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

Announcing the new HP 9000 Model 860s 30% increase in ~LTP~erformance over Model 8558

HEWLETT PACKARD Table of Contents @haII, No. 1 Pemd Cornpu&m Editox 14 General Tracy -r I Upooming wminars fr~rHP VABS Mew User Liceme Program produrn HP C7mmL is published monthly for HP MItrankP major competitors in 1990 44 Desktop Hewlett-hkard's value-added busi- ~USINEFS~B~repart card reviw New version of SCO UNIX opepecating system HP btsVABs at ADUS [HP) Wot2Estatlon Diswntinum of HP Vectra 486 n-s a provide you with infomation User Group Conference Model 150 PC abut HP's produm.and sembto help you be more oudl. Bdpk~b 15 General Por further information on any of the PC utilities applkapplons available hr products and service discussed in Multiuser System HP 4951C/S2iV54AnIAX HP ChameIs, please wntact your HP 3 General 15 Mass Storage dmrep, HP 250 and 26Q discontinuance DDS support on HP Aptlo 90011 Seria 400 warbtations See beCOVET For subsfir5ption 4 HP3000lMPE h38- and lS2-Mbyb? hard disk drive HP fP Sriw W, %2,932 with hut dimrrlm infamation. internal disk drives Mdisk drive dintinuance Mote: Not all HP computer pnnhc~ HP 3000 Series 980 shipping, memory ndueed 16 Networks are sold and sqpofled in all counfn'~~. ThinLAN link upgrade for HP 3000 HP establishes new distributed ampting Please &ck with your bml HP leaks suie standards I 9m afirice. HP MICRO 3000XE remerl hu*n price list HP DlW16 and DTCMl rack cabin& HP Sp&m Utilization Scrvice HP DTClX.25 XE network link N&rt-ftzckard does mt wvrrmnt the Information Aaaph reduced enhanwments videiw& accumq of the infomion prodded HP Spell prim change aznn&vity in HP Channels and shaEl not k lirrble HP Schedule prioe ehange 18 Printers for any rrr, rn~de4 the info-i~n HP TDF price cbange Announcing new Dodn/OS printw 1 conrained herein. Infdanprovided HP OffhConaect to PROFS dismntinued wnnedivity products Navember 1 New pricing for HP ThinkJtt, Quidet, and in HP Channels is subject tu chunge Rmterprinters withut non'ct. 7 HPIOOQ my font -A and RTEd mni! support HP-IB DDS New Faces cartridge intraduced tape drive New WindowdOS12 drivers available hr HP LaserJet III and HID printers I 7 HP WOOIHP-UX . HP Recision TmIs now supportud on new New HP 96(10 Model tWS mtMn HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 workstations HP-UX Release 7.06 requi2 for HP 9000 Applflalk - HP Laser$&printer tools Models 860s and 870St10O Wrbions Components to configurn HP LaserJet nP prinm bt Apple Macintosh available 9 General HP Mserfet printer memory prise reduction Nemork Liciense System DominjOS ~~10.3o0wwailable 21 Terminals Support For SW.1 dimntinued HP 7WX &minit1now supported on Apt10 10 Apollo m- ApolldIBM networking producb Supplies obsokxenne 23 Supplles Entrodwing enhanced ApolldXBhd producr~ Introducing HP-IB to Centmnics hterfilce and cblmnWIes eomnter Lr HP-iR instruments 9nd COM-BXEe for TI bridging eOmpum New HP 9000 Model 860s pmEdes up to 12 HP-UX HP DIETorder phone numbers 30% increase in OLTP perfomaeover Nomn Utilities ported to HP-UX the ~urrentEIP 909I) Model 855S system. It Y1360 lestnrcturin& alsa offers an additional price@%- HP 9000 Malel3LO discantintma point within a bdpefifmance range of high-end systems fmm tbe HP eOOO Mud& 85OS tbmugh Model 87WQOwstems. See articles beginni on page 7.

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November and December feature two Programming with SoftBench and The S.A.L.E.S Course exciting new training programs for HP Encapsulator The S.A.L.E.S Course is the solution- value-added businesses: The Winter '90 Performance characterization and selling fundamentals course that HP has HP Apollo Workstation Technology optimization been offering to its dealers. Taught by Camp and The S.A.L.E.S. Course. Motif and XI1 hints and tips America's Return Inc., we've now opened it up to our VABs, as well. The The Winter '90 Workstation Debugging, testing, and tuning XI1 seminar is taught in two separate one- Technology Camp applications day sessions one to two weeks apart to The Winter '90 HP Apollo Workstation Graphics overview better reinforce and put into practice Technology Camp is HP's first major what has been learned. technical symposium for software Comparison of workstation and developers. We are offering two inten- X Terminal performance For more information and a course sive days of workshops geared to help Software distribution methods description, call Chip Pettibone at HP experienced software developers expand (408-447-4175) or Richard Chambers at Concurrent FTN on the DNlOO00 their HP-UX and DomainIOS skills America's Return (415-525-2504). even further. Main features include DomainIOS future porting path developing and improving performance K+RC to ANSI C with Motif, X11, operating systems, and compilers. Invitation brochures with a complete description are available by calling The workshops will be taught by HP's 800-472-5277 (in the U.S.) or technical experts, people from teams 415-960-3773 (worldwide). currently dedicated to giving special- ized technical consulting for value- added businesses. Attendees will leave Date Location Fee* with a binder full of presentation notes, The HP Apollo Workstation Technology Camp reference material, and a tape of exam- November 28-29 Andover, Mass. $450 ples to help reinforce and enhance what December 5-6 Mountain View, Calif. 450 they've learned. Registration: Call 800-HP CLASS (800-472-5277) The camp will take place November The S. A. L. E.S Course 28-29 in Andover, Massachusetts, and November 1, 14 Fullerton, Calif. 495 December 5-6 in Mountain View, November 7, 15 North Hollywood, Calif. 495 California. (Note: Products not yet pub- Registration: Call America's Return Inc., at 415-525-2504 licly introduced or announced will be discussed. Attendees will be required to *U.S. list prices sign a nondisclosure agreement.) Listed below are the topics that will be offered. I Hewlett-Packard reserves the right to HP Apollo workstation family cancel seminars or change prices, Cooperative object computing dates, and locations. Understanding, selecting, and using GUI toolkits OSF status report HP-UX OS and compiler hints and tips DomainIOS performance hints and tips ICCCM and Window Manager compliance NOVEMBER 1990 I HP Channels d "They're very organized. HP puts one HP outranks major competitors in 1990 person in charge and you can get an VARBUSINESS annual report card review answer from them." (Anonymous VAR) "They bend over backwards to help For the past four years, VARs have rated Qualiv of Sales Leads - "Once us meet customers' needs that are out Hewlett-Packard above its major com- again, Hewlett-Packard is on top, of the ordinary." (Anonymous VAR) petitors in the majority of categories nearly a full point ahead of its nearest included in VARBUSINESS magazine's competitor. . ." (VARBUSINESS) "HP "They're dedicated to quality. It's the annual surveys. This year was no excep- sales leads are usually very good. way they approach everything they do tion. HP outranked IBM in 18 out of 18 They know our niche and they don't in the business." (Anonymous VAR) categories, DEC in 17 out of 18, and want to waste our time on something Sun Microsystems in 16 out of 18. that doesn't fit." (Anonymous VAR) Changes in 1990 VARBUSINESS survey process End-User Support - "HP has really HP was ranked first overall in 6 of great stuff. . . It almost never breaks In the past, VARBUSINESS has pub- the 18 categories, including "Overall down in the first place, but when it lished the results of surveys conducted Impression" and received the only A+ does, they roll hard." (Jim Grimsley, for one or more different computer ven- ("Product Quality") given to any ven- CEO at First Total Systems Inc.) dors each month. At the end of the year, dor in the 1990 Review. "You get the feeling that they'll do the published reports for all vendors were compared against each other and In addition, HP was included in whatever is necessary to solve a cus- the results summarized in the annual VARBUSINESS magazine's "Best of tomer's problem. They're always right review. This method created a situation the Best" summary categories for behind you." (Anonymous VAR) where the individual survey results "Support," "Partnership," and "Best "They take ownership of a problem being compared for the various vendors Overall ." when it comes to end-user support. could have been collected as much as You get the feeling they'll solve it at 11 months apart. HP first in six categories any cost." Here's a review of HP's first-place wins Joint Sales Calls and Other This year, representative samples of and a sampling of what our VARs and Assistance - "They make a lot of VARs for all vendors were surveyed on VARBUSINESS magazine editors had to joint sales calls with us. They let us a monthly basis. This means the ven- say about HP as a computer partner: take the lead. The HP rep can make dors were measured for their perfor- mance over a 12-month period, rather Qualiry of Products - "Hewlett- presentations with us or we can take than using a once per year rating. This Packard continues to be a winner in clients to their office. It reinforces our new procedure ensures that survey this category. It also received the only image. We don't take advantage of results are more equitable for the ven- A+ awarded this year and achieved them, but when we need them, they're dors being evaluated by their VARs. the largest score differentiator in there." (Jeff Vendetti, president of product categories over the number- Accudate, Inc.) Thanks to all HP VABs for your support two finisher." (VARBUSINESS) Overall Impression - "Hewlett- and loyalty to the HP Value-Added VAR Technical Support - "Hewlett- Packard wears the laurel wreath in Channel Program as reflected in the Packard is way out in front in techni- overall impression. The reasons? 1990 VARBUSINESS survey results. cal support. . ." (VARBUSINESS) Excellent products, great manage- HP will continue to strive to make a "From a support standpoint, either ment, and a real feel for the market, good program even better. locally or with the national response according to its VARs. Communi- center, we've never been disappointed cations and operational skills with timeliness or effectiveness of go a long way with resellers, and response." (Bob Sans, director of Hewlett-Packard is long on both." national support for Pilot Systems (VARBUSINESS) Inc.)

