit previously used by HP systems system products - including the HP engineers, and consists of a student NewWave application environment - Mode performance workbook, lab tape of hands-on available on HP computers running the B 1 for Transact exercises, and an administrator's guide. UNIX operating system. This announcement demonstrates HP's stra- applications This is an introductory course to tegic direction and commitment to the RJEl3000. It provides users with a gen- UNIX operating system. eral review of the IBM 2780 and 3780 TransactlXL features a Native Mode operating environments, the technical Development of the UNIX-operating- compiler in addition to the high-level aspects and features of RJEl3000, and system office products will occur in programming language associated with hands-on exercises using RJEl3000 to three parallel phases, announced Robert TransactIV. Now, users can run their interact with an IBM host. Users who J. Frankenberg, general manager of the Transact applications in Native Mode have purchased RJEl3000 or who are Information Systems Group: on 900 Series HP 3000 systems. And planning to purchase this product in the unlike interpreted statements, compiled future should place their orders now. HP's host-based office and communi- transact statements provide the user cation services will be ported to HP- with a performance level comparable to Ordering information UX and supported by personal com- that of traditional third-generation lan- puters running the HP NewWave guages, such as COBOL and Pascal. 1 Product No. Opt. Description 1 application environment. 1 Training course (includes Ordering information one copy of all materials) ' HP will provide an X Window inter- I B 2 Additional copies of face through which MS -DOS and TransactlXL will be supported later this student workbook I OSl2 systems will be able to run year on the 1. I release of MPE XL, but UNIX-system applications. The X it is already listed on the HP Price List Window System has emerged as an so that users can start ordering the industry-standard interface with the product now. TransactIV users receive UNIX operating system. an upgrade towards the purchase of TransactlXL. In order to optimize the The HP NewWave environment will be ported to HP-UX and made avail- performance of their Transact applications, Transact users with an HP Series able on UNIX-system workstations. 930 or 950 should make the move to In making the announcement. HP TransactIXL. believes it is the first major systems vendor to commit to offering its complete family of office services software for both a proprietary and an open operating system.

HP's commitment to industry standards such as the UNIX operating system, the X Window System. and the PC platform was underscored in this announcement of strategic direction.

HP CHANNELS April 1988 I HPN00 I With these new svstems. HP offers sub- I stantially higher levels of performance I - I HP introduces a new product line at lower prices than ever before. HP also provides an excellent growth path to additional performance with on-site field upgrades and trade-in credits for current HP 3000s. And with HP Preci- sion Architecture, these systems are only the beginning. Users investing in the HP 3000 family today can continue to receive the benefits of this technology to provide cost-effective growth well into the future.

For more information on these new products, see the following articles in this issue, or contact your HP sales rep.

The HP 3000 product line has been The new HP 3000 Series 925LX and extended at both the low and high end, 925 extend Precision Architecture to and strengthened in the midrange. Six the midrange of the HP 3000 product New minis at micro new systems make the HP 3000 product line. The Series 925 offers 60 percent line the most aggressive in the industry more performance than the Series 58 at vrices and offer users more systems to choose close to the same price. The Series 925 from than ever before. provides supermini performance in a Hewlett-Packard is pleased to introduce surprisingly small package. An entire the lowest priced HP 3000s ever: the At the low end of the product line, HP system can be rack mounted in a single HP MICRO 3000LX and MICRO now offers two new systems: the HP 5-foot 3-inch cabinet. The Series 3000GX. These two systems offer HP MICRO 3000LX and the MICRO 925LX offers this same impressive level MICRO 3000 power and ease of use at 3000GX. Harnessing the power of the of performance with smaller configura- incredibly low prices. In fact, the HP current HP MICRO 3000, the new HP tion capabilities. The Series 925LX is MICRO 3000LX costs about half the MICRO 3000LX and GX are the an ideal HP 3000 development system price of the previous entry-level HP lowest priced HP 3000s ever. Specifi- and can be field upgraded to the Series 3000. And price isn't the only thing cally, the HP MICRO 3000LX costs 925. small about these two systems; using an about half of any previous entry-level innovative packaging scheme, the HP HP 3000. The HP MICRO 3000GX The Series 935 extends our midrange MICRO 3000LX and GX are so com- offers greater configurability than the offerings even further. In fact, the pact they can easily fit under a desk. LX at a price about 25 percent lower Series 935 is one of the most advanced than the^^ MICRO 3000 it replaces. examples of Precision Architecture yet. The HP MICRO 3000LX and GX are This dynamite system offers 70 percent also the most compact HP 3000s ever. more power than the Series 925 and In fact, so compact that they can easily comes in the same small package. The fit under a desk. For many users, Series 935 is offered as a stand-alone however, the greatest feature offered by system or as an upgrade from the Series the new HP MICRO 3000s is an 925. The Series 935 will be available in upgrade path to any other system in the the second half of 1988. HP 3000 family. And when combined with a turnkey software solution, the The high end of the HP 3000 product HP MICRO 3000LX and GX provide a line has also been extended with the very affordable complete systems solu- Series 955. The Series 955 is an 1 1 tion for small businesses. MIPS machine that offers 50 percent greater throughput than the Series 950. HP MICRO 3000L.X The Series 955 will be sold as a field continued on next page upgrade to the Series 950 as well as a stand-alone system and will be available in the first half of 1989. APRIL IYRB d HP Channels The new HP MICRO 3000LX offers a The HP MICRO 3000GX also allows who are on HP timeshare systems may breakthrough entry point into the HP users to connect parallel disc and tape now consider purchasing their own 3000 family. This entry-level system and print devices through an external HP 3000. comes equipped with five direct-con- HP-LB connector. nect ports, 2 Mbytes of memory, a 67- The HP MICRO 3000LX and GX offer Mbyte cartridge tape and 8 1 Mbytes of Users are by no means limited to an long-term advantages as well. Users disc storage. In addition, the HP entry-level configuration, however. Both who purchase the HP MICRO 3000LX MICRO 3000LX comes standard with the HP MICRO 3000LX and GX have or GX enter a compatible family of sys- an HP 700192 console, the MPE operat- been designed to support larger config- tems that provides a seamless growth ing system, and HP Easytime and disc- urations for users who need extra path that is unmatched in the industry. caching software. The HP MICRO capabilities up front or who want future Users can upgrade to any other system 3000LX also offers optional local and flexibility as departments or businesses in the HP 3000 family as their business wide area networking capabilities that grow. Specifically, the HP MICRO needs grow. This means flexibility allow users to cost effectively reach 3000LX can support up to eight direct today and a guaranteed future branch oftices or departments. connections. 4 Mbytes of memory and tomorrow. 304 Mbytes of disc storage. The 3000GX model can support up to 16 Both the HP MICRO 3000LX and GX direct connections, 4 Mbytes of mem- are included in HP's LEVAR program. ory, and 2 Gbytes of disc storage. Low-end VARS who sell at least two HP MICRO 3000 systems a year To be sure, the HP MICRO 3000LX qualify for a minimum discount of 25 and GX offer users an affordable entry percent off the list price of all HP point into the HP 3000 family. Smaller MICRO systems they purchase during businesses for whom the HP MICRO the year. 3000 was too expensive now have an HP 3000 option. When combined with Both systems come standard with an a turnkey software solution, the HP HP 700192 console and an optimized MICRO 3000LX and GX provide a manual set. very affordable complete system solution for small businesses. In fact. users The table provides a product summary of the new HP MICRO 3000LX and GX. For additional information. please contact your HP sales rep.

I Product highlights HP MICRO 3000GX 1 Features HP MICRO 3000LX HP ICIICRO 3000GX 1 The HP MICRO 3000GX directly Total ports (RS-232) 5 or 8 pons replaces the MICRO 3000 and costs 8 or 16 ports about 25 percent less. The HP MICRO Memory 2 or 4 Mbytes lor4 Mbytes 3000GX offers greater configurability Disc 81. 152. or 304 Mbytcs 152 Mbytes to 2 Gbytcx than the 3000LX. The basic 3000GX Standard tape drive %-inch cartridgc tape %-inch cartridgc tapc model comes equipped with eight Datacornrn (optional) I WAN andlor I LAN I WAN andlor 1 LAN direct-connect ports, 2 Mbytes of mem- External HP-IB Not available Standard ory. a 67-Mbyte cartridge tape, and 152 Software Mbytes of disc storage. Like the HP Easytirnc Standard Standard 3000LX model, the HP MICRO Disc-Caching Standard Standard 3000GX comes standard with an HP MPE Operating System Standard Standard 700192 console, the MPE operating system, HP Easytime, and disc-caching.

HP CHANNELS m April 1988 HP 3000 The HP MICRO 3000LXlGX Datacomm Promotion is available now. Low-cost HP MICRO 3OOOLXlGX Detailed information is listed below for Datacomm Program now available the products that are offered through this promotion. For further information, please call your HP sales rep. The new low-cost HP MICRO 3000LX the Asynchronous HP Serial Network and GX systems are ideally suited for Link (PIN 32003A) offers the most Details small branch office environment. attractive solution. If the user requires Together with the 3000LX's and GX's HP-to-HP communications and uses an Product No.* Description competitive low system prices, it is X.25 network, then HP can offer a 30246A SNA Link important that the data communication solution that includes the NS 3000lV Opt. 110 For MICRO - synchronous element also be attractively priced. Network Services in addition to the modem cable new NS X.25 3000lV Network Link. Opt. 120 For MICRO - V.35 cable Opt. I25 For MICRO - auto dial The HP MICRO 3000LXlGX Opt. 190 For MICRO - no hardware Datacomm Promotion includes the NS Users in a mixed HP and IBM environ- 24405A NS X.25 3000lV Network 3000lV Network Services, NS X.5 ment where an SNA network is the pre- Link 3000lV Network Link, SNA LINK, ferred solution can now choose SNA Opt. 110 For MICRO - synchronous SNA IMF, and SNA NRJE. This spe- Link and SNA NRJE at about the same modem cable Opt. 120 For MICRO - V.35 cable cial networking promotion has been price as the equivalent IBM services on Opt. I35 For MICRO - direct connect designed for situations where either HP the IBM 5363 system. An aggressive Opt. 190 For MICRO - no hardware 3000-to-HP 3000 communications or discount is also available for SNA IMF. 30247A SNA IMF HP 3000-to-1BM mainframe network- The following graph illustrates just how Opt. 310 For MICRO ing is required. aggressive we have become in the 30247R SNA IMF - right to copy entry-level systems area where users are Opt. 310 For MICRO In situations where the user requires more price conscious. 30245A SNA NRJE HP-to-HP communications and expects Opt. 310 For MlCRO relatively low volumes of data traffic, 30245R SNA NRJE - right to copy Opt. 310 For MlCRO 32344A NS 3000lV Network Services Entry-level datacommunication prices Opt. 310 For MlCRO 32344R NS 3000lV Network Services Imssx - right to copy HP MICRO 3000LXlGX IBM Sl36 5363 DEC MicroVAX- 2000111 Opt. 310 For MlCRO

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0 HP Easytime makes ASNL Connection X.25 Network Batch SNA to IBM Host life easier

