Information For Hewlett-Packard's Value-Added Businesses October 1990

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New 336-Mbyte hard disk pair for HP Vectra HPCWLS PARTNERS WITH HP 386125 PC Volume 14 No. 12 HP Vectra PC Accessory Catalog Cost savings on HP Vectra PCs P 1 Upcoming seminars for HP VABs Announcing ChanneLink: the HP VAB sales HP Vectra ES112 PC and accessory discontinuance dates change Editor tool mailing program Tracy Wester HP hosts VABs at INTEREX breakfast Peripherals meeting 19 Mass Storage HP Channels is published monthly for The Total Solution - second edition Introducing HP Series 6400 Model 1300H Hewlett-Packard's value-added busi- DDS-format tape subsystem Introducing SCSl host adapter for 900 Series nesses to provide you with information PRODUCT NEWS HP 3000 MPE XL systems about HP's products and services to 0 tical storage for 900 Series HP 3000 and Multiuser Systems RP 9000 Series 800 systems help you be more successful. Su port tape in DDS format on all 900 Series 3 General RP 3000 systems For further information on any of the Information Access SQLIXL update New mass storage systems for HP Apollo 9000 products and services discussed in Electron~cmail integration with IBM Series 400 workstations running Domain OIS HP Channels, please contact your HP User License Program New 120- and 168-Mbyte hard disk drives HP WordlVectra Danish product discontinuance Vertical installation kit available for SCSI disks sales rep. HP ListKeeper localizsd products discontinued HP Series 6000 Models 330s and 660s price October 1 decrease See back cover for subscription HP Telex locallzed products discontinued Selected HP disk drive discontinuance information. October 1 Hard disk drive accessories discontinuance HP File Library localized products HP 35401A obsolescence Note: Not all HP computer products discontinued October 1 25 Networks are sold and supported in all countries. 5 HP30001MPE New networking capabilities make 900 Series Please check with your local HP sales HP 3000 Series 920 and 922RX server option HP 3000 even more open price decreases ARPA Services enhances multivendor ofice. Price increase for HP MICRO 3000RX connectivitv on 900 Series HP 3000 svstems port upgrade SRM moves b SRMlUX and begins &dual Hewlett-Packard does not warrant the Price change on HP 250 and 260 return credits discontinuance accuracy of the information provided to HP MICRO 3000RX SRMIUX announcement HP 3000 Series 920 now on educational HP LAN Manager clientlserver developer kits in HP Channels and shall not be liable discount schedule now available for any use made of the information HP 3000 Series 925LX discontinuance PC Application compatibility with HP LAN contar'ned herein. Information provided HP 3000 Series 920 price lowered Manager now available Oracle RDBMS on HP-UX 7.0 now supports HP Channels 7 HP1000 in is subject to change New HP 1000 A-Series A990 processor - HP LAN ManagerlX without notice. update HP 10:lO LAN Bridge - the best Ethernet bridge on the market 8 HP 90001HP-UX New HP Remote Bridge On the cover Announcing HP Interface Architect for 4 Enhanced terminal I10 solutions HP 9000 systems Enhanced DTC management platform HP 9000 Model 8l5S offers new disks in bundle Enhanced DTCl3000 functionality Introducing the DTC16 for HP 9000 Workstations environment 9 General Introducing the HP Network Mass Storage Introducing the HP Optical Storage Sewer System HP BASIC changes in HP 9000 Series 300 HP offers powerful new storage capabilities and Model Rl332 bundles HP Wire Test Instrument price decreased HP EGS - status and update 39 Printers HP 9000 Model 310 price increase Connecting HP LaserJet printer to Apple Macintosh: 10 common configuration 11 HP Apollo 9000 questions HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 education PC printer spooler available worldwide I1 Apollo New lower prices on HP toner cartridges Microprocessor development tools now available on Apollo platforms 41 Scanners HP Scanlet Plus scanner software upgrades Knowledge Broker introduces on-line documentation set 41 Terminals HP NewWave 3.0 is an extension to the CPU upgrade for Apollo Series 10000 HP 3000 system adds support for HP 700143 13 HP-UX terminal Windows graphical user inter- Price increased on selected HP monochrome face. It includes the following enhance- Language productloption update monitors ments: usability, instant integration, Personal Computers Supplies task automation, and group productivity. 14 General 42 Supplies See articles beginning on page 14. HP NewWave 3.0 - above and beyond Windows 3.0 HP DIRECT order phone numbers Industry leaders back HP NewWave Graphics Gallery 3.0 takes advantage of HP NewWave 3.0 CROSS-LICENSING 16 Desktop CLASSIFIEDS HP CHANNELS HP Vectra 386125 Models 170-3 and 170-5 PC October 1990 bundles 43 Software Packages Available and Wanted

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The HP Executive Training Series fea- A schedule of upcoming Executive Hewlett-Packard reserves the right to tures regular seminars for HP value- Training Series classes is a regular fea- cancel seminars or change prices, added businesses. If vou wish to receive ture of this section in HP Channels. dates, and locations. a program guide or have questions, call The two remaining classes for 1990 are Chip Pettibone at Hewlett-Packard, listed below. There will be no further 408-447-4175. courses until 1991.

Prepayment discount Date Location Fee* Contact Phone There's still time to enroll in seminars Strategic Marketing Planning scheduled for the last quarter of 1990. Oct. 9-10 Houston, Tex. $495 Sandra LaCorte 713 -776-4423 Space is limited, so sign up now. If you register early and your check arrives at Marketing Communications least two weeks before the class begins, Oct. 9-10 Fullerton, Calif. 250 Geri Squires 714 -472-3050 you will get a $50 discount. Note: This discount is now available for the Strate- *U.S. list prices gic Selling course. Registration I I Call the appropriate registration contact Listed here for the seminars you wish to attend to tentatively reserve your space. Registration is complete and space guaranteed when your check is received by the registration contact. Make checks payable to "Hewlett-Packard Co."

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels d Announcing ChanneLink: the HP VAB sales HP hosts VABs tool mailing program at INTEREX I I breakfast meeting I I HEWLETT Fa PACKARD

More than 150 representatives from 85 HP value-added businesses (VABs) attended a breakfast meeting held in the Sheraton Boston Hotel during the recent INTEREX Conference. The Available in the US. and Canada only All three versions of the current VAB breakfast meeting was hosted by the mailing program were combined under HP Value-Added Channels (VAC) In order to enhance the visibility of the the ChanneLink label in September. Group. Value-Added Channels Group's HP These versions include the previously sales and product information mailing unnamed mailers that have gone out to Bill Copeland, HP VAC Manager, program to VABs, we recently gave it a MPE and HP 9000 Series 800 multi- opened the meeting with a welcome formal name - ChanneLink. The new user VABs, as well as the workstation message that reinforced HP's commit- name is indicative of the VAC mailer's mailer currently known as "Momentum ment to its VABs. Bill explained that function, which is to link our channel for VABs." HP VABs now account for over 50% partners to Hewlett-Packard with timely of HP's nonservice revenues. and valuable product and sales informa- If you have any questions regarding tion on a monthly basis. this mailing service or how you and Bill then introduced the VABs to Wim any of your employees are currently Roelandts, HP Vice President and The objective of the VAC mailing pro- coded in the VAB database, please have General Manager of the Computer gram is to provide a valuable source of your HP representative put you in touch Systems Group, who was the featured HP information for our VABs' sales with the appropriate person in the guest speaker. Wim's talk was entitled, reps, eliminating the need for HP reps HP Value-Added Channels Group in "HP's Commitment to Open Standards: to provide this service to the VABs Cupertino, California. What Does This Means to VABs?" and saving time for everyone involved. Higher visibility for the ChanneLink mailer will help increase awareness of this valuable mailing program. Also, it will be easier for the VABs and their HP reps to track who is actually receiv- ing ChanneLink and to make the neces- sary adjustments to the VALID database to keep our VAB mailing list current.

HP CHANNELS October 1990 I I 1 ' Wim acknowledged the importance for The Total Solution - 1 VABs to invest in a strategic systems direction that encompasses evolving second edition computer standards and technologies General while providing investment protection. Information Access He emphasized that HP not only under- For the U.K. only stands this important need, but is firmly SQwxL update committed to providing the basis for Following the success of the first edi- integrating applications and ensuring tion of the value-added business binder investment protection by way of the entitled "The Total Solution," the UK The NewWave Office Information application development environment Value-Added Business Programme Access product offering has been that is planned for HP's NewWave announces the availability of the second expanded to give users the ability to Computing Architecture. edition. All of our VAB partners cur- access relational databases. The rently registered with us should have Information Access SQL software Wim believes HP is in a unique posi- already received their update packs. for MPE XL (PIN B1717A) systems tion to bring interoperability and porta- enables PC users to retrieve data from bility to its customers that includes all These update packs include revised HP ALLBASEISQL and Oracle rela- systems, not just standard operating versions of the Configuration Guides, tional databases and output the data to systems such as systems or pro- Literature Lists, and Price Lists, as PC applications of their choice. prietary ones such as IBM's SAA. In well as some new features that have conclusion, Wim stated that one of HP's been added as a result of the feedback Additionally, the PC component of goals is to lead in commercial function- received on the binder. These features Information Access is supported as ality while providing the benefits of include Competitor Reviews, Business an "advanced encapsulated" application open systems. Planning Worksheets, Strategy and within the NewWave environment. Product Presentation Slides and Scripts, Encapsulation enables the full-screen After the presentation, there was a brief HP Customer Support Service Informa- Information Access to be represented as question-and-answer session concluding tion, and a guide to Public Relations an icon and have the NewWave Agent the meeting. Both Wim and Bill, as well at HP. execute Information Access command as other attending HP VAC members, files. With MicrosofiB Windows 2.1 spent time visiting with VAB represen- If you have a VAB binder and have not or 3.0 features, Information Access tatives and answering questions on a yet received your update pack, it proba- can utilize the capabilities of context switching. - more personal level. bly means that you have not registered your binder with us. To do this, please The VAC Group would like to thank all return your registration form (located Today, the Information Access SQL the VAB representatives who attended at the front of the binder) to Cathryn product is available for user ordering the breakfast meeting. It was a pleasure Whiteside, Hewlett-Packard Ltd., King with product shipments to coincide with to get together with you in Boston. Street Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, the MPE XL Release 2.2. From a single Based on your positive feedback, we Berkshire RGll 5AR, 52285. Contact PC, MPE XL users can access rela- expect to continue this type of event at your HP representative if you have tional databases (HP ALLBASEISQL future conferences. never received a VAB Binder and would and Oracle) using the new Information like one. Access SQL software, or access non- relational databases (HP TurboIMAGE We hope that the second edition of the and MPE files) using the original Infor- binder will prove useful, and that it has mation Access software. further helped to satisfy your informa- tion requirements. However, if you have For more detailed information, contact any additional comments or sugges- your HP representative to get a copy of tions, please let us know as we are con- the HP 3000 Open Systems I1 Field tinually trying to improve the standard Training Manual (PIN 5952-3237). of the binder in order to meet your needs. The third update is planned for Microsoji is a US. registered trademark of release in November. Microsoji Corporation.

For more information, call "The Total Solution" Production Team, either Cathryn Whiteside or Darielle Fischer, at 0344 361448. OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels I General I .-A ....mi~ratinn credit o~tionmust be I 0 -~ - ~----1~- ~ -~ I Electronic mail integration with ZBM ordered with a Processor Option on the same software order. Only one migra-- 1 - tion credit option is permitted per HP SNA Distribution ServicesIXL 1 HP product-line positioning HP SNADS/XL processor option. (HP SNADSIXL, PIN 32006A) pro- HP SNADSIXL implements IBM's vides electronic mail exchange between Upgrade credits are also available for SNA Distribution Services, a strategic HP DeskManager and IBM DISOSS. It upgrades to higher processors. Please component of Systems Application enables both HP DeskManager users refer to the HP Price List. Contact Architecture (SAA). HP SNADSIXL is and IBM DISOSS users to send and your HP representative for more positioned within the HP-to-IBM con- receive messages, PC files, and DCA information. nectivity product group as the SAA- documents to one another with no need compliant connectivity product for elec- for training. HP SNADSIXL is targeted tronic mail distribution. It offers an towards the following markets: General , excellent migration path to MPE XL for New IBM accounts that may be current HP OfficeConnect to DISOSS User License Program interested in HP for the first time (MPE V) users. because of NewWave Office. The HP Corporate Site License Pro- Users who need to link together mul- X.400 is HP's primary strategy for gram has been restructured as the User tiple electronic mail systems in an multivendor electronic mail connectiv- License Program. Now both direct and SNA network. ity. HP SNADSIXL is for those users dealer channel users can purchase PC who demand that our MPE XL systems office software standard package (disks Users who are committed to SAA and fit into their SNA networks. Officevision and manuals) and user licenses (allows copying standard package disks onto Users who were previously unable Ordering information one PC), and manuals. For some prod- to upgrade to MPE XL without a HP SNADSIXL requires the purchase ucts, direct channel users can buy a DISOSS connectivity product on and installation of HP DeskManager manual per user license, or user license MPE XL. (PIN 36570A), HP ConvertIDCAlXL upgrades. (PIN 27509A), and an SNA Link: either Features and benefits SNAISDLC LinWXL (PIN 30291A) or User licenses do not include disks or Improves corporate SNAlX.25 LinWXL (PIN 30298A). manuals, so they will be priced below communication - integrates HP into the standard package. Direct channel an IBM SNA electronic mail net- -0. Description users may qualify for volume discounts on VEU Exhibit A-1000, VAR A-1001, work. It provides transparent, easy 320064 HP SNA Distribution exchange of messages and PC files. ServicesIXL or Education Exhibit AE09 (refer to the exhibits for specific discounts). Reduces the cost to implement Processor oprions multivendor electronic mail - no Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 922LX, 920 Product No. Description additional or expensive software is Opt. 315 For HP 3000 Series 922RX required on the IBM host, and fewer Opt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 925LX, D1704B Standard package (disks and IBM host resources (CPU, DASD) are 925,922,932 manual) used than competitor products. Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 935 D1706B User license (recommend Opt. 335 For HP 3000 Series 949 minimum order of 25) Reduces administrative support Opt. 340 For HP 3000 Series 950,955, D1731A User license upgrade from costs - only one software copy is 960 NewWave 1.0 (PIN D1706A) Opt. 350 For HP 3000 Series 980 required in an HP DeskManager sub- D2500A NewWave Access standard Migration credit oprions for HP OficeConnect package network, that means only one node to to DlSOSS (MPE V) ro HP SNADSIXL configure and support. Also, a com- D2501A NewWave Access user license Opt. OGI Credit for OfficeConnect to (recommend minimum order plete support tool set is provided. DISOSS and LU 6.2 Base of 10) Opt. 310 Improves performance over Opt. OG2 Credit for OfficeConnect to D2500-90002 NewWave Access Manual HP OfficeConnect to DISOSS DISOSS and LU 6.2 Base (available from HP DIRECT) (MPE V). Opt. 320 68333B AdvanceLink DOS standard Opt. OG3 Credit for OfficeConnect to package DISOSS and LU 6.2 Base 68333J AdvanceLink DOS user Opt. 330 license (recommend mini- mum order of 25) 68333K AdvanceLink DOS manual D2432B AdvanceLink DOS user HP CHANNELS license upgrade h October 1990 Manuals are non-discountable. Cus- General General tomers purchasing dealer channel products can get comparable prices. HP ListKeeper HP File Library localized products localized products HP NewWave 3.0 and AdvanceLink DOS were introduced September 1 discontinued discontinued as part of the User License Program, and NewWave Access was added October 1 October 1 October I. For Europe only For Europe only Other products in the current Corporate Site License Program will migrate to the The HP ListKeeper localized products The HP FileILibrary localized products new User License Program by Novem- (German, PIN 27520AD; Spanish, ber 1, 1990. The Corporate Site License (Norwegian, PIN 32132AN; Finnish, PIN 27520AE; French, PIN 27520AF; Program Exhibit B-1072 will be discon- PIN 32132AX; Swedish, PIN 32132AS; Dutch, PIN 27520AH; Japanese, tinued at that time. Contact your HP German, PIN 32132AD; French, PIN 27520A.J; Norwegian, representative for more information. PIN 32132AF; Italian, PIN 32132AZ) were discontinued effective October 1, PIN 27520AN; Swedish, PIN 27520AS; 1990. No replacement is currently Finnish, PIN 27520AX; Danish, General available. PIN 27520AY; Italian, PIN 27520AZ) HP Word/Vectra were discontinued effective October 1, HP ListKeeper is a powerful, yet easy- 1990. No replacement is currently Danish product to-use tool that enables a wide range available. of users to manage their own informa- discontinuance tion in simple lists. Contact your HP HP FilelLibrary enables a work group representative for more information. or an entire team to centrally store For Europe only information so that the right people can have fast and easy access to the infor- mation they need with no data lost or The HP WordIVectra Danish product General (PIN 27536AY) was discontinued effec- duplicated. Contact your HP represen- tive October 1. There is no replacement HP Telex localized tative for more information. currently available. products discontinued HP WordIVectra provides HP Word October 1 3000 functionality on the HP Vectra PC HP 3000 Series 920 family. Additional features include Spell Check, Automatic Hyphenation, For Europe only and 922RX server "where am I?" key, and the ability to set page numbers. Contact your HP The HP Telex localized products option price decrease representative for more information. (Italian, PIN 36572AZ; Danish, PIN 36572AY; Finnish, PIN 36572AX; Effective November 1, 1990, the credits and Dutch, PIN 36572AH) were dis- for server versions (Option 100) of the continued effective October 1, 1990. HP 3000 Series 920 (PIN A1702A) and No replacement is currently available. Series 922RX (PIN A1046A) will increase. Now users can purchase the HP Telex is a stand-alone HP 3000- server versions of these popular inte- based software product that allows telex grated systems, including VPLUSI messages to be sent through the telex Windows and a NewWave Office prod- network. HP Telex can also be accessed uct with System Services, for the same from within HP DeskManager. Contact low entry price as the system version. your HP representative for more If you have questions, contact your information. HP representative.

