Introducing the New HP-UX Precision Architecture Family

Information For Hewlett-Packard's Value-Added Businesses June 1987

Introducing the new HP-UX Precision Architecture family

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Volume 6, No. 8 Correction: Distribution of RMTERMI HP-UX Contributed Library Tape Editor 17 HP 9000 I Building For The Future: The 1987 HP Adds New 2D Graphic Subsystem to Tracy Wester Commercial Software Supplier Conference HP 9000 Model 350 HP Channels is published monthly for HP 9000 Series 300 HP-UX Release 5.3 And Hewlett-Packard's value-added busi- 32-User Product New Release of HRoday nesses to provide you with information Expanded Family of ME Solutions about HP's products and services to Customer Support Announcing HP PCDS Revision 1.1 help you be more successful. 2 Training New HP PCDS System Configurations HP Offers On-site Service Tralning Personal Computers For further information on any of the Print Central Customer Training Now products and services discussed in HP Available 21 General Channels, please contact your HP sales HP LaserJet Printer Family Enhanced WordStariMailMerge to be Obsoleted rep. Sewrce Training 21 Desktop PCIPeripherals Self-paced Mentored HP Vectra 3000 PC: Even Better with New See back cover for subscription Training News HP Production PlanningIPC information. Business Computers Announcing New HP AdvanceLink for HP Vectra PC Note: Not all HP computer products 3 Precision Architecture HP Vectra PC: Most Frequently Asked are sold and supported in all countries. Introducing the HP 3000 Series 950: New Questions Top-of-the-Line HP 3000 Business Management Portfolio Now Please check with your local HP sales HP 3000 Series 950 Data Commun~cation ofice. Packaged with Gallery Collection Capability European Symbols Now Available for Hewlett-Packard does not warrant the 4 HP 3000 Graphics Gallery accuracy of the information provided in HP Easytime Release SRM I/F Card for HP Vectra PC HP MICRO 3000XE Outperforms AdvanceWritelPageMaker: lie Perfect DTP HP Channels and shall not be liable for MicroVAX I1 Solution any use made of the information con- Print Central Improved With New Dlrect Localized HP Vectra PC OS Price lncrease - tained herein. Information provided in Mode Correction HP Channels is subject to change with- Print Central and Resource Sharing Support Peripherals out notice. HP Lasedet 2000 Printer 26 Mass Storage Technical Computers On the cover HP 9133134H Obsolescence Reminder 7 HP 1000 HP 35401A: Cost Justtfication HP 1000 A400 Conversion is Easy New Autoloading, %-inch Tape Drives: High HP 1000 WF-Series to A-Series Upgrades Performance and Compact Design Now Available 27 Networks HP IMX) Subsystem Software Upgrade HP StarLAN Now Shipping Credits Explained HP Officeshare Networking Family For PCs HP Ada11000 Now Orderable HP 94250B Forms11000-I1 Not Supported on 28 Printers HP 1000 A600 HP LaserJet Series I1 and LaserJet 2000 10 Pr~ntersSupported on HP 3000 Systems HP Precision Architecture1 Benefits of 13.3 cpi Option on HP 256XB HP-UX Printers HP Precision Architecture Family Expands lncrease Throughput on HP 2567B with Three New Systems Supplies Introducing HP 9000 Model 850s - HP's Fastest HP-UX Precision Architecture 30 Supplies System Fill Supply Needs Quickly with the HP Introducing the HP 9000 Model 825s Computer Users Catalog Introducing three new advanced Superminicomputer Prices Reduced for HP Flexible Discs computer systems - ranging from a HP 9000 Model 825SRX Superworkstation HP-IL Video Interface Discontinued high-performance superworkstation, to Introduced HP DIRECT Order Phone Numbers a new top-of-the-line super- HP 9000 Model 840s - Double the minicomputer for engineering, Terminals. Four Times the Memory Introducing Network~ngProducts on the manufacturing, and scientific- HP 9000 Models 825 and 850 computing applications. See articles New Native Language 110 Products For beginning on page 10. HP 9000 Senes 800 HP 9000 Series 800 Upgrade Program 32 Software Packages Available and Wanted Expanded and Improved HP CHANNELS June 1987 New Peripherals Supported on the HP 9000 Series 800

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3000 Series 930, new peripherals, personal computer products and applications, and the new HP LaserJet 2000 printer.

The California Cuisine Theme Din- ner featured food from several regions of California. A 20-foot-long replica of the Golden Gate Bridge commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. A Con- estoga covered wagon represented the Old West, a boardwalk represented the beaches of California, and a Spanish mission represented the Spanish heritage of California. The food selection included oyster shooters, tortellini, miniature egg rolls, barbecued baby- back pork ribs, and quesadillas with verde sauce.

Tuesday morning opened with work- shops, followed by Chuck Jepson. director of HP Office Systems Business More than 350 enthusiastic people about RISC technology as a basis for Unit. Chuck spoke about the oppor- attended "Building For The Future," new products from now until the late tunities in this growing marketplace and the 1987 Commercial Software Supplier 1990s as well as the acceptance of new how software suppliers can take advan- Conference held at the Santa Clara, technology into commercial products tage of these opportunities. California, Marriott Hotel on April 5-7. such as the commercialization of auto- mobiles during the turn of the last Following Chuck was the HP Man- The attendees enjoyed a wine-tasting century. agement Forum. This roundtable con- on Sunday evening, April 5. The next sisted of Ralph Godfrey, U.S. morning John Young began the con- Toby Hecht, president of Hecht and commercial sales manager; Bill Mur- ference by speaking about the state of Associates, described the new global phy, marketing manager of Business the U.S. industrial competitiveness and changes taking place in the marketplace Systems Sector; and Sharon Jacobs, recommendations from President and what sales people must do to marketing manager of Computer Sys- Reagan's Commission on Industrial remain competitive and profitable. tems. The roundtable addressed issues Competitiveness. John was chairman of Doug Spreng, general manager of HP's raised by HP 3000 software suppliers that commission in 1983 and until the Commercial Systems Business Unit, concerning our strategies, products, commission completed its work in presented the commercial systems strat- and program. 1984. egy, including information on products released during the last year. The general sessions were wrapped Next, Dick Alberding. executive vice up by Bill Murphy who reviewed the president of Marketing and Interna- Monday evening was capped by the people and programs in place to make tional, spoke about the changes that Product Fair and California Cuisine our software suppliers successful. On occurred within HP during the past two Theme Dinner. The Product Fair fea- Tuesday afternoon, software suppliers years and the heightened role of value- tured the HP MICRO 3000, the HP attended the vertical marketing work- added businesses. Chuck House, direc- shops which were the last sessions of a tor of Corporate Engineering, spoke very successful conference.

JUNE 1987 HP Channels n~lilli11,q (Self-paced Mentored Training - PRINT CENTRAL Course 05092A, Option 0231024). CUSTOMER TRAINING Participants will learn to service the HP LaserJet printers from the perspec- Now AVAILABLE tive that it is an integral part of an office PC network. Hardware service Customer training for Print Central is knowledge is reinforced with selected now available. Print Central Modular PC-HP LaserJet printer configuration Hewlett-Packard Customer Service methods. The class is structured as 40 Training offers a worldwide, on-site Training (PCMT) contains four modules geared toward the office products percent lecture and 60 percent lab, to training program for computer and ensure ample hands-on experience. instrument users who desire self coordinator and covers the design, support. planning, and implementation of Print Central. The training also has one mod- The schedule for Course 50042A through 1987 is listed below. The on-site training program ule that teaches end users how to use the product on a day-to-day basis. pro\.ides users with the same training At Customer Service Training, Moun- that HP's own customer engineers tain View, California receive, but with the flexibility of time A unique feature of this training's design is that it can be given as either a June 15-19 and location. This program is especially August 3-7 advantageous to users with a large self-paced or stand-up course. In the self-paced format, students are allowed September 2 1-25 installed product base, or someone December 7- 1 1 involved in security-sensitive projects in to proceed at their own speed and take remote areas. only the modules that apply to their At Rockville Training Center, Rock- specific job requirements. If taught as a ville, Maryland stand-up class, students can benefit On-site service courses - standard or June 15-19 from interacting with an instructor and specially developed - are available for a August 10- 14 wide variety of computer and peripheral fellow learners. September 14- 18 products. The program also includes a November 16-20 select group of HP instruments. One copy of PCMT is provided to the user with each Print Central docu- For pricing information, please con- With 25 years of customer training mentation set. Additional copies may tact Customer Service Training in experience and backed by HP's techni- be ordered through Direct Marketing Mountain View: 415-691 -5300, or cal support organization, Customer Ser- Division (DMK), PIN 36890-90044. 800-523-0696 (in the U.S.), or vice Training is committed to providing 800-882-9595 (in California). self-support users with training of the highest quality. For more information, please contact Kathy Martin or Wei Huang at 4 15-69 1 -530015905 or 800-523-0696 (in the U.S.) or 800-882-9595 (in California).

Hewlett-Packard Customer Service Training is offering HP LaserJet printer HP's Customer Service Training family service training in 1987. (CST) is offering the following self- paced mentored training courses to Course 50042A was developed to users who want to maintain their HP train service personnel to diagnose. personal computers andlor associated troubleshoot, and maintain the HP peripherals. 2686AlD (HP LaserJet, Plus, 500) and the 33440A (Series 11) printers in an office environment. It is a five-day class which expands on the service technology available through the regular SMT Course Number 05092A

Length Option Description (days)

001 HP Portable computer 2 (110) 002 HP 150 personal cornputer 3 003 HP 150 1 personal 3 computer 004 HP 150 emulator I 005 HP-85AlB personal 2 The product you have been waiting in its class. Fewer parts also means computer for is here: the HP 3000 Series 950. By higher reliability, low cooling require- 006 HP-86AlB personal 2 computer combining HP Precision Architecture ments, and low electrical power needs. 007 HP 9121SlD disc drives I with HP's proprietary NMOS 111 VLSI This translates into lower cost of owner- OOX HP 9 122 d~scdr~ve 1 technology, the HP 3000 Series 950 ship for the user. 009 HP 9133134 disc drive 1 offers users an excellent solution to 010 HP 91 14A disc dr~ve I their high-end commercial data pro- The HP 3000 Series 950 uses a 01 l HP Th~nkJerprinter I (2225A) cessing needs. For installed base three-level 110 hierarchy incorporating 012 HP 82905A printer I accounts, the HP 3000 Series 950 is a System Memory Bus that is 64-bits 013 HP 7470A plotter 1 ideally suited as a performance upgrade wide and operates at 100 Mbytes per 015 HP 7475A plotter I for an HP 3000 Series 70. For new second. This advanced bus structure 016 HP 9X72A plotter I accounts, the HP 3000 Series 950 will provides users with a very high I10 017 HP 262X terminals 1 open up doors to large data processing bandwidth. 018 HP 264X terminals 3 019 EtherlinkllSO 1 environments. 020 HP Vectra PC (72425A) 3 The HP 3000 Series 950 comes stan- 02 1 HP 150 11 personal 3 Powerful new processor, technology dard with 32 Mbytes of main memory, computer leadership but will support up to 128 Mbytes of 022 HP Integral PC (9X07A) 4 memory to accommodate the very large 023 HP LaserJet printer 4 The HP 3000 Series 950 is the sec- memory requirements of future applica- (2686AlD) ond HP 3000 system to be imple- tions. At first release, the HP 3000 024 HP Laserlet Ser~e\11 3 mented using HP Precision Archi- printer (33440A) Series 950 supports the same I10 and tecture. As a member of the HP 3000 peripheral configuration maximums as family, the Series 950 is compatible The courses are being held at the the HP 3000 Series 930. In the future, with existing HP 3000 systems. Like training centers listed below. disc drive support will be increased. the HP 3000 Series 930, it offers 48-bit Increasing the number of workstations addressing, more than the 32-bit CST Headquarters, 100 Mayfield supported will be investigated. Avenue, Mountain View, California address space offered by other 32-bit computers today. This means that the - June 8-12 The aggressively priced HP 3000 HP 3000 Series 950 address space is - August 10- 14 Series 950 preconfigured system in- 65,536 times larger than a typical com- - September 28-October 2 cludes the SPU, 32 Mbyte main mem- petitive system. To the users, this ory, MPE XL operating system, System Rockville Training Center, 2096 means that they will not have to worry DictionarylXL, and network and rela- Gaither, Rockville, Maryland about address space limitations for the tional database management systems. - June 22-26 next couple decades. The HP 3000 Series 950 delivers on the promise of industry-leading pricelper- For additional information or course At 7 MIPS, the HP 3000 series 950 formance, And it's on the June 1 registration, please contact Customer is the most powerful HP 3000 intro- HP Price List, users can order an Service Training at 4 15-69 1-5300, or duced to date. BY using HP's NMOS 111 Hp 3000 Series 950 today, Funher- 800-523-0696 (in the U.S.), or VLSI techno log^, the entire HP 3000 more, the HP 3000 Series 950 is on 800-882-9595 (in California). Series 950 CPU was put on a single schedule for shipment by the end of this chip containing 144,000 transistors. year. Furthermore, the entire processor. including a 128-Kbyte cache. 4-Kbyte Hp 3000 Series 930: new product Translation Lookaside Buffer and Float- structure ing- Point Coprocessor, is on a single- printed circuit board. As of June I. the HP 3000 Series 930 is being repriced in response to Because it has so few components, the HP 3000 Series 950 has a small footprint compared with other machines new product and pricing announce- Product No. Description have questions with the procedure. they ments by our major competitors. In should follow their normal support pro- addition, the standard memory on the HP 3000 Network Service Product cedures (contact your sales rep or local HP 3000 Series 930 has been increased 36920 HP Network Services for HP Response Center). from 16 to 32 Mbytes. This was made MPEIXL-based systems possible by the new 1 Mbit RAM tech- Opt. 440 For HP 3000 Series 950 nology. Also, maximum memory sup- HP 3000 Network Link Prodrrc,t HP 3O(K) port on the HP 3000 Series 930 has 3692 1 A LAN3000lXL Link for been increased from 24 to 96 Mbytes. MPEIXL-based systems HP MICRO 3000XE Opt. 400 For HP 3000 Series 950 The HP 3000 Series 950: a winning combination of advanced technology, high performance, and aggressive pricing. Have you ever wondered how the 32- bit, 0.9 MIPS 'Supermicro' MicroVAX 11 performs in a commercial transaction Precision Architecture processing environment? Not nearly as well as the HP MICRO 3000XE, ac- Not uvailable it1 Europe cording to a benchmark recently completed at the Business Systems HP Easytime, the new software pro- Capacity Planning Center. In fact, in gram that allows novice users to run what we feel to be the most critical MPE without a sophisticated knowl- measure of system performance - peak edge of the operating system com- transaction throughput or 'work' - the mands, has been released on UB- HP MICRO 3000XE with 6 Mbytes Effective on the June 1 HP Price Delta-3. Now HP MICRO 3000 users processed 28 percent rnore transactions List, options will be added to the can take advantage of the convenience per hour than a 17-Mbyte MicroVAX LAN3000lXL local-area-network link of HP Easytime. 11. Absolute response time data showed and the NS3000lXL network services to even more than the 28 percent provide networking capability for the For all users who have ordered an HP advantage. HP 3000 Series 950 computer system. MICRO 3000, HP is making special Addition of these options permits the accommodations so that there is no What does this extra performance HP 3000 Series 950 to be added to an need to upgrade to UB-Delta-3. For mean to users? They can simply get IEEE 802.3 local area network for com- orders received by HP's Software Dis- more work done, faster. They can add munication with other MPEIXL and tribution Center (SDC) before May 14, more applications without having to MPEJV (HP MICRO 3000, MICRO a special HP Easytime tape has been upgrade. And since the HP MICRO 3000XE, and HP 3000 Series 37, 39, created that will be sent out with spe- 3000XE will support rnore memory 4X, 5X, 6X, and 70) systems on the cial installation instructions that are tai- than this benchmark could utilize. they same LAN. lored for the novice end user. could see even more performance out of this cost-effective, office-compatible The products affected by these addi- Orders received by SDC after May system. All of this performance at a tional options are NS3000lXL 14 will get HP Easytirne through the lower price than the similarly config- (HP36920 AIR) and LAN3000lXL standard subsystem process. This is ured MicroVAX 11. (3692 1 A). true regardless of whether the HP MICRO 3000 orders were for UB- With all of the recent DEC-hype, you Delta- 1, 2, or 3. The HP Application may still be a little skeptical. This Engineer needs to phone in the order to benchmark - the first of its kind - was SDC, which will include Easytirne on engineered with total objectivity in the subsystem tape. (The HP Applica- mind. The development process will be tion Engineers were notified that they summarized here. For more information needed to change their process). about these benchmark configurations, contact your HP sales rep. HP Easytime, like disc caching, is considered user installable. If users 1 Hardware selection development was done under their scru- graph is shown below. The MICRO tiny to verify that this was totally repre- 3000XE performs better in this cate- The hardware was purchased directly sentative of how manufacturers interact gory as well. through the value-added business that with the application. supplied the application software. This Response Time equipment is typical of what might be A VAX performance specialist was ..' ':<~ <##, r.E ,b,,,<,.!,$,11 bid in competitive situations with these - - retained to tune the system parameters Pr.,,",iD T,rr --z processing requirements. Configura- - for top performance. In fact, as each tions for both the HP MICRO 3000XE workload was changed, the MicroVAX and MicroVAX 11 are presented. As you 11 was retuned for exactly that system see, they are similarly configured load. This was probably more than # (except for memory).