HP CHANNELS November 1990 HP hosts VABs Product No. Description 45007A 512-Kbyte memory board 45025U Upgrade kit 5-Mbyte to Workstation User General 10-Mbyte disk I I HP 250 and 260 45026U Upgrade kit 10-Mbyte to Group Conference 15-Mbyte disk I I discontinuance 45063A Minirack cabinet llOV I I 45064A Minirack cabinet 220V I I More than 40 representatives from 45107A Cable assembly 20mt 23 value-added businesses attended a All remaining HP 250 and some out- 45110A Interface bus cable recent reception given for them during dated HP 260 product numbers were 45111A Modem cable HP 250 the ADUS (HP) Workstation User discontinued on November 1, 1990. 45112A Current loop cable I I Group Conference at the San Diego The HP 260 Series 30 and Series 40 45113A Direct connect cable I I Marriott Hotel and Marina in Califor- replace most of the obsoleted products. 45114A AS1 RS-422 interface cable 1 1 nia. This was the first time a VAB The support period will last until 45115A SyncronIAuto cable I I reception was held in conjunction with November 1, 1995. 45116A Syncron direct-connect cable the conference. 45120A AS1 interface board HP 250 Product No. Description Series 35 The reception, sponsored by the -- 45260A HP 250 computer system 451208 AS1 interface board HP 250 HP Value-Added Channels Group, was Series 30 45261D HP 260 computer system well attended by both VAB and HP per- 451401) AS1 interface board 5X sonnel. In fact, HP management sup- 45006A 256-Kbyte memory board RS-4221232-C port for the event was impressive. More 45170A SLIDE1250 software 45141D AS1 interface board mix 312 1 1 than 20 HP managers and staff mem- 45160A TEXT1250 software 45122B DSNIINP interface board bers from various HP workstation enti- 45150A Decision support graphics HP 250 I software I ties were on hand to meet and mingle 451221) DSNIINP interface board 45124R Right to copy HP 45124A HP 260 with HP's invited VAB guests - a fact DSNIDS I I 45126D VIDEO interface board that contributed heavily to the success 45123R Right to copy HP 45123A RIE HP 260 of the event. I I 45116A INP direct-connection cable 45262A UP 260 computer system 1 1 45112A 20 milliamp current loop cable 45265A System upgrade kit HP's Computer Products Sector Mar- 45170R Right to copy HP 45170A 45216A GA1250 training keting Manager Dick Watts, who was SLIDE1250 the official HP host for the evening 45220A PAY1250 software 45150R Right to copy HP 45150A DSG 45226A PAY1250 training event, warmly welcomed the VABs and software 45230B Operating system B upgrade kit ended his brief remarks with a well- 45122D INP board for HP 260 SPU I I 45230D TIO-I1 utility software received joke. The mood for the eve- 45114A AS1 board to RS-422 connec- I I ning seemed to be one of good will and tion cable 45260L Bundle HP 250 Series 30 with HP 2608A enthusiasm. Overall VAB reaction to 45265 D Operating system upgrade kit I / 45260s Bundle HP 250 Series 30 with the event was positive. 45124A DSNIDS data communications HP 26318 software 45262D Video terminal Many thanks to the HP VABs whose 45160R Right to copy HP 45160A 45265A Upgrade kit system software I I TEXT1250 employees attended and supported this HP 250 45209A APDl260 software I 1 event. It was HP's pleasure to meet 45265D Upgrade kit system software with you. 45120A AS1 board for 45251A HP 250 1 1 45120B AS1 board for 45260A 45265E Upgrade kit system software To be sure your company receives invi- 451228 INP board for 45251A HP 260 tations to similar events in the future, 45276A CPU ROM upgrade for 45273G Material floppy disk 9895K please keep your company, product, and 45260A 45276A CPU ROM upgrade kit contact information listed in the U.S. 45113A RS-232-C direct connect cable 45285K Disk drive material kit HP VAB database (VALID) current and 45115A Modemlauto call unit connec- 5 Mbytes I 1 tion cable complete. See your HP representative 45285L Disk drive material kit 45125R Right to copy HP 45125A 15 Mby tes I 1 or factory account manager for assis- Network1250 software tance in updating your VAB database 99083C Data management software 45123A ME software package listings. I / 45276B Loader ROM k~t 99086C Data communication software 45073A HP 260 Series 30 SSP Starter- package pack bundle 45003A 64-Kbyte memory board NOVEMBER 1990 HP Channels 3 45004A 128-Kbyte memory board HP 3000IMPE HP 3000/MPE HP 3000 Series 920, 922, 932 with four HP 3000 Series 980 internal disk drives shipping, memory reduced In order to have an HP 3000 Series 920, Ordering information 922, and 932 system with four internal The following products require Option disk drives, it is also necessary to have Shipment of the HP 3000 Series 9801100 402, which increases HP-IB to two; or two CIO HP-IBs. Manufacturing con- began in September. In order to ship the Option 403, which increases HP-IB to straints do not allow these systems to Series 9801100 earlier than planned, three. be built with four disk drives and the initial shipments will be supported on DDS tape drive, all on one HP-IB. MPE XL Release 2.2. This release sup- Both Option 007, which provides Product No. Description ports a maximum of 256 Mbytes of 2345 Mbytes of disk, and Option 008, A1702A HP 3000 Series 920 main memory. which provides 2680 Mbytes, require Opt. 007 With 2345-Mbyte disk that these systems have two HP-IB Opt. 008 With 2680-Mbyte disk Support for a maximum of 512 Mbytes cards. Since the Series 920 and 922 A1027A HP 3000 Series 922LX will be available on Release 3.0, sched- Opt. 007 With 2345-Mbyte disk uled for first user shipments in the first systems come standard with only one Opt. 008 With 2680-Mbyte disk half of calendar 1991. HP-IB, it is necessary to order another A10464 HP 3000 Series 922RX as either Option 402 (increase HP-IB to Opt 007 With 2345-Mbyte disk two) or Option 403 (increase HP-IB to Opt 008 With 2680-Mbyte disk Do not load extra memory three). The Series 932 comes standard A1033A HP 3000 Series 922 The system should not be loaded with with two HP-IBs. As a result, ordering Opt 007 With 2345-Mbyte disk Opt 008 With 2680-Mbyte disk memory in excess of 256 Mbytes. The this system with four internal disks does utilities necessary to dump data after not create a problem. The only poten- The following products cannot be system failures will not work with tial problem occurs if Option 550 is memory sizes greater than 256 Mbytes ordered as well. This option substitutes ordered with Option 550. Substitute one HP-FL for one HP-IB, unless Option with Release 2.2. This will be resolved one HP-FL for the second HP-IB, on Release 3.0. creating a system with only one HP-IB. 403 is also ordered. In this case, Option 403 must also be Performance impact ordered. This provides a system with two HP-IBs, in addition to the HP-FL Support for 512 Mbytes in Release 3.0 is card. Contact your HP representative Opt 007 With 2345-Mbyte disk done primarily for competitive reasons for more information. Opt 008 With 2680-Mbyte disk to position the Series 9801100 against IBM and DEC. Most applications will For more information, contact your not need this much main memory and HP representative. will run sufficiently with 256 Mbytes of memory or less. However, because of MPE XL's ability to cache data, some applications that make extensive use of caching can take advantage of the extra memory to get some additional throughput and better response times.

Memory deletion process A special ordering process has been established for those users who have Series 9801100 field upgrades on order with memory that will exceed 256 Mbytes when added to memory currently installed.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your HP representative.

HP CHANNELS b November 1990 1 HP 30001MPE HP 3OOWMPE ThinLAN link HP MICRO 3000XE removed from price list upgrade for HP 3000 Effective January 1, 1991, the following HP MICRO 3000XE products will Series 980 HP MICRO 3000XE products will be be supported at least through 1995. If removed from the HP Price List. The you have questions on ordering these last day to order these products new remarketed systems, or on the new When upgrading to an HP 3000 is December 31, 1990. Remarketed HP MICRO 3000XE products, please Series 980, be sure to upgrade the versions will still be available. The contact your HP representative. accompanying networking products. All of the networking links and services Product No. Description Replacement offer upgrade credits to protect the investment users have made. HP MICRO 3000XE 32545AR remarketed system HP MICRO 3000XE box upgrade 32545AR rernarketed system When upgrading the ThinLAN link HP MICRO 3000 to 3000XE upgrade 32545AR remarketed system (PIN 36923A), users moving to the Series 37 to MICRO 3000XE upgrade 30545AR rernarketed upgrade Series 980 will receive a new Turbo 110 expansion box 30545ER remarketed box LAN card. This new LAN card began 2 Mbytes RAM for Series 37, MICRO 30462AR remarketed board shipping with all new systems in 3000XE December 1989. Because of the proces- 4 Mbytes RAM for Series 37, MICRO 30482AR rernarketed board sing power of the Series 980, the older 3000XE LAN card may cause performance degradation. Therefore, the Turbo LAN card will be the only one supported for Series 980 systems. The user's medium HP 3OOO/MPE attachment unit (MAU), providing the physical and electrical connection to the HP System Utilization Service network cable, should be used with the Turbo LAN card. The HP System Utilization Service - The service lets users visualize, inter- To upgrade to the Series 980, order the Application (PIN H2367A) is a consult- pret, and effectively communicate the following three options: ing service that provides users with an current utilization of their system for a overview of their current overall system low, fixed price. It also allows users to Opt. 442 - Series 980 hardware utilization and resource use by their top determine which applications are the upgrade five applications. It is targeted toward heaviest users of system resources, and Opt. 350 - For Series 980 HP 3000 users who currently do not the service levels provided to users of have performance management software these applications. Opt. OXX - Upgrade credit option, in house or who need presentation- based on user's present system, select quality reports. HP product-line positioning appropriate OXX option Features and benefits This service assists users in understand- A second Turbo LAN card will be ing the utilization of their systems. It included with the Series 980 upgrade This is a new, fixed-price consulting provides additional information on sys- product (PIN A1137A) for support of the service that expands on the information tem resource usage by applications that DTC. Users who already have a Turbo available in the HP System Utilization are not available in the Global version LAN should specify the delete option Service - Global (PIN H2366A). It of the System Utilization Service. Con- (Opt. 510). Contact your HP representa- provides users with a presentation- tact your HP representative for more tive to determine the type of LAN in the quality color graphic report that sum- information. system and whether the delete option is marizes system resource utilization. required. The report includes an executive summary written by a performance specialist.