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels d HP 30001MPE HP 3OW/MPE Price increase for HP 3000 Series 920 HP 3000 Series 920 HP MICRO 3000RX now on educational price lowered port upgrd discount schedule Effective October 1, the price of the HP 3000 Series 920 (PIN A1702A) Effective October 1, 1990, the price of Effective September 1, the new was lowered. the HP MICRO 3000RX port upgrade HP 3000 Series 920 (PIN A1702A) was (PIN 30528A) was increased. The placed on the Educational Exhibit AE12 This price reduction makes the upgrade provides a system with 24 ports under column 2. This means that educa- Series 920 competitively priced against and 4 Mbytes of memory. If you have tional institution users can now save the recently announced IBM AS1400 any questions, contact your HP 25% (U.S. list) on an HP 3000 Series C04 and C06. representative. 920, a substantial savings on this already aggressively priced PA-RISC Series 920 differentiators system. HP 3OW/MPE Superior growth path - The Series The benefits of PA-RISC provide the 920 offers a smooth growth path with Price change on HP 3000 Series 920 with 3 to 4 times board swap upgrades to triple the per- HP 250 and 260 the performance of a Series 37 and 1.9 formance. Since the C04 and C06 to 2.3 times that of a Series 39 and 40. come in a new AS1400 package, return credits to With its low price and PA-RISC perfor- IBM customers must exchange sys- mance, the HP 3000 Series 920 pro- tems when upgrading to a higher HP MICRO 3000RX vides a competitive solution both as a performing system. new system and an upgrade. Unattended backup - The Series 920 HP 250 and 260 users can upgrade offers unattended backup of a single to the HP MICRO 3000RX Contact your HP representative for DDS cassette, IBM requires (PIN 32543AH). Effective October 1, more information. 22 %-inch cartridges. the return credits offered on these More performance at a comparable systems when upgrading to the price - With TurboIMAGE, the HP 3OW/MPE HP MICRO 3000RX have been Series 920 provides up to 50% more reduced. Contact your HP represen- performance than the AS1400 C06 for tative for more information. HP 3000 Series 925L X discontinuance a comparable price. Ordering information Contact your HP representative for The HP 3000 Series 925LX more information. (PIN A1032A) and upgrade Opt. 709 Upgrade HP 250 to (PIN A1032AH) will be discontinued HP MICRO 3000RX November 1, 1990. The Series 925LX Opt. 710 Upgrade HP 260 to enjoyed strong order rates in 1988 and HP MICRO 3000RX 1989, when it was the entry point into the HP 3000 PA-RISC product line. The Series 922LX overlaps the performance of the Series 925LX at a better price, essentially replacing the Series 925LX. The Series 925LX and upgrade will be supported until November 1, 1995.

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HP CHANNELS October 1990 HP loo0 employs today's engineering and manufacturing techniques to create an New HP 1000 A-Series L990 processor - update optimized design along with the latest application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC). It also combines the latest Hewlett-Packard recently introduced For example, the HP 1000 is used to surface-mount-technology (SMT) detect defects or abnormalities in a wide a new processor in the HP 1000 real- processes with other modern manu- variety of areas, including the manufac- time product line - the A-Series facturing methods to create a more turing of compact discs and in automo- Model A990 (see July issue of compact system. HP Channels). Following 24 years of bile electrical systems, air conditioners, supplying solutions using real-time and stereo equipment. Industry users Expansion path and incentive computers, HP is reinforcing its com- range from automotive, telecommunica- program mitments to protect user investment and tions, and aerospaceldefense, to discrete The HP 1000 A-Series Model A990 to provide product compatibility. and process manufacturing. provides an expansion path for users who want to upgrade their A-Series Real-time computers are used in a vari- The HP 1000 A-Series is designed for computers, along with an incentive pro- ety of applications including high-speed real-time applications with a fast, pre- gram providing two upgrade options for automatic testing, factory automation, dictable and guaranteed response time. exchanged processors and early pur- orbiting satellite control, and lab auto- Extensive inputloutput (110) capabilities chasing of current Model A900 proces- mation, as well as machine and process give the Model A990 the ability to pro- sors. Any user exchanging a current control. cess an enormous amount of informa- tion at one time, without losing any Model A900 four-board processor set will receive a credit toward the price of HP's new high-end, single-board data. Its open architecture allows an upgrade. Users taking shipment of processor, the HP 1000 A-Series it to easily work in multivendor current Model A900s, since May 1, Model A990, provides more than twice environments. 1990, and prior to the availability of the the CPU performance of the present, Model A990, will receive an additional four-board, Model A900. The new The Model A990 is fully compatible credit toward the upgrade price. model offers users more compact size, with other A-Series computers, and is field upgradable. Users have four con- faster processing, and lower cost pack- Ordering information aging for real-time applications than figuration options ranging from a 14- or competitive systems. It is available 20-slot cardcage box to a 14- or 20-slot Product No. Description cardcage system. A 14-slot cardcage is a both in new systems and as a plug- 2939A HP 1000 Model A990 14-slot good choice for medium-size applica- compatible upgrade for all existing box tions because of its compactness and A-Series Models. 2959A HP 1000 Model A990 20-slot versatility. It can be used atop a table, box desk, or workbench. A 20-slot cardcage "After 24 years of HP 1000 computer 2989A HP 1000 Model A990 14-slot offers the greatest capacity for memory system production, demand for real-time sys- and I10 cards. 2999A HP 1000 Model A990 20-slot tems remains very strong," said Bruce system S. Campbell, general manager of HP's System upgrades of the new processor Data Systems Operations. "Real-time for Model A900 users and those with computer customers have found that When upgrading an A-Series system, Models A400/A600+/A700 computers credits will depend on the license and general-purpose are also will be available. unable to achieve the same results as the returned processor or system. real-time computers, therefore making "We are committed to preserving the When purchasing a Model A990 the HP 1000 an essential product in value of our customers' investments and system, users will receive a central- many industries around the world providing exceptional price and perfor- processing unit card, an interface to the today." mance,'' said Campbell. "HP plans to system disk, the with manufacture the HP 1000 product line virtual code and diagnostics, site-prep Users of real-time computers rely on until at least the year 2000 and support consultation, and a 90-day, on-site high-speed data acquisition and capa- it until 2010." warranty along with qualifications for bilities, as well as abundant memory FCC and environmental testing. The capacity for more accurate and efficient HP 1000 Model A990 processor Model A990 box consists of the central- testing and control functions. As with characteristics processing unit in a filly powered card- other A-Series systems, the Model A990 cage with software and hardware sold To guarantee increased manufacturabil- can help increase profitability by con- separately. Contact your HP representa- ity and produce a product with a high trolling production-line defects, deliv- tive for more information. ery times, and material and labor costs. degree of reliability, the Model A990 OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels d HP 9000/HP- IIX Ordering information and local government, and education Announcing markets. It is sized for office work- HP Interface 1 Product No. Description groups, departments, and small B1163A HP Interface Architect for companies. Architect for HP 9000 Series 300 and 400 Opt. OAN 1-seat License-to-Use The 670-Mbyte disk (PIN C2203A) will Opt. OAD 5-seat License-to-Use HP 9000 systems Opt. OA9 10-seat License-to-Use be offered as an upgrade option to the Opt. OAG 25-seat License-to-Use C2200A. The C2203A disk upgrade can The HP Interface Architect is an inter- B1164A Media and manuals for B1163A be purchased using Option 009 and Opt. AAO Software on %-inch tape replaces the HP 7963B disk upgrade. active software tool that significantly cartridge reduces user interface development B1165A HP Interface Architect for Please note that the C2203A upgrade time. It is targeted towards users of HP 9000 Series 800 HP 9000 Series 300, 400, and 800 sys- Opt. OAN 1-seat License-to-Use price is higher than the former upgrade tems, and developers creating X11 appli- Opt. OAD 5-seat License-to-Use price to the HP 7963B because the Opt. OA9 10-seat License-to-Use cations with user interfaces. new upgrade contains an additional Opt. OAG 25-seat License-to-Use 335 Mbytes of disk capacity B1166A Media and manuals for B1165A (670 Mbytes total). The former Features and benefits Opt. AAO Software on %-inch tape cartridge upgrade to the HP 7963B included Motif components such as buttons, Opt. AA1 Software on %-inch tape only the expansion capability and not scroll bars, and menus can be visually B1167A HP Interface Architect Library the extra disk capacity which had to be selected and positioned. Complex tasks Source License and media purchased separately. such as the layout and editing of menus Opt. AAO Software on %-inch tape cartridge and the addition of graphical front ends Contact your HP representative for B1175A Additional copies of docurnen- to existing terminal-based applications tation for B1163A, B1165A more information. can now be done with ease. Because creation and modification are done interactively, code maintenance time HP 9000/HP- IIX is reduced. HP 9000 Model 815s The built-in C interpreter allows the Also in this issue behavior to be tested and modified at offers new disks any time during development. C source Introducing SCSI host code is generated with the press of a in bundle adapter for 900 Series button. Automatic generation provides HP 3000 MPE XL systems 20 high-quality code, free of potentially Beginning October I, the HP 9000 Optical storage for 900 costly Motif coding errors. Model 815s includes the 335-Mbyte Series HP 3000 and disk drive (PIN C2200A) in the base HP 9000 Series 800 HP Interface Architect assists in configuration (PIN A1071A). This disk systems 20 developing platform-independent replaces the HP 7959B disk drive in the Support tape in DDS code, allowing the generation of appli- Model 815s. The benefit for users is format on all 900 Series cations based on C and Motif standards. that they receive an additional 31 Mbytes HP 3000 systems Appealing Motif-compliant applications of disk space and the latest disk technol- 21 can be developed for delivery on mul- ogy at no additional cost; the price of New networking tiple platforms. the Model 815s remains unchanged. capabilities make The HP 9000 Model 815s is targeted 900 Series HP 3000 Contact your HP representative for towards VABs and end-users in hospi- even more open 25 more information. tality, manufacturing, distribution, state ARPA Services enhances multivendor connectivity on 900 Series HP 3000 systems 26 Enhanced DTC/3000 functionality 34 Introducing the Dl725 for HP 9000 environment 34 HP 3000 system adds

HP CHANNELS support for HP 700/43 October 1990 terminal 41 to work on the HP Optical Storage Server. ( General HP product-line positioning I I introducing the HP Optical Storage Server The HP Optical Storage Server solution is HP's first entry into a storage server The HP Optical Storage Server Secure storage environment - market that combines high-speed disks (PIN C2455A) is a system reference The Optical Storage Manager and optical libraries. The solution is solution bundle that enables 22 Gbytes (PIN C2450A) software includes designed to be dedicated for the pur- of online storage in a technical worksta- redundancies, detection and recovery pose of storing files for UNIX system tion network. It includes the HP Series routines, and logging to ensure that workstations. It offers gigabytes of 6000 Model 660s mass storage system, files are not lost or misplaced when online storage for technical workstation HP 6300 Model 20GBlA optical storage they are stored in HP's optical library. networks where each client wants indi- library, and HP 9000 Model 345MH These software features, when com- vidual control of their storage on the running the Optical Storage Manager. bined with the robust design of the network. The software effectively extends the optical library and the reliability and high-speed disks' capacity with life of optical media, provide one of As a gigabyte storage solution, the optical storage. the most innovative and secure storage entire hardware and software config- solutions today. uration brings the cost of storage to The HP Optical Storage Server is tar- approximately $4 per megabyte (U.S. Flexibility - With the control possible geted towards large to medium net- list). This compares very favorably with through the four client commands, simple disk prices that range from $5 to works of technical workstations for every client's server environment can EEIME CAD engineers, software $12 per megabyte without any CPU or be managed and configured as the data management features. developers, and scientific imaging, as client workstation wants it. Clients well as technical management. The can set it up such that their files Ordering information Optical Storage Server is designed for are automatically moved to optical. I networked UNIX system workstations Clients can explicitly select files to be The HP Optical Storage Server solution that use NFS and ARPAIBerkeley Ser- moved to optical storage or kept on should be ordered with the following vices over 802.3 networks. HP 9000 the high-speed disks exclusive of the component products. All must be Series 300,400, and 800 workstations system administrator's automatic ordered for configuration. The Optical operating HP-UX 7.0 or greater have searches. With the expanded storage Storage Manager (PIN C2450A) will be been qualified, as have Sun worksta- space available, clients can maintain sold and supported only in this special tions running SUNOS 4.0 or greater. their own online backup or archive configuration. directories. System administrators can Features and benefits create the rules for finding files that 1 Product No. Description I 22 Gbytes online - Gigabytes of data they deem appropriate for optical ( C2450A HP Optical Storage Server I storage. The software only utilizes the online over the network results in 1 92211R Design Plus cabinet I productivity increases for the engi- number of optical media that the sys- 92211s Rails neering or scientific users as well as tem administrator feels is necessary. 92211T Filler panel This can free up the autochanger to administrators. It's as though the 98563H HP 9000 Model 345MH high-speed disks have unlimited free be utilized in any other direct access Opt. 011 Deletes HP-IB, adds SCSI space; they never fill up as inactive application that the administrator may interface files are shuttled to optical storage. wish to support. Opt. 116 Adds 12 Mbytes memory C2213A HP Series 6000 Model 660s Familiar UNIX system-like Standards - The standard HP-UX mass storage system commands - Migrate, demigrate, operating system, standard network- Opt. 306 Instant Ignition Opt. 022 Adds two 660-Mbyte disks mls, and mlocate are all workstation ing protocols and networking hard- ware, and the HP 9000 CPU, means HP Series 6300 Model 2OGBIA clients need to use in managing their optical storage library files stored on the HP Optical Storage that investment in the HP Optical Opt. AFJ Adds two-meter SCSI cable Server. Through the use of these four Storage Server is protected. The Opt. 231* Deletes 31 pieces of optical simple commands, they are able to investment in the software can meet media the needs of tomorrow as it encom- manage their own files and decide 'Ifyou nant the media, then do nor order wirh whether their files need to be kept passes new HP peripherals and CPUs. this option. The networking standards of technical available and visible on the high- Contact your HP representative for workstations also enable connectivity speed disks or stored in optical stor- more information and for a copy of the beyond HP-UX workstations. Sun age and hidden from their normal product brief, PIN 5952-2988.- working environment. workstations have also been qualified OCTOBER 1990 d HP Channels General General HP BASZC changes in HP 9000 Series 300 and HP EGS -status and Model R/332 bundles update

With the introduction of BASIC 6.0, Option lOOprice and structure Since its introduction in 1981, more hardware bundles 5ased on HP BASIC change - Existing HP BASICIWS than 3,000 trade seats and 3,000 will be turned and some options added bundles include Option 100 which HP-internal seats of HP Engineering and changed to achieve the most con- deletes documentation and credits Graphics System (HP EGS) have been sistency, ordering ease, and complete- the user. installed. Now this successful two- dimensional graphics software product ness. These changes went into effect Because of the BASIC 6.0 structure for multidiscipline engineering design September 1. change, Option 100 will now delete is entering new stages of the product both the media and documentation lifecycle. HP BASIC 6.0 introduces a new struc- (PIN 98616B), leaving only the ture similar to that of HP-UX. The HP BASIC license-to-use. This HP EGS HP-UX has been placed in the product will now consist of a license- new option will credit the user. All "functionally stable" category of sup- to-use (PIN 98616L), and media and bundles, including the Model Rl332 documentation (PIN 98616B). In port. Support for product defects will products, are affected. addition, a Kanji-localized product continue as before, but additional func- (PIN 98616BJ) is now available. Addition of Option 618 to Model R/332 tional enhancements will not be made. Changes to the bundles are based on controllers - Per field and user However, so the most current worksta- these new products and structure. requests, Option 618 has been added tions can be used, new releases will to all Model Rl332 products. Option update HP EGS HP-UX to the latest Ordering information 618 adds the HP BASIC Compiler. version. Users may want to continue on support contracts to receive the updates. HP BASIC 60 included in all Listed below are the products affected HP BASIC bundles - Effective by the above information. Contact your The following product numbers and September 1, all Series 300 bundles HP representative for more information. options will be discontinued and and all Model Rl332 products will removed from the November 1990 now ship with HP BASIC 6.0. All Product No. Description HP Price List. these bundles will include the license to use (PIN 98616B) and media and 98580B HP 9000 Model 310MMA HP BASICIWS instrument Ordering information documentation (PIN 98616L) controller products. 98581B HP 9000 Model 310CMA Description HP BASICIWS instrument The media option HP BASIC is HP EGS Pascal controller shipped in will also change. The HP EGS - German 98580C HP 9000 Model 332MMA modular Series 300 bundles will now HP BASICIWS instrument HP EGS - Finnish ship HP BASIC with Option 045 controller Add-on modules (double-sided 3 %-inch media), 98581C HP 9000 Model 332CMA Add-on modules - German HP BASIC/WS instrument instead of Option 044 (single-sided Add-on modules - Finnish controller 3 M-inch). Option 042, for 5 %-inch Hybrid module media will still be available. The 98580W HP 9000 Model 360MMA High performance Model Rl332 products will continue HP BASICIWS instrument controller Bundled HP EGS to ship with Option 045 only. 98581W HP 9000 Model 360CMA Bundled HP EGS - German HP BASICIWS instrument Addition of Option SWJ - Option Bundled HP EGS - Finnish controller SWJ substitutes Japanese localized Bundled HP EGS - Japan A1303A HP 9000 Model Rl332 BASIC for Standard BASIC. This controller with built-in floppy PhotoplotterINC drill utility option replaces PIN 98616B with A1305A HP 9000 Model Rl332 IGES translator PIN 98616BJ. All of the above- controller with 20-Mbyte hard Techwriter mentioned bundles now offer disk and floppy Option SWJ. There is no charge ADMA HP 9000 Model Rl332 for this option. controller with 40-Mbyte hard disk and floppy

HP CHANNELS October 1990 On November 1, 1990, HP EGS Pascal HP Apollo 9000 Software designers and engineers who will begin its five- ear support life presently use Apollo workstations can phase if the discontinua&e process. HP Apollo 9000 take advantage of established products Although on-line support will still be Series 400 education in their current design environment. available and critical and serious defects The integrated sets of AxCASE tools will be resolved, users should continue support microprocessor-specific soft- their contracts for local support. Users of HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 ware development throughout the whole workstations can take any of HP's stan- cycle, from writing code through soft- dard UNIX system courses. Series 400 ware testing, softwarelhardware users who want system administration integration, and implementation. General training should take one of the follow- HP 9000 Model 310 ing classes: HP product-line positioning "HP-UX System Administration Individually, each of the AxCASE tools 1 price increase for HP 9000 Series 3001400 for embedded processor design are (HP 51436C) - for system adminis- effective tools, but the major advantage The price of the HP 9000 Model 310 trators or network administrators is that they are all part of an integrated, was increased approximately 15 % "HP-UX System Administration comprehensive tool set. ($U.S.) effective October 1, 1990. " (HP 50722B) - new course Contact your HP representative for for application users or system Assemblers support the manufacturers' more information. Below is a list of operators syntaxes and industry-standard output the affected products: file formats, making it easy to move To register for any class in the U.S., existing code into the HP development Product No. Description users should call 800-HPCLASS environment. The compilers perform both global and peephole to assure that 98561A HP 9000 Model 310 SPU (800-472-5277). Outside the U.S., users efficient code is generated. 98580B HP 9000 Model 310M should contact their HP representative 985818 HP 9000 Model 310C or nearest HP Customer Education Center. The HP Branch Validator for AxLS C allows designers to set up and run test suites that generate metrics on execu- Apollo tion, or omission, of program branches. Mieroprocessor Emulators open a window on code executing on the target processor, with development tools or without the final product hardware. From the initial checks on code seg- now available on ments to the final integration of hard- ApoUo platforms ware and software, the emulator offers features such as single-stepping by source line, symbol information in Now, developers of embedded micro- memory and trace displays, and displays processor products can apply the of typed data. Emulator interfaces for integrated AxCASE tools on new the Apollo workstations support the platforms, Apollo 25001350014500 HP 64700 series emulators for the workstations running Domain 10.2. 68000 and 801861C18611881C188 processors. Cross assemblersllinkers, cross compilers, emulator interfaces, continued on next page and HP Branch Validator from the HP 64000 family of development tools for 68000, 80186180C186, and 80188180C188 applications are now available on Apollo platforms.