HP Easytime is a menu-driven, task- oriented interface to the operator, user, and system manager functions that are necessary for the day-to-day management of an entry-level HP 3000 system. continued on next page HP Easytime shields users from the support the configuration of up to seven mance for a very low price. In fact, the MPE commands necessary to run the ATPs, now allowing HP Easytime to be Series 925 offers more than 50 percent system on a daily basis. Selecting an used with the HP MICRO 3000XE. The more performance than the HP 3000 option and pressing a softkey are suffi- MPE VIE, V-Delta-2 release of HP Series 58, at close to the same cost. It cient to perform most system functions. Easytime (A.00.02) expands the pro- can be rack mounted with a distributed The user is always in control: at any duct base to the new HP MICRO terminal controller, a magnetic tape time the user is given the option to can- 3000LX and MICRO 3000GX, as well drive, and two disc drives into a single cel or escape from a function. Any as the HP MICRO 3000 and MICRO 1.6-meter cabinet, creating an entry destructive action requires confirmation 3000XE. level system that requires very little and the user is warned of the con- space. sequences the action might have. Typi- Contact your HP sales rep for more cal functions that can be performed by information. Series 925LX HP Easytime are listed here. The Series 925LX offers Series 925 performance at a reduced cost for users . Printout management with smaller configuration require- HP 3000 File store and restore ments. For example, it supports up to New midrange 900 32 users, 8 disc drives, and (like the File handling Series 925) up to 48 Mbytes of main Job and session control Series HP 3000 memory. The Series 925LX is an excellent HP Precision Architecture demo1 Peripheral configuration systems . development system, as well as an end- . System backups. user application development engine. And when larger configurations are Also integral to HP Easytime is a com- necessary, the Series 925LX can be puter-based training program. The com- easily upgraded to the Series 925. It too puter based training includes instruc- can be rack mounted into an attractive tions and exercises. It introduces the 1.6-meter cabinet. novice user to the management of the system and gives "hands on" experi- Series 935 ence with examples on all of the dif- For those users needing even more per- ferent functions of the product. formance than the Series 925, HP has announced the Series 935. Offering HP Easytime is easy to operate and from 70 to I00 percent more perfor- requires minimal time for system man- mance than the Series 925, the Series agement. In fact, by configuring the 935 is one of the most advanced exam- physical console as an application ter- ples of HP Precision Architecture yet. minal, the need for a full-time system Clocking in at 6 MIPS, the Series 935 operator can be eliminated. As a result, offers unparalleled price performance in the responsibility for running the com- a remarkably small size. It will be puter can be given to any employee available later this year, both as a new who can then act as an operator on a system and as a convenient upgrade part-time basis. On April 4, 1988, HP announced three (replacing two boards) from Series 925 new HP Precision Architecture systems processors. Two new features will be available with in the midrange of the HP 3000 family the MPE VIE, V-Delta-2 release of HP of commercial processors - the Series No computer room needed Easytime. With this release, a software 925LX, the Series 925, and the Series Users who need high performance pro- switch has been added to enable or dis- 935. These systems set new standards cessing without an expensive computer able the console messages from appear- for price performance and growth path room will find the new Series 925LX, ing. Previously, the messages never in the industry. appeared and were only available within 925, and 935 to be ideal for their computing needs. Even racked with HP Easytime. This enhancement lets Series 925 the user decide whether to use the con- peripherals in the cabinet, each system sole as a dedicated console or as a dedi- The Series 925 has the power of a can operate in a departmental area, on cated application terminal. Addition- superminicomputer in a surprisingly carpet, in normal office-environment ally, the product has been expanded to small package. This 3.2 MlPS system temperature ranges. This is just another supports up to 152 users, 16 disc example of the advantage of the HP drives, and up to 48 Mbytes of mem- Precision Architecture scaled into mid- HP CHANNELS ory. All this adds up to high perfor- range computing. April 19x8 Ordering information Users who either own or would like to purchase a Series 950 can be assured New HP 3000 I Product No. Description I that there is room to grow with the HP 3000 as their data processing needs A1032A Series 925LX Preconfigured systems literature System for up to 32 users. grow. With a new ultrahigh-perfor- Includes 24 Mbytes of memory, mance floating point coprocessor, the MPE XL FOS, ALLBASEIXL, Series 955 opens the door for even New HP 3000 literature is now avail- and System DictionarylXL. more computationally intensive com- able. Developed especially for our A1007A Series 925 Preconfigured mercial applications as well. value-added businesses are two bro- System with 32 Mbytes chures, The HP MICRO 3000 Family memory, MPE XL FOS, ALLBASEIXL, and System Using an advanced implementation of Brochure and The HP 3000 Series 925 DictionarylXL. HP's proprietary NMOS 111 VLSI inte- and 935 Systems Brochure. Both bro- A1016A Series 925 Field Upgrade with grated circuit technology, the Series chures cover the new additions to the 8 Mbytes of memory. 955 delivers an 11 MIPS CPU on a sin- HP 3000 family, while emphasizing a AlOOlA 1.6-meter, 19-inch EIA cabinet gle chip, and has a single board pro- strong working relationship between HP 9221 1R .53-meter cabinet cessor. The transaction processing and our VABs. performance of the Series 955 is Contact your HP sales rep for more roughly 2% times the VAX 8700, Also in stock are the new HP 3000 information. which requires eight processor boards. Family General Information Manual, With significantly fewer parts, the featuring all current HP 3000 MPE V Series 955 has better hardware and MPEIXL systems, and the new HP HP 3000 reliability and lower support costs than 3000 Configuration and 900 Series Sys- New high-end its competitors. tems Performance Guides. HP 3000 Series 955 The Series 955 will be offered as a field The listing below contains the part upgrade from the Series 950. The number and title for all new literature provides a 50 percent Series 955 will be orderable in the sec- available at introduction, and has ond half of 1988 and availability for the already been distributed to VABs. If performance boost Series 955 is targeted for the first half additional literature is needed or the of 1989 (calendar). literature was not received, users can over the Series 950 order through their HP sales rep or With performance comparable or better office. The HP 3000 Series 955 is a field than systems from the competition upgrade from the Series 950, providing priced considerably higher, the Series New HP 3000 systems literature 50 percent greater processing power. 955 continues the HP tradition of lead- Available also as a new system, the ership pricelperformance. Lit No. Description Series 955 joins the Series 950 to extend the HP 3000 product line even 5952-3758D Business Computing The Series 955 is only the first of sev- Literature Folder further at the high end. eral field upgrades to be implemented 595 1-6772D HP 3000 Family Strategy using the current Series 950 system Brochure package. This process of supplying sig- 595 1-6773D MICRO 3000 Family VAB nificant performance improvement with Brochure convenient, cost effective field 595 1-6774D Series 925 and 935 VAB Systems Brochure upgrades allows greater flexibility for 595 1 -0676D HP 3000 Family General the user. Information Manual 595 1-0680D MICRO 3000LX System For more information on the new HP Data Sheet 3000 Series 955, contact your HP sales 595 1-0686D MICRO 3000GX System rep. Data Sheet continued on next page

APRIL I988 a HP Channels 1 Lit No. Description I X.25 3000lV Network Link provides orderly migration from DS X.25 to NS several new capabilities not previously X.25. Support of remote asynchronous Series 925 System Data Sheet available with DS X.25. As with all of PAD terminals and printers will be Series 925LX System the NS3000lV links, users have trans- available three to six months after the Data Sheet parent access over multiple NS3000lV release of NS X.25 3000lV. This PAD Series 955 System Data links (X.25, Point-to-Point, ASNL, or support feature in NS will provide simi- Sheet LAN) and between networks. Users no lar functionality to that currently avail- 900 Series Systems longer need to know the network topol- able with DS X.25. Perfomlance Guide ogy nor log onto intermediate nodes. HP 3000 Family Overhead Slide Set Diskette and To encourage the DS installed base to Script Additional 1980 CCITT X.25 facilities migrate to NS, HP will provide, at no HP 3000 Configuration are supported with the NS X.25 3000lV cost. an upgrade to both NS3000lV Guide Network Link. Added flexibility and Network Services and the NS X.251V increased performance is provided Network Link to those users who cur- through the support of permanent vir- rently have those products under HP tual circuits and flow control and packet support contracts. To facilitate distribu- HP 3000 size negotiation. Increased system tion and to ensure that all users receive Introducing NS X.25 access security is provided through the the free upgrade, the NS software will support of Closed User Groups along be distributed via MIT tapes as part of 3000lV Network Link with the provision of system-defined the DS update process. See your HP Local User Groups. sales rep for more information on this The NS3000lV networking product upgrade program family is now complete with the intro- Another key enhancement is the provi- duction of the NS X.25 3000lV Net- sion of programmatic access to the TCP Ordering information work Link. This link provides the transport level 4 and to the X.25 packet level 3. The programmatic interface, capability to connect to either a private Product No. Description or public X.25 packet switched network Network Interprocess Communications 24405A NS X.25 3000lV Network Link (PSN). NS X.25 3000lV Network Link (NetIPC) provides intrinsics which are Processor options can be used in conjunction with accessible from a variety of programming languages. These intrinsics can be (Includes software and hardware interface) NS3000lV Network Services for access 1- Series 37, MICRO 3000, XE, to higher level user services such as used to develop customized applica- LX, and GX tions between HP and non-HP compu- 3- Series 39-58 Network File Transfer. In addition, pro- 4- Series 6X-70 grammatic access to lower level pro- ters such as transferring data from remote non-HP systems to a central Cable oprions tocols is available for use in developing -10 RS-232-C modem connections customized applications for communi- database running on an HP 3000. -20 V.35 modem connections cations with remote HP and non-HP Direct hardwired connections systems. In most cases, user applications written Softnare-only options under DS3000 Network Services will Series 37, MICRO 3000, XE, run with no modification under LX, and GX The NS X.25 3000lV Network Link Series 39-58 follows an OS1-layered architecture and NS3000lV Network Services. Due to 490 Series 6X-70 includes defacto and industry standard the fact that DS X.25 and NS X.25 protocols such as TCPIIP and CCITT have different architectural structures, X.25. The NS X.25 link is currently these two links cannot communicate certified to run on popular U.S. and directly with one another. However, European PSNs including the U.S. they can co-exist on the same node and Defense Data Network (DDN standard share an INP for connection to the X.25 mode). Telenet and Tymnet in the U.S., network. As a result, full connectivity Datex-P in Germany, and PSS in Great of the network is maintained while Britain. migrating to NS X.25. A migration guide can be ordered with the link for use in planning for a smooth and

HP CHANNELS iI April I988 i HP 3000 A box swap upgrade is necessary for either the HP MICRO 3000 or Remarketed HP 3000 svstems availabilitv MICRO 3000XE, and INPs, ATPs PICs. etc., must also be replaced. The following lists the similarities and Remarketed HP 3000 midrange If you have questions about any of differences between the six remarketed systems these systems, please contact your local HP 3000 system processing units HP sales rep. (SPUs) HP currently has available. Product No. Description