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NOVEMBER 1990 HP Channels HP 3000IMPE Product No. Description HP Schedule used with HP DeskManager enables the work of HP-UX products Information Access arranging meetings to be offloaded, B1707A* Information Access SQL host prices reduced license therefore freeing up the user's time to Opt. AH0 For HP 9000 Model 808 perform other tasks. The product will Effective October 1, Hewlett-Packard Opt. AEL For HP 9000 Mode1 815 inform when individuals are available to Opt. AE5 For HP 9000 Models 825, 832 be booked for meetings, ensuring the reduced the prices on all HP NewWave Opt. AE6 For HP 9000 Mode1 835 Office products that include Informa- Opt. AEN For HP 9000 Models 840, 845 optimum time is chosen for the meet- tion Access. The price reductions range Opt. AEP For HP 9000 Models 850, 855 ing, as well as using the most up-to-date from 13% on entry level systems to Opt. AH1 For HP 9000 Model 870 availability of information. 45 % on midrange systems (U.S. list). *Corresponding price reduciions have also Product No. Description The price reductions span MPE V, been made on all orher HP NewWave Office MPE XL, and HP-UX system products. products and upgrades containing Informa- 27522A HP Schedule Below is a list of the affected products. tion Access Sen9ices. Opt. OCD Credit upgrade (Opt. 310-320) Contact your HP representative for Opt. OCE Credit upgrade (Opt. 320-330) Note: Prices for user-based license prociuct Opt. OCF Credit upgrade (Opt. 330-340) more information. options remain unchanged. Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 37, 922LX 0bt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 4X, SX, Product No. Description 922,922RX, 925,925LX. 932 MPE Vproducts Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 6X, 70, HP 3oW/MPE 935 B1726A* Information Access host Opt. 340 For HP 3000 Series 949, 9SX. license 960,980 Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 37. HP Spell price change MICRO 3000 Opt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 4X. SX Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 6X. 70 Effective October 1, 1990, HP Spell MPE XL. products (PIN 3652A, U.K. version) changed B1716A* Information Access XL host price. HP Spell offers spelling verifi- license cation and correction capabilities on HP TDP price change Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 920. HP 3000 family of business computers. 922LX HP Spell can be accessed interactively Opt. 315 For HP 3000 Series 922RX Effective October 1, the price of the with HP DeskManager and HP TDP Opt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 925.932 HP Text and Document Processor Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 935 using a British dictionary. Contact (HP TDP, PIN 36578A) was changed. Opt. 335 For HP 3000 Series 949 your HP representative for more HP TDP is a formatting mark-up Opt. 340 For HP 3000 Series 95X, 96X information. Opt. 350 For HP 3000 Series 980 language for the HP 3000 business Information Access SQL host computers, largely found in MIS license ' Product No. Description departments for technical host-based Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 920, 922LX I 3652A HP Spell (U. K. version) word-processing functions. Contact Opt. 315 For HP 3000 Series 922RX Opt. OCD Credit upgrade (Opt. 310-320) your HP representative for more Opt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 925,932 Opt. OCE Credit upgrade (Opt. 320-330) Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 935 Opt. OCF Credit upgrade (Opt. 330-340) Opt. 335 For HP 3000 Series 949 Opt. 310 For HP 3000 Series 37,922LX Opt. 340 For HP 3000 Series 95X. 96X Opt. 320 For HP 3000 Series 4X. SX, Product No. Description Opt. 350 For HP 3000 Series 980 922,922RX, 925,92SLX, 932 Opt. 330 For HP 3000 Series 6X, 70, 36578A HP TDP 935 Opt. OCD Credit Upgrade (Opt. 310-320) Opt. 340 For HP 3000 Series 949,95X, Opt. OCE Credit Upgrade (Opt. 320-330) 960,980 Opt. OCF Credit Upgrade (Opt. 330-340) L Opt. 310 HP 3000 Series 37, 922LX Opt. 320 HP 3000 Series 4X, SX, 922, 922RX, 925,925LX. 932 Opt. 330 HP 3000 Series 6X, 70. 935 HP 3000/MPE Opt. 340 HP 3000 Series 949,95X, 960, 980 HP Schedule price change

Effective October 1, the price of HP Schedule (PIN 27522A) was changed, localized products inclusive. HP CHANNELS November 1990 HP 3000/MPE HP 9000/HP-UX HP OffzeConnect to New HP 9000 Model 860s system PROFS discontinued November 1

HP OfficeConnect to PROFS (PIN 27521AlR) was discontinued November 1. HP OfficeConnect to PROFS provides a communications link between HP DeskManager and IBM's Professional Office System (PROFS) Electronic Mail Systems. It has been replaced by HP OfficeConnect to X.400. Contact your HP representative for more information.

RTE-A and RTE-6 now support HP-IB The HP 9000 Model 860s Up to 30 percent increase in OLTP DDS tape drive (PIN A1843A) is both an upgrade from performance relative to the HP 9000 the existing Models 850Sl855S as well Model 855s - Users who need HP's new HP-IB version of the as a standalone system. The HP 9000 increased levels of OLTP performance DDS tape drive, the HP Series 6400 Model 860s offers an increase of up but do not yet need the performance Model 1300H, is now supported under to 30% in online transaction proces- levels of the Model 870Sl100 can now both RTE-A and RTE-6. The 1.3-Gbyte sing (OLTP) performance over the choose the Model 860s. Model 8558. The Model 860s includes tape drive is ideal for archival and 256-Mbyte ECC RAM support - With unattended backup storage. one processor, 48 Mbytes ECC RAM, HP-UX 7.06, the Model 860s sup- and a 64-user HP-UX license. The ports up to 256 Mbytes of ECC RAM. By the end of the year, the SCSI version Model 860s is field upgradeable to the This gives users the ability to con- of the DDS drive will be supported Model 870Sl100. figure increased amounts of memory under RTE-A using the SCSI interface into their systems to assure system (PIN 120164). The data stored on the The HP 9000 Model 860s is tar- performance is optimized. This is HP-IB DDS drive will be fully compat- geted for users and applications with especially important in OLTP ible with data written on the SCSI DDS increased levels of OLTP requirements applications. drive. This provides an ideal mecha- relative to the Model 8558. Examples of nism for transferring large data files markets where these opportunities arise HP product-line positioning between HP 1000 A-Series computers, include telecommunications, manufac- or between EIF-Series and A-Series turing, state and local government, The Model 860s is positioned between computers. lodging, and medical. the Models 8558 and Model 870Sl100. The Model 860s gives users up to 30% The Model 1300H is supported at Features and benefits increase in OLTP performance over the Model 8558 for users requiring RTE-A and RTE-6 revision 5.1 and 5.2 Additional pricelperformance point increased levels of OLTP performance by genning the device as an HP 7980 within a broad performance range of tape drive at 1600 bpi. over the Model 8558, but who do high-end systems from the Model 850s not yet need the performance of the through the Model 870S/200 - The Model 860s adds another well- continued on next page positioned performance point in the high end of the HP 9000 family giv- ing users more choices to choose the right systems today, with the assur- NOVEMBER 1990 ances of field upgrades for the future. HP Channels Model 870S1100. The addition of the I Configuration information HP 9000/HP-UX Model 860s gives users an additional The HP 9000 Model 860s uses the performance level within the high-end HP-UX Release Z06 same system cabinet, memory, I10 package of the HP 9000 family giving subsystems, and power supplies as the required for HP 9000 users increased flexibility to configure existing Models 850s and 8553. With systems that best fit their needs today, HP-UX Release 7.06 (required for the Models 860s and with the confidence of field upgrade- Model 860S), the memory support is ability tomorrow. With the Model 860S, 8 70S/100 increased to a total of 256 Mbytes sup- users get a truly smooth board upgrade- ported using the 16-Mbyte memory able growth path within the high end of card. The product structure for the HP-UX 7.06 (PIN 92673A) is required the HP 9000 product family. HP con- Model 860s is identical to the for use with HP 9000 Models 860s tinues to deliver on the promise of Model 855s. and 870S1100. It is targeted toward all scalability. HP 9000 Model 860s and 870S1100 users. HP 9000 Model 860s benchmark information Features and benefits Benchmark description Relative gain over Model 8558 Models 860s and 870S/100 supported Large complex simulation program under HP- UX Release 206 - Users Batch database application who want to order and install a Multiuser general-purpose workload Model 860s or 870S1100 can do Interactive Oracle* so without waiting until HP-UX , Interactive Informix* Release 8.0. Supports 256 Mbytes memory - *specific user benchmark Allows users to configure the Model 860s or 870S1100 system Ordering information with increased amounts of memory over the current 128-Mbyte limit of Product No. Opt. Description HP-UX Release 7.0. A1843A HP 9000 Model 860s includes cabinet, power supply, one HP-IB, one 6-channel MUX, 64-user HP-UX license, 48 Mbytes RAM, HP product-line positioning C compiler, symbolic debugger, assembler, and I10 library HP-UX Release 7.06 is required for A1844A Model 850s to 860s upgrade includes Model 860s processor board HP 9000 Models 860s and 870S1100 (this requirement is for Models 860s A1141A 725 Model 860s to Model 870Sl100 upgrade and 870S1100 only). Users with Note: The Model 860s requires HP-UX 206. Users must ordrr media and manuals for HP-UX 7.06 HP-UX 7.06 should upgrade to HP-UX (P/N 92673A). Also, Opt. 519 for PINS A1114A and Alll8A has been discontinued and will be Release 8.0 after the introduction of replaced by the above products. HP-UX 8.0 to take advantage of the HP-UX features that will be supported in RP-UX 8.0. Contact your HP Contact your HP representative for representative for more information. more information.