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels w I Ordering information For more information and for a copy Installing DomainlOS Software with of the data sheet entitled, "Cross R A1 Product No. Description development on Apollo workstations" Managing Aegis System Software B1420A 68000 family AxLS C (PIN 5953-2724), contact your HP compiler representative. DomainIPCI Installation and Opt. OAN Single-user license Administration Opt. OAT Multiple-user license B1421A Media and manuals Planning Apollo Networks and Opt. AAO Media on '%-inchtape Apollo Internets B1422A 68000 family AxLS assemblerl Knowledge Broker Managing Routing and Domain linker Internet Opt. OAN Single-user license introduces on -line Opt. OAT Multiple-user license Configuring and Managing TCPIIP B1423A Media and manuals Opt. AAO Media on %-inch tape documentatiun set Manuals expected for January1 B1450AX 12-Hz 68000 emulator inter- February release: face (PIN 64742) The Apollo Manual Subscription Opt. AAO Media on %-inch tape DSEE manual set Service for DomainIOS B1451A* 12-MHz 68000 emulator inter- face (P/N 64743) (PIN LBDSO BLD) is a set of approxi- The Knowledge Broker Reader and Opt. AAO Media on 'A-inch tape mately 30 on-line manuals retrieved TPS 4.0 VDM used to retrieve and view B1426.4 8086 family AxLS C compiler and viewed with a combination of a the Manual Subscription Set are the Opt. OAN Single-user license Knowledge Broker (KB) Reader and standard KB modules, and can be used Opt. OAT Multiple-user license TPS 4.0 VDM (vendor display mod- for retrieval and viewing of end-user B1427A Media and manuals ule). The documentation set is targeted Opt. AAO Media on 'A-inch tape authored (in TPS 4.0) documentation. toward DomainIOS users and prospects B1428A 8086 family AxLS assemblerl The KB Publisher module is required to linker who require on-line manuals. create the on-line document database. Opt. OAN Single-user license Opt. OAT Multiple-user license Features and benefits After purchase of the On-line B1429A Media and manuals Documentation Set, a monthly Opt. AAO Media on %-inch tape The first release of the Manual Sub- subscription service is available to B1452A* 80186 emulator interface scription Service will contain (at least) (PIN 64764A) the following manuals: routinely receive manuals' updates and Opt. AAO Media on 'A-inch tape new on-line manuals on a quarterly a Pascal Reference B1453A* 80C186 emulator interface basis. For more information, contact (PIN 64764ClD) Modula-2 Reference your HP representative. Opt. AAO Media on 1%-inchtape B1454A* 80188 emulator interface C+ + 's Guide (PIN 64765A) Opt. AAO Media on 'A-inch tape Open Dialogue Reference Apollo B1455A* 80C188 emulator interface Creating User Interfaces with Open CPU upgrade for (PIN 64765D) Dialogue Opt. AAO Media on 'A-inch tape Apolb Series 10000 B1456.4 Operating environment soft- Programming with GPR ware (PIN 64801) Single-user license TML Reference Opt. OAN The CPU upgrade (PIN A1976A) for Opt. OAT Multiple-user license Programming with TML B1457A Media and manuals Apollo Series 10000 workstations Opt. AAO Media on 'A-in. tape Network Computing System (NCS) upgrading to the Series lOOOOTX B1458A HP Branch Validator for Reference includes a CPU board upgrade, AxLS C 36-MHz RISC-based processor, double Opt. OAN Single-user license Managing NCS Software dhrystone performance, binary code Opt. OAD 5-user license BSD Programmer's Reference Opt. OA9 10-user license and data compatible with current Series B1459A Media and manuals SysV Programmer's Reference 10000, and credit for return of the old Opt. AAO Media on 'A-inch tape CPU. The upgrade is targeted towards Aegis Programmer's Reference all current Series 10000 users. *Operating Environment SofhYare Getting Started with DomainIOS Upgrade path - Current Series 10000 (P/Ns B14564/57A) is required for the users need only to swap CPU boards. emulator interface products (P/Ns B145OA/ BSD Command Reference All existing hardware and software is 5lA/52A/53A/54A/55A). SysV Command Reference compatible with the new CPU. Aegis Command Reference HP CHANNELS October 1990 Display Manager Reference SofhYare compatibility- DomainIOS Product No. Opt. Description Product No. Opt. Description 10.3lSAUIO required, PSK, all appli- OC7 Upgrade credit for 92465A OC6 Upgrade credit for 92627A cations will run without modification. 30674A Upgrade credit for OC7 Upgrade credit for Hardware compatibility - All sub- 30678A 92626A systems are fully compatible, includ- Return credit for A600 OC8 Upgrade credit for ing all configurations for disk, FORTRAN 77 30675A Return credit for A700 memory, graphics, and networks. 92626A Development Pack FORTRAN 77 OC6 Upgrade credit for Return credit for A900 Installarion - User is required to 30674A install 01s and PSK, HP customer FORTRAN 77 Upgrade credit for 92627A FORTRAN 77lHP-UX service will install CPU and boot 30677A compiler prom. Upgrade credit for OC6 Upgrade credit for 92627A 30677A Upgrade credit for Obsolescence Contact your HP representative for 30678A more information. 92430A OCO Return credit for EIF Return credit for A600 FORTRAN 77 Pascal Return credit for A700 92430A OC4 Return credit for EIF FORTRAN 4X HP-UX Pascal Return credit for A900 92431A OCO Return credit for EIF Language Pascal HP Pascal Upgrade credit for 92443A OCO Return credit for EIF product/optwn update 30674A FORTRAN 77 Upgrade credit for 92443A OC4 Return credit for EIF 92626A FORTRAN 4X Upgrade credit for Prices for the following compiler 30675A 92444A OCO Return credit for EIF HP Pascal products and upgrade products were 92443A OCI Return credit for A600 changed October 1 to be more consis- FORTRAN 77 92461A OC4 Return credit for EIF tent with HP 9000 Series 3001400 pric- oc2 Return credit for A700 FORTRAN 4X ing. Through October 31, users can FORTRAN 77 OC3 Return credit for A900 order these products at the current FORTRAN 77 prices. Also during October, return OC6 Upgrade credit for credits for the E/F FORTRAN and 30677A Pascal will be removed from the OC7 Upgrade credit for 92627A Also in this issue HP Price List for the HP 9000 Series OC8 Upgrade credit for 800 FORTRAN and Pascal products. 30678.4 92444A OCl Return credit for A600 New mass storage systems For more information, contact your Pascal for HP Apollo 9000 HP representative. oc2 Return credit for A700 Series 400 workstations Pascal running Domain O/S OC3 Return credit for A900 21 1 Product No. Opt. Description I Pascal Vemmcalinstallation kit 92447A OC6 Upgrade credit for Development Pack 30674A available for SCSZ disks 23 Development Pack OC7 Upgrade credit for HP Series 6000 Upgrade credit for 92626A Models 330s and 660s 30674A OC8 Upgrade credit for Upgrade credit for 30675A price decrease 23 92626A 92461A OC1 Return credit for A600 SRM moves to SRM/UX Upgrade credit for FORTRAN 77 and begins gradual 30674A oc2 Return credit for A700 Upgrade credit for FORTRAN 77 discontinuance 27 92626A OC3 Return credit for A900 SRM/UX announcement 28 Upgrade credit for FORTRAN 77 30675A OC6 Upgrade credit for HP LAN Manager FORTRAN 77lHP-UX 30677A client/server developer compiler OC7 Upgrade credit for 92627A kits now available 28 FORTRAN 77lHP-UX OC8 Upgrade credit for Oracle RDBMS on compiler 30678A Upgrade credit for HP-UX ZO now supports 30677A 92462A OC1 Return credit for A600 HP LAN Manager/X 30 Upgrade credit for Pascal 92627A oc2 Return credit for A700 Pascal Upgrade credit for OC3 Return credit for A900 30677A OCTO~ER1990 Pascal HP Channels 3 Questions and answers How does NewWave compare with I General Microsoji Windows? ve and beyond HP NewWave is an extension to the (GUI). NewWave adds the following enhancements:

Task automation - With the Usability - HP NewWave Office HP NewWave Agent, HP NewWave Desktop Metaphor shields users from can automatically record the user's DOS. work across applications and perform Instant Integration - HP NewWave tasks at any time and date. The Object Management integrates appli- NewWave Agent can even prompt for cations in a single step. information along the way. Task Automation - HP NewWave Group productivity - HP NewWave Agent intelligently automates work includes Object Storage which lets across all applications. work groups easily share information across a network. Group Productivity - Network Object Storage allows groups to easily What's new in this version of share information across a network. HP NewWave? Will NewWave 3.0 work with earlier ver- HP NewWave 3.0 (PINS D1704B and Windows 3.0 support - HP NewWave sions of Windows, such as version 2.11? D1706B) is an easy-to-use, intuitive, 3.0 takes advantage of the improve- graphical software environment that ments to Microsoft Windows, includ- No. Windows 3.0 has a different mem- integrates users' PC applications and ing support for all 286 and 386 ory manager than version 2.11. Since automates their work. HP NewWave modes. NewWave 3.0 utilizes this new memory builds on industry-standard manager, it is not backwards compat- Better memory management - MS-DOSm and Microsoft@Windows. ible with Windows 2.11. HP NewWave now requires only HP NewWave's open architecture makes 2 Mbytes of extended memory (see it possible to combine off-the-shelf Can existing DOS and Windows the minimum system requirements for applications be used in NewWave? applications to build fully integrated more information). networked solutions. Yes. Almost all existing DOS and Guided tour - The new Guided Tour Windows applications can be "bridged" NewWave is a key component of HP's Tutorial gives users an overview of into the NewWave environment. NewWave Computing and NewWave the entire NewWave system. NewWave includes a Bridge Disk and Office strategies. NewWave is the user Object storage - With Object Stor- Bridge Builder to encapsulate these environment that offers the industry's age, users can share objects with applications. While bridges protect your best solution for integrating PC applica- coworkers on a network. Object Stor- current investment, the full power of tions and gives users transparent access age works with any LAN where a HP NewWave is realized with applica- into corporate information systems. server is considered as another tions written to take full advantage of MS-DOS disk drive. the NewWave environment. I Features and benefits HP NewWave Agent - The Minimum system requirements Easy to learn and use - A consistent HP NewWave Agent allows users desktop metaphor that shields users to automate the work done across PC - HP, IBM, or Compaq 80286- from DOS; computer-based training all their software applications. The or 80386-based PC or 100 % and on-line help make HP NewWave NewWave Agent can record work compatible truly easy to learn and use. as it's performed. The user can Memory - 80286 standard, 80386 Integration - With its object manage- then schedule playback at any time enhanced mode: 640-Kbyte base, ment technology, HP NewWave allows and date specified. In addition, 2 Mbytes extended memory. 80286, users to link and combine information HP NewWave Agent tasks can be 80386 real mode: 640-Kbyte base such as text, numerical data, and edited to include new steps, change (256-Kbyte base plus 384-Kbyte back- graphics from multiple applications. information, and even interact fill), 3 Mbytes expanded memory with the user to prompt for more (EMS 4.0) HP CHANNELS information. October 1990 Hard disk - 40-Mbyte hard disk WordPe$ect for HP NewWave - On NetWare can take advantage of recommended August 27, 1990, WordPerfect Corpo- NewWave capabilities for maximum Display - Microsoft Windows- ration announced that it will support benefits to Novell customers. supported display (EGA or VGA the HP NewWave environment by The world S most popular spreadsheet monitor and card) making WordPerfect NewWave supports HP NewWave - Over 10 mil- Aware. WordPerfect extensions for System - MS-DOS 3.2 or higher, NewWave will include hot-links, lion people in 65 different countries MS Windows 3.0 visual views, and task automation. rely on the power and performance of Lotus 1-2-3. Now with HP NewWave Input - Microsoft Windows- supported mouse, keyboard Now developers who want their appli- support, 1-2-3 release 2.2 users can cations to integrate with WordPerfect easily share and integrate spread- Output - Optional: Microsoft and other industry-leading software sheets with other applications and Windows-supported printers, plotters, packages simply have to write a automate jobs that include 1-2-3, from etc. NewWave application. And when cus- simple tasks to complex, multiappli- tomers buy a copy of WordPerfect for cation projects. Ordering information Windows, the NewWave capabilities will be in the same box. NewWave enables 1-2-3 users to view Product No. Description their spreadsheets in a window, side- WordPerfect plans to demonstrate by-side with other application win- D1704B NewWave 3.0 end user (must order language WordPerfect for NewWave in HP's dows. Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets can and media options) booth at Fall Comdex. easily be "hotlinked" with NewWave Opt. ABA, AA8 English version, HP NewWave and Novell Networks: documents and edited directly from 3 %-inch disks within them just by pointing and Opt. ABA, AA9 English version, making it easy to communicate - 5 %-inch disks Novell has committed to supporting clicking the mouse. When the user D1706B. Opt. ABA English NewWave 3.0 the HP NewWave environment edits the spreadsheet, changes are single-user license through a strong marketing and instantly reflected everywhere the D1730B, Opt. ABA English NewWave tech- development relationship. Novell is spreadsheet is linked. nical reference set excited about the ease-of-use benefits D1731A, Opt. ABA English NewWave 3.0 Beyond these capabilities, the combi- site license upgrade HP NewWave brings to Novell cus- nation of 1-2-3's macro language, and tomers, so throughout the last quarter Lotus Learn, the HP NewWave Agent (Opf.ABA = US. English, AA8 = 3%-inch of 1990, Novell will be promoting makes it easy to automate complex, disks, AA9 = 5%-inch disks) NewWave as a window to its LAN repetitive tasks - with the click of a capabilities. mouse. Contact your HP representative for Novell is HP's partner in the upcom- more information and for copies of the ing LAN Solutions Tour with the The support of major developers such literature and video listed below. theme of HP and Novell working as WordPerfect, Lotus, and Novell indicates the growing momentum for NewWave data sheet (PIN 5952-1565) together. On this tour of the top 12 to 15 cities in North America, HP and HP NewWave. There are currently NewWave flier (PIN 5952-3231) Novell will be presenting LAN solu- 126 registered NewWave developers. Of these, 26 have announced ship dates for NewWave applications catalog tions to large groups of Novell and HP their NewWave applications. Contact (PIN 5952-1691) customers and dealers. Novell also plans to show NewWave in its booth at your HP representative for more Above and Beyond Windows 3.0 video Fall Comdex, and as the front-end to information. (PIN 900161) its networks in its corporate demo center and in its sales offices. Lotus and 1-2-3 are US. registered trademarks MS-DOS and Microsofr are US. registered of Lotus Corporation. trademarks of Microsofr Corporation. Novell has already started mailing information to its sales force about the benefits of NewWave, and plans to do follow-up mailings on how Novell can support HP's NewWave Office offer- ing. In addition, HP and Novell are working together to determine how OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels General Deshop Graphics Gallery 3.0 HP Vectra 386/25 Models 170-3 and 170-5 PC takes advantage of bundles HP New Wave 3.0 The Models 170-3 and 170-5 bundles for "New 336-Mbyte hard disk pair for the HP Vectra 386125 PC, announced in HP Vectra 386125 PC" in this issue of Graphics Gallery 3.0 (The Gallery the July issue of HP Channels, were on HP Channels for more detailed Collection, PIN D1711A; Charting the October 1 HP Price List for Europe, information. Gallery, PIN D1710A; Drawing Gallery, and will be on the November list for the PIN D1709A) is a presentation graphics rest of the world. These three disk subsystems provide the software with full-featured drawing and HP Vectra 386125 PC with the best charting capabilities. It is targeted In addition, users wishing to build up combination of performance and toward PC users desiring high-quality their own configuration from the expandability currently found on an HP business graphics. Model 1 (no hard disk) can do so. desktop PC. The HP Vectra 386125 PC Effective October 1, the following three now offers all features to make it an NewWave 3.0 provides Graphics Gallery new hard disk drives will be supported excellent choice for high-end office 3.0 users with additional benefits. as accessories on the HP Vectra 386125 power users, midrange PC-CAD, and Graphics Gallery can "hot-link and PC : entry-level multiuser hosts and LAN "share" data with other NewWave servers. The Model 170 bundles are applications. If users share a Drawing 120-Mbyte embedded-AT drive (PIN D1679A) the top-capacity bundles within the Gallery object with other NewWave HP Vectra 386125 PC family, currently applications and later change the draw- 168-Mbyte embedded-AT drive HP's most powerful desktop PC (see ing, any changes are automatically and (PIN D1680A) July article). They come in either a 3%- instantly reflected in all documents. or 5 %-inch flexible disk configuration, Graphics Gallery objects can be 336-Mbyte embedded-AT hard disk pair (PIN D1688A) with a 168-Mbyte embedded-AT con- "dragged and dropped" into a NewWave troller hard disk drive. This drive offers word-processing document for instant an average seek time < 16-ms, and a integration or onto the printer icon for See the articles "New 120- and 168-Mbyte hard disk drives" and transfer rate in the 10-13 Mbitslseconds automatic printing. Gallery objects can range. be edited from within other documents by double-clicking on the displayed drawing or chart. In addition, Graphics HP Vectra 386125 PC configurations Gallery benefits from the improved Product No. Description Hard disk Disk controller memory management under NewWave 3.0. ' D2371A HP Vectra 386125 Model 1-3 PC, 3%-inch none none flexible disk Contact your HP representative for D2360A HP Vectra 386125 Model 1-5 PC, 5 %-inch none none more information. flexible disk D2361A HP Vectra 386125 Model 80-3 PC, 84 Mbytes Embedded-AT 3%-inch flexible disk D2362A HP Vectra 386125 Model 170-3 PC, 168 Mbytes Embedded-AT 3%-inch flexible disk D2363A HP Vectra 386125 Model 80-5 PC, 84 Mbytes Embedded-AT 5 %-inch flexible disk D2364A HP Vectra 386125 Model 170-5 PC, 168 Mbytes Embedded-AT 5 %-inchflexible disk