MICRO 3000 - The remarketed 32535AR HP MICRO 3000 MICRO 3000 is the lowest-priced HP 32545AR HP MICRO 3000XE HP 3000 3000 system. 32542RR Series 42 32548BR Series 48 More office products MICRO 3000XE - For the user who 32552AR Series 52 available on 900 needs more connectivity than the 32558AR Series 58 MICRO 3000 and who insists on (and Series HP 3000 is willing to pay more for) the newest Note HP's emphasis on connectivity technology. This is the lowest-priced between systems. HP business systems systems alternative for users not planning to have traditionally been differentiated on keep their systems, without upgrades, this basis, and users appreciate these for at least four years. The February issue of HP Clzannels differences. About 25 percent of our announced the availability of TDP and Series 42 - This is the least-expensive total installed base own Series 44s, 48s, HP Spell on 900 Series HP 3000 sys- alternative for most users who want and 58s, all of which offer significantly tems. The following additional products midrange power and moderate con- greater connectivity than their equiv- for the same series of systems are now nectivity. For growing users, this sys- alent low-connectivity counterparts, the available. tem provides a much-less-expensive Series 40, 42, and 52. The average growth path than choosing a MICRO number of terminals connected to the 36570 - HP DeskManager (B.02.01), 3000XE. Series 44/48/58 class of computer is 50. including HP WordIPC and Advance- This means that more than half of the Series 48 - For about the same price Write converters, MContext, and HP users who purchased these computers (and with the same power) as a Slate could not have met their needs with remarketed MICRO 3000XE, the ATP connections on a Series 40142152 Series 48 has nearly twice the connec- and would have had little growth poten- tivity (terminals and INPs) and costs 27522 - HP Schedule (A.00.04) tial with a MICRO 3000XE. much less to upgrade. The tradeoff? 32132 - HP ListKeeper (A.02.02) Higher support costs. Additional facts 32 1 19 - HP Word Programmatic- Series 52 - With only moderate con- Intrinsics (A.01.04) nectivity, the Series 52 provides a sig- The MICRO 3000XE was designed as 275 15 - HP Officeconnect to nificant increase in power compared a replacement for the Series 42 and DISOSS (Internal Node) (A.00.05) with MICROS and Series 4X SPUs. the 48, but it does not have the same Plus, you can buy three Series 52s for feature set. For instance, about twice 27509 - HP ConvertIDCA (A.00.04) the same price as one of the next as many terminals and wide-area-net- more-powerful SPU, the Series 68R. work (WAN) links can be connected All of the above products run in Com- to the Series 48 as to the MICRO patibility Mode in the MPE XL Series 58 - This system has the most 3000XE. environment and offer virtually all of power and connectivity of any of the the functionality offered by the same midrange systems, and it's still less Series 42s and 48s protect the user's product running in the MPE V environ- than half the price of a remarketed investment better because: ment. In all cases, the same versions of Series 68. - The next step in increasing SPU code are running in the MPE XL and power is a simple and relatively MPE V environments. Any differences inexpensive field upgrade in functionality are detailed later in this - GICs, ATPs, INPs, and SIBS pur- article. chased with the Series 4X machine continued on next page can be used on future Series 5X, 6X, and 7X computers. Memory can be used on Series 5X machines only. Ordering information some product differences for MPE XL VisiCalcm spreadsheets can be transmit- environments. These differences are ted by HP Desk in the MPE XL All of these products have been on the due to either the required feature in environment but cannot be read, HP Price List for several months. MPE XL not being currently available, printed, or edited. Transmitting the Option 340 should be selected for users or the required product has not been spread sheets to a PC with Advance- wishing to run on 900 Series HP 3000 ported by HP. Mail and then converting to Lotusm systems. Users who are upgrading 1-2-3@will allow them to be processed. should choose the relevant upgrade Please use the following data as refer- option (OCD, OCE, or OCF) in order ence and look for updates as new HP 3000 Business Graphics items can- for the correct credit to be generated. releases of MPE XL are made available. not be created or edited in the MPE XL environment. HP 3000 figure files can Performance data Terminals - The following terminal be read on a suitable terminal or The Series 950 will support 45 simul- types and PCs are supported for OPD printed. PC Gallery files can be trans- taneous active HP DeskManager ses- products in the MPE XL environment mitted to a PC for processing, and by sions. This represents an upgrade of and over RS-232 Serial links only. Con- using the Curator product, can be con- about 30 percent over an HP 3000 nections via an X.25 PAD, Virtual Ter- verted in the MPE XL environment to Series 70, and therefore, presents an minal, an HP 2334A MUX, or a Data HP 3000 figure files for subsequent excellent pricelperformance ratio for Switch are not supported. , reading or printing. HP Desk users on the Series 950. The following table summarizes the max- HP Slate - This is not sold or supported imum number of simultaneous active in the MPE XL environment other than HP DeskManager sessions supported as part of HP Desk. on the different machines. Gateways - Gateways to the Telex network, and IBM's PROFS and DISOSS Number of active systems are not currently supported in HP 3000 system HP Desk sessions* the MPE XL environment. However, MICRO 3000XE providing there is a gateway in the Series 58 user's network running in the MPE V Series 70 35 ' HP 15OAIBIC (with AdvanceLink) environment, HP Desk users can communicate with PROFS and DISOSS Ser~es950 HP Vectra PC (with AdvanceLink) users, initiate DISOSS Library *Simultaneou.s active users means those HP Portable Plus (with AdvanceLink) access,and communicate with Telex actually active in the CPU. There could IBM PC AT (with AdvanceLink) users worldwide. be us many as four times that man-v HP Desk users signed on. The reference to the HP Vectra PC does Wide-area networks - Currently unsup- not include the HP Portable Vectra PC. ported in the MPE XL environment. Native Mode The reference to HP 2392A does not However. providing there is a gateway include those terminals that emulate the in the user's network running in the There are currently no plans to port HP HP 2392A, for example, the HP 700 MPE V environment, HP Desk users Desk to Native Mode on HP-PA. It is series. can communicate with others over the worth noting that porting HP Desk to wide-area network. Native Mode would not necessarily Processing documents with HP Desk - improve performance. Approximate1y HP Word documents cannot be created, X.25 - This is unsupported in the MPE 80 percent of session time is actually in edited, or checked with HP Spell in the XL environment for terminal, PC, and Operating System code, which is in MPE XL environment. Existing HP host-to-host connections. Native Mode. Many of the performance Word documents or those received from benefits of Precision Architecture, other HP Word systems can be read or HP ListKeeper and HP Word integra- therefore, have already been realized. printed as simple text, i.e. without HP tion - This is not supported in the MPE Word enhancements. HP Word docu- XL environment. Reference section ments can be exchanged with other HP HP 3000 Series 950 machines deliver Word13000 and HP Word1PC users who superior performance at a reasonable have access to all of that product's edit- cost. There are currently. however, ing and printing capabilities.

HP CHANNELS April 1988 HP ListKeeper and graphics integra- With this feature, a remote HP 3000 Product No. Description tion - Data from HP ListKeeper lists system operator can "interrogate" an 302246AN cannot be extracted and used by HP 35401A at any given time and Opt. 100 HP 3000 Series 37, MICRO DSGl3000 and HP Easychart to pro- access any cartridge in the magazine. 3000, and MICRO 3000XE duce charts. This can be done by loading the soft- Opt. 200 HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 ware utility "CS80UTUL," which is 30251AN HP Word Programmatic Intrinsics, and now available for the HP 3000. This Opt. 100 HP 3000 Series 37, MICRO 3000, and MICRO 3000XE the need to purchase HP Word - There will allow the operator to ascertain Opt. 200 HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 is no requirement to purchase HP Word which cartridge is loaded. The auto- 30270AN for the MPE XL environment in order changer can then be instructed to load Opt. 100 HP 3000 Series 37, MICRO for the Intrinsics to process HP Word tapes in a selected order for backup and 3000, and MICRO 3000XE documents. Those functions of HP restore purposes. Opt. 200 HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 Word required to run the Intrinsics are 3027 IAN Opt. 100 HP 3000 Series 37, MICRO supplied with the Intrinsics for MPE This can be done in addition to the 3000, and MICRO 3000XE XL environments. original sequential mode of tape access. Opt. 200 HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 This utility will also enable the operator 32026AN HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 HP ConvertlDCS, and conversions to to remotely recover from certain error 32027AN HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 HP Word - It should be noted that, conditions. 32028AN HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 although conversion to HP Word is 32187AN fully supported in the MPE XL New users of the HP 35401A will Opt. 100 HP 3000 Series 37, MICRO 3000, and MICRO 3000XE environment, those resulting HP Word automatically receive an application Opt. 200 HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 documents cannot be processed by the note entitled, "Programmatic Selective 32188AN HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 HP Word13000 product. This is because Operation Using CS80UTIL and the HP Word13000 is not supported in the HP 3000" (PIN 35401-90921). This MPE XL environment. Distributing HP application note is shipped with the Word documents with HP DeskMan- order, and explains this utility in full. ager and AdvanceMail is permitted, as is processing with the HP Word Pro- Users who already have an HP 35401A Also in this issue grammatic Intrinsics, and HP WordlPC. installed and would benefit from this document, please contact your HP sales rep for a copy. For more information, please contact VAB migration to HP your HP sales rep. Precision Architecture - a success Lotusa. I-2-3@),and VisiCalcmare U.S. registered trademarks of Lotus Development HP 3000 Baan Znfo Systems on HP Corporation. Return credits will commercial UNZX systems drop on selected New ZtJEl3000 training HP 3000 WAN link products course Selective operation of Announcing AdvancePrint: lowcost the HP 35401A with The April HP Price List will list advanced shared printing reduced return credits for some wide- the HP 3000 area network (WAN) link products. As AdvancePrint replaces usual, HP gives a 30-day "grace" Print Central Good news for users who are fast period. However, the new return credits Buy AdvancePrint with discovering the many advantages and must be used on quotes made after AdvanceLink and save substantial savings available with unat- March 3 1 and on orders placed after AdvanceMail update tended backup. HP announces another April 30. great feature - selective access of the HP 35401A %-inch cartridge tape autochanger on the HP 3000. VMS family is easier (reference the March HP Channels article, "FOR- TRAN 77 on the HP 9000 Series 800 HP Preci.\ion An.hileclure HP-U.Y - Update," for more detailed informa- HP-UX 2.0: what's new for the HP 9000 tion on this product. ALLBASE - Sustained system I Series 800 throughput is improved as additional users are added. Native Language HP-UX 2.0 demonstrates HP's con- System Activity Report (SAR) - new Support (NLS) is provided for both tinued commitment to standards by AT&T System V utilities for easier 8-and 16-bit languages with support providing Network File System (NFS) system administration (includes col- for USASCll and local language from Sun Microsystems, more UNIXm lecting, processing, and saving Oper- columnsltables (HP SQL only). operating system enhancements from ating System information) COBOL preprocessor support is UC Berkeley, and additional DEC VMS provided. Data expansion when Korn Shell - provides a powerful migrating IMAGE11000 data to HP enhancements to the FORTRAN com- command interpreter and program- piler. HP-UX 2.0 contributes to HP's IMAGE has been limited. (Reference ming language leadership position in internationaliza- the March HP Channels article, tion of the UNIX operating system by Remote Spooling (AT&T System V "ALLBASEIHP-UX enhancements, " providing additional support for an compatible) - ability to send printer for more detailed information on this increased number of languages in both output to a printer attached to a product. ) remote system via a LAN (also, can- the HP-UX command set and sub- NSl9000 - Using probe proxy systems. Improvements are also made celing a remote print job and getting requestlserver, the Series 800 is now in the strategic areas of graphics. net- status is included) supported through a Series 800 LAN- working, and databases. to-LAN gateway. NLS allows the use In addition to these enhancements: of non-English languages and charac- of the in HpUX 1 New peripherals have been supported ter sets in the error and logging 2.0 were developed to eliminate spe- messages. cific sales objections. In addition, over ' System backup has been made faster 400 service requests (SR) were closed. and more reliable ARPAl9000 - Support for Telnet Vir- tual Terminal (VT) to and from an HP Berkeley UNIX Revision Control Sys- HP-UX 2.0 enhancements 1000 system running RTE 5.05 OS is tem (RCS) has been added to core provided with the NSI1000 (91790A) Operating System support for NFS I system product. 3.0 (see Subsystems section for ' AT&T System V UUCP (HoneyDan- PORT HP-UX - Offers substantial details) I Ber) is now included (made more reli- decrease of the executable residing on Long file names - increase the max- able and simpler) disc, support of multiple environ- imum length from14 to 255 characters ments, and documentation has been Subsystems and provide easier porting from ' increased to aid in the migration Berkeley UNIX operating systems NFS - provides a distributed file sys- process. Symbolic links - ability to span file tem capability within a heterogeneous systems, and additional compatibility multivendor network of machines. In addition to these enhancements with Berkeley UNIX operating (Reference the article entitled, "An- ' The C compiler has been enhanced for systems nouncing Network File Systern- further compatibility with the HP 9000," in the January issue of HP 3000 Internationalization features - addi- Channels.) tional support for Chinese (both Sim- ' The Pascal compiler has been plified and Traditional), Korean, 2D graphics accelerator (98556A) - enhanced for further compatibility Arabic, Hebrew, Icelandic, Greek, provides additional capability to the with the Series 300 and Turkish (Japanese already 2D HRC Graphics Subsystem supported) (A1020H), and enables better penetra- ' The Starbase graphics library has tion of the EE physical-design market been enhanced and other technical workstation markets. Contact your HP sales rep for more information on any of the enhance- FORTRAN 77 - HP 1000, 3000. and ments to HP-UX 2.0 for the HP 9000 DEC VMS extensions have been Series 800. Also, watch future issues of added, and the process of migrating HP Channels. HP CHANNELS existing applications from the VAX kQ April I988 HP Precision Architecture HP-UX HP Precision Architecture HP-UX HP-UX A.B2 .OO Series 800 networking HP SQLl300 for enhancements HP-UX 6.0

