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- HEWLETT hi-TPACKARD Vol. 3, No. 8 March 1, 1978 *Maai?cSr**********fi*************M*M*MWMfi, 3 GSD Announces Major *#- $ #- -+C3 Price Reductions on + #- -3 HP 3000 Systems 8 C3 * $M~~~Q~S~A~A*~*A*Z"~M*************M*M*MMM% m DMD Announces The 7906 Cartridge Disc Drive 20 Mb Formatted Capacity 7905 Controller and Cartridge Compatibility 60 Second Start-Up Time Enhanced Reliability Volume 3, Number 8, March 1, 1978 FOR DINTEAh!AL USE ONLY Ct3MPUUER SVSTEMS NEWSLETTER GSD Announces Major Price Reductions On HP 3000 Systems .......... Page 22 q>z3- DMD Announces The 7906 Cartridge Disc Drive ... Page 4 DTD NEWS Product News 2649N2648A Memory $ Savings ........ M. TarensIDTD [19] Customize 264XX Keyboards BOISE NEWS With KLD ..........................E. GrandjeanIDTD [I91 Product News New Colors for 264X Terminals ........... C. FlockIDTD [I91 New Options for 2630 Family ......... L. AndrewsIBoise [ 31 Order Processing New 263112635 Data Sheets ............ S. DavisIBoise [ 31 Ordering Graphic Terminals ............... L. RothIDTD [20] 2631's and 2640's ................... L. AndrewsIBoise [ 31 Sales Aids 8th Bit Alternate Character Printers - 80 or 132 Character Lines .......T. LeeIDTD [20] Set Selection ........................L. AndrewsIBoise [ 31 READ AFTER WRITE - How to Make It 131908 Obsolescence ............... M. HarriganIBoise [ 31 Foolproof! Softkey Application Note #I9 ...............................C. FlockIDTD [20] 2649A Without a Datacomm Card ..... W. BrubakerIDTD [21] DMD NEWS Product News GSD NEWS The 7906 Cartridge Disc Drive: Product News A Free 7900 with Every 7905? ...... S Germa~nlDMD[ 41 GSD Announces Major Pr~ceReduct~on 7906 Technical Overview ............ ..... J BoltiDMD [ 61 On HP 3000 Systems ..... F. G~bbonslGSD[221 Division News . For Inquiry Applications ... HP 2026 DMD Off and Running ... In Boise ... J. BoltiDMD [ 81 Is Fast! .............................D. BaumannIGSD 1221 Sales Aids L A Competition Disc Diagnostic Dilemma ............ J. BolVDMD 81 [ Let's Put Prime Into Perspective ....... J. JacobsonIGSD 1231 Order Processing > MRJEI3000 vs 3780 Emulation in a Two New Faces in the Crowd.. ...... ... 6. OlsonIDMD [ 81 Production Environment .................. R. ScotUGSD [261 -. Data General M600 Competitive DSD NEWS Summary ............................ F. GibbonsIGSD [27] New Applications Order Processing 0 New Applications in ESR .............. F. JacksonIDSD [ 91 SIS and SAS ........................T. PohlmanIGSD [28] " Product News General News 7906A 19.6 Mbyte Disc Now Available First HP 2026 with Big Disc With HP 1000.. ......................... M. ScotUDSD [ 91 Ships to Canada .................... D. BaumannIGSD [28] Good News on 12966 Pricing!! .........6. StevensIDSD [ 91 Getting Zapped? ( .... Lightning and Distributed Systems Packages Not Communication Lines) .................. L. HartgeIGSD [29] Compatible with 2109 or 2113 Computers ....................... T. ProskeiDSD [lo] HPG NEWS Sales Aids Sales Aids Pick A Card, Any Card: Interface Card All about OMR Characters and Selection Part II: Data Communications HP Printers ......................A. RakhmanoffIBoise [30] Interfaces .............. D. Hannebrink & 6. KaiserIDSD [lo] 7260A Optical Mark Reader with 2635A Printer: New Demo Center to Knock Your A ,Perfect Match ..................A. RakhmanoffIBoise [31] Customer's Socks Off ................. S. RatcliffeIDSD [I 51 A Revolution for Setting 2640 Sales Take Off! .................... P. PalmIDSD [I51 Up a Survey .....................A. RakhmanoffIBoise [31] Everything You Ever Wanted, But Less . J. Sel~gsonIDSD [I61 P.E.P. Does It Again ..................F. JacksoniDSD [I61 CSG NEWS Hospitals Come to HP for Cure .......... D. BunchIDSD [I61 CSG News Division News Fort Coll~nsD~v~slon Jo~ns CSG D ChanceICSG [34] HP-ATS - The Star of ATE YHP News SeminarIExhibit ..........................A. MillsIDSD [I71 Computop~aFeatures HP 3000 DSD Goes All Out in Japan .............J. EckfordIDSD [la] At Matsush~ta M Tagam~lYHP[34] Volume 3 Number 8 March 1 1978 2 L5aA l@il~~J?IF&%~LEE C8NL,Y GOMPLITER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Please be sure that the customer understands this limita- tion when ordering a printer for a 2640B. (Also see article by Tom Lee in the DTD section of this Newsletter.) New Options for 2630 Family I By: Larry AndrewsIBoise 8th Bit Alternate Character Set Selection The 2631A can now be ordered witn Cyrillic or math symbols By Larry AndrewslBoise as alternate character sets. Cvrillic is Option 007, and HP 2640-Series compatible math symbols is Option 010. As you know, secondary character sets on the 2631 can U.S. list price is $150 for each option. be selected by a shift-out character or the 8th data bit. Some interfaces, however, don't pass the 8th bit to the printer. Also a paper catcher can now be ordered as option 002 to The following 2631 interfaces support 8th bit protocol: the 