HP CHANNELS October 1990 Desktop Desktop New 336-Mbte hard disk pair for HP Vectra PC HP Vectra 386/25 PC Accessory Catalog

The new 336-Mbyte hard disk pair floppy drive in the HP Vectra 386125 The revised HP Vectra PC Accessory (PIN D1688A) is designed specifically PC for a total of four mass storage Catalog (PIN 5952-0772) is a 16-page, for HP Vectra 386125 PC users who accessories - all on three shelves. 4-color publication that describes the need a good-performance, high- supplies and accessories available for capacity mass storage subsystem. This These configurations are ideal for HP Vectra PCs. Featured products hard disk accessory consists of a pair of PC-CAD users and entry-level LAN range from flexible disks and data 168-Mbyte 3 %-inch embedded-AT hard servers. Like the 168-Mbyte drive cartridges to extended memory, mice, disks mounted on a single drive tray. (PIN D1680A), the 336-Mbyte drive and furniture. Updates include Like all hard disks for the HP Vectra pair has an average seek time of 120-Mbyte data cartridges, NewWave 386125 PC, the 336-Mbyte hard disk < 16 milliseconds and a disk transfer and Printcache software, and memory pair connects to the AT-multifunction rate of 10-13 Mbitslsecond. Shown products compatible with HP Vectra card included with every system. below are sample configurations. 286112, 386125, and 486 PCs. From the perspective of the HP Vectra Since the 336-Mbyte disk pair is a dual- The catalog is included in-box with all 386125 PC, this product is identical to a drive configuration, a "third" hard disk HP Vectra PCs. It is targeted toward dual-drive configuration, except that it drive on shelf B is not supported due to technical evaluators, functional mana- occupies only one drive bay. The key fundamental AT-compatible BIOS limi- gers, and end users. If you do not have advantage is that users can now have a tations. Contact your HP representative a copy of the catalog and would like tape backup, CD-ROM, or a second for more information. one, contact your HP representative. Sample configurations

HP Vectra 386125 PC High-office PC-CAD LAN server Shelf A 1.44-Mbyte 3%-inch 1.44-Mbyte 3%-inch 1.44-Mbyte 3%-inch floppy floppy floppy Shelf B 1.2-Mbyte 5 %-inch CD-ROM Tape backup

Shelf C 336-Mbyte disk pair 336-Mbyte disk pair 336-Mbyte disk pair

OCTOBER1990 HP Channels 3 I Desktop Desktop I Cost savings on HP Vectra PCs HP Vectra ES/12 PC and accessory Prices of all HP Vectra 486, QSl20, and Product No. Description most of RSl25C PC models have been discontinuance dates reduced by as much as 24% (U.S. list). HP Vectra 286112 Model 40 PC, 5%-inch flexible disk The new prices position HP Vectra PCs change HP Vectra QSl16S Model 1 PC, very favorably against products from 3%-inch flexible disk Compaq, IBM, and other vendors. HP Vectra QSl16S Model 1 PC, The discontinuance date for the The new prices became effective 5 %-inch flexible disk HP Vectra ESl12 and some of its acces- September 1, 1990. HP Vectra QSl16S Model 46 PC, sories has been changed from what was 5 %-inch flexible disk communicated in the July 1990, issue of Product No. Description HP Vectra QSl16S Model 47 PC, 3 %-inch flexible disk HP Channels. The following is a sum- D2220A HP Vectra 486 Model 1 HP Vectra QSI16S Model 86 PC. mary of all the updated discontinuance D2221A HP Vectra 486 Model 150 5 %-inch flexible disk dates for all HP Vectra ESl12 PCs and D2222A HP Vectra 486 Model 330 HP Vectra QSl16S Model 87 PC, related accessories. D2223A HP Vectra 486 Model 670 3%-inch flexible disk D2021A HP Vectra RSl25C Model 10e HP Vectra QSl20 Model 1 PC, PC products scheduled for 3 %-inch flexible disk D2022A HP Vectra RSl25C Model lOOe November 1, 1990, discontinuance HP Vectra QSl20 Model 1 PC, D2024A HP Vectra RSl25C Model 154e 5Ih-inch flexible disk Product No. Description D2025A HP Vectra RSl25C Model 304e HP Vectra QSl20 Model 46 PC, Dl3 10A HP Vectra ESl12 Model 10 PC D1421B HP Vectra QSl20 Model I PC, 5 %-inch flexible disk D1326.4 HP Vectra ESl12 Model 26 PC 3 %-inch flexible disk HP Vectra QSl20 Model 47 PC, 1 I D1491B HP Vectra QSl20 Model I PC, 3 %-inch flexible disk 1 D1327A HP Vectra ESl12 Model 27 PC I 5%-inch flexible disk HP Vectra QSl20 Model 86 PC, D1346B HP Vectra ESl12 Model 46 PC D1422B HP Vectra QSRO Model 46 PC. 5%-inch flexible disk D1347B HP Vectra ES112 Model 47 PC 5Ih-inch flexible disk HP Vectra QSl20 Model 87 PC, D13 12A HP Vectra ESl12 Model 26 D1424B HP Vectra QSl20 Model 47 PC, 3%-inch flexible disk SPU 3 %-inch flexible disk HP Vectra 386125 Model I PC, D1313A HP Vectra ESl12 Model 27 D1498B HP Vectra QSl20 Model 86 PC, 5 %-inch flexible disk S PU 5%-inch flexible disk HP Vectra 386125 Model 1 PC, D1314B HP Vectra ESl12 Model 46 D1499B HP Vectra QSl20 Model 87 PC, 3%-inch flexible disk SPU 3%-inch flexible disk HP Vectra 386125 Model 80 PC, D1316B HP Vectra ESl12 Model 47 D1660A ESDl 330-Mbyte disk drive 5 %-inch flexible disk SPU D1661A ESDl670-Mbyte disk drive HP Vectra 386125 Model 80 PC, I 3 %-inch flexible disk I Accessories I C1406A Envoy keyboard (old keyboard HP Vectra RSl25C Model IOe layout) Over the last two months, PC, 5 %-inch flexible disk I 45973A %-Mbyte extended memory Hewlett-Packard has repriced the entire HP Vectra RSl25C Model lOOe 1 card HP Vectra PC product line. For easy PC, 5 %-inch flexible disk I HP Vectra RSl25C Model 154e 1-Mbyte extended memory reference, below is a complete list of card the HP Vectra PC family. PC, 5 %-inch flexible disk I 45974A I HP Vectra RSl25C Model 304e PC, S1A-inch flexible disk Product No. Description HP Vectra 486125 Model 1 PC, D2467A HP Vectra 286112 Model I PC, 5 %-inch flexible disk 3%-inch flexible disk HP Vectra 486125 Model 150 D2460A HP Vectra 286112 Model 1 PC, PC, 5 %-inch flexible disk 5 %-inch flexible disk HP Vectra 486125 Model 330 D2462A HP Vectra 286112 Model 20 PC. PC, 5%-inch flexible disk 3%-inch flexible disk HP Vectra 486125 Model 670 D2461A HP Vectra 286112 Model 20 PC, PC, 5%-inch flexible disk 5 %-inchflexible disk D2464A HP Vectra 286112 Model 40 PC, 3%-inch flexible disk

HP CHANNELS October 1990 PC products scheduled for November 1,1990, discontinuance

I Product No. Description I Mass Sforage I 45945C HP Vectra ESl12 Model 10 Introducing HP Series 6400 Model 1300H SPU ( Accessories DDS- format tape subsystem D1387A 8-MHz 80287 coprocessor for ES and ESl12 The HP Series 6400 Model 1300H By supporting multiple device store and D1335AH HP Vectra ES to ESl12 PC upgrade kit DDS-format tape subsystem restore, all four DDS-format tape drives (PIN C1590A) is a new high-capacity can run in parallel. Therefore, data can D1351C HP Vectra ES and ESl12 PC kit (all language options) solution for 900 Series HP 3000 MPE be streamed to multiple devices at the XL system users. The subsystem com- same time. prises between two and four HP Series PC product scheduled for January 1, 6400 Model 1300H DDS-format tape For environments that require 1990, discontinuance drives in a cabinet complete with acces- 24-hour a day system availability, sories. When the tape drives are com- TurboSTOREIXL I1 has an optional I Product No. Description 1 bined with the new TurboSTOREIXL I1 feature of on-line backup. 45944A Opt. 001 Expanded memory board software, this product can provide up to for HP Vectra ES and 18 Gbytes of unattended backup (depen- Easy to order and install ESI12 PC dent in the type of system andtypeof By combining the DDS-format tape data to be stored). drives, cabinet, rackmount kits, filler A neat and tidy solution panels, cabling, and cassettes under one product number, the DDS-format tape The HP DDS-format tape subsystem is subsystem is easy to order. All users a good solution for data centers. The need to do is place a separate order for tape drives are stacked in a single cabi- the TurboSTOREIXL I1 software. net creating a convenient and space- efficient backup device. All components of the DDS-format Also in this issue subsystem are user installable. These features, together- with high capacity, low cost, compact media, and 1 Product No. Description User License Program 4 fast file access of the DDS-format tape C1590A Four C1511A DDS-format tape HP Word/Vectra Danish drive makes it a good solution for 900 drives with cabinet, accesso- product discontinuance 5 Series HP 3000 MPE XL systems. ries, and cables (delete options New 120- and 168-Mbyte available) hard disk drives 22 High capacity, unattended backup Base TurboSTOREIXL I1 solution with TurboSTORE XLIII functionality including soft- Hard disk drive accessories i i 36387A ware data com~ressionmul- / 1 discontinuance 25 The TurboSTOREIXL I1 software en- tiple device store and restore, support for DDS-format tape PC Application ables users to store up to 5.4 Gbytes of / i drives 1 i compatibility with HP LAN 1 data On a sing1e DDS-cassette with a 1 1 36388A TurboSTOREIXL I1 function- I / Manager now available 29 data transfer rate potential of over ality as above plus on-line data 2 Gby tes per hour. backup Enhanced Dn: management platform 33 TurboSTOREIXL I1 gives users a Note: The DDS-format tape subsystem Introducing the powerful and flexible data backup solu- is not preassembled. HP Network Mass tion. It uses software data compression continued on next page Storage System 36 which compresses the data before it is HP offers powerful new sent to the DDS-format tape drive. The storage capabilities 38 choice of two data compression algorithms gives users the flexibility to PC printer spoobr choose between high or fast density available worldwide 40 data compression to limit CPU impact on applications.

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels d Contact your HP representative for Mass Storage more information and to get copies of the following literature: Optical storage for 900 Series HP 3000 and HP Series 6400 Model 1300HlS HP 9000 Series 800 systems product brief, PIN 5954-1963 HP Series 6400 Model 1300H HP's family of optical products has mately 5.5 Gbyteslhour and over DDS-format subsystem, just expanded to include a rackmount 70-Gbyte capacity with the addition PIN 5954-1966 library system. This configuration joins of a second autochanger. TurboSTOREIXL I1 data sheet, the deskside library system and the PIN 5952-1038 standalone optical drive subsystem that With the addition of online backup fea- were introduced in 1989. Support for ture to TurboSTOREIXL 11, users can the entire direct access secondary stor- not only have true unattended backup age (DASS) family has grown to include and fast restore capability no matter Mass Storage 900 Series HP 3000 and HP 9000 how large a system, they can do this Introducing SCSZ host Series 800 systems. These DASS online. products are targeted towards users adaper for 900 Series needing low-cost, high-capacity storage HP 9000 Series 800 HP-UX 8.0 and unattended backup operation. HP 3000 MPE XL HP 9000 Series 800 users can also take advantage of the rewritable optical tech- The HP Series 6300 Model 20GBlA nology for automating their backups systems deskside configuration (PIN C1700A and bringing more archive information Opt. IAB) offers 20.8 Gbytes of direct- online. The SCSI host adapter (PIN 27251A) is access storage. The one-meter rack con- HP's industry-standard I10 interface figuration (Opt. 1AC) enables storage On HP 9000 systems, HP optical supported on 900 Series HP 3000 MPE expansion to 41.6 Gbytes with a second products can be accessed as standard XL systems and the only interface sup- library system in the same cabinet. Winchester devices. Each media surface porting the HP rewritable optical disk Each system includes 2 drives and 32 is configured as a 325-Mbyte mountable library (PIN C1700A). The adapter is optical disks that are automatically file system. The autochangerldriver targeted towards 900 Series HP 3000 loaded by an autochanger. Average disk automatically loads the appropriate CIO-based system users connecting to access time is 100 msec, with an aver- media cartridge to provide transparent the HP optical disk library and includes age media exchange time of 10 seconds. file access. an SCSI card. two-meter cable. bus terminator, and manual. Optical disks provide reliable, remov- Optical technology on the HP 9000 is able, long-term storage. Automated ideal for online archive, unattended Features and benefits optical disk libraries provide online backup, and electronic image manage- access to vast amounts of information at industry-standard interface ment. Future software enhancements, ' a fraction of the hard disk cost (optical such as HP Omniback, will provide fast fully ANSI SCSI-2 compliant media is only $.38/Mbyte). HP-UX backup with meeds of up to supports SCSI common command and 5 Gbyteslhour in certain configurations; HP product-line positioning message set HP AIMS software will provide effec- supports asynchronous and syn- The HP Optical Disk Library Systems tive electronic image management chronous data transfers (PIN C1700A) are now supported on capability. 900 Series HP 3000 systems in conjunc- I ' up to six meters connectivity distance tion with the TurboSTOREIXL I1 HP 9000 Series 800 HP-UX 7.0 backup software (PINS 36397A or ' 5 Mbyteslsec burst transfer rate For users who cannot wait for HP-UX 36398A). (See June 1990 issue of capability 8.0, HP is providing a CIO-based SCSI HP Channels.) With the 2x data com- adapter card and a driver for qualified ' 16-bit DMA backplane transfers pression (standard on TurboSTOREIXL accounts under HP-UX 7.0. It supports single-ended line transceivers II), each optical library can provide the same optical disk and library system over 35 Gbytes of unattended backup products as will the HP-UX 8.0 solution Contact your HP representative for capacity at up to 2.8 Gbyteslhour with certain configuration restrictions. more information. backup rate. Data recovery is much Users will be required to upgrade from faster because the read performance of HP-UX 7.0 when HP-UX 8.0 is the optical is twice that of write. The available. performance can be doubled to approxi- HP CHANNELS October 1990 Ordering information Mass Storage Mass Storage