The HP-UX A.B2.00 release for the HP NFS Services19000 HP SQLl300 for HP-UX 6.0 is now 9000 Series 800 requires that users available. The following is a com- Support for NFS on Series 800 update their LANl9000, Network Ser- patibility matrix for SQLl300, systems vices/9000, and ARPAl9000 software to Visor1300, and HP-UX. Note that the A.B2.00 versions. We strongly rec- Visor1300 is not affected by the HP-UX The ARPA and Network Services IP ommend that users sign up for the soft- changes. level internetting capabilities allow the ware materials subscription service, so HP 9000 Series 800 to be used as a they get the correct versions of soft- gateway into other subnets. That means HP-UX ware. These networking software prod- / Product No. Description 5.15-5.5 6.0 ~ the Series 800 can be used as a routing ucts require that the version number of 79725A SQLI300 1.0 Yes No note to forward information across a the software be consistent with the ver- 79725BlL SQLI300 1.01 No Yes wide area network (WAN) or directly to sion number of HP-UX. Networking 79727AIBlL Visor1300 1.0 Yes Yes another LAN. Support for three LAN software A.B1 .XO will not operate with interface cards provides separate con- HP-UX A.B2.00 nor will the HP-UX Ordering information nections to three LANs. A hub with A.Bl.XO operate with the A.B2.00 I three interfaces benefits users by filter- networking software. Product No. Description ing messages and enhancing security by HP SQLI300 Relational DBMS forwarding only information destined The following capabilities were added Development Environment for a node on the appropriate LAN. license-to-use to the Series 800 networking products shipping this month. Media and documentation for Users can save network memory by 79725L configuring the maximum amount of Opt. 022 %-inch cartridge tape Opt. 045 3%-inch double-sided floppy memory they allocate and how much disc ARPA Internet Protocol (IP) per session. Previously, memory was Opt. 100 Delete manuals internetting allocated on fixed blocks for all net- 79727L HP Visor1300 Database Access Tools license-to-use Network Services Internet Protocol working activity. This efficient method Media and documentation for (IP) internetting will give users memory to use for other purposes. 79727L Opt. 022 %-inch cartridge tape Configurable network memory Opt. 045 3%-inch double-sided floppy Internet Protocol subnetting support The subnetting capability extends the disc functionality of the IP addressing mech- Opt. 100 Delete manuals Support for three LAN interfaces anism. Now users may divide their network into independent groups of nodes. Literature 1 A new data sheet is available that com- Support for Telnet virtual terminal to Telnet support means Series 800 users bines HP SQLl300, HP Visor1300, and HP 1000 can log in tolfrom remote HP 1000 sys- an abbreviated description of HP tems running the RTE 5.05 OS with the TODAY. Support for Telnet virtual terminal NSI 1000 product, PIN 9 1790A. from HP Vectra PC The B.OO.OO NS-User ServicesIVectra 1 Lit No. Description 1 Network Services/9000 PC, PIN 50923F, with the HP Terminal 1 595 1-6798 HP 9000 Series 300 Information Management Support for Network File Transfer Program A.00.02, PIN 24975, can log from HP Vectra PC in to remote HP 9000 Series 800 and transfer files across a LAN. The 79725A and 79727A products will be removed from the June 1 HP Price HP's Network File System (NFS) prod- List. uct will be available at the release of HP-UX A.B2.00.

Please speak to your local HP sales rep for information on these capabilities.

HPApR'L19xx Channels El HP 9000 Normally, SCSI will be available as HP 9000 Option 01 l on all HP-UX bundles. The New SCSI interface Model 3301350 card is also available as Correction: HP a user installable product, PIN 98265A. 9153C support on On April 1, Hewlett-Packard introduced However, older SPUs will require a two small computer systems interface Rev. C boot ROM, which means the HP 9000 BASZC 5.0 (SCSI) cards for the HP 9000 Series CPU board must be upgraded. 300. SCSI represents another industry On page 8 in the March issue of HP standard that HP supports. One of the Please contact your HP sales rep for Chunnels, in the article entitled, "HP interfaces is designed for the Model 3 19 additional information about these new 9153C support on HP 9000 BASIC and the other for the Models 330 and SCSI products. 5.0," the first sentence contained a 350. Functionally, the Model 319 card typographical error. It stated that the and the Model 3301350 card are nearly HP 9153C disc drive is "not" sup- identical. Both cards take the same ported under the HP 9000 Series 300 physical space in the computer as a BASIC 50. This should have been high-speed HP-IB card. They are HP 9000 Series 300 "now." We are sorry for any inconve- daughter boards on the Model 3 19's nience this may have caused. graphics board and the Model CPU board updates 3301350's system interface board. The differences are that the Model 3 19 card Users of the HP 9000 Model 330 or performs 16-bit DMA while the Model Model 350 with the following serial 3301350 card permits 32-bit, and the numbers who would like to use the HP Also in this issue 3 19 card has a '/:-meter cable versus 98556A 2D integer-based graphics the 1-meter cable in the 3301350 accelerator will need to update the pro- VAB migruhon to HP version. cessor board. Precision Architecture - SCSI will only be available on HP-UX a success 1 1 HP 9000 Serial number prefixes I 6.0 (or later) systems. At this time, no HP announces office plans are in place to offer SCSI on Model 330 Prior to 2740Axxxxx, 1 applications on UNZX ?XOlGxxxxx, or 2740Jxxxxx 1 BASIC or Pascal systems. strategy 4 Model 350 Prior to 2747Axxxxx. The cards are implementations of ANSI 280IGxxxxx, or 2747Jxxxxx HP Pascal Language standard X3T9.2. Our drivers support Processor and new right- the ANSI "Common Command Set for These computers were shipped before to-execute product 19 Direct Access Devices." The software JanuaryIFebruary, 1988. New SCSI discs join the is designed for asynchronous operation, midrange product family 26 The HP 98562-69013 Model 330 pro- so the cards will operate at burst data HP 9153C and 9122C transfer rates up to 1.5 Mbyteslsec. cessor-board update kit includes a new processor board with a Revision C Boot supporl on HP 9000 BASIC 3.0 and 4.0 27 HP is also introducing three new SCSI ROM and a new system interface discs at the same time. These high-per- board. formance discs range in capacity from 107 to 323 Mbytes. The SCSI inter- The HP 98562-695 17 Model 350 pro- faces and discs have been developed cessor-board update kit includes a new together to give users an industry-stan- processor board with a Revision C Boot dard solution to their needs for HP-UX ROM. The Revision C Boot ROM is a superset of the Revision B Boot ROM, mass storage. (See article in Peripherals allowing use of the discless node section entitled, "New SCSI discs join feature. the midrange product family.") The current processor board and a system interface board must be returned to Hewlett-Packard.

Contact your HP sales rep for more information.

HP CHANNELS April 1988 General AdvancePrint Generul replaces Print Announcing AdvancePrint: low-cost Central I advanced shared printing AdvancePrint revlaces Print Central as HP's low-cost shared printing solution AdvancePrint is a new PC software Connection files - Complex PC-to-HP for PCs. Print Central is now classified product that provides low-cost, 3000 connection processes (such as as a functionally stable product. No advanced shared printing for PCs con- modem or X.25 connections) are sim- additional enhancements will be made nected to an HP 3000 via basic serial plified by defining them once in a to Print Central and only serious and connections. AdvancePrint replaces command file. critical defects will be addressed. Print Central as HP's low-cost shared Printer security - Printer access is printing solution. AdvancePrint is easy controlled by the system manager, AdvancePrint advantages to use, fast, and has new advanced fea- who specifies the appropriate printers I tures, all at a new low price. for PC users. AdvancePrint offers a number of significant improvements over Print Cen- AdvancePrint is easy Setup string library - Users can pre- tral. AdvancePrint is easy to install, define printer setup strings, so that easy to use, and offers advanced fea- AdvancePrint incorporates a new changing of fonts or page orientation tures you'd expect to find only in a streamlined design with an intuitive is vastly simplified. LAN-based solution. For example, interface and a manual that's less than AdvancePrint offers: 100 pages. The HP 3000 installation Users get innovative, advanced features process is entirely PC based, providing that let them get the most out of their Streamlined user interface fast, menu-based configuration. PC printer investment. I configuration is just as simple, with Easy printer and setup string selection printer selection from menus and an Available now on MPE V and Document status checking automatic connection feature that sup- MPE XL I ports up to three concurrent printer con- LPT1-3 support - users can connect nections. Users can implement AdvancePrint is available today for up to three printers simultaneously. advanced shared printing without an MPE V T-Delta-6 and forward and for Significantly improved performance I advanced degree in computer science. MPE XL A.O 1 .OO and forward. Connection files for automation of AdvancePrint is fast Ordering information complex connection processes Substantially reduced HP 3000 AdvancePrint was designed for fast per- installation time (15 to 30 minutes) formance, using data compression and efficient coding techniques. PC lockup Description MPE V support for T-Delta-6 and is 30 to 60 percent less than Print Cen- 32583F 32584A AdvancePrint single- forward tral, and document turnaround time is Opt. 003 user license, 3%-inch HP Vectra PC discs MPE XL support for A.O 1.00 and 20 to 40 percent faster. AdvancePrint forward users spend less time printing and more I HP 3000 environment solutions time working. Differences between Print Central Environment Solution and AdvancePrint AdvancePrint is smart Serial connections Advanceprint AdvancePrint operates in a similar fash- PCs with AdvancePrint has advanced features you I.ion to the DIRECT mode of Print Cen- won't find anywhere else: AdvanceLink Serial connections AdvanceLink with 1 tral. As a result, the functionality of new PCs or PCs with- AdvancePrint option certain printers with AdvancePrint is Document status checking - Users out AdvanceLink different than that offered by Print Cen- can check whether their documents Local Area Network / tral. Specifically: are printing or waiting to print. (LAN) Business System Plus I HP 2680A and HP 2688A printers are Contact your HP sales rep for more supported in print and space mode. information. 1 continued on next page I APR~LI988 HP Channels Bold, underlining and graphics are Software Materials Subscription Ser- Switching to PCs offers users new lev- not supported for these printers. vices products for AdvancePrint for the els of functionality and lots of process- Unlike Print Central, however, HP Vectra PC may be ordered for these ing power. But it could mean losing AdvancePrint provides limited products by ordering the corresponding access to the host-based files, printers, environment file support. With SMS or EMS products for 32583L, and backup services terminal they now AdvancePrint, one environment file 325834, and 32583s. Contact your HP take for granted. For a LAN environ- and the default font of that environ- sales rep for details. ment, these capabilities are included ment file can be used in printing a with Business System Plus. And for a document. serial environment, AdvanceLink and AdvancePrint provide this connectivity HP 256X printers can print graphics General in the form of file transfer, print shar- and highlighted text for some PC ing, backup. and connection applications (see the AdvancePrint Buy AdvancePrint management. sales guide in this issue). At a minimum, these printers are supported in with AdvanceLink print and space mode. and save HP 260X printers are now fully sup- General ported for the HP Vectra PC. HP Now AdvanceLink and AdvancePrint AdvanceMail update 260X printers are not supported for team up to provide shared resources for the HP 150 PC. (As with Print Cen- basic serial connections at an unbeat- Now that the HP DeskManager perfor- tral, please note that these printers are able price. Two new AdvanceLink mance release (B.02.00) is available, not recommended as shared devices.) options give the user about a 25 percent more users will be moving from HP price break on AdvancePrint. All printers must be MPE-spooled Desk A.03.01 to HP Desk B to take devices. This means that hardwired advantage of higher functionality and To get the products on 5%-inch discs. (attended) devices are not supported performance. We encourage both new order PIN 68333F Opt. 100. To get and existing users to consider the bene- AdvanceLink and AdvancePrint on 3 %- Upgrading from Print Central to fits of using our PC-based electronic inch discs. order 68333F Opt.003 and AdvancePrint mail application, AdvanceMail. Opt. 103. Print Central users who want the new features offered by AdvancePrint or Key AdvanceMail benefits who are migrating to an MPE XL sys- 1 Product No. Description 1I Frees up HP 3000 resources tem can upgrade to AdvancePrint AdvanceLink More electronic mail users can be through a disc-exchange program at a AdvancePrint 5%-inch reduced price. To upgrade to Advance- supported on every HP 3000 Print, Print Central users must return 3%-inch discs Cuts datacommunication costs their PC discs to HP's Software Dis- Opt. 103 Advanceprint 3%-inch Files created with PC applications can tribution Center and order one of the be incorporated into messages and following products: The AdvanceLinkIAdvancePrint com- mailed around the network. Among bination provides advanced shared other benefits, this means that users Product No. Description can use the PC-based word processor HP printing, terminal emulation, file trans- Vectra HP fer, PC backup, and connection man- of their choice to create messages. agement that's competitive with any Users can receive messages in the file 325832 325842 10-user right-to-copy comparable product. The result is a sin- format of their choice. license upgrade gle-vendor solution that provides the a Users can choose to work entirely 32583M 32584M 50-user right-to-copy best PC integration available for the independently of the HP 3000 when license upgrade user's point-to-point connections. 32583N 32584N 50-user upgrade creating and reading messages Opt. 003 (includes 50 disc sets). because they only need to make the Note that AdvanceLink context switch- 3%-inch HP Vectra PC connection to actually send and discs ing cannot be used with AdvancePrint receive messages. until the next AdvanceLink release (scheduled for the summer of 1988). Messages can be sent and received at Purchasing AdvanceLink SMS now preset times - without user ensures the user can take advantage of intervention. that feature when available.