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HP CHANNELS L November 1990 General Domain/OS SRlO.3 I General now available I Network License System SR10.3 started shipping to users on Software licensing has historically con- of NetLS into a software product. To October 1, 1990. All users (including sisted of node-lock licensing and site- facilitate software distribution, a vendor international users) should receive the licensing. With today's prevalence of can load all software on a single tape SR10.3 release in six to eight weeks, distributed computing in heterogeneous or CD and grant access only to those well before January 1991. Upgrading environments, these licensing models products actually purchased. Addition- to this release from SR1O.l or SR10.2 are no longer sufficient. If an applica- ally, the vendor could distribute the should have a minimal impact. Installa- tion is node locked, it restricts an end software with trial licenses that enable tion from SR1O.l or SR10.2 can be done user's ability to utilize distributed com- limited usage based on time or number with the standard installation tools puting by tying a license to a particular of invocations. Actual purchases of (Minst, or Distaa and Install+ +). This machine, even though the software itself those applications are then simplified, is a very straightforward installation need no longer be resident locally. If and require only the transmittal of per- and it does not require a reformat of the the software is to be licensed on a site- manent licenses. Vendors can also hard disk (invol). wide basis, the end-user cost can easily investigate new sales options - such as become prohibitively expensive. Addi- leasing - where appropriate. These Benefits of upgrading to SR10.3 tionally, these licensing models do not new methods save both selling and dis- Upgrading to SR10.3 holds many provide the ability to match the licens- tribution costs while increasing a soft- benefits. Below is listed just a brief ing and pricing of a product to its actual ware product's visibility and trialability synopsis of these benefits. usage and perceived value. The Net- in the marketplace. work License System (NetLS) changes Fixes to defects against SRIO.X Oper- this by providing flexible license distri- NetLS is built on top of the Network ating System releases. Much attention bution, management, and enforcement Computer System (NCS), which han- has been paid to making SR10.3 a capabilities. dles the disbursement of processing "quality" release and the release is tasks across machines in distributed, by far the most stable DomainIOS NetLS provides the application devel- multivendor networks. NCS is the release. oper and the end user a wide variety of foundation for the Open Software Support for the new HP Apollo 9000 ways in which to license or purchase Foundation's Distributed Computing Series 400 workstations. software. These methods include: Environment (DCE) offering. By utiliz- Support for increased number of concurrent-use licensing, transaction- ing NCS technology, NetLS allocates its user processes and locks on the based licensing, node-lock licensing, services across a network, end users are Apollo Series 2500, 3500, 4000, and site licensing. Concurrent-use assured of continued access to applica- 4500,5500, 10000, and HP Apollo licensing controls the number of simul- tion licenses, and network traffic is kept 9000 Series 400 workstations. taneous users who can access an appli- to a minimum. Additionally, NetLS is cation, regardless of who the users are designed to easily and efficiently scale Greater standards compliance with and what machines they are using. This as networks increase in size, distribu- POSIX (only four exceptions), and gives application end users the ability to tion, and heterogeneity. full support of ANSI C (with CC purchase only the number of licenses version 6.8). they require and share those licenses Version 2.0 of the Network License Performance improvements and amongst users around the network. System is now shipping on the Apollol enhancements to many system compo- Transaction-based licensing supports Domain platform, while versions for nents such as X Window System and licensing based on the number of invo- the HP-UX, Sun, and DEC platforms TCPIIP. cations of an application; this is useful will be available in the coming months. for software that may be used more NetLS offers easy-to-use graphical user Impact on optional products sporadically. interfaces and extensive report genera- tion facilities. The reports are based on Many optional products have been New means of software distribution, software usage metrics that NetLS auto- revised since SR1O.l and SR10.2. Users trial delivery, and purchaselsale can all matically tracks. Contact your HP can check to see if they are using the be accomplished with the incorporation representative for more information. latest version of a particular optional continued on next page

NOVEMBER 1990 HP Channels product by consulting the product com- release and the most recent previous See the accompanying article in this patibility matrix in the SR10.3 Software release. issue of HP Channels for more details Release Notes (PIN 017957-A01, pages about the replacement products. 1-1, 1-2). Provided that users upgrade There has been some confusion in the their optional products to the latest ver- past as to whether the previous release sions, there are no reported problems referred to the previous "major release" running optional products on SR10.3. (SR8, SR9, SR10) or whether this Apollo Some products have been supplanted referred to the previous "point release" Introducing enhanced by newer products, for instance (SR1O.l, SR10.2, SR10.3). For the pur- ISNA 3270 provides new functionality poses of this policy, "release" is defined ApoWBM products as well as containing the functionality as a software distribution that goes out previously found in SNA3270 and to the entire maintenance base. Thus, and channel controller LU 6.2. when 10.3 ships, 10.2 will be the "previous release." We will be notify- Apollo DomainlOS connectivity to Impact on hardware ing the user base of this, both by send- IBM computers will be enhanced with ing out a letter to the entire maintenance All hardware supported under SRIO. I the introduction of the Integrated Sys- base and by posting to the internet in tems Network Architecture (ISNA) and SR10.2 is also supported under Comp.sys.apol10. SR10.3. There are no known board revi- products, as well as the Channel sion incompatibilities with SR10.3. This Controller-AT product. The new For more information about SR10.3, see products will replace existing SNA means that no machines running SR1O.l previous article. should require hardware service in products, which will be obsoleted as order to upgrade to SR10.3. Contact described in the accompanying article. your HP representative for more infor- mation. See the following article for Apollo ApolloIIntegrated SNA Facility details on the SR1O.l discontinuance. When the ApolloIIntegrated SNA Facil- Apollo/IBM ity (PIN LAAOAxxx) is used in con- networking products junction with an SNA interface card (either the Serial Controller-AT card General obsolescence or the Channel Controller-AT card, Support for SRlO.1 below). it provides communications between an Apollo workstation and an The ApolloISNA-3270 discontinued IBM processor. (PIN LA7OAxxx) and ApolloISNA LU 6.2 (PIN LA36Axxx) products will be Features and benejts As of January 1, 1991, support for the replaced by the combination of the DomainIOS release 10.1 will be discon- enhanced Integrated SNA products The SNA Facility is the base IBM tinued. The SR1O.l operating system (ApolloIIntegrated SNA 3270, communications requirement, along was first shipped in December 1988; PIN LA36Axxx, andlor ApolloIInte- with the SNA interface card. It offers a year later, in December 1989, the grated SNA LU 6.2 (PIN LAAlAxxx) an important new advantage to users, SR10.2 operating system was shipped. and the Integrated SNA Facility, effec- who now have the ability to run Inte- The SR10.3 operating system was tive February 1, 1991. Starting on that grated SNA 3270 and Integrated SNA shipped in the first week of October date, users will be unable to order the LU 6.2 simultaneously. They will be 1990. As of January 1990, SRIO.1 will existing products and should order the able to run other Integrated SNA be two years old and users will have enhanced products instead (see related services as they become available. had a full year to upgrade. article). Users on support services will The product includes run-time code receive the enhanced product automati- to implement LU 6.2 verbs, which Beginning January 1, users calling in cally. Consequently, Hewlett-Packard means that users whose LU 6.2 appli- to the HP Response Center with prob- will no longer support the existing cations already include the LU 6.2 lems on SR1O.l will be encouraged products. verb calls can run the application to upgrade to the latest DomainIOS PIN LA7OAxxx, ApolloISNA-3270 - directly on the SNA Facility product. release 10.3. Patches to SRIO.l will not be provided. Support for DomainIOS Replacement PIN LAA20xxx. The Apollo/Integrated LU 6.2 product release 10.2 will still be provided. This ApolloIIntegrated SNA 3270 is not required in this case. is in keeping with the Hewlett-Packard PIN LA36Axxx, ApollolSNA LU policy of supporting only the current 6.2 - Replacement PIN LAAlAxxx, ApolloIIntegrated SNA LU 6.2 Apollollntegrated SNA 3270 Apollo/Integrated SNA LU 6.2 Features and benefits