Pmduct No. Descriotion Support tape in New mass storage C1700A 20.8-Gbyte rewritable optical DDS format on all systems for disk library system, on-site installation included Opt. IAB In a deskside cabinet 900 Series HP 3000 HP ApoUo 9000 Opt. IAC In a I-meter (19-inch) rack cabinet systems Series 400 Opt. 133 Delete rack Opt. 231 Delete 31 optical disks workstations running C1701A Standalone optical disk drive Effective October 1, a new option subsystem (with one (Option AAH) will be available on Domain O/S 650-Mbyte rewritable optical midrange and high-end products that disk) will enable users to receive their diag- The HP Series 6000 Model 330D 1 27251A C10 SCSI host adapter for XL 1 nostic support tape on DDS media (PIN C2212D) is a 332-Mbyte SCSI 1 36397A TurboSTORElXL I instead of M-inch magnetic tape media. TurboSTORElXL I1 with disk drive in an expandable compact package. This product offers options to 36398A online backup 1 Users receive a free diagnostic support I add more disk drives and a rewritable HP-UX 8.0 CIO SCSI host tape with each system they buy (not 27147A adapter card 1 optical drive. A QIC 60-Mbyte car- ! with field upgrades). In the past, every- 1 93302M CIO SCSI host adapter card 1 tridge tape drive, a 1.3-Gbyte DDS- one received the tape on %-inch mag- ( 93302MD HP-UX 7.0 SCSI device driver 1 format digital audio tape (DAT) drive, netic tape media. The exception has and a 600-Mbyte CD-ROM drive will been the Series 920-932 systems, which be offered at a later date. Contact your HP representative for a have always shipped the support tape on copy of the HP Series 6300 Model DDS media. New products such as The HP Series 6000 Model 330D is tar- 20GBlA product brief (PIN 5952-0328) TurboSTORE IIIXL have made DDS a geted towards HP Apollo 9000 Series and for more information. more attractive solution for midrange 400 workstations with SCSI interface and high-end users. The new Option running Domain 01s. The high- AAH simply enables us to ship the sup- performance disk drive has been tuned port tape on the appropriate media for for Domain O/S and is especially suited users who have a DDS device instead of for high-performance standalone work- a %-inch magnetic tape device. stations and servers. Option AAH has no charge. It will be The HP Series 6000 Model 660D available on the following products: (PIN C2213D) is a 664-Mbyte SCSI disk drive in an expandable, compact Product No. Description package. This product offers options to HP 3000 Series 925 add more disk drives and a rewritable HP 3000 Series 935 optical drive. A QIC 60-Mbyte car- HP 3000 Series 955 tridge tape drive, a 1.3-Gbyte DDS- HP 3000 Series 960 format digital audio tape (DAT) drive, HP 3000 Series 9801100 and a 600-Mbyte CD-ROM drive will HP 3000 Series 9801200 be offered at a later date. HP 3000 Series 949 The HP Series 6000 Model 660D is tar- geted towards HP Apollo 9000 Series Contact your HP representative for 400 workstations with SCSI interface more information. running Domain 01s. The high- performance disk drive has been tuned for Domain 01s and is especially suited for high-performance standalone work- stations and servers. continued on next page

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels 3 Models 330Dl660D features and By integrating multiple mechanisms Note: All upgrade kits come standard benefits into a single system box with a com- with HP installation included. Each kit mon power supply, cost savings are has Opt. 002, which will delete HP Multimechanism packaging - Cost achieved. Lower cost means lower list installation. All upgrade kits come savings in lower list price, less cabi- prices. The disk firmware has been spe- standard with a I-year return-to-HP net and floor space requirements. cifically tuned for Domain 10.3 on warranty, convertible to a 90-day Domain O/S ''tuned" disk drive - Series 400 workstations. on-site warranty. Higher performance with increased throughput. A vertical upgrade kit will also be For more information, contact your Precon$gured at the factory, or user- offered from HP DIRECT. This kit will HP representative. allow users to place their mass storage installable upgrade kits available - Configuration flexibility and ease of system in a deskside configuration. installation. Mass Sforage Ordering information Multiple devices available - Complete New 120- and mass storage solution from HP, one- User documentation for the HP Series vendor solution. 6000 Models 330D and 660D will be 168-Mbte hard localized for some countries. The docu- SCSI interface - Industry standard. mentation will be available in English at disk drives introduction; German, French, and HP product-line positioning Japanese translations will be available at Hewlett-Packard introduced two new This is the first time an HP-designed a later date. 3 %-inch embedded-AT hard disk drive external disk drive will be offered on accessories for the HP Vectra PC family HPlApollo workstations running the 1 Product No. Description I on October 1, 1990. These new mid- Domain operating system. These new C2212D HP Series 6000 Model 330D range hard disk drives improve upon products were designed to meet the mass storage system, consists today's 108-Mbyte and 152-Mbyte hard needs of high-performance HPlApollo of a 332-Mbyte fixed disk drive disk drives by increasing capacity, avail- in a compact package with workstation users. With available hard upgrade capability ability, reliability, and performance - disk drive options for the Models 330D Opt. A01 Adds a 332-Mbyte fixed disk to all at a greatly reduced price. and 660D, capacity of a single box C2212D Opt. 005 Adds a rewritable optical drive ranges from 332 Mbytes to 2 Gbytes. Product No. Description The Models 330D and 660D are to C2212D. includes an optical disk cartridge D1679A 120-Mbyte embedded-AT hard designed with three full-height 5%-inch Opt. W03 Converts 1-year return-to-HP disk drive slots available for mass storage devices. warranty to 90-day on-site warranty This allows HPIApollo workstation disk drive users to configure their unique mass C2213D HP Series 6000 Model 660D mass storage system consisting storage needs all in one box. At of a 664-Mbyte fixed disk drive These new midrange drives are introduction, options available for the in a compact package with designed and targeted for the high- Models 330D and 660D are disk drives upgrade capability office and PC-CAD market segments. and the 650-Mbyte rewritable optical Opt. A01 Adds a 332-Mbyte fixed disk to C2213D The average seek time is <16 milli- drives only. Options and upgrade kits to Opt. A02 Adds a 664-Mbyte fixed disk to seconds and the disk transfer rate is add a QIC 60-Mbyte cartridge tape, a C2213D 10-13 Mbitslsecond. 1.3-Gbyte DDS-format digital audio Opt. 005 Adds a rewritable optical drive to C2213D. includes an optical tape (DAT) drive, and a 600-Mbyte disk cartridge Supported systems CD-ROM will be available at a later Opt. A22 Adds two 664-Mbyte fixed date. Each Model 330D and 660D can disks to C2213D Both of these new accessories come be upgraded in the field when the other Opt. W03 Converts I-year return-to-HP with a drive tray and rails, as well as a warranty to a 90-day on-site mass storage mechanisms are available. warranty cable to connect to the AT-multifunction C2290D Upgrade kit to add a 332-Mbyte card in an HP Vectra PC. In many fixed disk drive to a Model respects, these new embedded-AT hard 330Dl660D disk drives are very similar to the C2291D Upgrade kit to add a 42- and 84-Mbyte hard disk drives 664-Mbyte fixed disk drive to a introduced earlier this year. Model 330Dl660D C2294A Upgrade kit to add a rewritable optical drive to a Model The 120- and 168-Mbyte hard disk 330D/660D, includes an opti- drives will be supported on the cal disk cartridge HP Vectra QS/16S, QSl20, 386125, and 486 PCs. Features and benefits I Performance - allows users to Mass Storage I quickly access programs, files, Higher capacity - users get more and data. These new drives, with Vertical installation 1 hard disk capacity. With 120 and <16 millisecond access times and 168 Mbytes, users now have ample kit availizble for SCSZ I disk transfer rates of 10-13 Mbitsl space to save and quickly access soft second, pull information into the fonts, graphic images, files, and disks PC system at a very good speed. libraries generated by environments such as Newwave, MS WindowsB 3.0, ' Compatibility - allows the use of Introduced October I, the new user- OSl2 Presentation Manager, existing hardware and software. With installable vertical installation kit AutoCAD, PageMaker? and scanners. the introduction of the these drives, (PIN C2299A) allows HP Series 6000 HP now has 42-, 84-, 120-, and Models 330SlD and 660SlD mass stor- Great price - users get more func- 168-Mbyte embedded-AT hard tionality at a lower price. age systems to be placed in a vertical, disk drives that all use the same deskside configuration. The kit is tar- Reliability - these new drives AT-multifunction card found on every geted towards users of the Models 330s improve on the reliability of existing HP Vectra Model 1 PC. All four of and 660s and the new Models 330D drives by about a factor of 5. Users these drives, configured in any combi- and 660D mass storage systems with can expect trouble-free computing nation of pairs, can be supported in a HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 worksta- with these new drives. dual-drive system. tions or in other configurations where Design Plus cabinets are not utilized. Product No. D1445A D1679A* D1446A D1680A* The installation kit will be supplied by Capacity (Mby tes) 108 120 152 168 HP DIRECT with in-stock availability Disk size (inches) 5 1/4 3 % 5 % 3 % (see phone ordering numbers in the Average seek time (ms) < 17 <16 <17 <16 Supplies section of this issue). Contact Disk transfer rate (Mbitslsec) 10 10-13 10 10-13 your HP representative for more Controller type ESDI Embedded-AT ESDI Embedded-AT information.

Mass Storage MS Windows is a US. registered trademark of Microsofr Corporation. HP Series 6000

PageMaker is a U.S. registered trademark Models 330s and of Aldus Corporation. 660s price decrease

Users can now purchase the HP Series 6000 Model 330s (PIN C2212A) and 660s (PIN C2213A) disk drives and their upgrade disks at a lower, more competitive price.

These disk drives are designed to meet the needs of high-performance HP workstation users. With available hard disk drive options for the Models 330s and 660S, capacity of a single box ranges from 332 Mbytes to 2 Gbytes. The Models 330s and 660s are designed with three full-height 5 %-inch slots available for mass storage devices. continued on next page

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels 3 Along with the disk drive mechanisms, I Mass Storage other devices available for integration into the Models 330s and 660s are a 1 Selected HP disk drive discontinuance 1.3-Gbyte digital audio DDS-format tape drive, a 650-Mbyte rewritable opti- The HP 7962B and 7963B 152- and replacement products with better cal drive, and a 600-Mbyte CD-ROM 304-Mbyte HP-IB disk drives, the pricelperformance ratios. Replacement drive. These mechanisms will remain at HP 97962B associated 152-Mbyte products come in either an HP-IB or the current price. upgrade kit, and the HP 19560B 19-inch SCSI interface. The chart below out- rack-mount kit will all be removed from lines each of the products and their HP workstation users can integrate the November 1, 1990, HP Price List. replacements. Contact your HP multiple mechanisms in a single box Each of these products have available representative for more information. allowing them not only a flexible mass storage device, but cost and space Replacement products savings by using a common box and Product No. Capacitylinterface SCSI HP-IB power supply. Contact your HP representative for more information. 7962B 152-MbyteIHP-IB HP Series 6000 HP Series 6000 Models 330Sl660S Models 3358, 670H Ordering information 7963B 304-MbytelHP-IB HP Series 6000 HP Series 6000 Models 330Sl660S Models 335H, 670H Product No. Description 97962B 152-MbyteIHP-IB HP Series 6000 HP Series 6000 Models 330Sl660S Models 3358, 670H HP Series 6000 Model 330s mass storage system, 19560B Rack-mount kit nla nla 332-Mbyte fixed disk drive Opt. 001 332-Mbyte upgrade disk C2290A Upgrade kit to add a 332-Mbyte fixed disk drive to a Model 330Sl660S HP Series 6000 Model 660s mass storage system, 664-Mbyte fixed disk drive Opt. 001 332-Mbyle upgrade disk Opt. 002 664-Mbyle upgrade disk Opt. 022 Two 664-Mbyte upgrade disks C2291A Upgrade kit to add a 664-Mbyte fixed disk drive to a Model 330Sl660S

HP CHANNELS October 1990 Mass Srorage Nerworks I Hard disk drive New networking capabilities make 900 Series I accessories HP 3000 even more open discontinuance Hewlett-Packard is further enhancing File Transfer, the first ARPA service, its capabilities for multivendor connec- will be available with MPE XL Release The 108- and 152-Mbyte half-height tivity on the 900 Series HP 3000 by 2.2. For additional information, read 5 %-inch ESDI hard disk drive accesso- providing the following features: the article entitled, "ARPA Services ries (PINS D1445A and D1446A) for the enhances multivendor connectivity on HP Vectra QS/16S, QS120, and 486 PCs ARPA services and Ethernet - for connectivity to HP and non-HP 900 Series HP 3000 systems" in this will be removed from the November issue of HP Channels. HP Price List. Orders will be accepted systems through November 30, 1990. New OSI services - for connectivity I New OSI services I into OSI environments Due to the October introduction of the Multivendor connectivity will continue new 120- and 168-Mbyte embedded-AT SNA Distribution Services - for elec- to be enhanced on 900 Series HP 3000 disk drive accessories (PINS D1679A tronic mail integration with IBM systems. In the next few weeks, HP will and D1680A), the 108- and 152-Mbyte Novell S NetWare - for increased sup- be announcing support for FTAM, the drives are no longer needed. Users who port of Novell PC users OSI file transfer service, and the OSI need these capacity points should transport. This means a full native Network Computing System (NCS)- migrate to the 120- and 168-Mbyte seven-layer implementation of the OSI for developing distributed improved hard disks. These new hard model on the HP 3000 system, as well applications drives provide more capacity, improved as Government OSI Profile (GOSIP) reliability, immediate availability, and compliance (GOSIP has become a Products that provide interoperability better performance - all at a lower requirement for selling into U.S. allow HP 3000 users to leverage their cost. Government accounts). investment by increasing the ease of sharing information among multivendor Contact your HP representative for Electronic mail integration with IBM systems. In addition, new application more information. programming tools provide a foundation HP further strengthens its integration for multivendor application develop- to IBM with HP SNA Distribution ment, giving developers an open system ServicesIXL (SNADSIXL). Mass Srorage to develop new and portable solutions. HP SNADSIXL allows users on HP 35401A This means more solutions will be HP systems to exchange electronic available on HP 3000 systems. messages between HP DeskManager obsolescence and IBM OfficeVisionIMVS (DISOSS). The 900 Series HP 3000 now provides This means improved corporate com- users many choices to create a multi- munications. HP SNADSIXL is The HP 35401A %-inch cartridge vendor network that provides the available with MPE XL Release 2.2. autochanger tape drive will be removed greatest leverage of existing business For additional information, read the from the HP Price List on November 1, resources. article entitled, "Electronic mail 1990. It will have a support life of 10 integration with IBM" in this issue years. ARPA Services and Ethernet of HP Channels. connectivitv The HP Series 6400 Model 1300H Increased HP 3000 access for Novell and 1300s DDS-format tape drives ARPA ServicesIXL (ARPAIXL) pro- PC users (PINS C1511A. C1512A), which provide vides de facto industrv-standard multi- 1.3 Gbytes of data storage on a single vendor networking on the 900 Series Today, PC LAN environments are cassette, are the recommended alterna- HP 3000 over both local and X.25 dominated by Microsoft's LAN Manager tive for users wanting high-capacity wide area networks. In addition, the and Novell's NetWare. To address the tape backup where %inch tape com- ThinLANIXL link will be enhanced to large installed base of NetWare PC patibility is not a requirement. support both 802.3 and Ethernet simul- LANs, HP is enhancing its Novell taneously. These enhancements are integration to 900 Series HP 3000 with Contact your HP representative for particularly valuable for any user stan- NetWareIXL. NetWareIXL is based on details of system support. dardizing on ARPA TCPIIP Ethernet protocols for multivendor connectivity. OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels 3 Novell's latest and most powerful prod- uct, NetWare 386. NetWare for the HP 3000 supports file and print sharing, ARPA Services enhances multivendor server administration and management, connective on 900 Series HP 3000 systems and applications programmatic inter- faces (APIs) including the Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX) protocol for ARPA ServicesIXL is a family of In multivendor environments where developing clientlserver applications. products of which HP ARPA File users are standardizing on ARPA This means a smooth growth path Transfer Protocol (PIN 36957A) is the TCPIIP, we recommend ARPA for Novel1 PC LAN and better data first to release. Multivendor connectiv- ServicesIXL to integrate HP systems integrity from the HP 3000 server. In ity on the 900 Series HP 3000 systems into the network. However, for those addition, Netware/XL will support vir- has been enhanced with the support of users standardizing on OSI, HP's OSI tual terminal capability for Novel1 PC ARPA Services/XL. ARPA/XL Pro- networking services are recommended. LAN users to access HP 3000 server vides de facto industry-standard net- applications. This means investment working services over local area Technical specifications/configuration networks (LANs) and X.25 wide area protection in both the existing PC LAN HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol (FTP) networks (WANs). It is targeted towards and the HP 3000 while providing user runs on 900 Series HP 3000 systems users of 900 Series HP 3000 systems access to "mission-criticalw resources. and requires the ThinLAN 30001XL requiring multivendor access to manu- For more information, contact your Network Link or DTClX.25 XL Net- facturing and engineering applications HP representative. work Link products. The ThinLANIXL and is particularly valuable for any product has been enhanced to support user standardizing on ARPAITCPIIPI Network Computing System Ethernet. Ethernet protocols for multivendor Network Computing System (NCS) is a connectivity. set of distributed computing tools that The ARPA TELNET service will be provides true intervendor computing in F~~~~~~~ implemented in the Datacommunica- heterogeneous environments. NCS tions and Terminal Controller makes it easy to develop and run appli- ARPA Services/XL provides file (DTCl3000). cations that use resources throughout transfer and virtual terminal access. the network, better utilizing available ARPAIXL provides file transfer using Ordering information computer resources. NCS is a key corn- the FTP protocol and virtual terminal ponent of the Distributed Computing access (also referred to as remote logon) Dexription Environment for Open Systems using the TELNET protocol. 36957A HP ARPA File Transfer Foundation (OSF), as well for HP's Protocol NewWave Computing. NCS will be Benefits Processor options (must choose one) introduced in 1991 but is available now Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 920, Multivendor connectivity protects a 922LX for selected developers. For information investment in a diverse cornput- Opt. 315 For HP 3000 Series 922RX on this limited distribution of NCS, ing environment by offering wider Opt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 922, contact your HP representative. 925LX. 925,932 access to valuable computing resources Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 935 and applications. Furthermore, exten- Opt. 335 For HP 3000 Series 949 sive testing and comprehensive support Opt. 340 For HP 3000 Series 950, 955, of ARPA ServicesIXL means reliable 960 Opt. 350 For HP 3000 Series 980 interoperability and thus maximum Opt. OCD Upgrade credit for Opt. 310 accessibility to resources and Opt. OGJ Upgrade credit for Opt. 315 applications. Opt. OCE Upgrade credit for Opt. 320 Opt. OCF Upgrade credit for Opt. 330 Opt. OGL Upgrade credit for Opt. 335 HP product-line positioning Opt. OGM Upgrade credit for Opt. 340 Until now, Network Service has been used to provide connectivity between HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol (FTP) the HP 3000, HP 9000, and HP 1000 is the first ARPA service to release. It systems. ARPA ServicesIXL, when appears on the September 1, 1990, completely rolled out, will provide HP Price List and is available for richer connectivity between these sys- shipment with MPE XL Release 2.2 in tems and, therefore, is recommended. October 1990. TELNET will begin to roll out in the second calendar quarter, 1991. Contact your HP representative HP CHANNELS for more information. Networks The following SRM Series 500 products were discontinued in August SRM moves to SRM/UX and begins gradual 1990: SRM interface (PIN 50961A), discontinuance coax upgrade (PIN 50961U), and access utilities (PIN 98694A). Users can add an old server (PIN 50'960~or Series The Shared Resource Manager (SRM) is Utilities will be available to help the 200 with PIN 50962A IC) until May a proprietary filelprinterlplotter server non-HP-UX SRM system administrator 1991 and add new BASIC and Pascal for HP 9000 and HP Vectra PC LANs. install, configure, and maintain SRM clients with the interface card (IC, The functionality of the SRM server SRMIUX. Please refer to the following PIN 50962A) until January 1992. The will be available on an HP 9000 Series article entitled "SRMIUX announce- rationale for this timing is to give users 3001800 running HP-UX 8.0 in the first ment" that describes the features and an overlap period after SRMIUX is quarter of 1991. SRMIUX is an HP-UX use of SRMIUX. released to add clients to existing SRM emulation of the SRM allowing BASIC networks. These SRM networks as and Pascal SRM workstations to trans- Why and when standalone systems or mixed with parently access the HP-UX file system. More and more of our users are asking SRMIUX systems will be supported HP 9000 Series 3001800 systems can for increased sophistication of the stan- until January of 1997. We recommend now be used as a workstation and as dard HP-UX based LAN networks. that new SRM networks or networks an SRM server. SRMIUX supports Network Services, ARPAIBerkeley adding a new server use SRMIUX. client connections with either SRM products, and NFS with its Yellow cards (PIN 98629A) or LAN cards are just a few of HP's standard All product number options not specifi- (PIN 98643A). SRMIUX not only LANs offering comprehensive multi- cally listed and all support services are accesses all HP-UX supported vendor networking. included with their parent part num- peripherals, but also supports the bers. Contact your HP representative familiar SRM spooling capabilities Using an HP-UX workstation with a for more information. to a connected printer or plotter. daemon emulating the SRM server SRMIUX enables BASIC and Pascal functionality, SRMIUX provides users SRM workstations to do what they do with the ability to communicate on best: real time I10 and data acquisition these worldwide UNIX system net- works. This also enables SRM clients to combined with what HP-UX does best: access a vast array of HP-UX supported computation, networked cornrnunica- tion, graphics, and data management. peripherals: disk and tape drives, printers, and plotters. The most fre- quent request we have had from users is A gradual discontinuance of the follow- to use an HP 9000 Series 300 as an ing proprietary SRM system compo- SRM server, just as is implemented in nents will be implemented in a manner SRMIUX. and timing consistent with user needs.