HP CHANNELS April 1988 I I I Ordering information applications on personal computers Although the standard 512 Kbyte RAM without rewriting Series 2001300 Pascal is sufficient for many development and Product No. Description programs. The Pascal Language Pro- run-time applications, we recommend a 27534A AdvanceMail for the HP 150 cessor is object code compatible with 1 Mbyte RAM configuration (addition 27535F AdvanceMail for HP Vectra Series 2001300 Pascal workstations. of one 82303A RAM Expansion Kit). and IBM PCs Since code written for the language Opt. L 10 copies plus 1 manual processor will also run on high-perfor- Support for non-HP personal Opt. Q 1 master (right to copy 50), mance HP workstations, a natural computers 5 manuals migration path is established. Opt. S 50 copies and 5 manuals The HP Pascal Language Processor is Opt. T 5 manuals New product information supported on the HP Vectra PCs (CS, ES, and RS) and on IBM PCIAT and AdvanceMail is available on subscrip- The Pascal Language Processor prod- Compaq Deskpro 286 personal compu- tion services PINS 5958-7340 and ucts for HP Vectra PC systems are now ters equipped with EGA or VGA 5955-9895. The AdvanceMail Admin- available and shipping. Recent changes displays. istrator's disc is distributed with the HP have been made to the products. As of DeskManager administration manuals. April 1, 1988, no-charge options for Literature different disc media sizes were added to I A technical data sheet, Lit. No. the 82310A and 8231 1A Language Pro- For more information about Advance- 595 1-6787, is available from Hewlett- cessor products. Mail, please contact your HP sales rep. Packard.

In addition, on April 1, a new product Ordering information was added to the Language Processor I General family, the 82312A HP Pascal Lan- I Product No. Description I guage Processor with Right-to-Execute. HP Pascal Language 823 IOA HP Pascal Language processor The intent of this product is to provide - Plug-in 68000 card with 512 Processor and new a lower cost option for the end-user Kbytes RAM, HP-IB, Pascal who wishes only to execute run-time 3.2 software on floppy discs, right-to-execute HP Pascal software application prod- manuals ucts, etc., and does not wish to pur- Must order media-size options: product chase the Pascal development system. Opt. 042 Software on 5%-inch floppy No software is included with this prod- discs Now HP Pascal software developers uct. It consists solely of the Language Opt. 044 Software on 3%-inch microfloppy discs can offer high-performance HP Pascal Processor hardware and a software- execution license. 823 11 A HP Pascal software-only option 3.2-based applications that run on HP - Pascal Language Processor Vectra PCs and other personal compu- Software for 82300B owners, ters. The HP Pascal Language Pro- Product background manuals cessor provides HP Series 2001300 Unlike the HP 82300B BASIC Lan- Must order media-size options: Pascal applications to the owners of guage Processor, installation of HP Pas- Opt. 042 Software on 5%-inch floppy PCs. cal requires the user to partition the PC discs hard disc into two sections: a LIF parti- Opt. 044 Software on 3%-inch microfloppy discs The HP Pascal Language Processor tion and the DOS partition. Pascal files consists of an HP Vectra PC plug-in 82312A HP Pascal Language Processor reside on the LIF partition, whereas the with Right-to-Execute card, HP Pascal 3.2 language software, system emulation software resides on - HP Language Processor card and documentation. This is the same the DOS partition. Utility programs and (hardware only, no software Pascal 3.2 that runs on HP 9000 Series the use of floppy discs allows access or included), Right-to-Execute 2001300 computers. HP Pascal Language Pro- transport of data files from one partition cessor Software applications to another. When installed in an HP Vectra PC, the continued on next page new subsystem delivers the best of both Due to the system's complexity, we worlds: HP's powerful Pascal worksta- recommend the 823 10A and 8231 1A tion environment and access to a wealth products only to experienced Pascal of PC-DOS application software. It developers, ISVs, and VARs. It is not a offers software developers the oppor- product for the casual or inexperienced tunity to market their HP Pascal user. Other related products year of sales, ME Series 30 rocketed to Consultation before and after purchase I the number two position for sales of - a worldwide team of experienced Product No. Description such systems.* field engineers has specialized train- 82301B HP BASIC Langudge Processor ing in ME-CADICAM solutions. Software-only opt~on - BASIC Language Software A full range of post-sales support ser- only, for 82110A owner? who vices to ensure a successful installa- wlsh to run HP BASIC d\ tion - with the MS-DOS platform this well ds Pascal is a significant contribution in an 82303B 5 12-Kbyte RAM expansion kit - Set of four I-megabit chips, environment where the on-going used on main board or RAM investment in terms of training and expansion board data is considerably more than the ini- 823048 HP BASIC 5.0 ROM for Lan- tial purchase price. guage Processor. User installable. A necessary sense of security - HP 823058 RAM expansion board provides the solutions needed today - Includes 5 12 Kbytes, expand- and will be there with the solutions of able to 3 Mbytes (4 Mbytes tomorrow. total), expand in 5 I2 Kbyte increments with 82303A kit, attaches to processor card; Contact your HP sales rep for more doesn't require slot information about the ME Series 10. 509h3A Shared Resource Manager Interface 'Source: CIM data - Uses full performance DIO connection, takes one HP Vectra PC expansion slot MSB-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Why is support of the HP Vectra RS PC Corporatiotl. CADAM@is a registered 82306A GPIO Interface trademark of CADAM. Inc. CATIAB is a - Uses full performance Dl0 and MS-DOS so important? Until now, connection. takes one HP the main platform for the ME Series re,qi~teredtradenrark o/ Dassault Svstems. Vectra PC expansion slot products has been HP-UX on the HP Meduscrmis a registered rradenzark rf 82307A GPIO Interface Cable 9000. Performance needs for such pro- Cambridge Intercrctn'e Systems Lirnited. fessional systems demand this kind of computing power. Now, the HP Vectra RS PC makes this kind of power avail- Dr ~ktop able to a large base of PC-CAD users HP-HZL barcode I ME Series 10 on the who have outgrown both the PC and the software. Their needs are growing and reader now supported I HP Vectra RS 20 PC as they reach the limits of their PC- CAD systems, ME Series 10 (MS-DOS on HP Vectra ES and version) offers a significant growth path The introduction of ME Series 10 opportunity while keeping all the bene- RS PCs (MS8-DOS version) highlights a sig- fits of MS-DOS. nificant shift in the low-end workstation-based CADICAM market: pro- The ME Series products are constantly fessional-class CAD packages running competing and winning against main- on high-performance PCs. Combined frame systems such as CADAM8, with the release of the HP Vectra RS CATIA8, and MedusaB. On an HP PC and the new high-resolution intel- Vectra RS PC, a user benefits from ligent graphics controller, ME Series 10 lower price, excellent performance, and now runs on a full range of HP compu- the usability of MS-DOS. ters - from PCs to workstations. By choosing ME Series 10, a user gets ME Series 10 can be credited with a professional-quality CAD system that launching HP as a key vendor in the features: ME CADICAM market - from being unranked to the number eight position Capabilities tuned for mechanical in a two-year period. HP's growth path engineers - In a recent survey, 65 per- to solids modeling (ME Series 30) was cent of users reported greater than 50 A dedicated software driver has been- announced in Fall, 1986. In its first percent productivity gains within six developed to have HP Vectra ES and RS PCs support the HP 92916A HP- HP CHANNELS months. April 1988 HIL barcode reader. This new driver is compatible with former HP Vectra PCs Desktop I as well. These drivers are delivered on a 5 %-inch floppy. Windows1386 releases the power of the HP Vectra RS PC The HP 929 16A supports:

Old HP Vectra PCs Microsoft Windows1386 delivers sig- window or full screen. WINDOW- nificant new advances in functionality ING lets the user run MS-DOS All 724XX SPUs to personal computing. It provides the applications in a window alongside All 459XX CPUs real benefits of the 80386 hardware Windows-based applications. This is technology that can be used today on especially useful for monitoring the New HP Vectra PCs the HP Vectra RS PC. status of applications executing in the background. HP Vectra ES PC Greater functionality for MS@-DOS Or, the user can select to run an MS- HP Vectra RS PC applications DOS application FULL SCREEN,

- allowing the user to work with the HP Portable Vectra CS PCs do not offer Multiple Virtual PCs Windows1386 application exactly as if it were run- HP-HIL and consequently cannot sup- takes advantage of the unique ning only under MS-DOS. Full screen port HP 92916A. capabilities of the Intel 80386 processor to overcome several recognized mode is best suited for working with a single application, whereas window- HP Vectra CS PCs do not currently barriers in personal computing. It ing is effective when the user is work- offer standard HP-HIL capability. There overcomes the 640-Kbyte memory ing with several applications. is currently no confirmation that the limitation of the 8086 and 80286- separate HP-HIL interface card, based PCs by using the virtual mem- Full Windows functionality planned for the HP Vectra CS PC, will ory capabilities of the 80386. run with HP 92916A. Tests will be Under Windowsl386, each MS-DOS Microsoft Windows1386 and Microsoft made as soon as possible. application executes within a private Windows 2.0 - Windows1386 and "virtual PC" and can be allocated a Windows 2.0 share the same user The HP 929 16A does not support: full 640 Kbytes of memory. The num- interface and provide a consistent ber of MS-DOS applications that can application environment for Windows HP Vectra CS PC run at the same time is dependent applications. Microsoft Windows 2.0- HP Portable Vectra CS PC only on the total amount of physical based applications can be used inter- memory present on the system. changeably with either Windows product. The HP 92916A, HP-HIL barcode Multitasking of MS-DOS applications wedge reader, supports most popular - Windows1386 allows the user to Expanded tnemoiy support - A new barcode symbologies: Code Interleaved multitask existing MS-DOS applica- memory manager in Windows1386 2 out of 5, 3 of 9, Extended 3 of 9, tions. For example, a document can provides emulation of the LIM 4.0 Codabar, and UPCIEANIJAN. be edited in Executive MemoMaker (LotuslINTELlMicrosoft) expanded while Lotus@1 -2-3@is calculating a memory specification, using conven- For more information, refer to the large spreadsheet in the background. tional memory. Windows applications HP 92916A data sheet, PIN 5953- Applications can be executed in a as well as MS-DOS applications writ- 5968. For any questions, or to get a variety of modes. Applications can be ten to use LIM 4.0, have access to copy of the data sheet, contact your run in FOREGROUND mode, which expanded memory under HP sales rep. means the application executes only Windows1386. when the user is working with it. BACKGROUND mode allows the Windowsl386: For today and for the application to continue execution future while the user is working on another Windows1386 offers the best of both application. EXCLUSIVE mode turns worlds: the ability to run existing MS- off multitasking and gives maximum DOS application software in a more CPU resources to the application run- efficient and productive manner, as well ning in this mode. Windows1386 lets as full compatibility with existing Win- the user choose the most effective way dows applications. to run the applications. continued on next page Windowing of MS-DOS applications - 1 I Windows1386 allows existing MS- APRIL 1988 DOS applications to be viewed in a I HP Channels d Windows1386 provides an excellent HP tested and supported De~krop transition to the future. Windows1386 configurations shares a visually consistent graphical Terminal emulation The following HP PC configuration has interface with the MS OSl2 Presenta- been tested and is supported by in ROM available on tion Manager from Microsoft and IBM, Hewlett-Packard with Windowsl386: making Windows users immediately HP Vectra PC productive when they migrate to OSl2 HP Vectra RS PC environment. Now all HP Vectra desktop PCs can be HP Vectra DOS 3.2 or later enhanced with a new accessory that MSE-DOS is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Lorus@and 1-2-3" are U.S. HP Enhanced Graphics Display makes the terminal-emulation program registered trademarks of Lotus De1,elopment System (EGA) ROM-resident. Corp. HP Mouse or HP Graphics Tablet (HP-HIL) The HP 2453 1 A Terminal ROM Card is a memory card containing the HP terminal program in ROM (also available Desktop Windows1386 also supports a number of HP printers and plotters. on disc media, PIN 24597A). Started How to order from PAM or DOS, this program loads Printers: HP LaserJet, LaserJet Plus, two to three times faster than when LaserJet 500 Plus, LaserJet Series 11, loaded from a hard disc, and gives the LaserJet 2000, and HP ThinkJet CID user an extra feeling of security and from HP efficiency. Plotters: HP 7470A, 7475A, 7550A, Effective February I, 1988, users can 7580A, 7585A, 7586B, HP ColorPro, In addition, if the PC is not equipped order the standard Microsoft version of HP Draftpro, HP DraftMaster I and I1 with a hard disc, the user may "boot Windows1386 directly from Hewlett- and go" into terminal mode at power Packard. Each package includes both Note: The HP ScanJet Image Scanner is on directly from the Terminal ROM 5 %- and 3 %-inch discs. not supported with Windowsl386. Card.

