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Combined with the new R'Tt!16/JOXlod the &rim 928 provides users substantial wings on ul wmplete saluti~nwith all of the additional MI&of the 900 Serbs integrated phtfonn. 2karticles on pages 5 atxi 6 for more details, HP Computer Museum www.hpmuseum.net For research and education purposes only. HP Executive Training Series schedule The Executive Training Series features 1 Registration- regular seminars for HP value-added 31 Networks Call the appropriate registration contact HP OpenView DTC Manager extended businesses. A 1990 program guide and listed below for the seminars you wish support on HP PCs and EtherTwist updated schedule were sent to VAB networks to attend to tentatively reserve your Upgrade credits offered on MPE XL contacts in mid-May. If you wish to receive a program guide or have ques- space. Registration is complete and Network Links space guaranteed when your check is Obsolete IEEE 802.3 to 802.5 Token Ring tions, call Chip Pettibone at Hewlett- Bridge Packard, 408-447-4175. received by the registration contact. Make checks payable to "Hewlett- Network Service upgrade credits from A - MPE V to MPE XL to be reduced Packard Co." HP StarLAN 10 obsolescence and New discount upgrades - correction There's still time to enroll in seminars A schedule of upcoming Executive 33 Printers scheduled for the second half of 1990. Training Series classes is a regular fea- Two new Scalable Typeface Cartridge Space is limited, so sign up now. If you ture of this page in HP Channels. Semi- Collections for HP LaserJet In printer Q&A about HP LaserJet printer toner register early and your check arrives at nars to be held in July, August, and cartridge recycling program least two weeks before the class begins, September are listed below. Havlett- HP LaserJet 2000 printer product restructure you will get a $50 discount. Note: This Packard reserves the right to cancel HP 41063B Asian workstation printer to be discount is not available for the Strate- seminars or change prices, dates, and discontinued August 1 gic Selling course. locations. 35 Terminals Second generation of X-Window terminals Announcing workstation upgrade program Date Locat ion Fee* Contact Phone I for HP X-Terminals New 19-inch gray-scale HP 700lX terminal Strategic Marketing Planning Asian language keyboard support for July 24-25 Montreal, Canada $495 Eileen MacLean 414-678-9430 HP X-Terminals Sep. 18-19 Novi, Mich. 495 Annice Benedix 3 13-349-9200 Local printer or plotter now supported on HP X-Terminals Marketing Communications Sun format tape now available for July 10-11 Denver, Colo. 275 Sharon Rhodes 303-649-5822 HP X-Terminals Sales Training X Window server enhancements boost HP X-Terminal performance Strategic Selling HP 700lX terminal promotion Sep. 5-6 Montreal, Canada 250 Eileen MacLean 414-678-9430 Price increase for HP 700122 and 700141 Productive Teleprospecting display terminals HP 700122 and 700141 terminal Aug. 15 Naperville, 111. 195 Elaine Smith 708-505-8800 discontinuance HP 3082B Industrial Touch terminal *US.list prices discontinuance Supplies 39 Supplies HP DIRECT order phone numbers 40 Software Packages Available and Wanted JULY 1990 I I HP Channels d General HP 3000 and General Two new memory cards for HP 3000 and I HP 9000 systems There is still some confusion among Using advanced 4-Mbit RAM technol- Due to the limited quantities of 4-Mbit users on the relative pricelperformance ogy, two new 16-Mbyte (PIN A1436A) RAM chips available, the new 16- and positioning of the HP 3000 and and 32-Mbyte (PIN A1437A) ECC 32-Mbyte memory cards will not be HP 9000 families. This article will RAM cards allow users to configure structured into the standard HP 3000 clarify the pricing objectives with these higher amounts of system memory in and HP 9000 system configurations two strategic families. fewer slots. When used in HP 3000 until late 1990. Before then, both stan- systems, the higher-density cards can dard memory and memory purchased Both the HP 3000 and HP 9000 are tar- free up slots to let users configure as an option to the system will continue geted at realizing the full potential of more HP-IB, PSI, or HP-FL cards. In to be supplied with 8-Mbyte cards. the emerging market for commercial HP 9000 systems, the new memory Prior to restructuring in late 1990, users transaction processing systems, based cards can be used to free up slots for Edcing slot constraints or requiring on open systems standards. Our strategy additional 110 cards. greater than 64-Mbytes of memory is to position both as leading pricelper- should order add-on memory via the formance RISC-based technology Configuration information standalone 16- or 32-Mbyte memory systems and to provide considerable cards rather than ordering memory The new 16- and 32-Mbyte memory pricelperformance advantages over our as an option to the system. Contact cards are supported in the HP 3000 traditional competitors - DEC VAX your HP representative for more Series 920,922LX/RX, 922, and 932 and IBM's mainframe and AS1400. information. systems on MPE XL 2.1. However, the HP is the only major vendor to offer cards require two patches to MPE XL a RISC-based solution for all its Ordering information customers. I 2.1- for diagnostics. Systems shipped from the factory with MPE XL-2.1 Product No. Description will contain the required patches. With Our objective is to price the HP 3000 A1436A 16-Mbyte memory card systems at a pricelperformance advan- these new cards. the Series 922LXlRX. I 922, and Series 932 will support up to A1437A 32-Mbyte memory card I tage for transaction processing applica- 128 Mbytes. tions over our HP 9000 family. The HP 9000 is priced at a pricelperfor- The new memory cards are also sup- mance advantage for nontransaction- oriented computational application ported on the HP 9000 Models 822 and 832 on HP-UX 7.02. The memory max- environments. This has been our strategy since the first PA-RISC system imum for the Model 832 has increased to 128 Mbytes using the new cards. was introduced and will remain the strategy in the future. The product management teams for the HP 3000 and HP 9000 go to considerable effort to ensure that pricing is consistent between the respective families in terms of key measures of pricelperformance, such as $/TPS and $/user. Both product families are priced to be very competi- tive against their key competitors, including leading UNIX system platforms. b JulyHP 1590CHA NNELS We anticipate that much of the confu- General sion regarding pricelperformance may have been caused by the higher prices Choose HP JM for extra features and support of the HP 3000 version of a PA-RISC processor.