Product No. Opt. Description Discontinued End support 50961A Coax upgrade Series 500 Aug. 1990 Aug. 1995 50961U 500 Coax upgrade Series 500 Aug. 1990 Aug. 1995 9705 8A SRM software Series 500 Aug. 1990 Aug. 1995 98694A Access utilities Series 500 Aug. 1990 Aug. 1995 50960A Server box May 1991 May 1996 5096lU 200 Coax upgrade Series 2001300 May 1991 May 1996 98619A SRM OS May 1991 May 1996 50962A SRM interface card Jan. 1992 Jan. 1997 50963A HP Vectra PC SRM Jan. 1992 Jan. 1997 98693A Access utilities Series 2001300 HP-UX 9.0* 5+ years

*The access utilities (AU) for the Series Note: The coax upgrade (CU) will be 200/300 will be available until HP-UX 9.0 discontinued on a different schedule releases (not orderable in 9.0). based on its system.

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels Networks Networks SWUX announcement HP LAN Manager client/server developer The Shared Resource Manager on Technical specificationslconfiguration HP-UX (SRMIUX, PIN E2085A) is information kits now available a replacement for the soon-to-be- SRMIUX is the solution many test and obsoleted Shared Resource Manager measurement and other HP BASICIWS Developers can now write their own (SRM). See previous article for more and PascalIWS users have been waiting state-of-the-art client-server applica- details. The SRMIUX is targeted for to solve their network integration tions using the recently announced toward existing SRM users and problems. Users will be able to link HP clientlserver developer kits for HP BASICIWS and PascalIWS users their standalone systems together using HP LAN Manager using the Named who need networking. existing SRM cabling to an HP-UX PipesIMailslots Developers' Kit or server for easy access to a networked ARPA Sockets Application Program- Features and benefits environment. If the user needs to move ming Interfaces. SRMIUX allows: to a local area network, SRMIUX will coexist on the same cable if the clients Utilizing the HP LAN Manager Named HP BASICIWS or PascalIWS client are HP 9000 Series 300 workstations. Pipes/Mailslots application program- connections via LAN or existing The SRMIUX server can be either a ming interfaces, developers can write SRM interfaces and cables Series 300 or 800 system, and is not their own clientlserver applications that transparent client access to the dedicated to just SRMIUX tasks. The optimize the front-end capabilities of standard LAN user may already have the necessary the MS-DOS and OS12 client platforms, consolidated, consistent system HP-UX system to use as a server. The while taking advantage of the HP-UX administration on a single HP-UX Series 800 servers may be connected to HP 9000 systems as the front-end com- system clients only through the LAN, but puting server. ARPA Sockets can addi- Series 300 servers will support both tionally be used in the same fashion. test and measurement and other sys- I LAN and SRM interface cards. tems to be included within a standard An example of a clientlserver applica- networked computing environment SRMIUX will be on the December 1 tion would be a standard order process- the user to preserve investments in HP Price List. Look for more details in ing system. Clientlserver technology wiring, expertise, and software upcoming issues of HP Channels. Con- would utilize the PC as the front-end tact your HP representative for more tool that processes ordering information information. using a graphical user interface such as Windows 3.0 or Presentation Manager on OS12 while the actual database is an SQL database back-end running on an HP 9000 Series 800 system. The HP-UX system is optimized for data- base performance, while the PC front end is optimized for the user interface, data manipulation capabilities.

The LAN Manager Developers' Kits allow end users and developers to uti- lize the rich set of APIs that are avail- able with HP LAN Manager products, namely Named Pipes and Mailslots. Named PipesIMailslots are becoming increasingly popular in the PC market- place, as they provide a rich set of clientlserver capabilities and are network transport independent.

HP CHANNELS October 1990 The HP ARPA Sockets allows Developers' Assist is bundled in with Networks developers to write socket applications the Named Pipes or the ARPA Sockets from an MS-DOS client to any server Developers' Kits (PINS D1815A and PC Application that supports the peer-to-peer sockets D1813A, respectively). The bundled ser- compatibility with protocol. ARPA Services 2.0 is required vice includes six months of Compu- on the MS-DOS client to execute an Serve Assist. For developers who need HP LAN Manager application developed with the ARPA additional support, the Developers' Sockets for MS-DOS. ARPA Sockets Assist Supplement (PIN Dl816A) can be now avaihbk provides developers with a UNIX sys- purchased, which is a standalone six- tem defacto peer-to-peer API in the month Developers' Assist agreement PC MS-Net Application compatibility MS-DOS and TCPIIP environment. provided through the same CompuServe with HP LAN Manager products has Account. now been fully tested. The most popu- Developers' Assist services lar PC applications with MS-Net func- The Developers' Assist service includes The HP LAN Manager Developers' tionality are certified to work with software from CompuServe Corpora- HP LAN Manager products. PC MS- Assist is six months of developer sup- tion, which is licensed to a single user port. Worldwide LAN Manager Net Application is targeted toward users on a single PC. For those users who who desire a tested list of PC applica- developers are supported during the desire more than one person to access design of their client-server applications tions that work on HP's LAN Manager the Developers' Assist services, they platforms. via the CompuServe electronic bulletin will need to purchase multiple units board service. HP LAN Manager of PIN D1816A product to meet their Features and benefits Developers' Assist provides: needs. Contact your HP representative Question/problern submittal - for more information. Application compatibility for Developers can submit questions MS-NET applications should no 24 hours a day and receive responses Ordering information longer be an issue for users. Over 50 from HP's highly qualified staff of the most popular PC applications within 3 working days. This feature is Product No. Description have been tested by an independent intended to answer all sockets, named D1815A HP LAN Manager Named third-party certification firm running pipes/mailslots, and the rest of the Pipes/Mailslots Developers' the TCPIIP protocol on HP's LAN LAN Manager API questions. Prob- Kit Manager products. The results of the D1813A HP ARPA Sockets Developers' lems, defect reports and API call Kit for MS-DOS independent testing verified HP's usage, program sequence, and API D1816A HP LAN Manager Developers' compliance with the MS-NET appli- consulting can be reported through Assist Supplement cation base. These applications were this feature. High-level application tested on 386 MS-DOS clients utiliz- design consultation or support of MS-DOS is a US. registered trademark of ing memory-saving technology. Addi- general LAN Manager installation Microsofi Corporation. tional MS-NET applications beyond and configuration questions are not the applications tested should work provided. with HP LAN Manager. Technical database - Frequently As a result of the successful applica- asked questions, known bugs, work tion compatibility testing, we are con- arounds, marketing information, and fident that in addition to the list of much more are stored in an on-line certified applications, all MS-NET technical database. This database lets applications will run over the TCPIIP developers query technical informa- protocol on the following HP LAN tion or look at hints and discoveries Manager products (Versions 1.O) : from other developers, thereby - HP LAN ManagerIX for HP 9000 improving developers' productivity. Series 300, PIN B1003A

- HP LAN ManagerIX for HP 9000 I Series 800, PIN BlOllA

- HP LAN ManagerlX for 3861486, PIN BlOl8A I 1 - HP LAN Manager for OSl2, PIN D1809A, D1810A continued on next page OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels El These applications are in addition to Networks any application supported by 3Com over the 3Com specific protocols Oracle RDBMS on HP-UX ZO now supports (XNS, DLC, and NBP) HP LAN Manager/X I In addition, third-party vendors that have written applications specific to Oracle.s relational database manage- HP product-line positioning the HP LAN Manager APIs are ment system (RDBMS) now supports Oracle's support of LAN ManagerIX included on this list. clientlserver computing with HP's LAN now makes it possible for HP 9000 ManagerIX networking products Series 800 and 300 systems and Configuration information using TCPIIP and Berkeley Sockets. HP LAN ManagerIX networking soft- Oracle's RDBMS is targeted toward 386 DOS clients were tested on IBM, ware to connect DOS PCs to Oracle's users of HP-UX systems and MS-DOS Compaq, and HP platforms with at SQL database and front-end tools to PCs who want to take advantage of least 1 Mbvte of RAM. provide an effective clientlserver com- Oracle's client-server computing solu- Application testing on HP LAN Man- puting solution. This provides MS-DOS . tions for their database management ager 1.1 will happen soon. Testing PCs with an industry-leading client system. will include NetBIOS applications server database and provides all of the capabilities of LAN ManagerlX for and MS-Net applications for Features and benefits 286-based clients with 640 Kbytes DOS and OS12 PCs. of memory on a reduced memory Oracle's industry-leading SQL TCPIIP stack. Results will be pub- database now supports HP-UX 7.0 Configuration information lished by December 1990. allowing MS-DOS client PCs with HP 9000 Series 300 and 800 systems ARPA Services 2.0 to act as a front- 3COMEMM, the 386 memory tech- must be running HP-UX Version 7.0. end to the database, working in paral- nology bundled with LAN Manager, lel with HP LAN ManagerIX for file ARPA Services 2.0 (PIN D1812A) was utilized to maximize the amount and print sharing to the same HP-UX must be installed on each MS-DOS of conventional memory available for host. Users needing to integrate client. HP LAN ManagerIX application use. Oracle's RDBMS into the HP LAN (PINS B1003A and BlOIlA) may be ManagerIX environment now have a installed on the HP-UX server and HP product-line positioning fully supported solution. MS-DOS clients with the TCPIIP Application compatibility for all MS-net protocol stack. Oracle's full line of front-end software applications exists today. This repre- . tools is available and supported on the Oracle RDBMS Version 6.0.27 is sents the majority of PC and PC LAN . MS-DOS client. These tools include required on the HP 9000. Oracle applications. Once 286 clients with SQL*Plus, SQL*Forms, SQL*Menu, SQL*NET TCPIIP for Series 300 640 Kbytes memory and NetBIOS SQL*ReportWriter, SQL*Report, or 800 is also required. Oracle applications have been certified, there Client Manager, and Oracle for 1-2-3. SQL*NET TCPIIP for 3Com TCPIIP will be no barriers to application com- is required on each MS-DOS client. Oracle's support of LAN ManagerIX patibility with HP LAN Manager 1.1 In addition, one or more of the allows users to perform database products. client front-end tools is required: operations more efficiently, distrib- SQL*Plus, SQL*Forms, SQL*Menu, uting the processing between the Contact your HP representative for SQL*ReportWriter, SQL*Report, HP-UX server and the MS-DOS PC. more information. Client Manager, and Oracle for 1-2-3. The full capabilities of LAN ManagerIX can be accessed con- Availability current with the Oracle RDBMS. All products are available now from Hewlett-Packard and Oracle. Contact your HP representative for more information. Networks Networks HP 10:lO LAN Bridge - - the best Ethernet New HP Remote bridge on the market Bridge

The HP 10:lO LAN Bridge OpenView Bridge Manager - saves HP users are looking for inexpensive (PIN 28673A) is a two-port, Ethernet1 time and money, easy-to-use, central- methods of connecting geographically 802.3 learning bridge with Spanning- ized network manager to monitor, dispersed sites. Digital links are becom- Tree and OpenView Management. It configure, and control ing more affordable, and now, an is targeted toward MIS and telecom affordable hardware solution exists managers needing to subnetwork HP product-line positioning from Hewlett-Packard - the HP Remote Ethernetl802.3 LANs, or with specific Bridge (PIN 28674A). It can connect The bridge is an addition to the existing security needs. EtherTwist Hub 10Base-T product one local and one remote 802.3lEthernet family, both having the same modular LAN to form a single, extended net- Local LANtbridges have become a work. The new bridge is a two-port, rack 'n' stack enclosures. This allows commodity with over 35 vendors in the Ethernetl802.3 to 56-Kbitsls DDS, HP users the flexibility to create net- market today. The new HP bridge is the fractional T1 or T1 MAC-layer LAN works to suit their needs, without best available based on a pricelperfor- restrictions of having a single, bridge. It is targeted towards MIS and mancelfeature-set comparison. expensive cardcage unit. telecom managers needing to connect two or more remote Ethernetl802.3 Connection of multiple isolated LANs Technical specifications sites. into a single network can increase the productivity of a corporation's informa- The HP 10:lO LAN Bridge is a MAC- Features and benefits tion system. To conserve network band- layer learning bridge that examines each width, the HP bridge provides a variety packet from both LANs. It forwards low price - affordable in any size of filtering methods to restrict local only the packets that need to be for- network traffic and add security between work- warded (those with a destination on the isolates local trafic - saves groups. The new HP bridge can filter opposite side of the bridge), thus con- bandwidth and forward data packets as fast as the serving bandwidth on both segments. "plug 'n'play "- saves installation LAN can operate, this is called media- time speed. By segmenting a larger LAN HP bridges use the spanning tree into smaller clusters, a network algorithm developed by the IEEE 802.1 reliable (197,000 hours MTBF) - administrator can more easily manage committee to support backup links reduces downtime and troubleshoot the network. between LANs in case of link failure. end-to-end data integrity - guarantees link utilization Features and benefits HP OpenView Bridge Manager (PIN 28653B) is a windows-based auto-configuring WAN link - saves low price - affordable in any size application providing the ability to setup time network centrally monitor and control the transparent to upper protocols - isolates local trafic - saves HP 28673A and 28674A bridges. The multivendor environments bandwidth Bridge Manager can coexist on the media speed - never a network plug 'n'play - saves installation time same DOS PC with the EtherTwist Hub Manager, which is also an SNMP-base bottleneck reliable (197,000 hours MTBF) - manager. both BNC and AUI - saves MAU cost reduces downtime console port - low cost, local The bridge comes standard with one end-to-end data integrity - troubleshooting guarantees link utilization BNC and two AUI ports for connection of the two LAN segments. An RS-232-C OpenView Bridge Manager - saves transparent to upper protocols - console interface is provided for admin- time and money multivendor environments istrators to gain access to the bridge for easy-to-use - centralized media speed - never a network configuration, diagnostic, and trouble- bottleneck shooting, even when the network is network manager - to monitor, con- down. An array of LEDs on both the figure, and control both BNC and AUI - saves MAU cost front and back provides quick informa- continued on next page console port - low cost, local tion of the bridge's condition. Contact troubleshooting your HP representative for more information. OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels HP product-line positioning Networks new addition to the existing Enhanced terminal I/O solutions EtherTwist 10Base-T product family same modular, "Rack 'n' Stack" The Datacommunications and Terminal Today, HP is reinforcing its commit- enclosure as the EtherTwist Hubs Controller (DTC) is HP's strategic plat- ment to providing a scalable homo- as an end node, the HP Remote form to provide a consistent solution geneous family of terminal servers to Bridge will work with a properly con- to connect end-users in HP-only and provide identical local and remote figured HP Router or Wellfleet Router multivendor environments. HP's goal is access with high performance both at a central site to provide end users with: in an HP and non-HP environment through DTC16 support on the HP 9000 multivendor transparent local and Series 800, enhanced DTCl3000 func- Technical specifications remote access tionality, and enhanced OpenView DTC The bridge comes standard with both association of standards and propri- Management. AUI and BNC ports for connection to etary protocols benefits the backbone LAN cabling. A standard scalable homogeneous device man- For more information on each of these V.35 interface to an external DSUICSU agement integration under OpenView subjects, please refer to the following provides access to common services, articles in this issue of HP Channels: such as 56-Kbitls DDS, 64 Kbitls, frac- During the past months, HP has made tional Tl, T1 and CEPT El (2.048) "Enhanced terminal I10 solutions" critical improvement to the DTC digital communication links. The capabilities: "Enhanced DTC management HP Remote Bridge is a learning bridge platform" that examines each packet from the DTCl3000 switching capabilities have "Enhanced DTCl3000 functionality" local and remote segments. It forwards been extended to support access to only the packets that need to be for- HP 3000 MPE V, HP 9000 Series "Introducing the DTC16 for HP 9000 warded (those with a destination on the 800, DEC VAXes, whether local or environment" opposite side of the bridge), thus con- remote. serving bandwidth on both the local and Multivendor testing guidelines are Also refer to these past HP Channels articles: remote segments. HP bridges use the available to extend this capability to spanning tree algorithm developed by other HP and non-HP systems to "Introducing new DTCl3000 the IEEE 802.1 committee to support broaden the business opportunities. connections" - April 1990 issue backup links between LANs in case of link failure. At a single site, multiple Introduction of the DTC16 for cost- "Introducing HP DTC Device bridges can be stacked and connected effective low-end configurations and AccessIARPA software for HP 9000 via the BNC port with a ThinLAN distributed connection requirements systems" - September 1990 coax cable to provide access to multiple in HP 3000 environments. WAN links. DTC48 support on HP 9000 Series 800. Shared printers and modem support on the DTCl9000.