most users would do, but there was no ~ 1 - - - expense spared to make sure that this ------= / Hardware HP (max) DEC (max) was the top performance that we could -/'-' SPU type HP MICRO MtcroVAX 11 - Oo 7.0 485: C:'I 8481 *'?o> izbo 1360 1600 1800 201002?~ obtain from this application on this Cvste~3:-y I'lr~~erCI Traniacl8cni Attempledl 3000XE BA 123 system. Ma~nmemory 6 Mhytes 17 Mhytes (8 Mbytcs) (17 Mbytes) The HP MICRO 3000XE gives you RS-232 ports 16 (56) 16(41) The same was done on the HP 3000 side. It is interesting to note that MPE's all of this additional performance, but at Tape dnvc IA-~nchcartr~dge 14-~nchcartridgc what price'? Our MicroVAX 11, one of Disc drive One HP 7957A lllhree RD53 total best performance was obtained when total 2 1 1 213 Mhytes run exactly as it was delivered. Since their standard system building blocks, Mhyto the machine and operating system has had a 12 percent higher U.S. list price Onc HP 795XA than our HP MICRO 3000XE. By D~sc Onc ca~h One RQDX3 been optimized for transaction process- controllen rnerhanlsm ing. there was little need to deviate including hardware and software sup- Operating MPE MicroVMS 4.4 from the factory settings. The Micro- port, the three-year cost of ownership system UB- Delta- l VAX I1 required changes for optimiza- shows an even greater difference. tion for this benchmark. Software In short, using what we consider to Results be a fair and representative benchmark The application software selection as a guide, the HP MICRO 3000XE was critical to ensuring a totally fair The HP MICRO 3000XE shows does more work, with less response and realistic benchmark. This particular higher transaction throughput than the time degradation, for less money than package was chosen because it is an MicroVAX I1 under similar workloads the benchmarked MicroVAX 11. We interactive transaction processing think that the MICRO 3000XE is sim- application with a reasonable installed ply more system for the money. base. It has been optimized for each Transaction Throughput IblChCl SIJOIJ#E 148r rode, I host system yet retains the same func- - - + -.,_. ,d380n: pel h58,r tionality in order to be comparable. lerc, Specifically, it is a transaction process- ,'( ing application for manufacturing func- ,//-- ,2r. <', -- - tions making extensive use of database &i access. ,r r,

e I ,,. Expertise j,,, d_I_/"' To ensure that the application and I' 4n@ 600 800 1000 1200 lAS3O IhOWln90 ?000 2200 +$[ern Loadng (Number of Transacl~nniAttemrtedl machine were running in top form, two Print Central offers up to 50 percent different non-HP consultants were uti- faster document throughput, graphics, and improved ease of use with its new lized. The specialist from the VAB It takes all of the MicroVAX 11's 32- Direct Mode. These enhancements are application tuned the customizable bits, 0.9 MIPS, and 17 Mbytes of available with the current version of parameters within the manufacturing memory just to equal the throughput of Print Central which began user ship- software for top performance. In addi- the 6-Mbyte uncached HP MICRO ments in March 1987, with UB-Delta-?. tion. the database 'loading' and script 3000XE. Turn on the disc caching sub- Print Central is a low-cost, entry-level, system (included in system price) and the HP MICRO 3000XE can do 28 percent more work. The response time connections. Resource Sharing allows Resource Sharing. It can be used in users to leverage their peripheral invest- either the Processed or Direct Mode. ments and optimize the management Support of the HP LaserJet 2000 printer and control of PC resources. does not require a software update.

Both shared printing solutions allow The HP LaserJet 2000 printer users to access the full capabilities of (2684A) was added to the HP Price List the HP LaserJet 2000 printer in a on March 2, 1987. Print Central shared environment. This includes (32593A) and Resource Sharing access to full-page 300 x 300 dpi (32597A) are currently available If you are an OEM for the HP 1000 graphics with products such as Drawing products. A-Series fanlily of computers or have Gallery. Other capabilities that comple- an application running on the HP 1000 ment Print Central and Resource Shar- A-Series, it is very easy to move your ing are listed below: system to the HP 1000 A400. You may decide to do this in order to offer a lower-performance alternative to the Feature Description Benefit Also in this issue HP 1000 A900 or to offer a lower-cost Advancc paper~. Dual 250-sheet Reduced handling input bins and printer alternative to the HP 1000 A600. Since capabilities a 1.500-sheet attending Print Central Customer the introduction of the HP 1000 A400 output bin are needr Training Now Available 2 htandard An in November 1986. a number of OEMs optional 2.000- New Release of HPtoday 18 and software suppliers have had the ~heetInput bin opportunity to test the HP 1000 A400 is available. HP Vectra 3000 PC: for use in their systems. The response Duplex option Allows printing Reduccd paper Even Better With New available on both sidea costs HP Production Planning1 has been fantastic. of a shcct of paper. PC 2 1 For example. when one OEM in- Fast documcnt Capable of up Users apend HP Vectra 3000 PC: throughput to 20 pages pcr les\ time stalled the HP 1000 A400 and booted minute. waiting for Most Frequently Asked their system as if it were an HP 1000 printed output. Questions 22 A600. it worked on the first try. They Low printing $.Ol/page Reduccd were ecstatic. C&L systems had a simi- cost printing co,t. opcrating HP LaserJet Series 11 costs and LaserJet 2000 lar experience as they recently reported More fonts 34 resident Providcs broad Printers Supported on in Design atid Manyfucturing maga- ava~lablc fonts arc aelcctlon of HP 3000 Computers 28 zine. They did note, however, that the standard. Clp to fonts that can three HP be easily HP 1000 A400 board would not power LaserJe~printer accessed by the up in the discontinued Model 6 chassis font cartridges user. can bc insetted. and that they needed to use "D" MUX HP Laserlet drivers as HP had recommended. After printsr soft running many benchmarks, they con- fonts an 3150 supported cluded that "The A400 is an average of High duty Manlrnun~ Reduces about I I percent faster under load than cyclc monthly usagc ongoing the A600 . . . based on typical real- rating is maintenance 70.O(K) sh~xts. requirement!. time application use." They were also impressed with the nine-year estimated The HP LaserJet 2000 printer mean-time-between-failure rate for the provides full-featured, high-quality, HP I000 A400. laser printing capabilities for oftice users. Together with Print Central or If you currently have a system run- Resource Sharing. the HP LaserJet ning on the HP 1000 A900, converting 2000 printer gives users a high-perfor- to the HP I000 A400 would be a ter- mance, heavy-duty. shared-printing rific way to offer a lower-cost. lower- solution for their oftice environment. performance alternative to your customers. If you currently have a system running on the HP I000 A600. the The HP LaserJet 2000 printer should be configured as an HP LaserJet printer HP I000 A400 may help you to be even when using it with Print Central or more competitive in your marketplace Receive return credits for selected 110 and memory credits or possibly to increase your profit mar- HP 1000 A900 memory and I10 prod- gins. In addition, using the HP 1000 ucts. (See product list and prices at the Product No. Description Credit* A400 may be a way to solve new end of this article). Memory application needs. For additional infor- Receive 100 percent upgrade credit 12746HN 64 Kbytes $100 mation, call your local HP sales rep. 12747HN 128 Kbytes 250 towards software subsystems that are 12699HN 256 Kbytes 350 common between the HP 1000 EIF- 12749HN 5 12 Kbytes 750 Series and the A900. The incremental 12779HN 256 Kbytes 100 Check bit price difference between EIF-Series 12780HN 5 12 Kbytes 250 (700-level products) and the A900 Check bit (900-level products) is paid for by 12666HN I .O Mbyte 400 ordering Option 897. (See the accom- Check bit panying article for a more detailed I10 UPGRADES Now explanation of subsystem software 12792AN 8-channel MUX 300 upgrades). 12792BN 8-channel MUX 300 12821AN HP-IB 75 12966AN BACl 100 13 175BN MAC I10 75 If you are an OEM with HP 1000 E- Receive $200 return credit for any * U.S. /is/price, con/ac/ your sales rep,fur /he or F-Series customers, you could earn HP 1000 E- or F-Series computers credit prices in your c.oun/ry incremental money by participating in when you order Option 010 for the fol- our HP 1000 Upgrade Program. If you lowing A400 models: 2424A, 2434A, are supporting both HP 1000 EIF-Series 2484A. customers and A-Series customers, you could also realize the benefits of Receive return credits for selected decreased support overhead by encour- HP 1000 A400 memory and 110 prod- aging your customers to upgrade to the ucts. (See list and prices at end of HP 1000 A-Series. By upgrading their article). systems, your customers would in turn Receive no-cost use of software sub- benefit from lower costs of ownership systems that are common between the 100 Percrrzt Sofmclre Upgrudr and increased system performance. HP 1000 EIF-Series and the A400. If a Credit applies to subsystem software Here is a summary (U.S. list prices) of user previously purchased subsystem that is common between the RTE-6IVM the upgrade program covering migra- software for use on their HP 1000 E- or environment and the RTE-A environ- tion from HP 1000 EIF-Series to A4001 F-Series, they have the right to use this ment. There are two types of common A900 that went on the HP Price List on software on their new HP 1000 A400 software: compatible common and April I, 1987. without additional cost. They don't incompatible common. even need to order it; they just move it from the HP 1000 E- or F-Series when Compatible common software prod- Receive $2,000 return credit towards they move their application and reload ucts are listed below. If you are upgrad- any E- or F-Series computer when you it on their new HP 1000 A400. (Again, ing from an HP 1000 E- or F-Series to order Option 010 for the following see the accompanying article for details an HP 1000 A900, order the product HP 1000 A900 models: 2199C, 2199D, on subsystem software upgrades). with Option 897. Users upgrading from 2139A. 2439A. 2839A. an HP 1000 EIF-Series to an A400, do For further information about these not need to order these products. Since and other upgrade programs available they originally purchased their sub- for HP 1000 computers, please contact system software at a higher lever than your local HP sales rep. the HP I000 A400, they are allowed to port from their old system to their new system at no charge.