The Apollo/Integrated SNA 3270 The ApolloIIntegrated SNA LU 6.2 a This product allows ApolloIIntegrated (PIN LAA20xxx) allows interactive (PIN LAAlAxxx) extends Apollo's net- SNA 3270 and ApolloIIntegrated communications between an Apollo working capabilities to include IBM's SNA LU 6.2 to run over a high-speed workstation and an IBM Systeml370- Advanced Peer-to-Peer Cornmunica- channel to the IBM processor, so compatible mainframe using SNA 3270 tions (APPC). It allows program-to- that users who have requirements for protocols. Apollo workstation termi- program communications between high data transfers can communicate nals, monitors, and printers on the the Apollo workstation and an IBM between the Apollo workstation and Apollo workstations running ISNA computer. the IBM processor without loss of 3270 emulate the functions of IBM 3278 performance. terminals (Models 2, 3, 4, and 5). Features and benefits Transfer of SNA data has been tested at 55 Kbytes per second, and non- Features and benefits ApolloIIntegrated SNA LU 6.2 is a developer's kit that enables Apollo SNA data at 600 Kbytes per second. ' Apollo/Integrated SNA 3270 enables workstation users to develop an appli- This gives the user high-volume data Apollo workstations to emulate IBM cation program on the workstation. transfer capability. 3270 terminals. This allows the use of The program can then communicate the Apollo workstation to carry out with a related application program Channel Access Method Protocol interactive 3270 sessions with the on an IBM processor, such as a Sys- The Channel Access Method Protocol IBM host. tem/370 mainframe or AS1400. Users (PIN LAA90BAD) is an application An important new feature of this who need to distribute processing development kit for moving non-SNA product is PC file transfer, which across their network have access to data across the channel (using the mainframe and IBM system databases allows users to transfer files across Channel Controller-AT product) while utilizing the capabilities of the the SNA network. between the Apollo workstation and Apollo workstation. the IBM mainframe. The combination of this product The combination of PIN LAAlAxxx (PIN LAA20xxx) and the Integrated and the Integrated SNA Facility Features and benefits SNA Facility (PIN LAAOAxxx) PIN LAAOAxxx replaces The product is a tool kit for writing replaces PIN LA70Axxx, which will PIN LA36Axxx, which will be non-SNA file transfer applications. be removed from the February 1991 removed from the February 1991 Users who need to transfer non-SNA HP Price List. This product is licensed HP Price List. data at channel-attached speeds per session on a concurrent network can use this product to meet that license basis. Channel Controller-AT requirement. The Channel Controller-AT (PIN COM-CHAT) provides high-speed Ordering information channel connections to the IBM main- frame for workstations equipped with Product No. Description an AT-compatible bus. All of the inte- LAAOAxxx ApolloIIntegrated SNA grated SNA products previously listed Facility will run over the Channel Controller-AT LAA20xxx ApolloIIntegrated SNA 3270 card. LAAlAxxx ApolloIIntegrated SNA LU 6.2 COM-CHAT Channel Controller-AT rLAA90BAD Channel Access Method Protocol

NOVEMBER 1990 HP Channels Apollo HP- LIX I COM-EXEC for Norton Utilities ported to HP-UX

The Norton Utilities for HP-UX brings I Features and benefits the legendary Norton Utilities - use Norton UnErase to recover lost or The recently introduced COM-EXEC including UnErase - HP-UX for erased files T1 bridge card is a high-speed serial unprecedented power, safety, and con- processor and driver software that venience. Interactive Systems Corpora- use Norton List Directory to print a connects Apollo Series 3500 or 4500 tion, in partnership with Peter Norton maintenance list of system files, direc- workstations or servers to T1 communi- Computing, Inc. and Segue Software, tories, and subdirectories cations lines for bridging of DomainIOS Inc., has implemented the famous DOS- quickly locate files. or search for text and TCPIIP protocols between geo- based Norton Utilities on an HP-UX. within a file, and operate within huge graphically separated Apollo worksta- directory hierarchies tions. It is targeted toward companies Comprehensive and flexible, The with Apollo workstations in separate Norton Utilities for HP-UX helps users use WIPEDISC and WIPEFILE to locations in which they would like to rescue erased files and directories, ensure confidential data has been configure and administer as a single diagnose disk problems without damag- irrecoverably erased network. ing "live" data, make it easy for users use Norton File information to to manage files, and replaces cumber- organize large directories and reduce Features and benefits some "expert" systems tools with clutter For users who want a single Apollo friendlier and more powerful full- Domain network to span a wide geo- screen equivalents. Norton Utilities port is scheduled for graphic area, the new COM-EXEC completion and release by February product fills this need when used in With its full-screen color interface, 1991. The product will be on the HP pairs to connect Series 3500 or 4500 pull-down menus, and on-line help, Price List and initially remarketed workstations (or equivalent servers) to The Norton Utilities for HP-UX is the through HP DIRECT for the U.S. It the opposite ends of a T1 communica- de facto standard for system utilities - will also be preloaded on Instant Igni- tions line. The resulting network has providing users with a number of new tion disk drives and distributed by all the transparency and administrative system tools and more convenient ver- releasing a password over the phone convenience that Apollo workstation sions of HP-UX commands. In all, to those end users who wish to users demand. COM-EXEC provides there is a total of 18 utilities. purchase it. equivalent functionality to the COM- BRG-A product, which runs only in Target markets The product will be released on DSP 80190 servers. Primary - Commercial and begin- HP 9000 Series 300 and 400 worksta- ning systems users who interact with tions. A promotional introductory price Configuration HP-UX only through application will be available in the first few months of the product release. A risk imple- A COM-EXEC drives one end of a menu or window interface, and need to recover lost or erased files. mentation will follow the first release. T1 communications line, and requires Norton Utilities will be OSFlMotif a host of Series 3500 or 4500 work- Secondary - Experienced or tech- based, and will run under X11. station or server running SR10.3 or nical systems users - such as sys- greater. A minimum of 8 Mbytes main tem administrators and software Hewlett-Packard will be the first UNlX memory in the host is recommended. A developers - who need to find out system workstation platform in the Series 3500 or 4500 host can accept a how much space is occupied by a file industry to have Norton available; other maximum of two COM-EXEC boards. or want to move it to another file sys- platforms may follow. Contact your HP tem, or use Norton Shell Enhancer to representative for more information. Each COM-EXEC to T1 connection develop tutorial demonstrations. requires a CSUIDSU modem (supplied by user) and a cable (CB-SYNC-232, CB-SYNC-449, or CB-SYNC-V35, available from HP). COM-EXEC is not compatible with COM-BRG-A. A COM-EXEC and a COM-BRG-A will not interoperate at opposite ends of a T1 line.

HP CHANNELS November 1990 HP- VX The price of the Vl360 has been increased. It is now the current list V/360 restructuring price of PINS E1481A and E1481L com- Also in this issue bined. As before, users may need to Currently, the Vl360 VXI embedded order the operating system media and Upcoming seminars for controller (PIN E1480A) includes a manual products (the media and HP VABs 1 license-to-use for HP BASICIUX and manuals for HP-UX, HP BASICIUX, HP-UX. The software necessary or HP BASICIWS). DDS support on HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 to access VXI with the Vl360 workstations (PIN E1481AlL) is sold separately. The VXIbus drivers (PIN E1481A) are 15 required for the Vl360 to access the Announcing new Two issues have come up that warrant VXI backplane to both message-based Domain/OS printer a change in the Vl360 structure. First and register-based devices. They are not connectivity products 18 of all, the HP BASIC workstation plat- required when a Command Module is HP Precision Tools form will now be able to support the being used, but these drivers do pro- now supported on new Vl360. Therefore, some users will not vide many features and performance HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 have a need for the HP BASICIUX or improvements that can be advantageous workstations 20 HP-UX licenses, but will have a need even when a Command Module is HP mO/X terminals for an HP BASICIWS license. (The installed in the mainframe. Without now supported on HP BASICIWS 6.0 is now structured as these drivers, there is no difference Apollo systems a separate license and medialmanuals between a standard 360 and a Vl360, 21 product .) except for the form factor.

Secondly, users have sent in requests to include the PIN E1481AlL software with HP- VX the Vl360, since it is inconvenient to order it separately. HP 9000 Model 310 Listed below is the new structure for discontinuance the Vl360 (which became effective October 1): After a long and successful product life, the time has come for the HP 9000 Product No. Description Model 310 to be discontinued. The E1480A Vl360 controller, included in Model 310 was first introduced in the standard product: HP-UX August 1985. Since that time, over platform; HP-UX license-to- use (no change from present 65,000 systems have been sold, mak- structure); BASICIUX license- ing it the most successful HP 9000 to-use (no change from present Series 300 workstation. The models structure); PIN E1481L VXIbus affected by this discontinuance are drivers license-to-use (addition to structure); and E1481A listed below. Opt. AGI VXIbus software (addition to structure) P/N 98561A, Model 310 SPU - Opt. AGC Substitute HP-UX platform Replaced by Model 332 SPU with HP BASIC workstation (PIN 98572A) platform, instead of the above components. will include: PIN 98580B, Model 310M - HP BASICIWS license-to-use; Replaced by Model 332MMA PIN E1481L VXlbus Drivers (PIN 98580C) license-to-use; and PIN E1481A Opt. AGC VXIbus software for PIN 98581B, Model 310C - Replaced HP BASICIWS by Model 332CMA (PIN 98581C)

The Model 310 will enter into a 10-year support life beginning April 1, 1991. 1 Contact your HP representative for more information.