I User support for this software product This accessory is recommended for ter- I Product No. Descri~tion on HP Vectra RS PCs is provided by minal-intensive users and is another MicrosoR Windows1386 Hewlett-Packard as well as directly step forward in individual productivity Opt. ABA Presentation Manager for personal computers using the through Microsoft Corporation. and reduced disc media manipulation. Intel 80386 processor The Terminal ROM Card operates on

Use the HP-distributed version Desktop all HP Vectra desktop PCs as well as on the installed base of HP Vectra. It does As with any major new software prod- New tested not operate on non-HP PCs. uct, the first release may include software errors.Windowsl386 is no products list shows exception. Since the first shipments of 1 Product No. Description 1 Windows/386 by Microsoft and PC compatibility of 2453 1 A Terminal ROM Card manufacturers such as Compaq in Sep- 5954-7232 Data sheet tember of 1987, Microsoft has been HP Vectra CS PC continually making changes to improve Call your local HP sales rep for more the reliability and functionality of the The new HP Vectra CS PC has been information. Windows1386 product. (Some fairly enthusiastically received by our significant changes have been rolled customers as a compatible, low-cost into the product as late as January personal computer. Now there's even 1988.) more evidence of the excellent compatibility that HP has engineered into To ensure that you are working with the its PCs. The latest edition of "Tested latest release of Windows1386 and a Products for the HP Vectra CS Personal version that HP can support on the HP Computer" (Lit. No. 5956-43IOD) lists Vectra RS systems, make sure that you over 150 software and hardware pro- are using a copy of Microsoft Windows1 ducts that have been found to be com- 386 distributed from HP. patible. Contact your HP sales rep to get a copy of this information sheet. HP CHANNELS April 1988 Desktop The ROM Disc Accessory operates on The following upgrade products are all HP Vectra desktop PCs and does not now on the DMK Parts Price List ROM- based operate on non-HP PCs. (PPL). Same pricing is used for the applications on the site-license upgrade products. Ordering information

HP Vectra PC with I Product No. Description Product No. Description 68333-65001 AdvanceLink ROM disc accessory HP 24530A ROM Disc Accessory 68350-60002 Charting Gallery Opt. 001 ROM Disc program. Kit card (Includes documentation and 6835 1-60002 Drawing Gallery software for product 68352-60001 Gallery Collection development) Now, with the ROM disc accessory, 68330-60005 Executive MemoMaker ISVs, VARs, OEMs, ICOEMs, and 5954-7233 Data sheet April I PPL Executive Card Manager system integrators are able to build 27535-65009 HP Message to AdvanceMail dedicated, PC-based workstations and also discless workstations with the Deskrop The HP site-license upgrade program application software in ROM. ("Z" quantity 10, "M" and "N" quan- HP Touchscreen to tity 50) is on the HP Price List. Users The HP 24530A ROM disc accessory is can apply their purchase-agreement a memory card containing sockets for HP Vectra PC discounts. ROMs or EPROMs and a few Kbytes of sofmare upgrade CMOS battery-protected RAM. It Users cannot apply their purchase- allows the installation of applications in program agreement discounts-through DMK or ROMIEPROM in order to have them DMO. permanently resident in the PC. HP is now offering a worldwide pro- How to order with the HP software gram that allows trade end-user users to The application does not need to be program upgrade their software from the HP modified and a software utility kit is Touchscreen to the HP Vectra PC fam- DMKIDMO, SDC, and reseller channel also available to ease installation/burn- ily. This program is available only to ordering procedures are as follows: ing of the application in EPROM. users who have traded in their HP Touchscreen PC. This software program All orders must reference the sales The ROM Disc Accessory is ideal for runs from February 1 to October 3 1, order number (except reseller channel all applications requiring ruggedness as 1988. customers) of their HP Touchscreen to it allows the design of intelligent work- HP Vectra PC trade-in order. stations with no moving parts. For The following points highlight the soft- example: U.S. customers should send a mail ware program: order along with the original HP Process controllers: metallurgy, chem- disc(s) to: HP Direct, P.O. Box The program is worldwide. icals, cement, etc. 60008, Sunnyvale, CA, 94088, Atten- Any end-user tradeireseller customers tion Software Administrator. Mobile data acquisition: petroleum, who have traded in their HP Touch- etc. U.S. customers call 800-538-8787 for screen to an HP Vectra PC are ordering information at DMK. eligible. It also fits applications where discless European customers should return operation is of importance and where Products should be returned to coun- their original HP disc(s) to the local the end-product is a "black box," such try location. HP Direct with a mail order. HP as: Program runs from February 1 to Direct will transmit an order to the October 31, 1988. supplying division (DMK if DM0 Measuring instruments does not supply the upgrade). 'The upgrade program is through: Dedicated POS terminals: rental, tick- - HP Direct Marketing Division All other customers should return eting, videotext, etc. (DMK) their original HP disc(s) to their HP sales office. The customer is billed ' LAN-based workstations - HP Direct Marketing Operation after shipment. Non-U.S. or European terminals (DM01 continued on next page - HP Software Distribution Center Protocol controller or front-end (SDC) for large site-license orders processor

APRIL 1988 I I I HP Channels Reseller channel end-user ordering procedures are as follows: Discontinuance of HP Vectra StarLAN PCs Send in an HP Vectra PC proof-of-purchase (a photocopy of the invoice) All versions of the HP Vectra StarLAN upgrade program is available for users and a trade-in-return form (photo- PCs will be discontinued. The follow- who purchased any HP Vectra StarLAN copy) from your HP Vectra reseller. ing product numbers were removed PC between October 1, 1987, and Send mail order with the original HP from the April I, 1988, HP Price List March 15, 1988. Refer to the March disc(s) and payment direct to DMK or edition of HP Channels, page 22, for DMO. HP Vectra CS HP Vectra ES112 complete details on ordering the StarLAN PC StarLAN PC upgrade. HP's Software Distribution Center D1201A D1202A (SDC) now manufactures the site- Opt. 001 Opt. 015 Users should now order HP Vectra Opt. 002 Opt. 016 license software. SDC ordering pro- PCs, HP OfficeShare, and HP StarLAN Opt. 051 Opt. 051 at the component level (see following cedures are as follows: Opt. 052 Opt. 052 Opt. 053 Opt. 053 matrix). Since the HP Vectra StarLAN Work with the local HP sales rep to Opt. 054 Opt. 054 PCs are priced at sum-of-components, Opt. ABA Opt. ABA decide which software products and there will be no price penalty when Opt. ABB Opt. ABB buying components. Additionally, users the quantity needed. Opt. ABK Opt. ABK will be ordering the new enhanced ver- Customer orders the "Z" quantity 10, sion of HP OfficeShare software. Please "M" and "N" quantity 50 upgrade The HP Vectra StarLAN PCs will not be aware that users will now be products. roll to the recently announced third required to install the HP StarLAN Customer needs to return disc(s) as release of HP OfficeShare, Version interface card into the HP Vectra PC. proof of purchase. B .00.00. However, a free software

Contact your HP sales rep for more Now order these components If you ordered SPU with 20 details on how to order the upgrade HP Vectra CS Mbytes and video Matching HP Vectra PC OfficeShare StarLAN program. StarLAN PC interlace monitor DOS 3.2 V.B.00.00 PC Link I D1201A Opt.001.051. ABA Dl l2IA 3573tA 459518 50923F Opt. ABA Dl2OlA Opt. 002. 052. ABA Dl 122A 35743A 4595 1 B 50923F Opi. ABA DIZOlA Opt. 001. 053, ABB or ABK Dll2lA 35731AB 459518 50923F Opl. ABB or ABK D1201A Opl. 002. 054, ABB or ABK Dl 122A 35743BB 45951B 50Y23F Opl. ABB or ABK If you ordered HP Vectra ESI12 StarLAN PC D1202A Opt. 015.051. ABA D1321A 35731A 45951B 50923F Opt. ABA Dt202A Opl. 016, 052. ABA D1322A 35743A 45951B 50923F Opl. ABA DI202A Opl. 015. 053, ABB or ABK D1321A 3573 1 AB 45951B 50923F Opl. ABB or ABK D 1202A 0p1016. 054, ABB or ABK DlJ22A 35743BB 15951B 50923F Opt. ABB or ABK

HP CHANNELS m April 1988 Drsktop New release of Executive Mas.r Storage MemoMakerllSO New disc subsystem features high capacity now available 1 in compact package

A new release of Executive Memo- Low-cost add-on capacity - The HP Maker/ 150, Version C.03.00, is now 97963B standalone mechanism is pri- available. The new release is fully com- ced 25 percent lower than the sepa- patible with Graphics Gallery B.02.00 rately packaged HP 7959B subsystem and supports HP Ruggedwriter, Paint- of equal capacity (304 Mbytes). The Jet, and DeskJet printers. HP 7963B with one 97963B kit will cost approximately 5 percent less than All of the new Gallery features, includ- two HP 7959Bs. ing rotated figures and skewed text, will HP's own 5 %-inch Winchester - The be displayed in graphics merged with exceptional design of the HP 7963B is Executive MemoMaker (EMM) text. due to the integration of HP's own On high-resolution black and white 5%-inch mechanism. Designed and printers (150 dpi resolution or greater), The latest addition to HP's disc drive manufactured solely by HP, this two types of grayscale output are now product line is the innovative HP mechanism has performance and supported, as well as color pictures on 7963B. This new disc drive subsystem reliability features typically found in color printers. features an initial 304-Mbyte capacity larger system discs. Several upgrades are available for cur- and a special multimechanism package. Use in a wide range of applications - rent EMM customers. Individual Up to three HP 5 %-inch Winchesters - The HP 7963B is well suited for upgrades are supplied by HP Direct. each with its own controller - can be office and workstation environments Users must return the application mas- placed in the package to share the same requiring less than one Gbyte total ter when ordering the upgrade. Site- HP-IB channel and power suplly. mass storage. license upgrades are ideal for users with 50 or more copies of EMM to upgrade. Users will benefit from the flexibility Other product features the HP 7963B offers: Two options are offered: one includes A specially designed track positioning 50 copies of the software and the other system using embedded servo code. includes a set of master discs that may 304 Mbytes - The user gets high capacity in a midrange package The servo code essentially eliminates be copied by the user. To purchase a seek errors and provides greater read1 site-license upgrade, users must return (132mm x 325mm x 554mm). This package still fits neatly in the HP write accuracy over the entire operat- the required number of master discs or ing temperature range. show proof of purchase of a site license 922 1 1R Design Plus cabinet. It can for Executive Memomaker. also be mounted in a 19-inch cabinet Channel optimization - This feature is with the help of a new 19560B rack similar to rotation position sensing Ordering information adapter kit. (RPS) and allows multiple discs to better use a single HP-IB channel. Ability to expand - Additional 304- Mbyte disc mechanisms can be placed Automatic sparing - This enhance- 45418-63006 Single-unit upgrade, version in the original HP 7963B package. Up ment reduces disc errors and required C.02.00 to C.03.00 to three mechanisms can be housed in maintenance. 454 18M Site-license upgrade, 50 the package for a total of 912 Mbytes copies, user duplicates (maximum configuration is three 304- Self-test capabilities and error software Mbyte mechanisms). logging Quick and easy access to replaceable Contact your HP sales rep for more assemblies information. Contact your HP sales rep for more information. M~JJSloru~r New SCSI discs join New HP 7959B extends current midrange the midrange product product offering family In addition to the exciting new HP difference is that the HP 7959B is a sin- 7963B, HP is also introducing the 304- gle-mechanism subsystem. Additional Mbyte HP 7959B - an extension of the capacity can be acquired only by pur- current HP 7957A and 7958A product chasing an entire disc drive. The HP line. 7959B is the perfect choice for users who want to purchase only one disc Like the HP 7963B, the HP 7959B is drive at the lowest price or who require also available in 304 Mbytes and fea- the smaller HP 7957Al7958A footprint. tures the same performance and reliability with HP's own 5%-inch Contact your HP sales rep for more Winchester disc mechanism. The only information.