HP CHANNELS June 1987 HP 1000 Increasingly, government agencies and the HP Add1000 compiler is very com- Product No. Description For A900 For A400 OEMs are required to write their parable to FORTRAN 77. HP has now Y?X3hA!R FORTRAN 77 Ordsr Opt 897 NIC Y?X33A!R Pihcal Ordcr Opt 897 NIC applications in Ada. This is expected to complemented its excellent HP Add 9?857A/R BASIC Ordcr Opt XYi N!C reduce training and software costs to 9000 workstation offering for the YZXhOA3R UEHUG Order Opt 897 N C Y?Oh9A:R IMAGE I Ordcr Opt 897 NIC the government. Ada offers a standard HP 9000 Series 300 with HP Add 01OXIAR IMAGtll Order Opt XY7 N/C development environment and Ada 1000, which is peaked for real time. Y1XhIA.R UGI~ Ordcr Opl 897 N/C Y?Xh?A,R AGP Ordsr Op( 897 NIC source code is highly portable even 91750A!R US Order Opt 897 N!C Yl7XIAIK RJE Ordcr Opt XY7 N!C across different operating systems. Y178?A/A hlRJE Ordcr Opt 897 NIC The following HP Add1000 products It~conlpatiblecorr~motl software are are now orderable. those products that have the same function in each operating system environ- I Product Nu. Description 1 ment, such as FORMS and QDM, but have different ~roductnumbers. Users 1 92125A HP Add1000 license I with these subsysten~scan make special Opt. 400 For HP 1000 A400 CPUs arrangements to receive appropriate Opt. 600 For HP 1000 A600 CPUs credits, licenses, manuals, and software Opt. 700 For HP 1000 A700 CPUs on an exception basis. Opt. 890 For HP 1000 A900 CPUs The latest HP I000 Ordering Guide 92125R Right-To-Copy HP Add 1000 (PIN 5954-8564) mistakenly indicates Contact your local HP sales rep for Opt. 400 For HP 1000 A400 CPUs on pages 42 and 43 that 94250B Option information or assistance regarding this Opt. 600 For HP 1000 A600 CPUs 600 is usable on both the HP 1000 or any other upgrade program for Opt. 700 For HP 1000 A700 CPUs A600 + and A600 computers. That is HP 1000 computers. Opt. 890 For HP 1000 A900 CPUs tlot correct. To help avoid misunder- standings on this point, please cross out Ada is availtrhle on Linus Cartridge Tope (Opt. 022) and on 1600 bpi mug tupe (Opt. 051) /A600 in the line that reads "Use in media. A600 + /A600 computer" for the 94350B, 94250R, and 94250E on your HP ADA/~OOONow reference copy of the ordering guide on HP Add1 000 is source-code compat- page 42 at lowest right and at top of ible with HP Add9000 which runs on page 43. The next revision of the order- the HP 9000 Series 300. This makes ing guide will expressly exclude use in A600 computers. HP is pleased to announce that the source-code migration to and from the HP Add 1000 compiler for the HP 1000 two families much easier. For more A-Series will be orderable on the June 1 technical information on HP Add1000, HP Price List. We are making this com- order the datasheet, PIN 5954-8565. piler orderable prior to its release to manufacturing in anticipation of the HP Add I000 is one of the best real- long-selling cycles to government agen- time Ada compilers/processors on the cies and OEMs. We expect the vali- market. Ada is a key requirement for dated HP Add I000 compiler to start embedded systems, and mission-critical shipping in September of 1987. systems where real time is crucial. Pre- liminary benchmarks indicate that the We believe that the HP Add 1000 performance of the code generated with compiler will be key to both preserving and also expanding our business with the U.S. Government and with other vendors of computer systems to foreign military agencies (NATO. etc). 9000 MODEL 850s - HP's FASTEST HP introduces three new advanced available today. Its computational per- computer systems - ranging frorn a formance (80-nanosecond instruction HP-UX PRECISION high-performance superworkstation, to cycle time, virtual-memory address a new top-of-the-line superminicompu- space of 281,000 GBytes and high- ter for engineering, manufacturing. and speed, bit-mapped graphics) places the scientific-computing applications. The HP superworkstation at the top of this new HP 9000 Model 825SRX. Model new class of products. 825S, and Model 850s complement HP proudly introduces the most and extend HP's existing line of Let's take a look at an overall com- powerful HP-UX system offered in the HP 9000 systems. parison of each of the new products: company's 2 1-year history in the computer business. Broadening the HP 9000 Series 800 family of super- By offering superior priceiperfor- 1 HP 9000 Seriea 800 family specificalions mance, excellent networking, broad Model 82.5s Model 840s Model 8V I minicomputers, the Model 850s compatibility, and low cost of owner- Rclalivr provides higher performance and a ship, HP challenges the competition in Pctiorn~ancc 7 I 1.6 growth path for the user whose comput- Merncrry the fast-growing manufacturing, engi- I*ld/max) 8/56 Mh>lr\ 8/96 Mbyh I h.l?X ing needs extend beyond the HP 9000 neering, and scientific computing Mhytu' Model 840s. 110 SI,,t* markets. (\ld/m;w) 7/12 12/26 I8 HP-UX Pricelperformance leadership license I6 16 72 The HP 9000 Series 800 line now The common foundation of the HP includes: 9000 Model 850s and the other Series The real benefit of our new archi- 800 members demonstrates the scal- The top-of-the-line HP 9000 Model tecture is the fact that in only 12 ability and ability of HP's Precision 850s superminicomputer designed for months. we've expanded from one com- Architecture to provide lasting value for applications requiring very high speed puter to a full family of systems that our users. By utilizing HP's proprietary and performance, large memory offer superior performance at a much NMOS-111 VLSl circuit technology, the expandability, and wide 110 bandwidth. lower price. In addition to providing HP 9000 Model 850s stands as the It supports 50-plus users, with a max- superior priceiperformance, one of our priceiperformance leader in its class. imum of 90 terminal and other serial- strongest competitive advantages is The U.S. list price of the HP 9000 device connections. HP's adherence to industry standards. Model 850s is about half the price of Because all HP 9000 computers use the The HP 9000 Model 840s computer DEC's equivalent performing machines, HP-UX operating system, users benefit provides midrange performance for sci- the VAX 8550 and 8650 computers. from a high degree of compatibility entific, engineering, and manufacturing With estimated relative throughput of across the entire line, as well as com- applications, and software-development 7.2 (to the HP 9000 Model 840s at patibility with programs and applica- tasks. It supports 16 to 50 active users, 4.5), the HP 9000 Model 850s outper- tions that are developed under UNIX@ with a maximum of 128 terminal forms other superminis in its price operating systems on other vendors' connections. class. The HP 9000 Model 850s offers computers. up to 60 percent better CPU perfor- The HP 9000 Model 825s computer mance and greater expandability than bridges the gap between workstations the HP 9000 Model 840s while main- and larger systems. As the entry-level taining the same priceiperformance system in the HP Precision Architecture family of multiuser systems, it serves 2 to 24 active users, and supports a maximum of 64 terminal connections. The HP 9000 Model 825SRX superworkstation is believed to deliver more performance than any other workstation ( edge over its competitors (see table Operating at a clock rate of 27.5 customers' current investments in HP • I below for comparisons). MHz, the CPU is able to perform at a hardware and software.

- base instruction cycle time of 73 nano- II HP 9000 Mndel850S versus compelition seconds. With its floating point Ordering information I HPYODO DEC D(: IBM coprocessor. the HP 9000 Model 850s Model 850s VAX 8550 MVIMM120 4381113 The HP 9000 Model 850s SPU will 1 performs floating point calculations at a Prrforrnow 1, appear on the June 1 HP Price List. To speed of 2.9 million double precision MIPS 7.2 6.9 6.4 6.8 order your HP 9000 Model 850s. refer Kflops* 715 I I00 NIA 1600 WHETSTONES per second. The large to the table below: Ba\c Price cache. 220-Mbyte per-second System

Memory Bus. instruction pipeline, and I optimized software compilers contribute Product No. Description to the HP 9000 Model 850S's superior Y742A HP Y(HX) Model 850s SPU performance. Hordwrrr: Model 850s processor. *Bused on the dortble precision Lir~pclck floating point coprocessor. 16 henc.hrnc~i-k I Mhytes main memory, 2 channel The HP 9000 Model 850s comes adaoters, access Don, I HP-16. 1 standard with 16 Mbytes of ECC mem- 6-channel multipiexer. power supply. Ideal for multiuser applications ory, two channel adapters, an ?-bay I meter cabinet Sufinore: 32-uscr HP-UX license. C. Similar to the other members of the HP-IB card, a 6-channel multiplexer, XDB. Assembler. DIL, real-time HP 9000 Series 800 family, the Model access port, 32-user HP-UX license. extcnsions. PORTIHP-UX 850s is targeted to those customers and battery backup support for up to 15 O~trpr:hardware and sokwarc documentation. site preparation interested in a general-purpose, high- minutes. consultation. on-site installallon performance, UNIXq operating system- assistance. YO-day un-site warranty. based system. The HP 9000 Model Family compatibility Opt. 516 Add 16-Mbyte main memory 850s has the power to serve a depart- New odd-OIIhlrrdwur~ The HP 9000 Model 850s is object ment of scientific or engineering users Al lOlA CIO channel adapter code compatible with the other mem- A1 104A 16-Mbyte memory hoard performing computation-intensive bers of the Series 800 family, making tasks. In communications, the high data application migration simple and fast. UNIX@ is u registered rrudemurk oj'AT&T irl throughput capabilities of the HP 9000 This smooth migration path demon- the U.S. und other countries. Model 850s and industry-standard HP- strates 1-IP's promise of protecting our UX operating system meet the needs of network management and message switching applications. The HP 9000 Model 850s is also a good choice for oil and gas, and software development environments.

The HP 9000 Model 850s is an excellent fit for customers requiring The HP 9000 Model 825s is the sec- communications applications. A sister high speed, high performance. large ond HP-UX product resulting from HP's product based on the same processor, memory expandability (up to 128 Precision Architecture (Spectrum) pro- the HP 9000 Model 825SRX, includes Mbytes), and large 110 bandwidth. At gram. The introduction of the HP 9000 a high-speed, 3D bit-mapped graphics introduction, the HP 9000 Model 850s Model 825s comes just one year after subsystem and is targeted chiefly for will support 90 users, with expan- the introduction of the flagship HP 3D solids modeling applications. dability to support a significantly higher 9000 Series 800 product, the HP 9000 number of users planned for the future. Model 840. The HP 9000 line of HP- Because the HP 9000 Model 825s is UX systems now includes the Models based on HP Precision Architecture, it System processing unit 318, 330. 350, 825, 840, and 850 (also offers outstanding pricetperformance, low cost of ownership, high reliability, Utilizing HP's NMOS 111 VLSI tech- newly announced), giving users a broad environmental tolerance, and provides nology, the HP 9000 Model 850s range of HP-UX systems from which to improves hardware reliability by imple- choose. lasting value for HP customers. menting the entire CPU on a single The HP 9000 Model 825s is posi- The 9000 Model board. A single board includes the pro- I HP 825 SPU 1 tioned as a multipurpose superminicom- cessor, the Translation Lookaside The HP 9000 Model 825s is based puter with broad applicability and is Buffer (TLB), 128 Kbytes of cache on a two-board processor that includes particularly well suited for scientific, memory, and floating point coprocessor. an NMOS I11 CPU chip. floating-point software development, communications. oil and gas, industrial automation, real-time data acquisition. and I chip set, 16 Kbytes of cache memory, a has 48-bit virtual addressing) to facili- Environmenlall HP 9000 MicroVAX 2048 entry Translation Lookaside tate very large program development, packaging Buffer (TLB), and bus interface logic. precise interrupting mechanisms, As with all HP Precision Architecture optimizing compilers, provisions for iIpcratlnp lc~tlpcralurrICI 0 .55 15-32 1532 processors, the instruction set is hard- attached processors and coprocessors, Opcrdl~ngmlallve hun,ldlry (non- wired (no microcode) for extremely fast and a scalable memory-mapped I10 20-XO'ir Zil~XO'~ instruction execution. The HP 9000 system. Mnxlrnum pnuer Model 825s implements a three-stage con\umpt~crn(W) MI0 690 I .4IXI pipeline and has a CPU cycle time of Setting new standards in the industry Table 2 80 nanoseconds. Table 1 illustrates the HP 9000 Model 825s pricelperformance advan- The HP 9000 Model 825 is much tages over DEC, Data General, and Ordering information more compact than any machine in its IBM machines and Table 2 illustrates performance class making it much more I Product No. Description the other HP 9000 Model 825s advan- flexible to configure. The processor is tages made available through HP Preci- A 1004A HP 9000 Model 825 housed in a 234 x 235 x 500 mm pack- computer includes: sion Architecture. age and can be rack mounted or placed Hardrrzurr: Model 825 SPU. on a desk. floating point, 8-Mbytes HP9000 DEC DG IBM main memory, one ModeUR25S 8250 15000/8 9375160 HP-It3 card, one 6-channel

The HP 9000 Model 825s comes Purfiinnan< r, multiplexer. standard with 8 Mbytes of error-correct- MIPS 3 1 1.2 2 9 13 S~fi~r~(~re:HP-UX 1 6-user ing memory, expandable to 56 Mbytes Kflop,' 537 216** NIA 464 I license. C, XDB. Bahe Price M2.500 $65,000 $57.0~) $93.000 Asbembler, DIL, real-time in 2- or 8-Mbyte increments. Also (U.S Il\II package, PortlHP-UX. included in the HP 9000 Model 825s Pr~c.r,/Performrmcr 14 54 20 Other. installation and are a 6-channel multiplexer. an HP-IB 79 30 I manuals. I card. and a 16-user HP-UX license. Opt. 001 Add 2-Mbyteh ECC memory PowerfaillBattery Backup is optional to Table I Opt. 002 Add 8-Mbytes ECC memory preserve machine state in the event of "Rcr.\rd or1 tl~edouble precisiori Linpoc,k Opt. 003 Add seven CIO slots via 110 AC power loss. With this option, if bet7i.htnurk expander **Estimrrre bo.vc~Ion DIGITAL stored power is lost. full memory (56 Mbytes) Opt. OEl Add battery backup system , is supported for a minimum of 15 min- performunc~efigurr.s utes, and when power is restored, HP- UX is resumed without data loss.

HP Precision Architecture provides lasting value tJP Precision Architecture forms the foundation for the HP 9000 Series 800 systems. HP Precision Architecture goes beyond Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) concepts to provide lasting value to users.

The reduced complexity of HP Preci- sion Architecture results in significant pricelperformance advantages, simpler packaging, higher reliability, and lower cost of ownership. In addition to basic RISC principles like hardwired instructions, simplified addressing schemes, Model 825SRX is aimed and single-cycle execution, HP Preci- at the 3D CAD market - with features, at twice the speed of the HP 9000 sion Architecture includes vast virtual- performance, and software tuned to that Model 350. For many users this means address space (the HP 9000 Series 800 area. that the HP 9000 Model 825SRX becomes a viable alternative to main- The HP 9000 Model 825SRX per- frame-based design systems. The user forms integer calculations at 8.2 times gains the capability to perform detailed HP CHANNELS the speed of the DEC VAX 111780 and June 1987 designs and sinlulations on the same system. Interactive design becomes a reality, thus allowing complex designs to be completed faster and with fewer design errors.