NOVEMBER 1990 I HP Channels 3 Product No. Description performance improvements D2124A* HP AdvanceLink Windows system administration improvements manual I General D2434A* HP AdvanceLink Windows System requirements user license upgrade / New User License D2107A HP AdvanceLink Mac standard HP Vectra 386 or 486 PC package minimum 40 Mbytes of hard disk Program products D2117A HP AdvanceLink Mac user license storage The User License Program lets direct D2125A* HP AdvanceLink Mac manual minimum 4 Mbytes RAM memory and dealer channel users purchase PC 27536AL HP Word PC standard product console, either a terminal connected 27536J* HP Word PC user license office software standard packages (disks . product to a serial port, or a graphics and manuals) and user licenses (allows subsystem copying standard package disks onto 27536K* HP Word PC manual 27591A* HP Word PC user license one PC). We recommend a minimum upgrade Ordering information user license order of 25. For some 32583F* HP AdvancePrint standard products, direct channel users can buy product Product No. Description one manual per user license, or a user 32583JL HP AdvancePrint user license D2046C SCO UNIX System V1386 Release 3.2.2, operating sys- license upgrade that allows copying 1 32583KL HP AdvancePrint manual upgraded standard package disks onto tem, 5 %-inch disk media Opt. ABA U.S. English version one PC. *Dire(-rChannel only producrs Opt. ABB Europe multilingual version Opt. ABM Latin American version Direct channel users may qualify for Other products will migrate from the D2046D SCO UNIX System Vl386 volume discounts on VEU Exhibit Corporate Site License Program to the Release 3.2.2, operating sys- A1000, VAR A1001, or Educational tem, 3%-inch disk media new User License Program by Decem- Opt. ABA U.S. English version Exhibit AE09V (refer to exhibits for ber 1, 1990. Contact your HP represen- Opt. ABB Europe multilingual version specific discounts). Manuals are non- tative for more information. discountable. Users purchasing dealer These products replace SCO UNIX channel products can get comparable System V1386 Release 3.2.0 prices. (PINS D2046A and D2046B, same Desktop language options as above). An upgrade HP NewWave, NewWave Access, and kit to move Release 3.2.0 users to AdvanceLink DOS are already par- New version of SCO Release 3.2.2 will be available through ticipating in this program. UNIX operating HP DIRECT (see phone ordering num- bers listed in the Supplies section of this Product No. Description system publication). HP AdvanceMail standard product SCO UNIX System V1386 Release 3.2.2 SCO is a frczdernark of The Sun fa Cruz HP AdvanceMail user license from Hewlett-Packard is available on Operafion. HP AdvanceMail user manual the November 1 HP Price List. Release UNIX is a regisrered ~radernarkof AT&T in [he HP AdvanceMail documenta- 3.2.2 is an update of Release 3.2.0. SCO US.A and other countries. lion set UNIX System V1386 is a multiuser, HP AdvanceMail user license upgrade multitasking, run-time operating system HP NewWave Mail standard for HP Vectra 386 and 486 PCs. SCO Desktop product UNIX System V1386 delivers full 32-bit HP NewWave Mail user license multiuser functionality and complies Diseontinuance of HP NewWave Mail license with all major international standards. HP Vectra 486 HP NewWave mail user license upgrade New features of Release 3.2.2 Model 150 PC HP AdvanceLink Windows standard package support for up to 256 Mbytes of memory HP AdvanceLink Windows The HP Vectra 486 Model 150 PC user license enhanced and additional ISA SCSI (PIN D2221A) will be discontinued and drivers removed from the HP Price List on optical media support for CD-ROM December 1, 1990. Orders will be accepted through December 31, 1990. HP CHANNELS November 1990 The HP Vectra 486 Model 150 PC run tests and capture problems. The utilizes the 152-Mbyte ESDI drive captured data can then be forwarded (PIN D1446A), which was discontinued to a central site where detailed and November 1, 1990. The capacity points General more time-consuming analysis can be offered by the 108- and 158-Mbyte performed in a post-processing mode, ESDI drives are now provided by the PC utilities using an MS-DOS PC. new 120- and 168-Mby te Embedded-AT disk drive accessories introduced applicatwns available In addition to post processing data October 1, 1990. Users should migrate for HP 4951C/52A/ on a PC, the decoded displays can be to the new Embedded-AT drives as they stored to a disk file and then easily offer more capacity, improved reliabil- 54A/Z/AX integrated into documentation com- ity, and better performance at a lower plete with the appropriate annotations. price. The HP 495X PC utilities Contact your HP representative for Users who need less than 200 Mbytes (PIN 5062-2183), which ship standard more information and for a copy of of mass storage are encouraged to add with every HP 4951C, 4952A, and the PC utilities product brief, the new Embedded-AT accessory drives 4954A/I/AX, are a set of application PIN 5952-3699. to an HP Vectra 486 Model 1 PC programs that run on IBM-compatible B (PIN D2220A). This solution allows the MS-DOS computers. The utilities MS-DOS is a US. registered trademark of user to take advantage of the improved enable users to remotely control and Microsofr Corporation. hard disk drive features. analyze test data at a central site. They are targeted toward network service Ordering information organizations (NSOs). The utilities are available as PIN 5062-2183 for users Mass Storage I Product No. Description who already own an HP protocol - -- DDS suppport on analyzer. D1679A 120-Mbyte Embedded-AT hard disk drive HP Apollo 9000 D1680A 168-Mbyte Embedded-AT hard Features and benefits disk drive Series 400 PC remote control sofrware - This I D2220A HP Vectra 486 Model 1 PC I software cost-effectively allows users workstations to control HP WAN protocol ana- lyzers from a PC, eliminating the need for a dedicated protocol analyzer HP's DDS-format tape drives provide at both the central and remote test 1.3 Gbytes capacity on a single piece of sites. media. With a transfer rate of 11 Mbytes Also in this issue a minute, a user can potentially back up PCfile compatibility sofrware - over 600 Mbytes in less than an hour. Allows users to move disk files The drives are ideally suited for low- PC utilities applications between HP WAN protocol analyzers cost unattended backup of workstations available for HP 4951C/ and MS-DOS PCs. Once files are in and networks. We have had many ~~A/S~A/Z/AX 15 the MS-DOS environment, they can enquiries about support for DDS (DAT) 108- and 152-Mbye hard be analyzed with PC protocol analysis tape drives on the HP Apollo 9000 disk drive discontinuance 16 software or other user-developed Series 400 workstations- both HP-UX 40-Mbyte hard disk drive analysis tools. and Domain 01s. The following infor- discontinuance 16 PC protocol analysis (decode) mation clarifies both current and software - Allows users to perform planned support. analysis of data captured on HP pro- tocol analyzers. Decodes provided HP-UX 7.017.03 support include: BOPS (HDLC, SDLC, LAP, Series 400s - supports internal LAPB); COPS (async, BSC, Poll- DDS tape drive (see Note 1); select, IPARS); X.25 (including facil- standalone DDS tape drive; and ity fields); and SNA (including BIND storage subsystem (HP Series 6000 parameters). Models 330S1660S), DDS option. Applications - Technicians can use continued on next page the dedicated protocol analyzers to

NOVEMBER 1990 HP Channels Mass Storage Networks Series 400t - supports stand- alone DDS tape drive; and stor- 108- and 152-Mbyte HP establishes new age subsystem (HP Series 6000 Models 330S/660S), DDS option. hard disk drive distributed computing Notes discontinuance standards 1. The Internal DDS tape drive for the HP Apollo 9000 Series 400s deskside The 108-Mbyte (PIN D1445A) and Hewlett-Packard has recently taken system currently can be ordered only 152-Mbyte (PIN D1446A) half-height substantial additional steps in defining as a jeld upgrade kit (P/N A1447A). 5 %-inch ESDI hard disk drive accesso- industry-accepted standards for dis- The factory-installed version will be ries for the HP Vectra QSl16S, QSl20, tributed computing that gives HP a available when the 68040-based sys- and 486 PCs will be removed from the strong competitive edge today across all tems are introduced. November HP Price List. Orders will HP computing platforms, especially in be accepted through November 30, the highly competitive workstation 2. HP-VX does not currently support a 1990. arena. DDS boot capability. This is under investigation for possible inclusion in Due to the October introduction of HP's solutions comprise a major part of HP- VX 8.0. the new 120-Mbyte (PIN D1679A) and an emerging new standard distributed 3. Series 300 workstations - The stand- 168-Mbyte (PIN D1680A) embedded-AT environment defined by Open Systems alone DDS drive and the DDS option disk drive accessories (see October Foundation, a nonprofit company. for the storage subsystem (HP Series issue of HP Channels), the 108- and 6000 Models 330S/660S) are also 152-Mbyte drives are no longer needed. Open Systems Foundation has solicited supported on the Series 300 worksta- Users who need these capacity points the entire industry to acquire and tions under HP-VX 70. should migrate to the improved 120- develop technology required to create a and 168-Mbyte hard disk drives. These vendor-neutral computing environment , ~omain01s support new drives provide more capacity, that solves the industrywide problem of improved reliability, immediate availa- transparent distributed computing in The plan is for DDS support on bility, and better performance - all at heterogeneous environments, facilitat- Domain 01s (for the Series 400 work- a lower cost. ing the creation and use of distributed stations) to be introduced at the same applications. time as the 68040-based workstations. DDS support is also planned for the This computing environment, called DN2500, DN3500, DN4500, and Muss Storage Distributed Computing Environment DNIOOOO systems. 40-Mbyte hard disk (DCE), addresses several business needs such as faster and more transpar- Contact your HP representative for ent access to accurate and secured more information. drive discontinuance information, lower computer network- ing administration, multivendor net- Ordering information The 40-Mbyte half-height 5%-inch working, and growth. These business ST-506 hard disk drive accessory needs are addressed with functions such Product No. Description (PIN D1297A) for the HP Vectra ES and as interoperability in a heterogeneous C1512A Standalone SCSI DDS tape ESl12 PCs will be removed from the network; ease of distributed applica- drive November HP Price List. tion development and administration; C2212A113A HP Series 6000 Model 330SI 660s storage subsystem. SCSI network security: network perfor- DDS option The HP Vectra ESl12 PC was discon- mance; data availability; and network Opt. 003 Factory instaIled tinued in September, resulting in low scalability. C2292A Field upgrade kit demand for the HP D1297A subsystem. Orders will be accepted through Selling points For Series 400 internal SCSl DDS tape drive November 30, 1990. A1447A FieId upgrade kit OSF DCE is a significant milestone 92283A Box of five DDS cassettes for the marketplace because it provides standard solutions to very common dis- tributed computing problems that are increasingly getting more critical due to the tremendous changes networking is undergoing today.