Muss Srora~e HP 7959B and 7963B system support

With the introduction of HP's new disc Introducing the HP 7957S, 7958S, and drives - the HP 7959B and 7963B - 7959s disc drives. These products users will benefit with traditional HP extend the current HP product line with quality and low cost of ownership. Sys- three more capacities - 107. 16 1. and tem support for these just-released 323 Mbytes - plus offer a new interface products is summarized below. For the first time, HP will offer systems users mass storage with the Small

Computer System Interface (SCSI). I / System HP 7959B HP 7963B Comments 1 Like the new HP 7959B and 7963B, I Technical I the SCSI disc drives feature high perfor- HP 9000 Series 20013000 BASIC 5.0 Yes Yes mance and reliability. The HP 7957S, Pascal 3.2 Yes Yes 79583. and 7959s are targetted toward Serieh 300 HP-UX 6.0 Yes Yes users who want an industry-standard Serieh 500~ - BASICIHP-UX--- . - TBD TBD Contact HP Planned Planned ~"niniri988 interface. I ~~~sB00HP-UX1.2 Yes No I 2.0 Yes Yes I The HP 79573, 7958S, and 7959s HP I000 products integrate the new HP-designed A-Serieb 5.0 Yes Yes EIF-Series No No Contact HP and built 5%-inch Winchester disc HP 3065 XiL 3.0 Yes No mechanism. These products are HP 64100 AF 2.1 Yes Yes designed to perform with the HP 9000 Commercial Series 300 computers. (See article in 1 HPJOOO Technical section entitled. "New SCSI MPE-V (V-Delta- 1) Yes Yes interface.") MPE-XL Planned Planned 1st half 1989 HP 260 No No The HP 9000 Series 300 supports these I new disc drives using HP-UX 6.0. the Contact your HP sales rep for more Series 300 models are: 3 19 Option 01 1, information. I 330 Option 01 1, and 350 Option 011. Contact your HP sales rep for more information. Mass Sroragp MUASSforcige When to choose the HP 7936 and 7937 HP 9153C and instead of the HP 7959B or 7963B 9122C support on HP 9000 BASIC 3.0 The introduction of the new HP 7959B the HP 7936Hl7937H offer the flex- and HP 7963B products may raise a ibility of future upgrades to controller and 4.0 question of which products to choose. cache, and to a fiber link interface. The Four areas of positioning exist for the future fiber link interface will provide Hewlett-Packard announces official user: total system capacity, perfor- additional flexibility on HP Precision support of the new HP 9 153C and mancelflexibility, environment, and Architecture systems by providing 9 122C disc drives under HP 9000 price advantages. longer cabling lengths and more total Series 20013000 BASIC 3.0 and 4.0. mass storage capacity. This means that users can now take Total system capacity advantage of the newest disc drive Environment The HP 7963B offers possible capaci- offerings from HP without upgrading ties of 304, 608, and 912 Mbytes as The HP 793617937 products are all their operating systems. compared to the HP 7936H of 307, and designed for a data center or depart- the HP 7937H of 571 and 1142 mental computing environment and Earlier support was announced for Mbytes. The HP 7937 disc drives are have a sound power level of approx- BASIC 5.1 and 5.0 (one problem designed for systems that require 1 imately 65 dB(A). The HP 7959Bl existed with 5.0 when used with HFS Gbyte or more of storage. On these sys- 7963B, however, have a sound power and the HP 9153C disc was configured tems, the fewer number of spindles will level of <54 dB (A) and are suitable for as a single 40-Mbyte volume). BASIC provide better overall reliability and the an office or workstation environment. If 5.1 corrects this discrepancy. ability to configure more mass storage you are buying a disc drive into a fac- on the system. Therefore, users who tory floor environment, the HP 7936137 The new HP 9153C offers the excep- already have an HP 7936 or HP 7937 drives still offer the widest environmen- tional reliability of the HP 3%-inch disc drive should continue to buy the tal tolerances and most reliable solution mechanism coupled with a new HP 7937 for additional disc storage. in this environment. 2-Mbyte unformatted microfloppy disc drive. The new HP 91 22C microfloppy Performance/flexibility / Price advantages offers 2 Mbytes of unformatted capacity (1.42 Mbytes formatted) in a dual- or Whereas the HP 7959B and HP 7963B The HP 7937H still offers the lowest single-drive configuration, with greater now offer performance similar to the cost per megabyte for users with mass reliability and quieter operation than HP 7936H and HP 7937H in many storage needs of 1 gigabyte or more, the HP 9 122DlS. applications, because of a faster data and offers the lowest cost of ownership transfer rate, the HP 7936Hl7937H still through lower service costs in this offers faster performance in applications capacity. with transfer sizes of over 4 Kbytes. In addition, the HP 7936XPl7937XP still For quick reference, use the following provide the performance advantages of guidelines when determining which disc controller cache which is not avail- disc to buy. able on the HP 7959Bl7963B. Also,

Disc drive selection guide / Selection Criteria HP 7959B HP 7963B HP 793617937 1 Low entry cost Future growth Officeiworkstation environment Data center environment Factory floor environment Less than 1 gigabyte More than 1 gigabyte Performanceiflexibility Cache Fiber link Large transfers Configuration flexibility APRIL1988 a I HP Channels Moss Slorojir Nchrorks New upgrade feature comparison between ARPA TCPIZP now HP 9153M and HP 979638 available for HP

investment protection of their equip- Vectra PCs ment. Even though the concept is similar for both products, implementation is PC users now have the ability to share somewhat different. files and gain terminal communication to a multivendor computing environ- Although the 97963B 304-Mbyte ment through a new AdvanceNet upgrade kit may be installed by the product. By using the de facto industry- user. this is only recommended if the standard Advanced Research Projects user has a computer maintenance Agency-defined Transmission Control department or would be installing mul- ProtocollInternet Protocol (ARPA TCP/ tiple 97963B kits. Each HP 97963B IP), the associated ARPA services and upgrade kit provides the material and popular Berkeley Software Distribution instructions to perform the upgrade (BSD) 4.2 networking services, PC installation; however, the first upgrade users can integrate PCs into an existing Inexpensive upgrades are features of may require a demonstration. The network. The ARPA product is sup- both the new HP 7963B and HP 9153C learning that occurs on the first installa- ported on the HP Vectra PC and IBM disc drives, previously introduced in tion is easily levered to further installa- PCs (AT, XT, and PSl2-Model30) and December, 1987. Users benefit from tions. Installation by an HP customer will be available April I, 1988. upgrades in both of these products engineer (CE) is recommended for HP through reduced upgrade cost and 3000 svstems due to the software con- The user must order the PCIARPA soft- I figuration requirements. ware and the HP ThinLAN PC Interface (27210B) as two products, a services Comparing upgrade features of the HP 9153C and 7963B product and a link product. The ARPA ServiceslVectra PC (HP Dl 800A) and Feature HP 9153C HP 7963B the ARPA ThinLAN LinkiVectra PC Base capacities 10120140 Mbytes 304 Mbytes (HP D 180 1 A) provide the multivendor ( Upgrade kits HP 9153M. 20 Mbytes HP 97963B, 304 Mbytes 1 communication software and hardware Maximum number of 2 3 to integrate a PC into an existing net- mechanisms in (for capacity of up to 40 (for capacity of up to 91 2 working environment. Both are avail- one package Mbytes) Mbytes) able on 3%- or 5%-inch floppy disc. Controller architecture One controller for all Each mechanism has its own The two products must be used mechanisms; single HP-IB controller; individual together. I address mechanism HP-IB address 1 Who petionns the upgrade Must be performed by an May be petiormed by the 1 The D l8OOA ARPA ServicesIVectra PC HP customer engineer user, Option DO2 I provides the ARPA services, File Trans- fer Protocol (FTP), TELetype NETwork protocol (telnet). and popular Berkeley networking commands, remote copy (RcP) and remote command execution (rsh). These services allow the PC user to share files with ARPA-supported computers on the network and to emulate a vtl00 terminal allowing virtual terminal access to the other ARPA servers, e.g. HP 9000 Series 300 HP- UX workstation. The ARPA Services1 Vectra PC is available in 10- and 50- user licenses. The D 180 1 A ARPA ThinLAN LinW For continued user satisfaction, HP has Networks Vectra PC provides the ARPA transport an ongoing program to certify the PC/ Introducing LU 6.2 protocols, TCPIIP, and an HP PC ARPA product with additional ThinLAN Interface card. The HP PC products. APZ: new HP-to-ZBM ThinLAN Interface card (HP 27210A) allows connections to Thin or Thick If you would like to use the PCIARPA networking product Ethernet cabling. Support of StarLAN product to communicate with products 10 will be offered when the product is that are not listed here, please contact HP introduces new software for the HP available. The ARPA protocols closely your HP sales rep. Testing may have 3000 application programmer - LU 6.2 adhere to the following Military Sta- occurred or may be planned in the near Application Programming Interface (LU dards (MILSTD): future. 6.2 API).

Internet Protcol (IP) MILSTD 1777 Product structure LU 6.2 is an IBM communications pro- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) tocol used for program-to-program I Product No. Description I MILSTD 1778 communications between networked Dl 800A ARPA Services1 systems. The new LU 6.2 API product Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) HP Vectra PC makes it possible for application pro- RFC-826 Opt. AA6 Software on 5%-inch grams written on the HP 3000 to talk to floppy application programs running on an This product pair also includes addi- Opt. AA8 Software on 3%-inch floppy IBM host mainframe in an SNA tional capabilities for the user's ease of Opt. OA9 10-user license network. use. This includes an easy-to-use menu- Opt. OAA 50-user license driven installation program. This menu- D1801A ARPA ThinLAN LinW LU 6.2 API provides a set of high-level driven installation process allows the HP Vectra PC intrinsics that may be called from ARPA expert and non-ARPA expert Opt. AA6 Software on 5-114-inch within the HP 3000 application pro- alike to quickly and easily install the floppy gram. The intrinsics can start a "con- ARPA product on their PC. Opt. AA8 Software on 3-112-inch floppy versation" with a remote application Opt. OCK Delete interface card program in order for the application A rich set of diagnostics for the HP (Transport software program "pair" to work together in ThinLAN PC interface card allows the only) accomplishing some task, or "transac- user to quickly and easily locate prob- tion." For this reason, applications that lems with the PC Interface card, the PC support the LU 6.2 protocol are com- connection to the LAN, and connec- monly referred to as "transaction pro- tions to remote ARPA systems. grams." Transaction programs may be designed to transfer files from one sys- Currently, we have certified operation of tem to another or access/update a ARPA services by testing communica- remote database. The following illus- tion with products from~~and other trates the relationship between these vendors. The following configurations transaction programs. are certified.