Other application areas include: The HP 9000 Model 840s - initially Mbytes to 96 Mbytes, with the addition architectural engineering and con- introduced last year as the HP 9000 of a new memory product. The original struction (AEC), molecular modeling. Model 840, the first HP-UX Precision 8 Mbyte set (PIN 19748A) consists of mapping, and general-purpose Architecture system - is now more two cards that utilize 256-Kbyte NMOS graphics. In these areas, value-added attractive than ever as a midrange super- dynamic RAM chips. The new 32- businesses application software and minicomputer offering. An I10 Mbyte set (PIN 19733A) uses I-Mbit user-written software will dominate. expander doubles the maxin~un~number dynamic RAMS. Due to restrictions in of terminal connections from 64 to 128. the card slot positions. the possible The HP 9000 Model 825SRX Maximum memory has been increased memory configurations on the HP 9000 expands the HP workstation family to from the current 24 Mbytes to 96 Model 840Sare8. 16, 32.40.48, 64, the superworkstation level while main- Mbytes, quadrupling its memory 72. and 96 Mbytes. taining source-code compatibility with capacity. HP 9000 Series 300 systems. The Additionally, HP is offering an attrac- graphics system is the same as that Increased terminal connectivity tive 8- to 32-Mbyte upgrade in order to give the user choice on their used on the HP 9000 Model 350SRX. The HP 9000 Model 840s 110 memory configuration. We now offer the widest range of engi- Expander allows an additional CIO neering systems - from the HP Vectra channel to be added, increasing the Better than ever PC, through workstations and super- number of I10 slots from 12 to 28. The workstations, to superminis. expander slots can be used for any sup- With the above enhancements, the ported CIO cards, with the exception of HP 9000 Model 840s is more competi- The standard HP 9000 Model the LAN card, increasing the number of tive in the scientific, software develop- 825SRX includes thc SPU with 8 supported users to 128. ment, communications, oil and gas, Mbytes of ECC RAM, the SRX and industrial automation marketplaces. graphics subsystem including a 19- The expander, orderable either as an The HP 9000 Model 840s also supports inch, 1280 x 1024 color monitor, LAN option (P!N 974 1A Opt. 601) or an the 3D bit-mapped graphics available and ARPAIBerkeley networking, add-on (PIN 19746B) to the system, on the new HP 9000 Model 825SRX X-Window, Starbase, Workstation HP- includes the following: for those demanding graphics applica- UX, key hoard, and mouse. tions. The HP 9000 Model 840s is even 16-slot 110 expansion module more attractive when considering HP Precision Architecture benefits such as Power distribution unit outstanding pricelperfonnance, indus- ' External control panel try-standard software including the CIO channel adapter and buffer card UNIX" operating system, low cost of ownership. and environmental toler- One-meter Model 840s cabinet ance. And with the new HP 9000 Model 850s high-end supermini, an The I!O expander ties into the HP upgrade path is available for future 9000 Model 840s Central System Bus, computing needs. effectively increasing the CIO bandwidth by 5 Mhytesisecond. This is an Ordering information additional advantage for applications that require high throughput, such as I The HP 9000 Model 840s is shippa- monitoring switching systems in ble immediately. The I10 Expander and telecom~nunications. Greater memory expandability I The memory capacity of the HP 9000 Model 840s has been increased from 24 new memory product appear on the to other HP-UX-based HP 9000 sys- 3000s, and DEC VAXIVMS systems. 1 - June I HP Price List. tems, HP I000 A-Series, MPE V-based Refer to Figure 2 for the OS1 correspon- I HP 3000 systems, the HP Vectra PC, dence, the architecture, and the Product No. Description and other-vendor computers. structure.

971 1 A HP 900 Mods1 830s SPU In a future introduction, Network Hcird~rwrr:Model 810s File System (NFS) will be available on processor. floating point coproccssor. 8 Mbytes main the HP 9000 Series 800. NFS is an memory. channel adapter. emerging industry standard for remote access port. one HP-IB. one file access across a common network. 6-channel multiplexer. cabinet. These high-performance and user- T..".po.l Soffwrrr~:16 -user HP-UX - - UNIOOOO friendly networking capabilities are 3 N-twork I"l.rn.1 Proloco, I license, C, XDB, $800 Assembler. DIL, real-time provided over the high-speed, I0 Mbps - - 2 Dm!. Unk I IEEE 80231 E1h.rn.l extenhions. PORTIHP-UX 1EEE 802.3 Standard Local Area Net- 11- - Other: Installation and work (LAN) link. or the Ethernet LAN UNUnk Hardrmr. I 1 - - I I manuals. link as noted in Figures I and 2. ( Opt. 501 Add 8-Mbyte RAM Figure 2. Series NO0 NSlARPAlBerkrley Opt 502 Replace 8-Mbyte RAM with Ser~.icesund the OSlllSO Model. 32-Mbyte RAM I Opt. 503 Add 32-Mbyte RAM ! HP LAN19000 Series 800 is a high- I Opt. 601 Model 840s 110 Expander performance, user-friendly networking Neb\, odd-on huri/~tture product based on OSI layers one 10748A 8-Mbyte RAM through five, supporting TCPIIP and I IY733A 32-Mbyte RAM UDPIIP as well as IEEE 802.3 and Eth- 1 197468 Model 840s I10 Expander ernet. HP LAN19000 Series 800 supports HP's AdvanceNet Networking (/NIXcR'is u regisiererl trudemcrrk of AT&T irl Scrvices (NS19000 Series 800) and thr U.S. (itid other c.orttr/ries. industry-standard ARPA and Berkeley Figure I. Series 800 in multivendor services (ARPA Servicesl800). The HP ~vlrironrnent. L.AN19000 Series 800 comes standard The networking services available to with a complete link connection to the each computer are specified in each local area network coaxial cable, and box. Computers on the network must has diagnostic tools, industry-standard have like services to communicate. protocols (such as TCPIIP), as well as (IBM services that are available to other access to programmatic system calls HP computers are not shown.) (NetIPC and BSD sockets) used in interprocess communication. (Use of HP NS19000 Series 800 and ARPA NetIPC may require NS services.) Services1800 - which includes ARPA NetlPC between the HP 9000 Series and Berkeley services - require the HP 800 and the HP I000 A-Scrics will be LAN19000 Series 800 product for introduced in this release. The HP NS19000 Series 800, access to the LAN. The NS. ARPA, LAN19000 Series 800, ARPA Services1 and Berkeley services provide the right HP NSl9000 Serie.\ 800 is hased on 800. and HP-UX GatewaylSIVA3270 networking services to meet the needs the HP AdvanceNet data communica- products will be available in fall 1987, of three different user environments: tions arch~tecture.and represents layer for the HP 9000 Models 825 and 850. ARPA services network computers from seven in the ISOIOSI Reference Model. These products provide uniform net- vendors running different operating sys- HP NSl9000 Series 800 supports two working services on all the HP 9000 tems; Berkeley services network com- network services - Network File Trans- Series 800 systems. puters from vendors running the fer (NFT) and Remote File Access UNIXm operating system; and NS ser- (RFA) over the high-speed IEEE 802.3 The HP 9000 Series 800 can be net- vices network the HP 9000 Series 800 local area network (HP LAN19000 worked. via these networking services, to HP-IJX based HP 9000s. HP 1000 Series 800) link. NFT between the HP A-Series systems, MPE V-based HP 9000 Series 800 and the HP 3000 will be introduced in the late fall release. (See Table I for the exact services availablc bctween systems, and refer to the last section in this article for a description of different networking Series 300 communicates to IBM electronic mail application that runs services.) through a nondedicated HP 9000 Series under a system's operating system. 300 gateway. HP-UX GatewayISNA File transfrr - provides interactive Summary of HP 9000 Series 800 3270 allows HP terminals, monitors, and sometimes programmatic exchange networking to other HP processors and printers on the HP 9000 Series 800 of files to and from a remote system. to emulate IBM 3278 terminals and HPUOOO HPUOOO HPW HPlm*ri1Uiis5M*nmWHPW 3287 printers. It also permits file trans- Inter-process commurzication - allows A-Series HP-IJX HP-UX IIP-UX MPE b NS and NS and N:, md YS and NS and fers and multiple session capabilities. programs running on different systems %nice 802.3 W.3 W2.3 M2.3 W.3 File transfers require that IBM's PC File to exchange data through a set of pro- hlr Transfer programs be loaded on the grammatic calls. This service is impor- inccr NellPC host. tant for developing distributed applications. NS for the DEC VAX computer Kcmole Remote command executiorz - allows ttic *ice\\ implements HP's AdvanceNet Network a user to send commands to a remote File Transfer (NFT) service over an Table 1. system for execution. With the UNIX lEEE 802.3 LAN to the DEC VAXI operating system, this service allows Note: ARPA ccin be used to access VMS family of minicomputers. This the user to start a remote shell. This tile HP 9000 Series 300, 500, and 800, service allows for direct file transfer service can be used to start a program and HP Vectru PC, while Berkeley ser- from the HP 9000 Series 800 to a DEC on a remote system, for automated pro- vices can be used with the HP 9000 VAX. NS can coexist with DECnet on cessing, or for'computational server Series 300, 500, arld 800. the same EtherNetl802.3 cable and can applications. share the same hardware controller. ARPA Services/800 encompasses two Remote file access - allows a user to types of services: ARPA and Berkeley. Summary of multivendor networking use system commands to access direc- These services are provided over the for the HP 9000 Series 800 tories and files resident on a remote EtherNet LAN only. (Refer to Table 2 system. This service is distinct from file Galwar1 NS lor for the specific services available transfer in that the file remains on the and NS and NS between systems). ARPA services can I remote system. For instance, the user can open, close, read, or write to these be used to communicate with the HP Eiectron~~ simple md sendmail mad u.msier (USCS files. 9000 Series 300, 500, 800, HP Vectra protocol ShlTPI PC, other-vendor computers supporting (SMTPI Network virtual ter~ninal-enables a Flle hle transfer remolr 3270 PC N1.T ARPA, and computers on ARPANET or trmiier pru~ocnl ropy ircp) Fllr 'ilrr user's terminal that is attached to a (UP) the Defense Data Network through local system to appear as if it had a ARPA gateways. Berkeley services can direct connection to a remote system. be used to communicate with UNIXm This capability allows interactive execu- operating system computers such as the tion of programs residing on a remote DEC VAX BSD 4.214.3 or SUN system. For IBM terminal access, IBM UNIX. Lrietw remote 3LillR nctuork lue Pass- 327418 Pass-through enables the HP ITELNET) lrloam) througk asynchronous terminal to behave as if it who, In order to use ARPA services from ruptmr were a 3278 terminal that is coax the HP 9000 Series 800 to the HP 9000 attached to a 3274 controller. This Series 500, HP Vectra PC, IBM PCIAT, Table 2. capability requires both terminal emula- and DEC VAXs, third-party ARPA tion and terminal access. products are required for those pro- Network service description cessors. The HP 9000 Series 500 This section describes several dif- Configuration and ordering requires Wollongong's WINlH9000. ferent networking services. The HP Vectra PC and the IBM PC-AT The prices for HP NSl9000 Series require the NRC Fusion Network Soft- 800. HP LAN19000 Series 800, ARPA Electronic mail - lets users send and ware Version 3. I3 networking system Services/800, and HP-UX Gateway1 receive mail to and from other users on (PIN FNS-PC-TCP). The DEC VAX SNA3270 are on the June HP Price the same system or on a remote system. with VMS requires Wollongong's WIN1 List. There are a variety of electronic mail VX Version 2.2. features that may not be included in an For configuration and ordering implementation of this networking ser- HP- UX GatervrzylSNA 32 70 allows details, refer to the June I987 edition of vice, so this feature should be compared interactive communications between an with the alternative of a sophisticated HP 9000 Series 800 and an IBM Sys- teml370-compatible mainframe using SNA 3270 protocols. The HP 9000 I the HP 9000 Series 800 System Refer- The new NLS products for Japanese July 1. 1987, HP Price List ence Guide, section 5.10. NS, ARPA. users are listed below. Upgrades will be available to users LAN, and HP-UX GatewaylSNA3270 until December 1988. At that time, the for the HP 9000 Models 825 and 850 Product No. Description program will be evaluated for are being introduced in June. and will continuance. be available in the fall for the HP 9000 92439A Native Language 110 and St~ckKanji Font Model 825, and in late fall for the HP Pricing may be reevaluated in Decem- 1 92433A Simplex Kanji Font 9000 Model 850. ber 1987.

Leverage new sales from HP's Product No. Description The 92439A product includes the basic Kanji font and necessary I10 soft- installed base of HP 1000s and HP-UX GatewayISNA3270 HP 9000 Series 500s 369 18AlR For HP 9000 Model 825 ware to allow Japanese customers to 369 1 l AIR For HP 9000 Model 840 use the HP Asian Vectra PC and The huge installed base of HP 1000s 36919AlR For HP 9000 Model 850 41063A as peripherals. The 92433A (over 100,000) and HP 9000 Series ARPA Services1800 Simplex Kanji Font is an enhanced 500s represents a tremendous oppor- 5098 1 AIR For HP 9000 Model 825 Kanji font for the 92439A product. 50980AlR For HP 9000 Model 840 tunity to generate incremental sales by 5OoY2AIR For HP 9000 Model 850 upgrading users to the HP 9000 Series These new products offer a wide HP LAN19000 Series ROO 800 product family. The upgrade pro- variety of capability for Japanese users 9 1786A For HP 9000 Model 825 gram is an integral part of a strong, 98 194A For HP 9000 Model 840 who wish to purchase only the func- comprehensive migration program HP 91788A For HP 9000 Model 850 tionality they desire. HP NSI9000 Ser~es800 is offering to users. These programs 91787AlR For HP 9000 Model 825 and an extremely attractive family of 981Y5AlR For HP 9000 Model 840 HP 9000 Series 800 products combine 9 1789AlR For HP 9000 Model 850 HP Prec 1~1c111An hlrei !urelHP-UX to give you a powerful tool to leverage new HP 9000 Series 800 sales from our HP 9000 SERIES 800 current installed base. UPGRADE PROGRAM Target users The HP 9000 Series 800 upgrade program is primarily aimed at users who have owned HP 1000 or HP 9000 Series 500 systems for two or more Effective July I, the HP 9000 Series years. The best candidates are users 800 Upgrade Program has been who have outgrown their current sys- expanded to include upgrades from the tems and need more power or larger HP I000 EIF and A-Series, and configurations. HP 1000 A900, The most recent release of HP-UX HP 9000 Series 500 to the HP 9000 F-Series, and HP 9000 Model 5501560 for the HP 9000 Series 800 brings new Model 825s and upgrades within the systems running computationally inten- capabilities to the Native Language Series 800 family. In addition, users sive applications or supporting more Support (NLS) product. These new can now receive 100 percent software than 15 users are good potential targets. HP 9000 Series 800 products reflect upgrade credits when upgrading from HP I000 users with real-time critical capabilities that exist on HP 9000 the HP 9000 Series 500. applications or with specialized I10 Series 300 HP-UX systems. cards may not be good candidates for Program highlights upgrades since the HP 9000 Series 800 With the previous revision of may not meet their application require- HP 9000 Series 800 HP-UX, NLS soft- 100 percent software upgrade credits ments. HP 9000 Series 500 users run- ware to support Japanese was included Attractive upgrade incentives for ning Rocky Mountain BASIC, SRM, or with the operating system. With the SPUs, memory, and I10 cards RJE are also not good targets for latest release of HP-UX, the Japanese upgrades since these applications are NLS capabilities have been broken out - HP 9000 Series 800 upgrades: not supported on the HP 9000 Series into separate products so that users can Model 825s to 840s. Model 825s 800. purchase only the pieces they require. to 850s. and Model 840s to 850s. - HP 1000 EIF and A-Series I00 percent software credit is a ma.jor HP 9000 Model 825S selling point, It can or 840s