HP CHANNELS October 1990 Ordering information Enhanced DKmanagement platform Starting October 1, all shipments of the HP OpenView DTC Manager software will support the new features described Release 6.0 (A .06.06) of HP OpenView from a single central site, even across above. DTC Manager (PIN D2355A) provides public networks. In addition, it is now network management software for the possible to remotely support different Users who bought the subscription DTC product family which includes versions of HP OpenView DTC Man- services of PIN D2355A will automat- enhanced centralized management and ager from a central HP OpenView ically receive the new release of the support of new PCs. workstation. Users of the centralized software. management facility can now upgrade New users, or users without sub- HP OpenView DTC Manager is targeted the versions of HP OpenView DTC scription services need to buy towards HP 3000 and HP 9000 envi- Manager on the DTCs of different PIN D2355A. ronments where access from DTCs is sites at their own pace and needed. convenience. Users must first order the HP software In addition to HP Vectra PCs (ESl12, materials update service for the New features and benefits 286112, QS/16S, QSl20, RSl16, HP Vectra PC. Order this once for Along with the support of new RSl20C, RSl25C), HP OpenView PIN D2355A. DTC functionalities, release 6.0 of DTC Manager is now supported on HP OpenView DTC Manager provides IBM PSl2-55 and Compaq DeskPro Product No. Opt. Description the following new DTC management 386120. This enables users with an H2027A+S00 OJT Software materials features: installed base of these PCs to use update service for them as the OpenView Windows HP Vectra PC Centralized management facility has workstation, and leverage off Must also order one ofthe following services been enhanced to help users better previous investments. H2026A+L00 OJT HP BasicLine for control their equipment and operation Vectra costs. Up to now, the centralized man- H2025A+H00 OL7 OpenView Response- New business opportunities provided Line support agement facility was only possible via with the new DTC management a modem link, with Hayes-compatible H2024A+T00 OL7 OpenView TearnLine functionalities allow users to do the Support modems. It now allows all DTC man- following: agement functions (except backup1 restore) to be carried out at a central leverage off previous investment of We strongly recommend that users buy HP OpenView workstation, across equipment at least ResponseLine level of service. either a modem link (with Hayes or better control of large network from Ordering the subscription services auto- non-Hayes modems), or an X.25 link a central site, therefore reducing matically provides users with future (with HP 2334A, HP 2334A+, or operating costs releases of the product and its docu- HP 2335). Users with large dis- mentation. Contact your HP represen- tributed networks can now manage tative for more information. DTCs (via their local workstation)

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels A Nehoorks Networks Enhanced DK/3000 fu Introducing the DTCI6 for HP 9000 Enhancements for the Datacom and Migration of existing applications from Terminal Controller for HP 3000 sys- HP 3000 MPE V to MPE XL has been environment tems (DTCl3000, PINS 2340A and made more flexible by allowing users to 2345A) provide better performance, choose between single or double echo The Datacom and Terminal Controller improve system availability, local and type-ahead. with 16 ports for the HP 9000 Series remote transparent user-access, and 800 systems (DTC1619000, PINS These new enhancements show HP's smoother migration from HP 3000 2340A, 2343AlC) provides up to 16 commitment and continued effort to MPE V systems. direct-connect ports or up to 12 modem ease the migration from MPE V to ports for asynchronous connections of Features and benefits MPE XL systems and to offer transpar- terminals, printers, or PCs to one or ent access for both local and remote end more HP 9000 Series 800 systems. Hewlett-Packard is committed in con- users, in order to create new business tinuously tuning OLTP performance; opportunities. improvements have been made to the The DTC16 is targeted towards HP 9000 users requiring cost-effective LAN- DTCl3000 to increase the system Software requirements availability and the performance based connectivity for small concentra- through protocol tuning. MPE XL release 2.2 tions of users in distributed business environment and manufacturing plants. For HP Openview-based DTC The PAD-access on the DTC has been Management, PIN D2355A release Features and benefits improved to provide transparent system 6.0L access for remote end users; end-users Starting with release 6.0 (A.06.06) of on the DTC now have a coherent user Refer to the article on page 32 in HP OpenView DTC Manager, the interface and behavior when accessing this issue of HP Channels entitled, DTC16 (which was introduced on the 900 Series HP 3000 systems, whether "Enhanced terminal I10 solutions" for HP 3000 environment in June 1990) is they use local asynchronous access or more information. now also available on HP 9000 Series DTC PAD functionality. 800 systems. Aggressively priced, the DTC1619000 is the solution of choice for HP 9000 users with small groups of users requiring access to systems.

The DTC1619000 provides the following features: modular connectivity, with eight direct-connect port modules or six modem connect port modules access to one or multiple HP 9000 Series 800 systems printer support and printer sharing through the HP DTC Device AccessIARPA software (PIN D2355A Option AAO or AA1) between mul- tiple HP 9000 systems full modem support HP Openview-based DTC Management

HP CHANNELS IOctober 1990 HP product-line positioning I our current DTC offering on the The DTC16 complements our current HP 9000 multiuser systems as well as product offering with an agressively Hewlett-Packard is continuously other HP products: the HP TS8 and priced low-end terminal server, provid- expanding its offering and continues to HP 9000 multiplexers ((210-6, (210-16, ing new business opportunities for improve the DTC family. This trend NIO-8). HP 9000 Series 800 customers. will be vursued in the future, building on the DTC family as the communica- The positioning of these different Software requirements tion platform for all HP and non-HP products is as follows: systems. The DTC1619000 complements The DTC1619000 requires HP-UX release 7.0, as well as release 6.0 of the HP OpenView DTC Manager I Criteria DTC1619000 DTC4819000 TS8 MUXes I (PIN D2355A release 6.0). New users Target market HP 9000 Series 800 environment Mixed HP 9000 Standalone should request an ACK date on or after and non-HP systems October 1 to get the 6.0 release. Users environment; requiring printer supportlprinter shar- ARPA networks ing on the HP 9000 also need to order Environment Large central- Small to the HP Device AccessIARPA software ized MIS centers medium central- (PIN D2355A Option AAO or AA1). or need for high ized MIS centers Note: When the OpenView Windows port counts on Workstation (PIN 32054B Option 201) standalone is ordered, the HP Device AccessIARPA systems software still needs to be ordered sepa- Business office Environments rately. The DTC1619000 also requires and manufactur- where connec- the ARPA Services1800 to run on the ing plants where tions are dis- HP 9000 Series 800 systems. connections are tributed to small distributed to groups of users small groups of Ordering information users The DTC1619000 uses the same hard- Printer access Printer sharing Printer sharing Printing sharing Dedicated ware as the recently introduced printers DTC1613000. All options (except Remote Modem Modem Modem Modem Option 310; X.25 is not available on access connection connection connection connection the DTCl9000) are available with Management HP OpenView DTC Management HP LSM-based Host-based the DTC1613000. Add-on products for single and multiple system for single and management (PIN 2343AlC) are also available. access multiple system access

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels 3 1 Product No. Description Networks Datacommunications and Terminal Controller with 16 ports, must order Introducing the 1 and only 1 Option 640, 641, 642, 840, 841 or 842. A maximum of 1 Option 650 or 850 can be ordered; no Option 310 can be ordered HP Network Mass Opt. OL5 Sets for 220 V 1 Opt. 640 Configures DTC16 for ThickLAN and provides six RS-232-C 25-pin Storage System modem connections installed in the DTCl6 (ThickMAU and 6-meter AUI cable provided) Opt. 641 Configures DTC16 for AUI use and provides six RS-232-C 25-pin Not available in Europe modem connections installed in the DTC16 (no MAU provided) Opt. 642 Configures DTC16 for ThinLAN and provides six RS-232-C 25-pin The HP Network Mass Storage System modem connections installed in the DTC16 (BNC-T connector provided) (PINS C2261A, C2262A, C2220A, Opt. 650 Provides six additional RS-232-C 25-pin modem connections installed in C2221A, C2222A, C2224A, C2420A, the DTC16 and C2421A) is a complete, flexible Opt. 840 Configtlres DTC16 for ThickLAN and provides eight RS-232-C 25-pin direct connections installed in the DTC16 (ThickMAU and 6-meter AUI mass storage solution that offers cable provided) superior storage capabilities, unsur- Opt. 841 Configures DTC16 for AUI use and provides eight RS-232-C 25-pin passed dependability, and ease of direct connections installed in the DTC16 (no MAU provided) use - all in a single SCSI system. It is Opt. 842 Configures DTC16 for ThinLAN and provides eight RS-232-C 25-pin targeted toward midrange to high-end direct connections installed in the DTC16 (BNC-T connector provided) PC servers running Novell NetWare 386 Opt. 850 Provides eight additional RS-232-C 25-pin direct connections installed in and requiring > 300 Mbytes. the DTC16 2343A Add-on DTC16 Asynchronous Connector card. provides eight additional Features and benefits RS-232-C 25-pin direct connections 2343C Add-on DTC16 Asynchronous Connector card, provides six additional The HP Network Mass Storage System RS-232-C 25-pin modem actually consists of eight individual products that are quickly and easily configured to meet specific needs. The Availability product will automatically receive the system offers PC LAN users advanced new release of this software. The DTC1619000 is available with functionality previously available only release 6.0 of PIN D2355A, which on minicomputers. For more information on the began shipments October 1, 1990. Users Hp DTC Manager, contact A complete mass storage solution - who previously bought the subscription your HP representative. This system offers users a complete services on PIN D2355A with a DTC storage solution consisting of high- capacity disk drives, high-capacity tape backup devices, and backup/ recoverylarchive software to ensure data integrity. Support on IBM PS/2, Compaq DESKPRO, and HP Rctra PCs and selected PC compatibles - The HP Network Mass Storage System can be sold into multivendor network- ing environments requiring connec- tion to PC-AT or MCA servers. High-capaciry, high-performance disk drives - The HP Network Mass Stor- age System features disks that are industry leaders in reliability and per- formance. Designed and manufac- tured by HP, these SCSI disks boast a 150,000 hour mean-time-between- failure (MTBF) rate. Available in 332-Mby te, 664-Mby te, and 1-Gbyte capacities, users can choose the capacity that best fits cur- HP CHANNELS rent requirements and add more later October 1990 if needed. Fast, reliable, unattended backup - operation. The disks feature an aver- Ordering information A 1.3-Gbyte DDS-format digital audio age seek time of 16.5 ms to 17.5 ms. When ordering the HP Network Mass tape (DAT) drive allows unattended The DDSIDAT drives can back up Storage System, follow these three easy backup of network storage. Each DAT 1.3 Gbytes in two hours. And high- steps to ensure all necessary items are tape can back up 1.3 Gbytes of data in performance software manages the ordered. under two hours with no operator backuplrecoverylarchive function intervention, depending on applica- without impacting network traffic and 1. Learn which Host Bus Adapter is tion. It also features Fastsearch, a performance. required for connection to the PC facility that finds a file on the tape in server. Then select the proper cabinet an average of 20 seconds. HP product-line positioning model that includes the HBA. Configuration flexibility - The The HP Network Mass Storage System 2. Order the mass storage devices that HP Network Mass Storage System is clearly a leader in PC networking will be configured into the system. allows any of the disks and DDSIDAT storage. It offers greater configuration And don't forget to order backup. drive to be configured in a compact flexibility to meet individual user 3. Order the backup and recovery soft- cabinet that holds three full-height requirements, competitive network per- ware. Note: Steps 1 and 2 are devices. Users can install any device formance, and a very competitive price. required; Step 3 is optional. and add more devices later, if In addition, it offers features such as required. intelligent diagnostics, which help pin- These base products include the cabi- Backup/restore/archive capabilities point possible problems with storage net, Host Bus Adapter, SCSI cables and devices. from the industry's best - HP has terminator, power cord, manuals, driver teamed with two independent compa- and diagnostic software, and configura- nies that offer market-leading solu- tion labels. tions for the most critical mass storage applications: backup, restore, and archive. Cheyenne Software's I Product No. Description I ARCserve + TAPE and Emerald Sys- tems' EmQIEmLIB are premier appli- Step 1 cations that support the Network C2261A HP Network Mass Storage System for PC-AT servers Mass Storage System. Plus, they are C2262A HP Network Mass Storage System for MCA servers available directly from HP for ease of C2269A* HP Network Mass Storage System for SCSI daisy-chaining ordering by dealers or users. Step 2 C2220A 332-Mbyte disk drive Diagnostics for easy trouble C2221A 664-Mbyte disk drive shooting - A key competitive C2222A 1-Gbyte disk drive differentiator is a set of diagnostics C2224A DDSIDAT tape drive developed to ensure integrity of the Step 3 user's data. These diagnostics allow C2420A Emerald Systems' EmQIEmLIB software LAN managers or support persons to C2421A Cheyenne Software's ARCserve + TAPE software determine whether devices were installed properly, and pinpoint possi- *P/N C2269A only includes the cabinet, SCSl ble problems with any storage device. cable, power cord, and manuals. Novell NetWare Ready cert$ed - 5952-0634 Product brochure Only products that pass Novell's Net- Contact your HP representative for 5952-3092 Technical data sheet Ware Ready certification procedure more information and for copies of the 5952-3095 Price list can carry the Novell stamp. This following product literature. 5952-3096 Emerald Systems' EmQIEmLIB technical data sheet stamp represents Novell confidence 5952-3097 Cheyenne Software's ARCserve that the product contributes to reliable + TAPE technical data sheet and high-quality network operation. High-per$ormance network operation - High-performance disk drives, DDSIDAT drives and backup1 recoverylarchive software all contrib- ute to high-performance network

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels 3 Networks Networks HP offers powerful new storage capabilities HP Wire Test

Not available in Europe ' Cheyenne SofhYare S ARCserve+TAPE - This centralized price decreased The new HP Network Mass Storage network backup solution delivers System includes market-leading solu- attended and unattended backup and The price of the HP Wire Test tions for the most critical mass storage restore services for users across the Instrument (PIN 28687A) has been application - backuplrestorelarchive. internet. It offers options for both decreased. A member of the new workstation and file server backup to HP EtherTwist family of 10BASE-T This system is targeted towards a central, shared device. twisted-pair LAN products, the midrange to high-end PC servers run- HP Wire Test Instrument verifies and ning Novell NetWare 386. The new HP has worked directly with these com- troubleshoots twisted-pair cabling for HP Network Mass Storage System is a panies to provide a fully functional, Type 10BASE-T networks. It lets the combination of hardware and software completely compatible, and fully tested user quickly and easily perform the which, working together, provides a and supported solution for these appli- necessary tests to evaluate the key complete and reliable solution for data cations. The HP Network Mass Storage parameters specified by the Type storage and management on PC LANs. System will be available in Europe in 10BASE-T addition to the IEEE 802.3 The product can be ordered with a the first half of 1991. standard. The HP Wire Test Instrument choice of several leading solutions for is targeted toward HP dealers of data backup, recovery, and manage- See article in this issue entitled, twisted-pair ethernet (IOBASE-T) ment, all designed specifically for use "Introducing the HP Network Mass products, vendors of 10BASE-T LAN with the 1.3-Gbyte digital audio tape Storage System" for ordering informa- products, users with 10BASE-T LAN (DAT) drive in the HP Network Mass tion and a list of available literature. with over 100 nodes planned or installed Storage System. Contact your HP representative for on site, and LAN integrators or cable more details. installers. Features and benefits Emerald Systems' EmQ/EmLIB - Microsoji is a US. registered trademark of Features and benefits This solution runs under Microsoft@ Microsoji Corporation. Tests key parameters for Type Windows 3.0 to give users reliable 10BASE-T networks - crosstalk attenu- data management and ease of use. It ation, signal attenuation over fre- allows backup of local and hard disk quency, burst noise, and continuity. files and Novell security structures from any node to one or more tape ' Evaluates both individual 4-pair and drives attached to the file server. bundled 25-pair cable.

Easy to read LEDs - indicate which pairs have been selected for testing, which tests have been selected, and which pairs passed or failed.

' 16 character display - steps user through test procedures and provides diagnostic information. ' Lightweight - this portable unit weighs less than 10 pounds.