Certified configurations

Network software Computer Operating system package DEC VAX 7XX VMS 4.4 or later Wollongongs WIMIVX 2.2 or later SUN SUN release 3.213.3 Sun Networking DEC VAX 7XX BSD UNlX 4.214.3 BSD 4.214.3 Networking HP 9000 HP-UX 5.5 or later NS-ARPA Series Rev. 5.3 or Series 300 later HP 9000 HP-UX A.B 1.20 or later ARPA Services1800 Rev. 1.2 1 SNA LINK 1 Series 800 or later

I HP 3000 MPE V System

APRIL 1988 a I I I HP Channels What makes LU 6.2 API unique from April 1 HP Price List. Ordering options HP's other SNA products, such as SNA are as follows: NRJE (8 100lDPPX workstation emula- Also in this issue tion to an IBM host), or SNA IMF Product No. Description (327413276 Control Unit emulation to 30253A HP LU 6.2 API an IBM host) is that it does not emulate Introducing NS X.25 Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 37. 37XE. 3000lV Network Link 10 a "dumb" terminal to the host. With or MICRO 3000s LU 6.2 communications, either side Opt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 39-58 Selective operation of can initiate the program-to-program the HP 3540IA with the Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 64-70 conversations and have equal capability HP 3000 13 30253R Right to copy HP LU 6.2 API in sending and receiving data. Return credits will drop Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 37, 37XE. on selected WAN link LU 6.2 APT features or MICRO 3000s Opt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 39-58 products 13 HP LU 6.2 API provides the foIlowing Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 64-70 HP-UX 2.0: what's new features and benefits: for the HP 9000 Series 800 14 Remote prograrn invocation - Allows HP-UX A.B2.00 HP 9000 the HP 3000 LU 6.2 API transaction Prrnirlcilr Series 800 networking 15 program to remotely invoke an LU HP 2392A and 6.2 application resident on the IBM New SCSZ interface 26 host mainframe. 2394A terminal HP-HZL barcode reader Remote attach - Allows an IBM host now supported on HP mainframe LU 6.2 transaction pro- obsolescence plans Vectra ES and RS PCs 20 gram to remotely invoke an HP 3000 Discontinuance of HP resident LU 6.2 API transaction Hewlett-Packard is planning to remove Vectra StarLAN PCs 24 program. the HP 2392A and the 2394A from the New 3%-inch disc for HP Price List on August 1, 1988. Mapped conversation LU 6.2 - Easy- HP 9122C stores 1.42 These products have been replaced by to-use programmatic interface handles the new HP 700192 and 700194. respec- Mbytes of data 3 1 intermediate inpuVoutput procedures. tively. The current Special Options on Applicaticn compatibilih - LU 6.2 the HP 2392A and the 2394A will be API may be run concurrently with available on the HP 700192 and 700194 other HP SNA services. such as SNA by this time.Two exceptions are L14 IMF and SNA NRJE. over the same Hebrew, and LO4 Katakana. The SNA Link to the IBM host. Hebrew Iocalization will not be offered on our new products while the Ordering information Katakana localization will be provided as a separate new product available dur- HP LU 6.2 is available on the ing the July-August timeframe. V-Delta-3 MIT and appears on the Contact your HP sales rep for more information.

HP CHANNELS April 1988 Supplies I

1 1 HP DIRECT order phone numbers Supplies 1 1 New 3%-inch discfor HP 9122C stores HP DIRECT Fast Phones -the easy, direct way for users to order supphes, accessories, media, furniture, 1 1.42 Mbytes of data and software hmHP DIRECT. Location Telephone Number Users can store up to 1.42 Mbytes of Ordering information Australia (03) 895-2645 (03) 895-2615 data on each high-density 3%-inch - (03) 895-28 15 microfloppy disc when used with their I Product No. Description 1 (03) 895-2861 Austria (0222) 2500-614/615/616 HP 9122C drive. High-density discs 92192X Box of 10, 3%-inch high-den- Belgium~Luxembourg (02) 761 31 11 simplify backup, offer improved perfor- sity, double-sided, unformatted, Canada mance, and are covered by a five-year 1.4211.44 Mbytes (formatted Toronto Local capacity) microfloppy discs. For Ontario warranty. use with HP 9122C, 9153C, Quebec HP Portable Vectra CS and British Columbia Other Rovinces HP discs do make a difference. HP Vectra PCs with the 458 13A Denmark discs are precisely engineered to match internal disc drive. Note: Use Finland with 1.42 and 1.44 Mbyte France the unique features of HP drives. To drives only. ensure 2 perfect match, HP engineers 92 192A Box of 10, 3%-inch, double- Greece Italy set exacting specifications to define the sided, unformatted, 7101720 Japan optimum (not merely compatible) discs Kbytes (formatted capacity) Sagamihara microfloppy discs. For use with Osaka I for use in HP disc drives. The discs are HP 9122C, 9153C. Portable Middle East then tested, round after round, during Vectra CS, Vectra PCs with the Athcns manufacturing and at final certification. 4581 3A internal disc drive and Norway South Africa The result is a premium product guaran- other HP double-sided 3%-inch disc drives. Johannesburg teed to be 100 percent error free. Cape Town Spain The HP 9122C disc drive can use either Sweden To order these products in the U.S. call of the following 3Yz-inch microfloppy Switzerland 800-538-8787 between 6 a.m. and 5 The Netherlands discs: United Kingdom p.m. PST. Users outside the U.S. can United States call one of the HP Direct numbers West Germany 92192X high-density disc stores up to listed at right, 1.42 Mbytes of data per disc 92 192A double-sided disc stores up to 710 Kbyets of data per disc

Use high-density discs only with high- density drives such as the HP 9122C. Loss of data will occur if high-density discs are used in lower capacity drives.

APRIL 1988 HP Channels d Software Packages Industry: Cross industry - project managemenl srlleduling and graphics Available and Wanted Abstract: Sofrrak Systems has project management scheduling and graphics software for a full range of Hewlett-Packard computers (HP 150, HP Vectra PC, and HP 9000 Series 200, 300, 500, and 800). If you have a software package available for cross-licens- Specifically. MicroTrak is a critical path method scheduling system that allows users to plan projects, coordinate resources, ing. or are looking for a package to cross license, this sec- track accompanying costs, evaluate "what if" scenarios, quickly tion will help you. Your entry will appear for two months; generate reports, and easily print time-scaled schedules. hices for the most recent additions are shaded. To list your company MicroTrak start at $595 (U.S. list). PlotTrak is a com~anionto the MicroTrak system that enables users to produce a plo;ted visual in the Cross-Licensing Classifieds (at no charge), see the re~resentationof their schedule that effectivelv communicates ~ro- address at the end of this section. ject time frames and priorities to others involved in the project. What is actually produced with PlotTrak is a time-scaled prece- dence network diagram or Gantt bar chart. Prices for PlotTrak Software Packages Available start at $295 (U.S. list). In addition to MicroTrak and PlotTrak, SofTrak Systems offers Industry: DatabaselAnalysislGraphical Reporting for Technical CustomGantt, a stand-alone Gantt chart generation software Users system. Without the need of a separate project scheduling system, Custom Gantt helps users quickly and easily create presentation Absrract: Test Quality Company (TQC) develops markets, sells, quality Gantt charts for pmposals and presentations. Prices for and supports software for traditional HP instrumentation customers CustomGantt start at $95 (U.S. list). Both PlotTrak and Cutom- using the HP 9000 Series 2001300 computers in BASIC, Pascal, Gantt support the full line of Hewlett-Packard pen plotters. and HP-UX. Specialization includes HP-IB systems using HP's RF and microwave instruments, data acquisition systems, and For nearly three years, Hewlett-Packard sold MicroTrak and Plot- database management and analysis for ATE and engineering Trak for the HP-UX operating system on the HP 9000 Series 200, applications. 300, and 500 computers. HP recently returned the marketing responsibilities to SofTrak Systems. Inasmuch as MicroTrak and TekBase Data Management and Analysis System - A relational PlotTrak have been upgraded twice since most users purchased the database and analysis pmduct designed with technicalIATE users software from HP, current users may upgrade to the latest releases in mind. TekBase offers HP 9000 Series 2001300 users a tool for a nominal upgrade fee. that can be incorporated into application programs, supporting the BASIC, Pascal, FORTRAN, or HP-UX environments. Fea- Company Name: SofTrak systems, Inc tures include two- and three-dimensional graphics, capability to Address: P.O. Box 16750 handle arrays of data and complex numbers, a powerful import/ 1574 West 1700 South, Suite 2C export capability, and an elaborate technical query language Salt Lake City, Utah 841 16 (TQL) interface. U.S.A. Converse ScreenIForms Generator for Rocky Mountain BASIC - Phone: 801 -973-9610 A productivity tool for software developers who use BASIC on the HP 9000 Series 2001300. Provides error checking. hardware Contact Person: Nancy Allen independence. elaborate graphics, and data management. Type ofDistributor Wanted: Open Screen-driven creation utility for development of user screens and application library subprograms which may be included in user developed software. Company Name: Test Quality Company Address: 23 16 Walsh Avenue Santa Clara, California 9505 1 U.S.A. Phone: 408-986-8880 FAX: 408-986- 1479 Contact Person: Jim Jenkins npe of Distributor Wanted: Software OEMs, Distributors, Technical Systems Retailers Geographic Coverage: U. S. and Canada

HP CHANNELJ April 1988 Industry: Chemical Fertilizer Industry Industry: Computer Longuage Conversionware Abstract: "Fertilizer SOP" is an electronic management manual Abstract: FORTRIX-C is a source language converter taking as its that contains standard operating procedures (SOP) designed speci- input a standard FORTRAN SOURCE program or program mod- fically to organize the internal efficiency of running any kind of ule, and outputting Kernighan & Ritchie C source language. When Chemical Fertilizer business, large or small, multinational or compiled with a standard C compiler, the output object program domestic. These SOPs implement and simplify numerous manage- will be functionally similar to that of the original compiled FOR- ment principles. Domestic or international contracts can easily be TRAN program. assembled from "Standard Contract Clauses" provided by the Because of the rich and diverse history of FORTRAN, FORTRIX- manual. Many office procedures are standardized for practical C has been designed to accommodate and automatically translate application. Using this sophisticated productivity tool greatly standard versions of FORTRAN plus closely related derivatives. In raises managerial standards and reduces executive and all addition, many enhancements to standard FORTRAN developed employees' costly time demands. It is similar to the "Our Own by key manufacturers also supported. FORTRIX-C has been SOP" manual published by the same company for any type of are ported to all HP 9000 series computers running the HP-UX operat- organization. ing system. Any of the typical SOPs are easily adapted with any WordStar Abstract: COBLIX-C is a source language translator that takes as reading word processing program to suit the organization's input a standard COBOL program and generates as output a C lan- requirements and produce a unique, customized SOP Management guage program that, when compiled and implemented in an appro- Manual without designing and writing one from scratch. Not copy priate operational environment, will produce functionally protected; the Licensing Agreement allows copies within one equivalent results. organization's legal entity, additional copy discounts for the pur- chaser's more than 50 percent owned subsidiaries are available. An The COBLIX-C Basic Kernal System handles ANSI Level One informative free descriptive leaflet is furnished on requests written and Level Two features plus extensions of vendors. 'he COBLIX- on company letterhead. C Enhanced Support Package translates machine-dependent, Included are a hardcopy of all procedures and everything else con- vendor-specific, and ANSI COBOL 85 extensions found in many tained in the discs, an extra set of 24 color-coded separator tabs modern COBOL programs. for a customized SOP, and an audio-cassette with customizing If you are using extended COBOL features, Rapitech Systems' instructions (for those who tend not to read instructions). engineers can custom tailor COBLIX-C to your requirements. COBLIX-C has been ported to run on HP 9000 series computers Requirments necessary - HP 150 with double-sided disc drive, HP Portable, HP Portable PLUS, or HP Vectra PC, IBM or IBM com- running the HP-UX operating system. patibles, no special memory required; a text processor program Company Name: Rapitech Systems, Inc. able to read or convert Wordstar by Micropro International. A Address: Montebello Corporate Park good printer. Suffern, NY 10901 Useful, but not essential -To derive maximum use of "Our Own U.S.A. SOP." in addition to WordStar it would be verv hel~fulto have Phone: 9 14-368-3000 both'^^ Executive CardManager (ECM) and Ltus'l-2-3 by Lotus Development Corporation, Rel. 1A. Contact Person: Dr. Lawrence T. Woodruff Company Name: Central Resources Corporation Type of Distributor Wanted: Open Computrex Division Address: P.O. Box 96 Point Lookout, NY 11569-0096 U.S.A. Phone: 5 16-431 -27 18 Contact Person: Leonard Linton You can list your company in the Cross-Licensing Type of Distributor Wanted: Open Classifieds (either Software Packages Available or Software Packages Wanted) by sending the informa- Geographic Cowrage: Worldwide tion in the format used here to:

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