- HP 9000 Series 500 upgrades to Model 825s or 840s increase the upgrade incentive for users with Release 1.2. The only exception to with multiple software products. Other this is Renaissance, which is currently incentives to upgrade are higher perfor- not planned to be supported on the mance, low cost of ownership. software HP 9000 Model 850s. compatibility across the HP 9000 Series 800 family, and access to future HP 9000 Series 800 enhancements, to HP Prec r<~otiArc hr~cc/urt~lHP-UX name a few. CORRECTION: Where to get more information A new HP 9000 color workstation DISTRIBUTION OF has been introduced by Hewlett- Pricing and ordering information Packard that adds high-performance (with easy-to-follow examples) is avail- ETERMIHP-uxtwo-dimensional graphics capability to able from your HP sales rep. the graphics-workstation offering. Tne HP 9000 Model 350CH 2D graphics workstation provides state-of-the-art performance for the most demanding On page 6 of the April issue of HP applications with a true 32-bit pro- Chunnels, it was stated that the Con- cessor. the 15 MHz Motorola 68020. tributed Library Tape containing the RMTERM Application Note and Soft- HP is committed to assisting OEMs ware would ship with HP-UX. As of and software vendors in the develop- now. the RMTERMIHP-UX Contrib- ment and porting of applications to the With the upcoming release of HP-UX uted Library Tape will not be shipped HP 9000 Model 350CH. The worksta- 1.1, support for the following new free of charge. tion is well-suited for the advanced peripherals has been made possible: design requirements of design engineers RMTERM remains part of the HP in electrical. mechanical, and software Printers: HP 2227A. 2228A, 2235A, Precision Architecture Contributed engineering, including such computation-intensive tasks as logic simulation 2684A. 3630A, and 41063A Library Tape but the tape will not ship as part of every system. The Contrib- and printed circuit board routing. Terminals: Asian PC uted Library Tape will be orderable Graphics devices: HP 7595A, 7596A, separately. Every effort is being rnade The HP 9000 Model 350CH is fur- Renaissance by the HP-UX Product Marketing Team nished complete with the 68020 CPU; to define ordering details. We are 6888 1 floating point co-processor; 8 HP-UX Release 1. I will continue to reviewing the mechanism of delivery Mbytes of RAM (expandable to 32): support all the peripherals currently for this product and we will notify users four gigabytes of virtual memory available under HP-UX Release 1 .O. when the decision has been made. address space: 32-bit bus system; 32-bit Hence. all the peripherals currently sup- Watch this publication for complete HP- I10 bus; IEEE-488 disc interface; two- ported under HP-UX 1.0. along with UX Contributed Library ordering and channel disc memory access controller: the new peripherals mentioned above, delivery information. and HP-HIL. HP-IB and RS-232 inter- will be available on the HP 9000 Mod- faces. HP 9000 Model 350CH comes els 825s and 840s. Meanwhile, RMTERM remains standard with a 19-inch color monitor available in the A-Series Complirer with an option to choose a 16-inch HP-UX Release 1.2 is expected to Hut~dhookjbr System Designers and monitor. support additional new peripherals over OEMs, PIN 5954-8555, orderable from those supported under HP-UX Release your HP sales rep. Both the Application The new graphics display subsysten~ 1. I. These peripherals will be Note and Source Code Listing are that is included with the HP 9000 announced later. While the HP 9000 included in this publication. Model 350CH provides 1280 X 1024 Model 850s will begin shipping con- resolution, 8-color planes, two overlay currently with the release of HP-UX planes and two times the vector perfor- 1.2. the Model 825s and Model 840s mance of the previous 2D color work- will upgrade to HP-UX Release 1.2 as station. the HP 9000 Model 350C. soon as it is available. Hence, all the HP 9000 Series 800 processors will be The HP 9000 Model 350CH features supporting all the peripherals available provide several benefits to the engineer under HP-UX Release 1.1 along with any additional peripherals announced using 2D applications for increased very high performance graphics in oper- The HP 9000 Models 320 and 330 will productivity: ations such as real-time pan and zoom. probably provide adequate performance It provides between a 10 and 15 times under certain circumstances for more Feature Benefit improvement in world coordinate vector than 16 users. Performance data on ------1280 x 1024 resolution More accurate graphical performance. Applications such as these systems is currently being run. reprebentation of images VLSI and PCB design would benefit The 32-user license is riot supported on K color planes provide Clear definition of the most from the addition of the the HP 9000 Model 3 10. The processor 256 colors frorn a pal- images and smooth accelerator. in a Model 310 is the 68010. while the ette of over 16 million movement of complex other models have the 68020. There are and double-buffering images The HP 9000 Model 350CH (PIN sufficient differences in HP-UX running 2 overlay planes Easier to write applica- 98588A) is U.S. list priced at $39,400. on these processors to make more than tions because you have 16 users not feasible on the Model 3 10. separate planes for cursor track~ngand addi- To configure more than 16 users might tional off-hcreen image make the HP 9000 Model 3 10 storage for rnenus or unbootable. windowb Hardware support of Interactivity hpeeds pro- vectora. polygons, pixel cehsing time HP-UX RELEASE 5.3 replication area fill. and stippling AND 32-USER Bit-per-pixel addressing Lowers cost of aystem and improves productiv- PRODUCT ity by reducing the amount of RAM needed. transferring The next release of HP-LIX for the HP's Australian Software Operation images faster. and HP 9000 Series 300 is expected in the (ASO) is pleased to announce the new improving lnenu May-June timeframe. It will be pri- performance. release of HPtoday, orderable now on marily a bug-fix release. Conling at the normal shipment schedules. Compatible with Simplifies and speeds same time will be a 32-user product for HP 9000 sraphici the porting of the HP 9000 Series 300. The product workstat~ons application!, HPtoday is Hewlett-Packard's strate- structure is shown below: 1- gic application development environ- The new graphics subsystem featured ment under HP-UX*, particularly suited Product No. Description in the HP 9000 Model 350CH worksta- to efficient developnlent of transaction- tion is also available as a stand-alone 98596A HP 0000 Series 300 based applications. Quite a different display board that can be added to an HP-UX 32-user AXE concept from a conventional, third- existing HP 9000 Model 320, 330, or Opt. 022 Software on %-inch tape generation language. HPtoday even 350 workstation. The product number is Opt. 003 16- to 32-user upgrade goes beyond the usual ideas of a fourth- 98550A. Opt. I(Kl Delete nranuals generation language. It provides a fully integrated environment, including sys- The optional 16-inch monitor (PIN tem administration and application test- Note that this product is offered on ing, and requires no separate editors. 98789A) provides 80 percent of the dis- tape only To go from the single-user compilers, etc. play surface area in 50 percent of the AXE to the 32-user product requires volume of the 19-inch monitor while purchasing the single- to 16-user Instead of cutting reams of code, the maintaining the 1280 x 1024 resolution. upgrade and then the 16- to 32-user programmer designs an application by upgrade. An alternative is to purchase defining individual elements, such as a HP will also be offering a 2D the 32-user product as the cost is the integer-based graphics accelerator screen form, a report, a menu, or a set same. The multiuser Programming of function keys. Definitions are com- which may be connected to the graphics Environment will work on either the pleted on formatted input screens, with display system. It will be available late 16- or 32-user AXE products. this year. The graphics accelerator will on-line help always related to the current action. More information about provide a world coordinate interface for Performance data indicates that the 2D integer applications that require HPtoday's method of application HP 9000 Model 350 can support 32 development is included in the data users with very good performance in a FORTRAN development environment. The data also shows excellent performance with up to 24 users. sheet (PIN 5954-6325), available computers, including the HP 9000 Pre- 10130 software for modification, docu- through your HP sales rep. cision Architecture Series 800 mentation, or solid modeling. With computers. over 80,000 AutoCAD installations to HPtoday has always included the date, this translator opens up a huge C-ISAM data manager. Added in the It is this flexibility and productivity market of potential users - firms that new Release A.01. is an HP-SQL stan- that have attracted customers world- have outgrown the limited capabilities dard interface to the HP Allbase wide, ranging from telecommunications of their PC-based system. The transla- database manager. Now applications and manufacturing industries to tor will allow them to make use of the can be rapid1 y developed that incorpo- defense. Almost every customer needs advanced features of the ME Series rate relational database access. For rapid development of attractive applica- 10130 product family without having to example, user-friendly front ends for tions for basic data handling and scrap their existing library of drawings. inexperienced computer users are par- manipulation. With its prototyping ticularly attractive to develop. techniques, HPtoday can give you a ME Series 5 HP-UX strong competitive appeal in this large The ME Series 5 Drafting and Docu- Several other enhancements are market. mentation system is now available in included in Release A.0 I . Some of both the HP-UX and Pascal environ- these provide the most-requested * HP-UX is Hewlerr-Puckartfi Sysrrm V ments. Users can now use ME Series enhancements needed to achieve t.o~np~rrihleimplemrniation of the UNIX@ 30 (HP-UX only) for solid modeling application compatibility between operuting system. and design, and pass the drawings over HPtoday and the TODAY product, UNIX" is ti registeretl tradrmurk of AT&T it1 a LAN to a ME Series 5 station for available worldwide from BBJ Interna- the U.S. rind orher countries. final drafting and documentation. The tional Limited and its distributors. easy-to-learn user interface has been TODAY operates on a wide variety of designed specifically with drafters. UNIXB operating system and proprie- technical illustrators, and engineers in tary systems. mind. The powerful internal data structure. however, is the same as that in the Highly significant are the perfor- ME Series 10 and the ME Series 30, mance improvements achieved since the with double-precision accuracy and first release of the product a year ago. advanced drafting capabilities. Based on a nightly suite of over 700 HP is pleased to announce several application tests, we suggest that over- additions to the Mechanical Engineer- IGES 3.0 Translator all application performance should ing Series 5110130 CAD family. These improve about three fold. Some areas, products build upon the very successful The IGES 3.0 Translator allows such as application loading and unload- ME Series 10 Design and Drafting sys- drawings that have been created in ing, now run ten times faster. In recent tem. and the new ME Series 30 Model- other CAD systems to be translated to specific tests, an HPtoday application ing. Design, and Drafting system. the ME Series 10130 products, and vice was pitted against a matching applica- These additions expand the breadth of versa. The IGES (International tion efficiently coded in COBOL. In product family, and allow the ME Graphics Exchange Standard) format is the critical area of disc file handling, Series 5110130 to exchange data with a neutral file format that has been HPtoday was as fast as COBOL - in many other CAD, numerical control, agreed to by most major CAD suppliers four out of the six tests, marginally and finite element systems. as a method to translate drawings from faster (up to 8 percent). one CAD system to another. HP's IGES AutoCAD to ME Series 10130 translator supports the majority of the Clearly, the latest release makes Translator two-dimensional IGES 3.0 specifica- HPtoday even more attractive as a tions. and is fully compatible with The AutoCADTM to ME Series 10130 development system for transaction- ICES 1.O and IGES 2.0. Therefore, Translator allows CAD users who have based or data-intensive applications. Of firms that have been using another been using the AutoCAD PC-based ME course, its efficient EXTERNAL com- vendor's CAD software will be able to CAD software to upgrade to the work- mand, with full parameter passing both translate their drawings to the ME station-based ME Series 10130 soft- ways, allows you to develop friendly Series product family for further model- ware. The translator will take front ends for existing or specialized ing, design, and drafting. This transla- AutoCAD's DXF format and convert it code in any language running under tor provides HP the opportunity to sell to the MI format of ME Series 10130. HP-UX. And with HPtoday, you can into accounts that are currently using The user will then be able to bring offer a truly scalable solution, since drawings that were developed on the HPtoday applications run unchanged AutoCAD software into the ME Series right across the HP 9000 family of another vendor's CAD products and HP YO00 Enhanced Surface Mount Technology would like to switch to the ME Series ANNOUNCING (SMT) product family, or into those accounts HP PCDS has been enhanced signifi- that do subcontracting for a firm that is HP PCDS cantly for surface mount technologies. using a different CAD system. Faster design times are achieved REVISION 1 .I through new features that increase auto- 1 Finite Element Links I router completion rates and through the For users that have requirements for HP has announced the first software addition of surface mount device parts finite element modeling and analysis, revision to the HP Printed Circuit that reduce the tedious task of library the ME Series 30 provides links to the Design System (HP PCDS). HP PCDS, parts creation. In addition, added SMT ANSYS, Femgen, and Patran finite ele- an HP Designcenter product, is a full- spacing parameters help ensure PCB ment packages. Users can use the function, computer-aided-design (CAD) design integrity. Specifically. Revision geometry created in ME Series 30 to system for the design of printed circuit 1.1 adds the following features: model and analyze their designs using boards. Through the use of automatic the linite element method before having and interactive tools, HP PCDS aids the Swapping of parts between the sides a prototype built. user in ensuring design integrity and of a PCB during the parts-placement manufacturability of printed circuit improve procedure boards. I Numerical Control Links I User-definable routing grid I The ME Series 30 provides output in Since its introduction in June 1986, SMT spacing parameters added the APT-AC, COMPACT 11, and GNC over 150 design seats have been sold to I Addition of 300 surface mount parts formats for those users who would like both internal and external users. During (SMD). to drive numerically controlled machine this time, HP has been hard at work tools with the geometry created by the adding new features and removing Better performance, flexibility for ME Series 30. By using this geometry defects. The result is Revision 1.1. directly, there is less likelihood of error automatic tools I in creating the part, and a shorter turn- Better system performance Performance enhancements to the around time from design to automatic tools result in higher, auto- HP PCDS now supports new hard- - manufacturing. rnatic board completion rates, saving ware recently introduced by many HP users valuable design time. The auto- divisions, including workstations, disc All the products listed above are cur- matic tools are much more flexible: rently on the HP Price List and avail- drives, plotters, and graphics display systems. Now available to users are able unless otherwise stated. Single-pass execution of Auto- lower entry-level system costs. higher Improve-Device Placement speeds performance systems, greater data-stor- HP is pleased to announce this execution time expanding family of products in the ME age capacity, faster and more reliable Series product line. For more informa- plotter output. and the ability to run Users can now stream together auto- tion on the ME Series product family, both HP PCDS and ME-30 on the same matic place and improve sequences for please contact your local HP sales rep. workstation. scheduled "batch" processing during nondesign time Specifically, HP PCDS now offers User-specifiable routing grids to adapt users support of: routing strategies for particular needs HP 9000 Series 330 and 350 The Autorouter adheres to user-spec- workstations ified design rules to ensure design integrity and high PCB manufacturing HP 7958A, 7936H. and 7937H disc yields drives Autorouter strategy editing much HP 7570A. 7595A, and 7596A easier and more friendly plotters HP 9000 Series 350SRX, 3-D Front-end links easier to use graphics display system I Many of you asked that the link between HP PCDS and the HP schematic capture system, HP Electronic Design System, be simplified. We took your advice and made it much more user friendly. A Schematic Netlist Edi- autorouting jobs should choose the tor has also been added to HP PCDS to Autorouter Station. provide an easy-to-use, manual entry of netlist information into HP PCDS. Ordering information