HP CHANNELS November 1990 For example, personal computers and I Nerworks workstations are directly connected to local area networks, which are inter- / HP DlW6 and DTC/48 rack cabinets connected via high-speed worldwide networks. Suddenly, the potential exists With the introduction of the Idport If you have questions regarding these for any user to communicate to other DTC (PIN 2340A), many users have products, contact HP DIRECT at one users, or access data from millions of expressed interest in rack cabinets for of the numbers listed in the Supplies other computers. this product. This article will describe section at the end of this issue. the available cabinets for both the new The resulting complex network of peo- DTC1613000 and the DTC4813000 Ordering information ple, computers, and data requires an (PIN 2345A). environment that allows information to ~roductNo. ~escri~tion flow from wherever it is stored to wher- Cabinets for DTC16 HP MC16/3000 ever it is needed, without exposing the The cabinet that houses the HP 3000 92211R System cabinet for 325-mm network complexity to the end user wide HP 9000 technical work- while keeping networking administra- Series 37, MICRO 3000, and station devices tion costs down. This is precisely the MICRO 3000XE can also hold up 92211s Rail kit for PIN 92211R mini- to three DTC16s. This cabinet environment that OSF DCE defines. rack cabinet, contains 4 sets of (PIN 92211R), is available from rails and 10 modular locks 92211T Filler panel kit for PIN 92211R HP is a leader in providing the technol- HP DIRECT. Also required is the rail kit (PIN 92211S), which includes four minirack cabinet, contains ogy accepted by OSF for DCE. This 20 snap-in panels includes support for remote procedure sets of rails and module locks. Filler panels, used to fill empty space not HP MC48/3000 calls, security, PC integration, diskless A1052A DTC48 rack mount kit, operation, and network-naming facili- occupied by the DTCs, are available and serve a cosmetic purpose only. includes mounting rails and ties. HP also contributed in the specifi- cable management cation of a distributed file service for 19-inch EIA rack cabinet. Cabinets for DTC48 720-mm high DCE. 1 4629w Three cabinets are available from 19-inch EIA rack cabinet, 1,000-mm high HP not only earned acceptance of its HP DIRECT, with heights of 720mm, 1 46298B proposals, it also has products to back 19-inch EIA rack cabinet, 1,000mm, and 1,600mm, to house two, 1,600-mm high them that can be used to solve the dis- 1 46298C three, or five DTC48s, respectively. 46298E Front door for 720-mm rack tributed computing needs in businesses These cabinets include top and side cabinet today. panels only. Front and rear doors can Front door for 1,000-mm rack be ordered separately as options. Note 1 46298F cabinet This fact is especially significant when that for the 1,600-mm cabinet racked 4629% Front door for 1,600-mm rack considering OSF migration on HP-UX with five DTCs, rear doors are not cabinet or Domain 01s workstations since they supported due to cooling concerns. 46298H Rear door for 720-mm rack have several of the key components of For each DTC48 to be racked, a DTC cabinet

OSF DCE available today or in the near rack-mount kit (PIN A1052A) must be Rear door for 1,000-mm rack 46298J cabinet future. This makes HP-UX and Domain ordered. This kit includes mounting 1 40101A Filler panel, 1.75 inches high 01s workstations the best positioned rails and cable management. Filler workstations on the market today to panels are also available for these 40102A Filler panel, 3.5 inches high take advantage of OSF DCE. cabinets. I 40103A Filler panel, 5.25 inches high 1 40104A Filler panel, 7 inches high In addition, several of the components HP DIRECT is working to develop a 40105A Filler panel, 8.75 inches high of OSF DCE, such as AFS and Passwrd rack-mount kit to house the new DTC16 40106A Filler panel, 10.5 inches high Etc (based on NCS technology), are in these cabinets as well. Watch future turnkey solutions, not requiring addi- issues of HP Channels for more details. *Quantity discounts are available on many of tional programming by the user. Some these products. DCE components, such as NCS, can be used as tools by ISVs and end-users for customized distributed computing that best fits the particular business needs of the end user.

For more information on OSF DCE, contact your HP representative. I NOVEMBER 1990 HP Channels Nerworks Increased connectivity - Up to 1,024 for X and GPR bitmaps (with X Win- virtual circuits can be opened fromlto dow System and SR 10.3), and HP-GL2 HP DWX.25 XL one network interface (NI). Previ- support for PCL 5 devices. Likewise. network link ously, users were limited to the maxi- the software includes a device driver mum number of virtual circuits on that will select and implement features enhancements provide one card: 256 virtual circuits per based on the printer capabilities such as DTC48 and 32 virtual circuits per paper tray selection and simplexlduplex increased connectivity DTC16. operation (singleldouble-sided print- ing). Serial and parallel versions are Increased eficiency - When estab- offered to match node interface type With MPE XL release 2.2, users will be lishing a new connection, the MPE and user performance requirements. able to configure multiple DTClX.25 XL host can select the DTCIX.25 Network Access cards with the same IP card that is the least busy by utilizing HP product-line positioning address. This functionality is provided loading information provided by the in the X.25 XL System Access product DTC. HP offers the industry's market-leading (PIN 36939A), which is a component of printers in a single source solution, the DTClX.25 XL Network Link. Prior For more information, please contact while providing the best network printer to MPE XL release 2.2, the DTClX.25 your HP representative or see the arti- architecture in the industry for shared implementation was limited to one cle entitled "Enhanced DTC Manage- printer use at competitive prices ($200 card per IP address. A combination of ment Platform" in the October issue of range plus interface board, if required). DTC48 and DTC16 X.25 Network HP Channels. Access cards can be used per each IP Configurations address. When used in conjunction with OpenView DTC Manager release 6.0, The printer connectivity products con- MPE XL 2.2 also provides for load Printers tain filter and driver software and balancing between DTCIX. 25 Network installation documentation. The serial Access cards. The X.25 XL System Announcing new kit contains a serial cable, the parallel Access is targeted toward 900 Series DomainlOS printer kit contains a parallel board and HP 3000 users requiring increased cabling, and the parallel kit I1 contains X.25 connectivity and performance. connectivity products a parallel cable for the standard HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 Centronics Features and benefits interface. The connectivity products are Products integrate HP printers into supported under DomainIOS SR10.2 Increased performance - overall Apollo DomainIOS networks as shared onwards, on the Series 2500, 3010, X.25 throughput is increased by resources. Any user on a network can 3500, 4000,4500, 10000, and allowing an MPE XL host to access queue files to any supported HP printer HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 platforms, several DTCIX.25 cards, without on the network. Connectivity products except as noted in the Supported config- needing to fragment the network by will support industry-standard ASCII, urations table below. The printers sup- assigning different IP addresses to Postscript printing (HP LaserJet IID, ported are the HP LaserJet 11, LaserJet each card. LaserJet IIID, and LaserJet 111 printers IID, LaserJet IIP, LaserJet 111, and or with optional cartridge on Single card performance - unchanged LaserJet IIID printers, and future HP HP LaserJet IIP printer), raster support from earlier releases. laser printers. Improved reliability - if one card Supported configurations fails, it is possible to move that card's traffic to another card. This provides I Interface product DomainlOS Printer 1 greater reliability and increased sys- Serial LaserJet PCL All tem uptime. Parallel LaserJet PCL interface kit All, except Series 2500, HP Apollo 9000 Series 400d1, 4001425t I Parallel Lasedet PCL interface kit All HP 9000 Series 400 except 400dl All

HP CHANNELS November 1990 Use the Pretty Faces font cartridge to Ordering information Prodkt No. gript ti on add variety to special documents such - - - as fliers, posters, overhead transparen- HP RuggedWriter printer Product No. Description / 1 (RS-232-C, Centronics) cies, invitations, and announcements. A1904A Serial LaserJet PCL HP RuggedWriter printer The larger point sizes are especially AI905A Parallel LaserJet PCL interface (HP-IB, RS-232-C) useful for headlines and poster text. The kit HP RuggedWriter printer unusual symbols and ornaments of ITC AIW6A Parallel LaserJet PCL interface (2235A with sheetfeeder) Zapf Dingbats make the Pretty Faces kit I1 HP RuggedWriter printer cartridge useful for documents requir- (2235B with sheetfeeder) ing unique and fun type. Printers are available through the dealer HP 2934 printer (RS-232-Cl422) channel and are on the current HP Price The Pretty Faces font cartridge includes HP 2235 U.S. sheetfeeder List. Connectivity products will be type sizes ranging from 14 to 54 points, HP 2235 European A4 making it the first bit-mapped font car- available through the Apollo Direct sheetfeeder Channel, 800-225-5290, and the tridge from HP to include type sizes November HP Price List. For more larger than 24 points. Also included is information, contact your HP For more information, please contact AutoFont Support software on 5 5/4- and representative. your HP representative. 3%-inch disks. AutoFont Support files are needed by an application to allow the user to select fonts and format text

Printers correctly. Printers New pricing for New Pretty Faces font The Pretty Faces font cartridge is avail- able immediately from HP-authorized HP ThinkJet, cartridge introduced dealers.

QuietJet, and Hewlett-Packard has introduced a RuggedWriter printers new bit-mapped font cartridge for the HP LaserJet Series 11, IIP, 2000, 111, and IIID printers. This product is the Effective October 1, 1990, the U.S. list latest addition to the HP MasterType prices for the following printer products Library of bit-mapped fonts and was increased: scalable typefaces.