26097A and 26098A pedestals. U.S. list price is -041 RS232C with modem control -046 HP-IB $50'00 -051 RS232C with modem control and 2630-type edge I connector New 263112635 Data Sheets The following 2631 interfaces do not support 8th bit By: Steve DavisIBoise protocol: Updated versions of the 2631A Data Sheet (Part No. STD HP 1000 line printer interface 5952-9424 REV. 1-78) and the 2635A Data Sheet (Part -040 RS232C without modem control No. 5952-89425 REV. 1-78) are now available -042 Current loop -044 HP 2640-Series CRT interface (8-Bit TTL) e- The new data sheets contain updated specifications for print -210 HP 1000 line printer subsystem interface head and ribbon life. Also the System Configuration charts -240 HP 2640-Series CRT interface (&bit TTL) i have been revised to delete the serial interface to 264X -300 HP 3000 line printer interface CRT's. Finally, the duty cycle section has been reworded to more accurately define the print loads that the 2631A i and 2635A can handle. I The new data sheets can now be ordered from Corporate 13190B Obsolescence L~teratureD~str~but~on. By: Mike HarriganIBoise The 13190B multi-unit cable is obsolete as of March 1, 1978. This is a 20-foot long cable for daisy chaining an add-on HP 7970B mag tape drive to an existing HP 7970B mag 2631's and 2640's tape drive. The 13194A is exactly the same cable, with By: Larry AndrewsIBoise the exception that it will work on both the HP 7970B and the HP 7970E mag tape drives. Therefore, if you have need Remember when selling a 2631 to be used with a 2640A or for a 20 foot multi-unit (daisy chain) cable for any HP digital B that only the CRT's display memory can be dumped to mag tape drive, you will now order the 13194A. the printer (80 columns only). A 2645 with device control firmware is required when data must go from the CPU Please contact Mike Harrigan at Boise Division if you have directly to the printer. any further questions. Volume 3, Number 8, March 1, 1978 3 FOR UNUERhJAL USE ONILV HP Computer Museum www.hpmuseum.net For research and education purposes only. are required for sp~ndlestart up and cartridge stabilization, even if the cartridge temperature differs from that of the d~sc by as much as 4°C Cartridge Compatible With The 7905 9 The 7906 Cartridge Disc Drive: This feature speaks for itself Your customer with an A Free 7900 With Every 7905? investment in 7905 hardware doesn't have to worry about moving cartridges between 7905's and 7906's. By: Steve Germain/DMD Performance and Reliability Built In No, it's not a merchandising gimmick . it's the new 7906 Cartridge Disc Drive! On March 1,the Disc Memory Division Many subtle electr~caland mechanical changes have been announced to the world the arrival of the 20 Megabyte 7906 made to enhance the 7906s rel~abilityand maintain our Disc Drive and the simultaneous obsolescence of its position of having one of the Industries highest performance predecessor, the 7905A. The best news is that the 7906 w~ll cartridge disc drives Despite the sophistication level of the cost no more than the 7905, with first customer shipments 7906 ~t enjoys being In the env~ableposition of having the starting in early March. lowest BMMC over any of our competitor s counterparts1 130378 Compatible The introduction of the 7906 marks the beginning of a new era in HP cartridge-compatible disc drives. Nearly eighteen The 7906 is completely plug-to-plug compatible with the months of R&D effort have gone into the design of this new 130378 DISCController System upgrading is easy and product. Starting with the basics of the 7905, several design additional fexib~l~tyin choos~ngthe most advantageous mlx enhancements have been incorporated into the 7906 which of mass storage deuces is poss~ble aimed at increased customer satisfaction and promoting d3) confidence in our "rock solid'' disc drives: Like its predecessor, the 7906stacks up well against its two main competitors, DEC and Data General (see Figures 1 and 2) The 7906 represents a very attractive high 20 Mbytes For The Price of 15 performance alternative for the small to medium sized The additional capacity of the 7906 has been made possible system requiring highly reliable and flex~blemedium by doubling the track density of the flxed disc data surface. capacity mass storage devices, especially when you Now the entire drive can be backed up in only three consider the enhancements enumerated above. cartridge changes as opposed to five for the 7905. The next question you may ask is how do I get one? The 7906 comes in two bas~cflavors-the rack mount version Start Up In Less 'Than 60 Seconds and in the low profile cab~net(our fancy name for the 29425A Temperature compensated track following clrcultry has "mini-rack"!). Check out the accompanying table to see been added to minimize the elapsed time to "Drive Ready" what you get and send us your orders; we'll be glad to after each cartridge change. Approximately sixty seconds accommodate you! Volume 3. Number 8. March 1.