Improvements to the HP PCDS user- Product No. Description interface Enq-level sTstem To make the HP PCDS user-interface 98583L Model 330C bundled system easier to use. faster, and more consis- Opt. 010 High-speed disc interface tent, many small enhancements have 7958A 131-Mbyte disc drive been added. Many of these enhance- 9144A %-inch cartridge tape drive On September 30, 1987, all non- ments are the result of your requests: 74400A HP PCDS. complete software English versions of WordStar'"1Mail- High-prrfortf~oncrsystem Merge (PIN 453 13AlB-Z) will be Function keys pick with cursor 98583C Model 350C bundled system removed from the HP Price List. Optional, left-hand puck map 7936H 307-Mbyte disc drive 3540 1 A Ya-inch cartridge tape Demand for the product has been Automatic work area generation when autochanger drive declining steadily over the past few creating board blank 46087A HP-HIL, A-size graphic\ tablet months. This situation is expected to Different markers now used to high- Opt. 001 Adds four-button cursor with continue, so the obsolescence plan will light different design rule violations crosshair commence on October I, 1987. The 922 1 1 L Taboret product will have a five-year support DSM spooler now handles both HP 74400A HP PCDS, complete software life. PCDS and HP EDS plot files High-/~erfi)rtf~oncegral~hrcs system 98586B Model 350CX bundled system For further information, contact your For more detail on Revision 1 .1 of HP sales rep. HP PCDS contact your HP sales rep. 7936H 307-Mbyte disc drive 3540 1 A Ya-inch cartridge tape autochanger drive WordStor is u U.S. trodtvrrcrrk of MicroPro Intc~rnutioncrlCorp. 16087A HP-HIL, A-size graphic.; tablet Opt. 001 Adds four-button cursor with crosshair NEW HP PCDS 922 l lL Taboret Desktop 74400A HP PCDS, complete software HP VECTRA 3000 Router stotion 98582C Model 350M bundled system PC: EVEN BETTER 7957A 80-Mbyte disc drive Revision 1. I of HP PCDS now sup- 922 1 1 L Taboret ports the new HP 9000 Series 330 and 74402A HP PCDS. autorouter software 350 workstations. These new worksta- only tions and the HP PCDS application software now offer users a superior For complete information on config- pricelperformance family of PCB CAD uration, ordering, and pricing, please When purchasing a Materials systems. contact your HP sales rep. Requirement Planning (MRP) solution, the HP Vectra 3000 PC is the perfect Listed here are the four configura- workstation partner to the HP 3000 tions recommended for use with minicomputer. With the introduction of HP PCDS. The entry-level system, the new HP Production PlanningIPC, based on the HP 9000 Series 330. is Also in this issue HP now has an even more powerful well suited for cost-conscious users. solution to help HP Materials Manage- For most users, the high-performance SRM IIF Card for system, based on the HP 9000 Series HP Vectra PC 350, is well suited. Those users requir- 24 ing high-speed graphics performance should choose the high-performance graphics system, which includes a graphics accelerator and extra planes of graphics memory. Finally, those users looking for a server to offload their ment (MM) users gain more productiv- HP 2392 and VTlOO terminal emula- ity in their critical business tasks. tion, HP AdvanceNet support, and an extensive command language. Now. The HP Vectra 3000 PC provides the more than ever before, HP Advance- core workstation solution. Users can Link meets users' needs for a general- order a complete system with just one purpose PC data communications product number. Because it arrives pre- product. assembled, users can easily set up their On May I, HP introduced a new new PCs and tie into the HP 3000. improved release of the popular Ordering information HP AdvanceLin k 2392 product. The new HP Production PlanningIPC HP AdvanceLink now has new features Product No. Description offers a convenient link between HP and performance improvements includ- Materials Management and 1 -2-3@from ing state-of-the-art data compression. 68333-65001 Upgrade from Lotuse*. Users can bring critical data HP AdvanceLink 2392 1 down to the personal computer for fur- New terminal capabilities ther analysislmanipulation or upload the new production plan back to MM. HP 2627 color graphics terminal emulation on EGA systems Production planners or master sched- Dr8~ktop ulers can also build models that fit their HP 2623 monochrome graphics ter- business needs, extract the required minal emulation on systems other than HP VECTRA3000 information from the minicomputer, EGA and perform fast what if analyses on PC: MOST their production plans. Up to 25 percent faster terminal emulation than before And remember HP's key strengths: HP terminal standard 26-line display PC integration and our ability to send, on all HP video systems except the interpret, and exchange information Monochrome Plus The price of the new HP Ad~uznce- across an organization. Production Link has incremed,from $295 to $325 plans prepared in 1-2-3 from Lotus can New file transfer capabilities (U.S. list). Has the price of the be read directly into HP Graphics Gal- State-of-the-art data compression HP Vectra 3000 PC (which includes the lery for impressive presentations. The new AdvunceLink) also increased? planner can also create professional algorithm for file transfer with the HP 3000 reports with Gallery illustrations in No. So that you can continue to pur- Executive MemoMaker, then distribute Up to 500 percent faster file transfer chase the HP Vectra 3000 PC at the text or graphics via HP DeskManager - with HP 3000 than before, typical same price as before, we have increased for improved communications and more increase will be 150-200 percent faster the discount off the sum of the compo- informed decision making. X.25 network transparency mode in nents price. file transfer with HP 3000 cuts the As of May 1. the new HP Advance- number of packets, time, and cost What are the c~dvantugesof the Link (with graphics) will automatically almost in half - you get additional sav- Monochrome Plus video subsvstem, the be shipped with the HP Vectra 3000 ings when combined with data new nlonochrome solution now bundled , PC. compression ~'iththe HP V~ctru3000 PC Monoc~hromeP '1-2-3 jrom Lnic.\ musi be ordered sep(iraie1y. Comprehensive PC backup to the HP 300, HP 1000, or HP 260 (with The Monochrome Plus video solution I-2-.<%'und Lolusg ure U.S. reCyi.\iered data compression to the HP 3000) irc~dt,rncirksoJ' Loius Devc~lopment combines three of the industry's most Corporurion. MS DOS command and program popular video standards and a parallel access from HP AdvanceLink printer port on one card. It provides compatibility with the IBM Mono- HP AdvanceLink 2392 could have chrome Display Adapter, Hercules become HP AdvanceLink Graphics Card, and IBM Color 23921262312627, but to keep things Graphics Adapter. simple. we are now just calling it HP AdvanceLink. These new features UnIike MuItimode, which maps col- are combined with the capabiIities ors onto 16 shades of gray often with HP AdvanceLink has had all along, minimal contrast between different graphic areas, the Hercules graphics HP CHANNELS Junr 1987 standard is designed for high-resolution For example, HP 3000 block mode had to send in a coupon requesting that monochrome output. This results in applications, like VPLUS, use 24 lines. a Gallery Portfolio be mailed to them. maximum contrast and clarity in If HP AdvanceLink is set to 24 lines, graphics applications such as 1-2-3@ you may easily change the display to 23 Now, the Business Management from Lotusa, AutoCADTM, and or 24 lines by simply pressing the "F9" Portfolio - which includes symbols for Graphics Gallery. key. With a 24-line setting, abbreviated the Gallery user in the areas of market- 1-line function labels will be displayed ing, finance, sales, personnel, facilities How n1orl.v lines can I displq on the that are designed to be meaningful even management, quality assurance, and screen of the HP Vectra 3000 PCP in the I-line version. Switching back 1 research and development - will be and forth between the 23 or 24 line dis- packaged with The Gallery Collection. On an EGA system with the new play is quick and easy. Just press "F9." AdvanceLink (version B.00.01), 26 The price of this Portfolio is included lines (24 for text, 2 for function keys) Press in the overall price. This Gallery Port- can be displayed. The EGA video stan- Default "F9" folio also now includes a set of symbols dard has always had the capability to Lines for text display 23 24 specifically designed for the European handle different fonts. Previously, Lines for function 2 I market. kev display however, HP AdvanceLink 2392 did not take advantage of this particular func- The Gallery Collection (PIN 68352F) tionality of the EGA. Now it can. The includes the following: new HP AdvanceLink downloads a What $a user still wants to plrrchase the Multimode video solution? character font that is one dot shorter Product No. Description than the standard EGA font previously 6835 1 F Drawing Gallery used. The result is that 26 lines can be Users can order all the necessary shown on the screen of the HP Vectra components separately. The five com- 1 68350F Charting Gallery 3000 PC EGA. ponents include: 68326F Business Management Portfolio* On a Monochrome Plus system, 25 1 Product No. Description I * The only rhunge to the currerzt Collection lines (23 for text, 2 for function keys) product 1 72450.A HP Vectra PC Model 50 1 can be displayed. This is today's stan- 1 4589114 Multimode video adapter The other Gallery Portfolios are dard set by all IBM-compatible mono- 1 357311-2 12-inch monochrome monitor available separately: chrome cards. Unlike EGA, IBM- 4595 1 A HP Vectra PC operating compatible monochrome cards cannot system (DOS 3.1 ) --- handle different fonts. As a result, even 68333F HP AdvanceLink Product No. Description the new HP AdvanceLink or Reflec- AutoCADr" is a U.S. trudemark of Autodesk, 68324F Office Activities tions 3 will not change the number of Inr. Portfolio lines you see. However, it is possible to 68325F ChemicallPetrochen~ical display 24 lines of text with I line for I-2-3%fromLofus@ is a U.S. r~gistered Portfolio the function keys. See next question. trcrdemurX of Lotus Development Corporufion. 68327F HP Draw Figures Portfolio The Motlochrome Plus video solution, being IBM-compatible, is cupable of displaying 23 lines of text and 2 lines The Gallery Collection has been an of function labels (25 lines total). How extremely popular product for users cat1 the display be changed to 24 lines looking for an easy-to-use, complete of text and 1 line of function lcibels P business-graphics product that enables Which clpplic-ations use the 24th line? them to produce output for high-quality presentations. If you have a Monochrome Plus display, the default of 23 lines leaves you 2 And, PC Magu-ine voted Gallery # 1 lines for function labels. To change the among other popular business graphics HP AdvanceLink setting to 24 lines, go to the "Global Config" menu and change the field "Screen Size" to 24 lines. Once HP AdvanceLink is set for Since the release of The Gallery Col- 24 lines of data plus 1 line of function lection for the HP Vectra PC and IBM keys, you can use the "F9" key to tem- PCIXTIAT and compatibles, users have porarily pop-up the function label to view the full 2 rows. Desktop SRM will facilitate connecting them SRM IIF CARD FOR together at that time. Now AVAILABLE FOR SRM versus HP Officeshare GRAPHICSGA LLERY If an SRM Server and network is The new HP 50963A SRM interface already installed, then it is appropriate card for the HP Vectra PC is now avail- to use it as the Server for the BASIC A set of 44 pictures has been added able (June 1 HP Price List). This allows and Pascal systems on the Language to the Business Management Portfolio, BASIC and Pascal programs executing Processor. now packaged with The Gallery Collec- on the new Language Processor board tion and also orderable separately (PIN (HP 82300Al82302A) on the If there are no other HP 9000 Series 68326F for the HP Vectra PC and PIN HP Vectra PC to access the SRM 2001300 systems or SRM installed now 4557014 for the HP Touchscreen PC). Server over the SRM coax network or in the near future and you are buying exactly the same way programs do in several HP Vectra PC systems with the Included are 28 maps of European HP 9000 Series 2001300 workstations. Language Processor. you should buy countries and regions along with sym- the HP OfficeShare server (available bols such as a train, scooter. and gon- Product description with ThinLAN. StarLAN, or SERIAL dola. Some examples are shown below: The HP 50963A SRM interface card network). Presumably, the reason you is electrically identical to the 50962A bought the HP Vectra PC instead of an interface card for HP 9000 Series HP 9000 Series 2001300 system is to 2001300 computers, but is physically utilize the many PC applications that laid out on a PCIAT interface card for- run on DOS. These applications cannot mat. It fits into an ~nterfaceslot on the easily access SRM. However, the HP Vectra PC and only draws power BASIC and Pascal applications running from the HP Vectra PC backplane. It on the Language Processor can easily connects to the Language Processor access DOS discs, including the remote board via ribbon cables that impIement disc on the OfficeShare Server. the DIO backplane. It has a coax BNC T connector on the faceplate for con- LAN gateway application nection to the SRM coax network. An HP Vectra PC equipped with the Language Processor can act as a gate- The software necessary to access way between the SRM network and SRM from the HP Vectra PC is built various other networks. The SRM inter- into the BASIC and Pascal operating face and the other network card would systems that run on the Language Pro- be installed on the HP Vectra PC. The cessor. BASIC and Pascal programs appropriate DOS network software access SRM the same way they do on would run in the DOS environment. A For those Gallery users who have HP 9000 Series 2001300 systems. For simple 'spooler' program would run in already purchased the Business Man- example. they can easily copy files to BASIC or Pascal to retrieve files from agement portfolio and would like the and from SRM and a local hard disc or the SRM disc and pass them to the European pictures, please contact your the internal disc of the HP Vectra PC. DOS network software. This is a lower- HP sales rep. cost and more easily managed solution Ease of adding systems than using an HP-UX system for this The benefit of this interface card is function. that it facilitates adding HP Vectra PC Ordering information systems where HP 9000 Series 2001300 and SRM systems are installed. HP Vectra PC systems running BASIC and Pascal on the Language Processor 1 50963A SRM Interface i can access the same SRM Server the installed HP 9000 Series 2001300 systems use. If an HP Vectra PC system with 'Rocky Mountain BASIC' is purchased as a starter system with the potential of adding additional HP 9000 Series 2001300 systems in the future. 1 Desktop Desktop

I DTP SOLUTION

The increases in factory base price (FBP) of localized HP Vectra PC Oper- ating System (0s) Kits have been The Perfect D.T.P Solution postponed from May I, 1987, to July I, 1987. ADVANCEWRITE: HEWLETT - PACKARD'S STRATEGIC Products affected by this change are WORD PROCESSOR INTEGRATES WITH INDUSTRY LEADING DTP PROGRAM. PAGEMAKER. listed below.