HP CHANNELS October 1990 RS-232-C printer port - provides a Printers standard printer connection so a Connecting HP LarerJet printer to Apple hard copy of test results can be quickly obtained. Macintosh: 10 common configuration questions Monitorhnction - lets user take up to a 24-hour look at the cabling for Along with the tremendous response Can I use third-party Postscript identification of intermittent cabling we have seen to the introduction of cartridges or Postscript clones with problems. HP LaserJet printers for Apple Macin- the HP AppleTalk Interface Kit? Quick wiring connections - made tosh computers, some questions have No. The HP PostScript cartridge and with built-in 50-pin telco connector arisen. We'd like to share our answers the HP AppleTalk Interface Kit were or 12-port modular adapter for 8-pin to the 10 configuration questions most developed to be used together. Third- jack connections. commonly asked by current and poten- party PostScript products do not work tial users. with the HP AppleTalk Interface Kit. HP product-line positioning How do I connect an HP LaserJet Can I use third-party printer memory Fundamental to any network implemen- printer to a Macintosh computer? tation is the cable that supports the net- with the HP AppleTalk Interface Kit and work traffic. Testing the integrity of The HP LaserJet IID, IIP, 111, and IIID HP Postscript cartridge? twisted-pair cabling can sometimes be printers have been designed specifically HP memory is tested and guaranteed to complex due to the dynamic charac- to connect with a Macintosh, once the work with the HP LaserJet printers. teristics of the technology. The HP Wire proper equipment is installed. Users Some problems have been identified by Test Instrument makes twisted-pair need both the optional HP AppleTalk our Personal Peripherals AssistLine as cabling verification and troubleshooting Interface Kit and the HP PostScript car- being caused by some third-party quick and easy to manage by measuring tridge along with appropriate printer memory boards. the key parameters specified for Type memory (see question below). 10BASE-T networks. Do the HP LaserJet IID, ZIP, III, and How much memory is required to use IIID printers use the same AppleTalk HP is the first computer vendor to ship Postscript in HP LaserJet printers? Interface Kit? an instrument designed specifically to For HP LaserJet IIPIIII printers: No. You will need to order the test twisted-pair cabling for Type 1 Mbyte for all letter-sized jobs, and following: 10BASE-T LANs. The HP Wire Test 2 Mbytes for all legal-sized jobs Instrument differentiates itself from the AppleTalk Interface Kit for the For HP LaserJet IIDIIIID printers: competition with its complete testing HP LaserJet IIP printer, PIN 33417A 2 Mbytes for single-sided printing and easy-to-use features. A complete (letter and legal), and 4 Mbytes for all AppleTalk Interface Kit for the competitive analysis is available in the duplex printing HP LaserJet IID, 111, IIID printers, product brief (see below). PIN 334164 Can I use the Postscript cartridge Also available from HP is the HP Wire without the AppleTalk Interface Kit, or Which Macintosh computers are com- Test Service. This service, performed vice versa? patible with HP's AppleTalk solution? by HP customer engineers on a time and materials basis, is designed for No. The HP PostScript cartridge and Mac Plus users with smaller LANs or for those the HP AppleTalk Interface Kit are both Mac IIx requiring a complete suite of services required to connect an HP LaserJet from HP. printer to a Macintosh computer. (Note: Mac SE You can use the HP PostScript cartridge Mac IIcx with an IBM AT and compatible com- Contact your HP representative for Mac SEl30 more information and for a copy puter. If you are not connecting a of the HP Wire Test product brief Macintosh computer, you do not need Mac IIci (PIN 5953-5046). the HP AppleTalk Interface Kit). Mac I1 Mac Portable Mac IIfx 1 continued on next page

OCTOBER 1990 I I I HP Channels 3 Do I need to use the HP AppleTalk Printers Printers Inte$ace Kit ifall I want is a direct New lower prices on connection to my Macintosh computer? PC printer spooler Yes. The HP AppleTalk Interface Kit is available worldwide HP toner cartridges used to communicate between a Macin- tosh computer and an HP LaserJet With the increasing use of fonts and Effective September 1, pallet and printer, both as a direct connection and graphics to print complex documents, one-third-truckload prices for the on a network. Users will need to pur- users are experiencing long "keyboard HP LaserJet printer toner cartridges chase the appropriate cable, based on lockouts" when printing or plotting, will be reduced. The reduced toner car- whether they are attached to a network cutting the productivity of the PCs. tridges include: or connecting the printer directly to an Printers are becoming a bottleneck for the HP LaserJet IIP printer - individual Macintosh. when matched with the new, faster PCs. PIN 92275AlZlN Can I connect my Macintosh computer HP has selected PrintCache for the HP LaserJet, LaserJet PLUS, and my IBM PC to the HP LaserJet (PIN 35177C) as the spooler software of LaserJet 500 PLUS printers - printer at the same time? choice and has now arranged to distrib- PIN 92285AlZlN We do not recommend that you directly ute it worldwide. Worldwide support for the HP LaserJet Series 11, IID, and connect an IBM PC and a Mac to an for this product comes in conjunction I11 printers - PIN 92295AlZlN HP LaserJet printer at the same time. with HP's bundling of PrintCache with all HP 7475 and ColorPro plotters. Several third parties offer solutions that Product No. Description facilitate sharing a printer among Macintosh computers and IBM PCs. PrintCache is the fastest print buffer 92275A Single unit of any kind tested, either hardware or 922752 80 units (1 pallet) 92275N 1,920 units (113 truck) Ipurchased and installed the AppleTalk software, which means users will get 92285A Single unit Inte$ace Kit, but I cannot select tremendous time savings when printing 922852 36 units (1 pallet) or plotting. PrintCache is tested and 92285N 864 units (113 truck) IO=AppleTalk from the front panel 92295A Single unit of my printer. Does this mean my compatible with Windows 3.0 and New- 922952 64 units (1 pallet) AppleTalk Inte$ace Kit is defective? Wave, as well as most LANs, hardware 92295N 1,536 units (113 truck) spoolers, and printer-sharing devices. The most common reasons for this error are that the HP Postscript car- Contact your HP representative for The product is available from HP or more information. tridge is not plugged in properly or a any HP dealers. A data sheet for this third-party Postscript product is being product is available, PIN 5954-9801. used. You must have the HP Postscript For more information and for a copy cartridge plugged in and the AppleTalk of the data sheet, contact your HP Interface Kit installed in order to select representative. IO=AppleTalk.

For more information, contact your

La OctoberHP CH 1990ANN ELS Scanners Scanning Gallery Plus 5.0 Upgrade - sequences that cause the HP 700143 HP ScanJet Plus includes both image-scanning and to transmit data to the host. These editing software for the PC and PSI2 sequences are documented in Appen- dix B of the HP 700143 Display Termi- scanner softwae Desk Gallery Plus Upgrade - nal User's Guide (PIN 5959-5011) in the upgrades includes both image-scanning and editing software for the Macintosh section entitled "Sending Data." Specif- ically, the HP 700143 does not use the Desk Scan Upgrade - includes only DC1 handshake sequence used by the HP Scadet Plus scanner users can image-scanning software for the now upgrade the software for any of HP 700192. Macintosh the following interface kits sold for the scanner: Applications that use these escape Contact your HP representative for sequences should enable type-ahead PC Interface Kit, PIN 88295A inore information. Users in the U.S. can capability to ensure that all data sent Macintosh Interface Kit, PIN 88395A call 1-800-848-9283 toll free to order from the HP 700143 is properly their upgrade kits. received by the HP 3000. Further infor- PSI2 Interface Kit, PIN 88495A mation on the operation and functioning of the HP 700143 can be found in the Terminals The upgrade kit for the Macintosh HP 700143 Display Terminal Reference includes the new Desk Gallery Plus HP 3000 system Manual (PIN 5959-5013). This support image-scanning and grayscale-editing of the HP 700143 is effective with software. The upgrade kits for the PC adds support for MPE XL Release 1.2. include the new Scanning Gallery Plus 5.0 image-scanning and grayscale- HP 700/43 terminal Contact your HP representative for editing software. Manuals are also more information. included with each upgrade kit. The 900 Series HP 3000 systems are adding support for the HP 700143 Upgrades will be provided free of ASCII display terminal (PIN C1006G charge for those users who purchased Option ABA). The HP 700143 display the kits listed above on or after terminal, not previously supported on August 1, 1990. Proof of purchase is MPE XL systems, provides a lower- required to obtain the free upgrade. All cost terminal alternative for the registered owners of the HP Scadet 900 Series applications that do not Plus scanner will receive letters directly require the sophisticated capabilities of from HP explaining the upgrade kits the HP 700192 display terminal. The and how to order them. HP 700143 replaces the HP 700141, which was discontinued October 1 Nonregistered owners will only hear (the HP 700141 discontinuance was about the upgrade kits through their announced in the July issue of dealer, service center, publications, or HP Channels). The HP 700143 terminal word of mouth. is targeted towards 900 Series HP 3000 applications not requiring HP 900192 display terminal capabilities.

The HP 700143 does not support 900 Series HP 3000 VPLUS or block mode. The HP 700143 also differs from the HP 700192 in the handshaking

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels Terminals Price increased on selected Supplies HP monochrome I HP DIRECT order phone numbers monitors HP DIRECT Fast Phones-the easy, direct way for Efecrive in the US. only users to order supplies, accessories, media, furni- ture, and software from HP DIRECT. Hewlett-Packard will increase the price of the amber and green monochrome Location Telephone Number monitors (PINS D1181A and D1181G) in Australia (3) 895-2645 the U.S. effective November 1, 1990. (3) 895-2615 Any orders placed before November 1, (3) 895-2815 1990, will receive the current list price. (3) 895-286 1 The price of the white monochrome (3) 895-2619 monitor (PIN D1181W) will remain at (008) 339-861 (toll-free) the current price. Austria (222) 2500-6 1416 1516 16 BelgiumlLuxembourg (2) 761 31 11 These price increases reflect HP's intent Canada 800-387-3154 to move to a single monochrome moni- Toronto Local 4 16-67 1-8383 tor offering. HP plans to discontinue the Denmark 80 30 16 40 amber and green monochrome monitors Finland (0) 887 2361 in mid-1991, but will continue to offer France (1) 69 86 17 25 the white monochrome monitor. This Greece (1) 6828 811 simplification is in keeping with the Italy (02) 95 301 532 major system competitors such as Japan Compaq and IBM who offer only Sagamihara 0 120 09132 1 (toll-free) white monochrome monitors. Middle EastIAfrica, Geneva Contact your HP representative for Norway more information. South Africa Johannesburg Cape Town Spain

I I SwitzerlandSweden Taiwan Also in this issue Taipei 080-21 1228 (toll-free) (2) 7 17-9608 Introducing the The Netherlands 6-0501 HP Optical United Kingdom (0734) 44 12 12 Storage Server 9 United States 800-538-8787 West Germany (30) 3322

HP CHANNELS b October 1990 Software Packages Available Industry: Cross-industry; systems integration sofhvare Abstract: PICSTalk is a multidirectional communications gate- and Wanted way software product used to create interfaces between applica- tions running on otherwise incompatible systems. It provides If you are an HP VAB with a current HP contract and have support for multiple communications protocols and for the refor- matting of the messages, allowing the interfaces to be created a software package available for cross-licensing, or are and rendered useful with a minimum of host effort. ASCII text looking for a package to cross license, this section will files (templates) are used to define message structures and mes- help you. Your entry will appear for two months; the most sage handling procedures that are used on the gateway. recent additions are shaded. To list your company in the PICSTalk is run on a dedicated AT-compatible system that is connected to departmental or mainframe systems through com- Cross-Licensing Classifieds (at no charge), see the address munications or through a local area network connection. As an at the end of this section. MS-DOS application, PICSTalk can make use of local or net- work printers for status messages and error reports, as required. Network disk resources may be used for communications queue- Software Packages Available ing or to hold data derived from messages that need to be com- bined with later messages. This "holding" file capability acts as Industry: Commercial 3GL Application Development a short-term database for the use of the interface. Abstract: C-thru - a new, high-level character-based windowing PICSTalk provides configuration. Analysis tools to use as inter- tool, for use with commercial application software in a UNIX faces are created by technical perso~el.Five levels of message system environment. and memory analysis displays are coded into PICSTalk to use during complex message handling. Features PlCSTalk can be used in any setting in which there is a desire C-thru, from BCT Business Systems, has been specifically to share data that otherwise would remain in separate, incompat- designed for commercial software developers who require an ible computer systems. up-to-date "look and feel" for their products, without having to invest in major recoding effort. Requirements: PC-DOS or MS-DOS 3.3, AT-compatible system with a minimum of 640K RAM and 40M hard disk. By integrating a small number of easily understood C-thru calls into an application, a software product will be enhanced with: Company Name: Trinity Computing Systems, Inc. pop-up windows Address: 11 Greenway Plaza Suite 1212 - user-definable on-line help Houston, TX 77046 = access to the operating system U.S.A. desktop calculators Phone: 7 13-621 -69 11 8W231 -2445 on-screen line and box drawing In Canada: 800-233-5964 The product integrates with most third-generation languages Far: 713-621-4750 (3GL) available under UNlX systems, such as 'C', COBOL (specifically Micro Focus COBOL12) and UNIX Shell Scripts. Contact: Evelyn Roberts Requirements: HP 9000 Series 800 computer, HP-UX Type of Distributor Htmted: Value-added reseller Company Name: BCT Business Systems Ltd. Geographical Coverage: US., Canada Address: Bridge House, New Road, Lymm, Cheshire, WA139DY England Phone: (44) 925754074 Contact: Angela Cone Type of Distributor knted: Open Geographical Coverage: Worldwide

OCTOBER 1990 HP Channels d Industry: Process conrrol, insrrumenrarion, scienrific, CAD/CAM - Industry: Cross industry - HP 9000 HP-UX users requiring connecriviry Absrracr: This software package is composed of: Absrracr: Fusion for HP BASIC and Pascal workstations is a standards- MULTIFACE 2000 - a software development tool that deals with based DARPA TCPIIP network protocol software package that runs on db-schema, data dictionary, programming language, menu generator, HP 9000 Series 200 and 300 workstations. It provides BASIC and Pascal C programs generator, documentation generator, context-sensitive help, users file transfer, remote logon, and terminal emulation utilities. This and full screen editors (for programming and application screens). allows access to all computer systems running TCPIIP, such as HP-UX, MULTIFACE 2000 runs on PCs using MS-DOS. Programs and schema Apollo. Sun, Silicon Graphics, VAX, IBM PC, and HP Vectra PC. It are generated in the PC and transferred to the HP 9000. C programs includes an interface for applications software developers, such as are compiled and linked to the MULTIFACE library. The schema (data CADICAM, database management, and specialized vertical market dictionary) supplies data to the database access functions. applications, to add TCPIIP networking protocols to their software. designed for multiuser environments Fearures applications are converted to standalone C programs that run directly executes applications on remote computers from the desktop under UNIX systems and don't overload the machine transfers files to and from networked computers = two-level network with a maximum of 12 links per file - designs custom networking applications for use in environments types of files supported: indexed with or without data, indexed with such as instrumentation and process control key chains, normal UNIX system files with constant size registers Applications include scientific, instrumentation, process control, no practical limits on number of logical files per physical file CADICAM, and remote sensing and data collection. record accessed by hashed key, chain, direct HP Plarform: HP 9000 Series 200 and 300 workstations object locking Operaring System: Rocky Mountain BASIC, HP Pascal query and report generator (screen, printer, file) Company Name: Network Research fourth-generation language (with full screen editor and recompiler for Address: 2380 N. Rose Avenue error detection) Oxnard, CA 93030 U.S.A. interactive and batch structured programs generator Phone: 805-485-2700 screen generator (with full screen editor and data-dictionary consultation) Far: 805-485-8204 programs and data-dictionary generator only generates what has been Conracr: Sales Department affected by modifications Type of Disrriburor Wanted: Company developing and marketing applica- tions software for HP BASIC or Pascal, MULTIFACE 2100 - a software application developed with HP 9000 workstation VAR MULTIFACE 2000 for inventory control. Geographical Coverage: Worldwide programs developed with MULTIFACE 2000 source code supplied (to be customized if needed) main modules: inventory, material receipt and issue. inventory balance and availability, purchase orders, customer orders, requirements planning MULTIFACE 2200 - a software application developed with MULTIFACE 2000 for MRP. programs developed with MULTIFACE 2000 source code supplied main modules: bill of materials. materials receipt and availability. work and production orders, purchase orders, customer orders, material requirement planning

HP CHANNELS October 1990 MULTIFACE 2300 - a software application developed with MULTIFACE 2000 for PCP. If you are an HP VAB with a current contract, you programs developed with MULTIFACE 2000 can list your company in the Cross-Licensing source code supplied Classifieds (either Software Packages Available or main modules: capacities and resources data input, rouling data input, Software Packages Wanted) by sending the informa- production calendar, production report, production resources report tion in the format used here to: Requirements: HP 9000 (HP-UX), PC (MS-DOS) Company Name: Infortec Informatica e Tecnologia Ltda. Hewlett-Packard Company Address: Avenida Dr. Alberto Sarmenlo, No 939 Value-Added Channels Development 13.070 - Campinas - SP Attn: Marcia Nowicky Brasil 19091 Pruneridge Ave. Phone: 0192 42-9399 Building 46UV Contact: Sinesio Franco Fernandes Cupertino, CA 95014 Type of Distributor Wanted: Firms that could sell, give customer sup- U.S.A. port, installation, training, develop new modules, updatelmodify, and help in trans- lating if needed (if not in an English1 Entries will run for two months. The most recent Portuguese-speaking country). additions are shaded. Be sure to send the information Geographical Coverage: Worldwide in at least one month before you wish it to appear.

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How to get your name added to the distribution for HP Channels If you work for a company that is a value-added business for Hewlett- Packard and want to receive a courtesy subscription to HP Channels, call Hewlett-Packard and have your sales rep add your name to the distribution list. HP sales reps only: To add new U.S. or Canadian accounts to the distribution for HP Channels, please fill out a copy of "The Data Kit for Value-Added Businesses," PIN 5952-7011, and return it to the appropriate contact listed on the cover page of the data kit. To add additional contact names to existing accounts, use your VALID edit sheets. For accounts outside of the U.S. and Canada: contact Tracy Wester for the name of the person responsible for the distribution of HP Channels in your country. Please address editorial correspondence to Tracy Wester at address listed below.

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