AdvanceWrite offers the Advancewrite documents can HP LaserJet Printer, top functionality of a sophisti- be integrated directly into quality document creation is Product No. Description cated word processing PageMaker. a! their fingertips. solution plus the versatility c HP 4595 1 AD German integration with industry's Saving your Graphic Gallery leading Desktop Publishing files in TIFF format will HP 4595 l AE European Spanish program PageMaker. enable you to integrate ORDERING INFORMATION Advancewrite text and HP 4595 1AF French DTP Solution graphics within PageMaker. AdvanceWrite I1 (27507F) - 5550 HP 45951AH Dutch Advancewrite together with Tareet Market Advancewrite I11 HP 4595 l AM the Vectra Publisher PC (27508F) - $695 Latin American (including PageMaker) and Existing Advancewrite users HP Vectra Publisher PC Spanish the HP Laserjet family of are "prime candidates" for a hlonochrome Model 96 printers provides a versatile DTP solution. By adding (72496A) - $5829 Norwegian DTP solution. PageMaker and an HP Vectra Publisher PC EGA Model 97 Swiss-German TODOualitv Results (72497A) - $6719 Aldus PageMaker for the PC Swiss-French Desktop Publishing lets you from Hewlett Packard Swedish quickly create professional (45964A) - 5850 looking proposals, news- United Kingdom letters, brochures, flyers and other documents. It lets you Arabic ask "Who1 tr by experimenting with different Flemish layouts and styles to produce top quality results. Finnish Danish Inteeration I Italian By simply converting your AdvanceWrite text into DCA revisable format using the "file translate" function Contact your HP sales rep for pricing within AdvanceWrite. the most sophisticated of information. P.~.M~~.~(R)Is a regiatcred trademart or ~lduaCorporation

AdvanceWrite offers the functionality Some formatting is necessary when Also in this issue of a sophisticated word processor plus placing a converted AdvanceWrite DCA the versatility of integration with the file within PageMaker. Limitations exist industry's leading desktop publishing with paragraph indents, super and sub- PClPeripherals Self- Paced Mentored Training program, PageMakerB. script, and centered and bold text. However. these can be easily rectified News 2 Use HP's desktop publishing solu- within PageMaker. tion, the HP Vectra Publisher PC, with AdvanceWrite I1 or 111 to create top- For more information on how quality professional documents like the AdvanceWrite integrates with Page- one shown in the illustration. maker, contact your HP sales rep.

P~~eMaXer'~is u U.S. regi~teredfrudemc~rk (f 1 Aldus Corporution. and gives the customer the benefit of 7o!a rea!ea *arker COS! $40 per hour operator cost savings. The savings may R8CC M Uw1e) 132 Uhlfl, 102 Ub,11% O,lll,*ru hCWD -hC*P - - .. Pai*"O. . . . . eventually equal the additional invest- 1 ment of the HP 35401A over the HP 9144A. The time to reach the break-even point (the justification period) will vary with the number of Mbytes that are being backed up, and also the operator cost.

''- d*d 4 p"!,al nli.YDI weekly. The HP 9 133134D and HP 9 133134H The following graphs illustrate how J were obsoleted effective May I, 1987. these factors influence the justification Diagram 3 Both products are replaced by the HP period. In Diagram 1, the savings in 9 1531543B which became available on operator cost equal the extra capital The basic assumption is that a user November 1, 1986. investment of purchasing the would perform five weekly backups, of HP 35401A at the intersection points which four are partial backups and are In addition, the following products on the graph. half of a full backup in capacity. The were also obsoleted effective March 1. operator cost includes overheads. 1987: The larger the number of Mbytes and operator cost, the shorter the justifica- Example Product No. Description tion period. The user is considering purchasing 45807A Brackets for mounting hard discs into HP Vectra PC Cost justification for purchasing an an HP MICRO 3000 full-size system 45808A Hard disc-to-controller HP 35401 instead of an HP 9144 with a 132-Mbyte disc drive. Either an cable assemblies HP 9 144A or an HP 3540 1 A could be

4581SA ST 506 Controller >:a ,e ated rorker cos! P20 pe. lo,. selected as the backup device. Assum- . , BU ..br.r, 112 ub)l%r 107 ur:e. fi,.e.trr Blih.0 Backio sat..~ ing an operator cost of $20 per hour 458 1 SK Disc Controller - - - ...... I 458 17M 40-Mbyte mechanism only (Diagram 1 ). the justification period is seven months. This is given by the intersection of the cumulative savirlgs For additional information, contact line for 132 Mbytes with the price dif- your HP sales rep. ference line.

.mJ ..,,,, The basis of the justification is appli- lrn , 2 I . 5 6 8 9 '0 (1 '2 '1 '' '1 '6 .,o..l ' I. a-d a ua.:,a bac*Lpr "eei cable to most situations. If this is not the case. a spreadsheet that runs 1-2-3a Diagram 1 from Lotusa is available to cost justify the HP 35401A to the user's individual backup requirements.

Many HP sales reps are finding that The results indicate that the they can sell the HP 35401A 1/4-inch HP 3540 l A is an ideal match for small cartridge autochanger tape drive more and midrange systems requiring backup effectively by presenting the cost con- of between 1 30 and 536 Mbytes. It also siderations to the customer. shows the value of presenting the argu- ment for unattended backup in terms of Currently two products are available a cost-justif cation period. Unattended from HP Computer Peripherals Bristol, backup can help you sell systems. the HP 35401A and the HP 9 144A. I '"1 an0 C par,,a taciuoa hoe., The backup capacity of the products is L--- 1 Successes 536 Mbytes for the HP 35401A and 67 Diagram 2 London Buses - Purchased 60 Mbytes for the HP 9144A. HP 35401As for HP MICRO 3000s. The ability of the HP 3540 1 A to Pepsi Cola - Purchased 15 with automatically select from eight car- HP 7937H disc drives. tridges provides high storage capacity Dutch Government - Purchased 10 for operator efficiency. Standard tape reels messages can be set by the operator HP 3000 Series 42s. ranging in size from 6 to 10Y2 inches from English, to French, German, or are automatically positioned and Spanish for international operation. A Sequoia Supply - Purchased 35 for threaded. The operator need only put tape odometer is also located on the HP MICRO 3000s. the reel in the slot at the front of the front panel, displaying the relative posi- drive and shut the door. The use of tion of tape during drive operation. rM Gerber - Configures the HP 35401 A Easy-Load cartridges is not required, with technical workstations. resulting in a more reliable autoload at Support on most HP 3000, 1000, a lower cost. and 9000 systems is planned. An OEM 1 -2-3@and Lotus" arcJ U.S. regislered version of the HP 7980A (PIN 88780A) trademurks of Lotus Development Cotnpact design - The drive mecha- is also available, offering an SCSI or Corporation. nisms in both the HP 7980A and the PERTEC interface for non-HP systems. HP 7979A have been designed and manufactured using extensive VLSI and For more information, contact your Mass Slorage surface-mount technologies, yielding a HP sales rep. small form factor. The drive is mounted NEW AUTOLOADING. horizontally in a one-meter high, standard 19-inch rack, allowing easy access for cleaning and maintenance. Enough space has been reserved in the rack for one additional mechanism, allowing maximum space utilization. Either an HP 7979A or HP 7980A tape drive can be mounted beneath the existing tape HP StarLAN, Hewlett-Packard's drive. Plans also include support for an unshielded twisted-pair wiring local June 1, 1987, marks the day that HP HP 7936A or HP 7937A disc drive. area network (LAN), provides the vehi- introduces a new family of high-perfor- cle for the industry's highest rated PC mance, %-inch tape drives leveraged to Reliahilitylmaintenance - Both the integration offering'. HP StarLAN is replace the current products. HP 7979A and HP 7980A are third- now shipping. generation, HP designed and manu- The new tape family will consist of factured tape drives. This experience in The HP StarLAN products for the HP two new products. First is the HP %-inch tape drives has been leveraged Vectra PC. IBM PCIXTIAT personal 7980A, a 625011600 cpi, %-inch mag- to reduce the basic monthly rnainte- computers, MICRO 3000s, and the HP netic tape drive designed for systems nance cost (BMMC) by more than 50 StarLAN 10 Mbps Bridge offer an ideal with 400 Mbytes or more of disc- percent: periodic maintenance is not network for the user in an office backup requirements. This drive will required. environment requiring information replace the current HP 7978B tape exchange, file transfer to an IIP 3000, drive. The second product, the ltnproved perjbrmance - Both the database access, electronic mail, and HP 7979A, is a 1600 cpi only, !&inch HP 7979A and HP 7980A perform read sharing of system peripherals such as magnetic tape drive. providing an and write operations at-125 ips. A large discs, printers, and, with an HP Vectra industry-standard solution for systems 5 12-Kbyte buffer assists the Immediate PC server, plotters. with disc-backup requirements of Response and Read-Ahead software fea- between 100 and 500 Mbytes. This tures to maximize streaming perfor- Users can get the finest office solu- drive will replace the HP 7974A for mance. 'his greatly improves efficiency tion, with the PC integration rated best 1600 cpi applications, but the over older and slower startlstop tape by the leading industry consultant, and HP 7974A will continue to provide data drives. Available with HP 3000 sys- have it delivered now. For more infor- interchange for systems requiring 800 tems, the new TurboSTORE backup mation, refer to the HP StarLAN Data cpi compatibility. Both drives are priced program allows simultaneous reading or Sheet (PIN 5954-8269) or the HP Star- below their predecessors and support writing to multiple tape devices, dra- IBMIANSI-compatible formats to allow matically improving store and restore software distribution and data inter- tape operations. change between HP and non-HP systems. Advancedfront panel - Both tape drives employ a seven-character alpha- Key product features and benefits numeric front display panel, showing drive status at a glance. The front panel Autoload - Both drives are standard with an autoload feature to improve LAN Cabling Specification Note (PIN Network product provides these ser- be a direct replacement printer for the 5958-9005). Contact your HP sales rep vices to a remote HP Touchscreen PC, current HP LaserJet printer family at for configuration and ordering HP Vectra PC, and IBM PCIXTIAT about a 35 percent lower price. The information. user over an asynchronous connection HP LaserJet 2000 printer offers to a remote HP 3000 server or host. customers a high-volume laser printer 1 M. Kerstetter, '3 Producv Modeljbr targeted for multiuser PC Departn~et~tcilComputing: How Do the All of the OfficeShare products are environments. Mujor Vendors Stack Up?." Small Computer MSTM-NET compatable, allowing S\stems (Gartner Group. Inc.. Feb. 25. applications written to the MS-NET 1987). p. 34. HP LaserJet Series I1 printer interface to function on the network. Features of the new HP LaserJet The products also share a consistent Series 11 printer include: HP LaserJet user interface, providing easy user inte- PLUS printer compatibility, memory gration into a site-wide LAN. HP expansion, improved paper manage- ThinLAN and HP StarLAN subnets can ment (200-sheet input paper tray and be connected to a baseband or broad- 100-sheet output tray), and font band backbone cable running through a flexibility. building to integrate the users in an FOR PCS entire facility. Users in a remote loca- The HP LaserJet Series I1 printer tion can access the network services offers the same capabilities as the using HP SERIAL Network. The HP OfficeShare Networking HP LaserJet PLUS printer models at Family for PCs integrates personal more than 35 percent savings. It prints The OfficeShare networking products computer users into a local area net- eight pages per minute and will run all offer ideal networks for the user requir- work (LAN) with PC servers and HP of the more than 500 software programs ing information exchange, file transfer 3000 servers and hosts. The family already in use by the HP LaserJet fam- to an HP 3000, database access. elec- includes: ily of printers. tronic mail, and sharing of system peripherals such as discs, printers. and HP ThinLAN for PCs HP LaserJet 2000 printer plotters. This sharing of information HP StarLAN and peripherals provides an efficient The HP LaserJet 2000 printer is fully HP SERIAL Network exchange of data and use of resources compatible with the HP LaserJet PLUS for increased productivity and lower and LaserJet Series I1 printers. The These networking products allow PC cost. HP LaserJet 2000 printer prints up to users to share resources and access 20 pages per minute, offers full-page HP's distributed processing and Per- MS'" -NET i~ u U.S. registered trademtrrk rf 300 dpi graphics on letter size paper, 34 sonal Productivity Center services to Micros(ft Corporation . resident fonts, and 70,000 pages max- enhance communications, cut costs, imum monthly usage - equal to six and boost productivity. HP LaserJet printers.

HP ThinLAN for PCs provides these The HP LaserJet 2000 printer offers services to users of HP Touchscreen a growth path for HP LaserJet printer PC, HP Vectra PC, and IBM PCIXTI users who need higher speed. greater AT using RG 58 thin coaxial cable. HP paper handling, heavier usage, and StarLAN provides these services to lower operating costs than their current users of HP Vectra PC and IBM PC/ multiple HP LaserJet printer solution. XTIAT using unshielded twisted-pair telephone wire meeting the IEEE 802.3 Both the HP LaserJet Series 11 StarLAN specification. HP StarLAN (33440A) and the HP LaserJet 2000 has the additional benefits of lower cost (2684) printers will be supported via and higher flexibility, often using exist- On June I, 1987, HP announces sup- RS-232 connections. The HP LaserJet ing telephone wiring. The HP SERIAL port of the HP LaserJet Series I1 and 2000 printer will be supported in an LaserJet 2000 printers on the HP 3000 environment in a PPC puss HP MICRO 3000, 3000XE, and through mode and as an HP 3000 print HP 3000 Series 39 through 70 systems. and space printer. Neither will be sup- The HP LaserJet Series I1 printer will ported as a system printer. The HP LaserJet 2000 printer will only be supported on an ATP.

HP CHANNELJ June 1987 The following table lists the printer Space savings The 1600 Iprn draft character set is maximum that will be supported via different from the standard character set 8%x 1 I-inch fits into standard note- HP 3000 systems. in two ways: books and file cabinets Draft characters are four-dots wide Printer Maximurns The 13.3 cpi options are just one HP I.sserJet 11 HP 1.nsedet and five-dots high compared to the five- printer ZOtWl printer more example of the flexibility found in 1 3000 system (33UOA) (26K)Al dots-wide and seven-dots-high standard dot matrix over band technology. Other Suric, 37 17Xt. I (1 character set. prime advantages of the HP 256XB I MICRO 31h)O I \lIC'R(l 3IHlilXl. I family include: To maintain the 6 or 8 Ipi line spac- Sc'rlc\ i4-Scuu ing. the vertical distance between dots CX -*. I n Widest selection of print speeds (300, is increased from 0.014 inches to 0.021 SLTIC, hY. Seric, 711 5 7 600, 900, or 1 2001 1600 Ipm) inches, minimizing the overlapping of

**:471' ~U/>[I ot8 tll)C'C dots. Only EDP printers that print with 'Squots' (square dots) for better Depending on paper quality, paper Inexpensive and high in performance, readability these new products will offer users absorption of ink, and the age of the high-quality, reliable printing solutions. n Cost-effective band printer ribbon, dot size may vary from 0.018 to replacements 0.22 inches. This means the dots will Industry leader in reliability not always be connected vertically, and may result in microthin horizontal lines HP ranks #I in support, per a 1986 in the print. Datapro survey. How does this affect bar codes? The Order Options 009 or 0 13 for the printing or readability of bar codes is 13.3 cpi capabilities.* Contact your HP not affected because the bar code sales rep for more information. character set takes the dot placement accuracy and varying dot size into * Refer to HP 256XB Family data sht~t'tfi~r account. The bar code option is All four models of the HP 256XB performance considt>rationswhen using designed to eliminate the spacing line impact dot matrix printer family comnprc~ssedcharacter sets. offer an important, but often over- between dots by reducing the vertical looked, feature - the 13.3 character per distance from 0.014 to 0.007 inches. inch (cpi) compressed print option. Also, the number of vertical dots is With this feature, users can generate increased from 7 to 13 over the same EDP reports on standard 8% x I I-inch distance. This high degree of overlap paper at 132 characters per line, land- ensures the customer will be able to scape layout. Here's how to translate print bar codes that are solid in both this into user benefits: vertical and horizontal directions.

Profit improvement Although the HP 2567B was To ensure satisfaction, it is recom- designed as a 1200 Iprn line impact dot mended that the user examine a 1600 8%~11-inchpapercost = $.005 Iprn draft character set print sample. versus matrix printer when printing five-dot- wide and 7-dot-high characters, the Contact your HP sales rep for a print I1 x 14%-inch (greenbar) = $.008 throughput can be increased to 1600 sample or help with any questions you This represents a 35 percent reduction Iprn by installing an optional 1600 Iprn in paper costs, or $300/month for draft character set in the printer (Opt. 100,000 pages. 01 1 and 014). Eliminate photocopy reduction expense. At a print volume of 25,000 The user will trade off print quality pages a month and a 5 percent volume for this gain of increased throughput. reduction, the savings over five years However, it is important to remember would be $6,203 (includes paper and that the 1600 Iprn feature is designed to photocopy savings.) provide the user with an alternative for fast. draft-quality printing for in-house Productivity improvement reports, listings, etc. 8% x I I-inch paper is easier to handle What's more, the catalog has been newly designed for optimum conve- Also in this issue nience. Products are now organized into eight easy-to-use sections, headed by a simplified table of contents. There's a HP LaserJet Printer new how--to-order section to offer fur- Family Enhanced Service ther assistance, and fresh new furniture Training pages to inspire purchase decisions. PCIPeripherals Self- Paced Mentored Training The Cotnputer Users Cutulng also News introduces new HP DIRECT products, including those listed below: Print Central and Resource Sharing Mobile HP LaserJet pritlrer cabinet, Support HP LaserJet designed to accommodate all models of 2000 Printer HP LaserJet printers and printer N-w Peripherals supplies. Supported on the HP 9000 Series 800 HP LuserJet Series 11 printer hrst cover, custom-fitted, 100 percent cotton SRM IIF Card for HP protection against dust and spills. Vectra PC HP LaserJet Series 11 printer s~rpplies Prices Reduced for HP und uc.cc~ssories,includes a forward Flexible Discs collator, paper trays, labels, overhead transparency film, font organizer, cartridge fonts, soft fonts, and tone cartridge. HP Qrric7tJet utld HP ThinkJet printers, whisper-quiet draft printing from personal computers. Surge S~rpl~rrssors,two, four, and six You can get the computer supplies receptacles. to protect PCs and PC peripherals against electrical surges and and accessories you need - when you need them - by getting the Summer '87 transients. NP Computer U.sc1r.c C(rttr1o~. HP SturLAN cuble, low-cost. local- area PC networking. Distributed in early May, the Cotnpu- Plotsturt, high-performance, disc- ter U.sers Catulo~offers more than based driver that works with Macin- 1.800 products from HP DIRECT, and tosh*) applications and HP ColorPro. even helpful ideas for getting the most HP 7475A. and HP 7550A plotters. out of HP equipment. Plotter sound enclosurc~,reduces the Ordering is fast and easy. with tele- sound of HP ColorPro, HP 7470, and marketing consultants accepting orders HP 7475 plotters by as much as 90 and contirming price and product avail- percent. ability weekdays between 6 a.m. and 5 HP-2HC Scientific. Profi).ssionul (.(I/- p.m. (Pacific Standard Time). c~ilutor,performs synibolic math as easily as straight calculations. Phone orders are processed promptly and shipped within 24 hours of receipt. HP Rusit~essCor~.sultunt Pocket Com- You can charge your order to HP punioti, pocket-sized book for brushing DIRECT open accounts or VISA. up or quick referencing. Mastercard, or American Express Lec~therinfrured printer c.a.so, protec- accounts. And you'll be pleased to tion and transportability for the Infrared know that HP DIRECT providesfke surface delivery. HP CHANNELS June 1987 Printer available in cowhide in three HP discs are even more economical attractive colors. when purchased in high volume. Quan- 1 HP DIRECT order phone numbers tity break discounts offer up to 3 1 per-

To order products in the HP Conlprr- cent off the quantity one price. Users HP DIRECT Fast Phones -the easy, direct way for you rer Users Cutulog in the U.S., call HP with large usage requirements can ma- to order supplies, accessories, media, furniture, and DIRECT at toll-free 800-538-8787. imize their savings by buying bulk software from HP DIRECT Division. Those outside the U.S.. refer to the fol- packs of 100 discs. Location Telephone Number lowing list for U.S. and international Australia (03) 895-2645 versions of the Cotnp~rterUsers For fast service, call one of the HP (03) 895-2615 (03) 895-2815 Cutulog: DIRECT telephone numbers listed at (03) 895-2861 the end of this section. Austria (0222) 2500-615 (0222) 2500-616 Product No. Catalog BelgiumiLuxembourg (02) 762 31 l l Product No. Description Canada Toronto Local 416-671-8383 9219OA 5%-inch, douhle-sided. box ot Ontario 1-800-387-3417 5953-24501C) I0 discs Quebec 1-800-387-341 7 5953-245OIFR) French langu;~pccdltlonL British Columbia 112-800-387-3154 92 19OL 5%-inch, douhle-r~ded.50 dl\c\ 5953-24501CiE) Other Provinces 1-800-387-3154 packaged tn 5 FlexF~le\ Denmark (02) 816640, ext. 258 5953-24501IT) 92 190N 5%-inch, double-sided. box of Finland (90) 887 236 1 5953~?450(IJK) IJ.K. cd~[lon.Order from rhc 100 discs France (1)69288390 Litcratun. \cct~onIn thc IJ.K - Greece (01 ) 6726090 CSC. IJ K. TELNET 765-4810. 92 IYOX 5%-inch, high-capac~ty.double- Italy (02) 9236 9702 sided, box of 10 discs Japan U.S. cdl~lon.Order Iron1 thc Sagamihara 1.ltcraIurc D~strlbutlonCcntcr. 97 1Y I A 3Y2-inch, single-s~ded.box of 10 Osaka Pdlo Alto. COMSYS 0070. or discs Middle East send SLO 92192A 3Y2-inch, douhle-sided. box of Athens 10 discs Norway Wrdrr c.ullin,y HP DIRECT trt the South Africa 111rmhrr.slisted trt thr elid of this section 92 I97N 3Y2-inch, double-sided. box of Johannesburg 100 discs (order 92192R if disc Cape Town Mtrc-irito.sh@is u U.S. registered trudemurh (4 labrla required) Spain Apple Com11ut~r.s. Sweden Switzerland (057) 3 1 22 53 (057) 31 22 54 (057) 3 1 22 59 llc Netherlands (020) 547 6606 Supplies United Kingdom (0734) 697201 United States 800-538-8787 West Germany (0130) 3322

Now HP's flexible discs are an even The HP-IL Video Interface for the better deal. Not only are they engi- HP-4 1, HP-7 1 B, and HP-75CID will be neered for superior, error-free perfor- removed from the HP Price List on mance every time, they're backed with September 1, 1987. Last shipments will a five-year warranty and are available at occur on August 3 I, 1987. competitive prices. We've reduced our prices by as much as 26 percent. So 1 Product No. Descriotion 1 when users buy HP discs, they're get- 92 198A HP-IL 80-Column Video ting a top-quality product at prices that Interface (U.S. version) are better than ever before. 92198B HP-IL 80-Column Video Interface (European version) Benefits HP 3%-inch and 5%-inch discs are For more information, contact your rigorously tested and qualified by HP HP sales rep. engineers to ensure I00 percent error- free performance year after year with no batch-to-batch variation. HP discs are precisely matched to HP disc drives for perfect compatibility and optimum performance. Industry: Manufacturing Abstract: The Minx Information System is a fully integrated UNIXB operating system-based financial and manufacturing application package written in "C" for the HP 9000 Series computers. The system is designed for discrete manufacturers (SIC If you have a software package available for cross-licens- codes 3500 to 3900) ranging in size from start up to $250 million in revenue. Minx features include on-line help at all prompts and ing. or are looking for a package to cross-license, this sec- embedded generic search capabilities in each of the following tion will help you. Your entry will appear for two months; modules: the most recent additions are shaded. To list your company Order Management in the Cross-Licensing Classifieds (at no charge), see the Accounls Receivable address at the end of this section. Accounts Payable General Ledger Report Writer Software Packages Available Spread Sheet Cost Accounting Industry: Cross indust? - screen management Physical Inventory Abstract: SCRMSl1000 is a screen management system for Inventory Control HP 1OOO A-Series systems using HP block-mode terminals. Since Bill of Material no run-time disc access is required, screens are fast, efficient, and ECO Control well suited for real-time applications. Screens are defined in text - Purchasing files using any text editor and compiled into FORTRAN 77 or Pas- Shop-Hoor Control cal data structures with the SCRMS compiler. Run-time library Material Requirements Planning procedures use the data structures to manipulate the screen. Master Production Scheduling SCRMS11000 provides such features as: Rough-cut Capacity Planning - Up to 512 unprotected and/or display-only fields Company Name: Minx Software Inc. Typed variables and arrays for field data Address: 4966 El Camino Real, Suite 108 Defined field types Los Altos, CA 94022 Full-function key support U.S.A. Display enhancement, line drawing, and escape sequence Phone: 4 15-969-6528 SUPpo" EMA, CDS, and class I10 support Contact Person: John Meese IMAGE compatible Small size Type of Distributor Wanted: Dealer Extensive run-time subroutine library Geographic Coverage: United States - Automatic time and date fields Company Name: Mountain States Consulting Industry: Manl$rcturing Address: P.O. Box 151230 Abstrcrct: NESTIX is an integrated NC part programming and Salt Lake City, UT 84 1 15 nesting system for thermal cutting. The program includes four U.S.A. parts for different tasks. There is a part for transforming part Phone: 801 -485-4366 geometry and manufacturing instructions into an NC part program. With the nesting part, these programmed parts are intemc- Contact Person: Rick Collard tively nested on a raw material sheet, and with the postprocessor Type of Distributor Wanted: OEMISystem Integrator part. the NC cutting machine code is generated. Using the data management part. the production inforrrlation (part progranis. Geographic Coverage: Worldwide number of parts, and sheets needed, nested, cuts, etc.) is controlled. Postprocessors are available for all major NC cutting machines and optional interfaces to different CAD and MRP systems.

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Co~ltnc~tPc,r.\ot~: Hannu Kikeli T\.lw Di.ttril)litor Wonted: Open Geogrtrphrc.Covercrjie: Europe Industry: Education - student loans Software Packages Wanted Abstract: On-line, fully tested student loan system composed of an Tipe of Packages Needed: General-purpose finite element pro- integrated set of computer programs designed to assist loan per- gram, including preprocessor (meshgenerator) and postprocessor, sonnel with the disbursement, billing, maintenance, collection, or preipostprocessors alone to be attached to other company's soft- and history of student loan information. Developed and imple- ware. Software should run under UNIX@operating system/ mented at Harvard University, the loan system is capable of pro- FORTRAN and will be ported on HP 9000 computers. cessing all information pertinent to a given student loan from the receipt of a loan application, until the loans are fully paid, can- Services Provided: HP ISV with office close to downtown celled, defaulted, or written off. Munich with long-range experience in FE analysis and related fields: excellent reputation is guaranteed The system was written using COBOL, COGNOS (fourth-genera- Needed by: GTWD mbH Gesellschaft fiir Technisch-Wissen- tion languages), del, Viewi3000, and the IMAGE database lan- schaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH to act as distributor or OEM. guage for the HP 3000 Series 48. Address: GTWDmbH Company Name: Harvard University Lochhauser Str. 66 Address: Holyoke Center 449 D-8039 Puchheim 1350 Massachusetts Avenue West Germany Cambridge, MA 02 138 U.S.A. Phone: (089) 80 20 95 Fax: (089) 80 10 53 Phone: 617-495-3067 Conlact Person: Dr. Willy Schweiger Contact Person: David Stein Geographic Coverage: West Germany, Austria, Switzerland Type of Distributor Wanted: Open Geographic Coverage: Worldwide

Industry: Cross-industry, particularly land information You can list your company in the Cross-Licensing Absrract: ULlS is a geographical information system pmviding Classifieds (either Software Packages Available or powerful mapping facilities, running on HP 9000 Series 200 and 300 (and later 800) computers with UNIXm operating system. The Software Packages Wanted) by sending the informa- code is 'C.' The system includes the Starbase graphics library and tion in the format used here to: integrates with HPtoday and other database software. The system pennits the creation of a geographical database of vector data (point, line, circle) and non-graphical data attributes to represent Hewlett-Packard Company any spatially distributed data by automatic map creation. The digi- Value-Added Channels Development tal data can be acquired as a result of survey, digitization. or on line to numeric or graphical precision. Rasterization facilities are Attn: Marilyn Rauchle provided to enable fast recovery of standard map displays. 1909 1 Pruneridge Avenue The system is most appropriate for the creation of comprehensive Building 46UV graphical ownership record systems (cadstral systems), public util- ities systems, natural resource mapping systems. and engineering Cupertino, CA 95014 or mining information systems. Facilities to manipulate symbols U.S.A. and drawings enables fast creation of maps by aggregation of individual parts. The software includes a topographical mapping system extension to enable surface topology to be recorded, Entries will run for two months. The most recent computed and integrated with planimetric information. additions are shaded. Be sure to send the information Field survey input facilities are provided as an extension and in at least one month before you wish it to appear. include integration with automatic data collection capabilities, running on HP-41C calculators connected to total station theodolites. Integration with portable photogrammetric anal)tical stereo digi- tizers offers a comprehensive mapping facility. Company Name: Kingdom Pty. Limiled Address: 5 Devlin Street Ryde. N.S.W. 2112 Australia Phone: + 61 2 807 4822 FkY: +61 2808 1777 Contact Person: Dick Lovegrove Type of Distributor Wanted: Open Geographic Coverage: Worldwide How to get your name added to the distribution for HP Channels If you work for a company that is a value-added business for Hewlett- Packard and want to receive your own copy of HP Channels, call Hewlett- Packard and have your sales rep send your name and the information requested below to Tracy Wester. HP sales reps only: To add new U.S. or Canadian accounts to the distribution for HP Channels, please send Tracy Wester the following information (on HP Desk 0000153 or to the address listed below): company name, address, phone number, OEM contract number, contacts' nameltitle, HP products used, and HP sales rep name and employee number. For accounts outside of the U.S. or Canada, contact Tracy Wester to get the name of the person who handles the distribution of HP Channels in your country. Please address editorial correspondence to Tracy Wester at address listed below.

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