Product No. Description The Pretty Faces font cartridge HP Thinklet printer (HP-IB) (PIN C2053A Opt. C09) features five HP ThinkJet printer (HPIL, decorative typefaces and one novelty battery power) typeface in a variety of sizes: HP ThinkJet printer (Centronics parallel) 1 Typeface Point size HP Thinklet printer (RS-232-C 18 serial) Microstyle Bold Extended 36 HP ThinkJet printer (Centronics, battery power) Thunderbird Extra Condensed 54 HP Quietlet PLUS printer Hobo Medium 14. 30 (RS-232-C, Centronics) Signet Roundhand 14, 18 HP Quietlet PLUS printer ITC Zapf Dingbats 18. 36 (HP-IB) HP QuieLlet printer (RS-232-C, Centronics parallel)

NOVEMBER 1990 HP Channels Prinfrrs Printers New WndowslOS/2 HP Precision Tools AppleTalk - drivers available for now supported on HP LaserJet printer HP LaserJet 111 and new HP Apollo 9000 tools updute ZZZD printers Series 400 workstations Available in the US. and Canada onlv WindowslOSI2 printer drivers are now Hewlett-Packard now has an updated available for HP LaserJet 111 and IIID The HP Precision Tools program printer tools disk for the AppleTalk printers with the PCL 5 printer lan- announces the availability of tools on interface kit (PIN 33416A). The guage. The new drivers support addi- the new HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 AppleTalk interface kit connects the tional functionality of the HP LaserJet workstations. The HP Precision Tools HP LaserJet IID, 111, and IIID printers printers. For Windows, there are new include HP Device Interface System to Macintosh computers. 2X and 3.0 drivers available. Three sep- (HP DIS), HP Interactive Visual Inter- arate drivers exist for OSl2 versions 1.1, face (HP IVI), HP Real-Time Database Features 1.2, and 1.21. For the Presentations (HP RTDB), and HP Software Integra- Manager user, these printer drivers will tion Sockets (HP Sockets). The update provides Macintosh users provide access to PCL 5 printer lan- of the HP LaserJet IIID printer with a guage features such as: Ordering information "Page Setup" dialog box and a "Print" dialog box that allow access to the support for internal scalable typefaces I Product No. Description I printer's advanced paper handling and and bit-mapped fonts 92568A HP Software Integration Resolution Enhancement technology support for accessory font products, Sockets features. Opt. UA2 4 processes both scalable and bit-mapped Opt. UA5 16 processes The update disk also contains Aldus AutoFont support Opt. UA8 48 processes Opt. UAA 96 processes Printer Description (APD) files for raster compression 92572A HP Real-Time Database devel- Aldus Pagemaker customers. These opment copy files allow easier access to features HP LaserJet IIID printer support Opt. AEL For Models 808, 815, 822 (OSl2 version 1.21 only) Opt. AEM For Models 825, 832, 835, specific to the HP LaserJet IIP, IID, 111, 845,635,645 and IIID printers when using Aldus Opt. AEN For Model 840 Pagemaker. The 0512 version 1.1 driver supports all Opt. AEP For Models 850, 855, 870l100. PCL 4 printers (HP LaserJet Series 11: 8701200 IID, and IIP printers). These drivers are Opt. AEQ For Series 300 and 400 No changes have been made to the available from Hewlett-Packard's Spec- 92576A HP Interactive Visual Interface interface board or to the Postscript traFax service by dialing 208-344-4809 development copy cartridge (PIN 33439P). The inter- Opt. AEL For Models 808. 815, 820 from your fax machine and following face kit and Postscript cartridge that Opt. AEM For Models 825, 832, 835, shipped before October 1 support the thc prompts. The Windows/OS/2 845,635, 645 HP LaserJet printer drivers have also Opt. AEN For Model 840 HP LaserJet IIID printer. However, Opt. AEP For Models 850, 855, 8701100, users will need to select their preferred been posted onto the HP forum in 8701200 CompuServe. setting of Resolution Enhancement Opt. AEQ For Series 300 and 400 from the front panel and then use the 92580A HP Device Interface System For more information about these development copy HP LaserJet IID printer driver for drivers, call HP's Personal Peripherals Opt. AEL For Models 808, 815, 822 "Page Setup" and "Print" commands. Opt. AEM For Models 825, 832, 835, Assist Line at 208-323-2551. 845,635, 645 Opt. AEN For Model 840 Opt. AEP For Models 850, 855. 8701100, 8701200 1 Opt. AEQ For Series 300 and 400

Note: E-copy versions arc available for all products and options previously listed at 25 percenr of the A-copy prrces (US. list). Contact your HP representative for more information. HP CHANNELS L November 1990 The update kit (PIN 33449-60018) con- Printers Printers tains a 3 %-inch disk with the updated printer tools resource, a revised Components to HP LaserJet printer AppleTalk Interface User's Guide, a configure HP LaserJet memory price revised Postscript Cartridge User's Guide, and the APD files. ZIP printers for Apple reduction Ordering information Macintosh available Effective October 1, 1990, HP LaserJet The updated Printer Tools disk is now Series I1 and IID printer 1- and 2-Mbyte being shipped with the AppleTalk Beginning October 1, 1990, all the memory board prices were reduced. interface kit. For those users who pur- components necessary to configure an The price of the 4-Mbyte memory chased the HP LaserJet IIID printer, an HP LaserJet IIP printer for the Apple board remains the same. For more AppleTalk interface kit, and Postscript Macintosh are available under a single information, contact your HP cartridge before October 1, 1990, a free product number. The HP LaserJet IIP representative. driver update kit is available. To order printer (PIN 33471B) for the Apple Macintosh is available in two config- directly, call 303-353-7650 and ask for ( Product No. Description 1 HP LaserJet IIID printer tools. uration options: 33443B 1-Mbyte memory board Users can also fax HP FIRST (fax Product No. Description 33444B 2-Mhyte memory board i information retrieval support technol- 334718 HP LaserJet IIP printer for ogy) at 208-344-4809. Orders placed Apple Macintosh with this number will be forwarded to I Opt. 001 Includes: base printer (PIN 33471A), PostScript car- the direct number. tridge (PIN 33439P), Apple- I Talk interface (PIN 33417A), HP 700/X terminals The new driver can also be downloaded and 1-Mbyte memory hoard from CompuServe under the HP andlor I (PIN 33474B) Opt. 002 Includes the same components now supported on Apple printer forum. If you only need for Opt. 001 (except the the Aldus Printer Descriptions (APDs), 1-Mhyte nlemory board) and Apollo systems they can be downloaded from Compu- 2-Mbyte memory board Serve under the Aldus forum or from (PIN 33475B) The HP 700lX second-generation AppleLink on the Aldus Developers X-terminals are now supported to boot bulletin board. Contact your HP Please remember that one of the con- off the HP Apollo Series 2500, 3500, representative for more information. figuration options must be selected in addition to the base product number, 4500, and 10000 systems. The Apollo and that the prodncts are shipped as Domain X-server %-inch cartridge separate components. The dealer or the software tape (PIN C2312A) for end user must still configure the printer. HP 700lX terminals, contains the host-downloadable XI1 server code, Contact your HP representative for more information. BOOTP, X11 R2lR3 fonts, and a com- piler to convert fonts to 700lX format. continued on next page

NOVEMBER 1990 UP Channels Ordering information Features and benefits Only one copy of the Domain X-server Proven product at low cost - product software tape is required per user site. was tested and approved by HP to be Supplies To ensure that you continue to receive compatible with HP instruments and the latest revision of the server soft- Zntroducing computers ware, contact your HP representative No programming needed - to make sure you are included on soft- HP-ZB-to-Centronics transparent to systems, easy to use ware support services for the HP 7001X terminals. interface converter for Small and simple to install - HP-ZB instruments installation takes only minutes, just For detailed configuration and order- connect an HP-IB cable (PIN 10833A) ing information on the HP 700lX and computers to one end of the MicroPrint, a Cen- terminals, order the technical data tronics (parallel) cable (PIN 92284A) sheet (PIN 5952-1953) from your to the other end, and plug it in HP representative. The MicroPrint 45CH (PIN 922035, U.S.; PIN 92203K, international) is Switch-selectuble address an HP-IB-to-Centronics interface con- verter. The MicroPrint 45CH allows an Ordering information HP-IB instrument or computer to print - - - Description to a Centronics printer, such as an Also in this issue HP DeskJet or LaserJet printer. MicroPrin~45CH,U.S. MicroPrint 45CH is targeted toward MicroPrint 45CH. HP-IB instrument and computer users. international (need to HP 3000 Series 924 922, order the appropriate AC adapter below) 932 with four internal disk HP product-line positioning drives 82241A ABG AC adapter, Australia The MicroPrint 45CH is positioned ThinLAN link upgrade ( 82241A ABU AC adapter, U.K. as an inexpensive solution for HP-IB for HP 3000 Series 980 1 82241A ABB AC adapter, Europe instrument or computer users to print 1 82241A ABJ AC adapter, Japan RTE-A and RTE-6 now data to a wide array of Centronics support HP-ZB DDS printers. It was tested and qualified tape drive For more information, contact your to work with HP instruments, com- HP representative to get a copy of the Network License System puters, and Centronics printers. The MicroPrint 45CH data sheet, Apollo/ZBM networking MicroPrint comes with a one-year war- PIN 5952-3646. products obsolescence ranty. Support is provided by Intelligent Interfaces, Inc. (800-842-0888, tollfree Zntroducing enhanced in the U.S.; 404-381-9891, worldwide). Apollo/ZBM products and channel controller COM-EXEC for 22 bridging Zntroducing HP-ZB to Centronics interface converter for HP-ZB instruments and computers

HP CHANNELS November 1990 I HP DWECT order phone numbers

HP DIRECT Fast Phones-the easy, direct way for users to order supplies, accessories, media, furni- ture, and software from HP DIRECT.

Location Telephone Number Australia (3) 895-2645 (3) 895-2615 (3) 895-2815 (3) 895-286 1 (3) 895-2619 (008) 339-861 (toll-free) Austria (222) 2500-61416151616 Belgium/Luxembourg (2) 761 31 11 Canada 800-387-3154 Toronto Local 416-671-8383 Denmark 80 30 16 40 Finland (0) 887 2361 France (1) 69 86 17 25 Greece (1) 6828 81 1 Italy (02) 95 301 532 Japan Sagamihara 0120 09 132 1 (toll-free) Middle EastJAfrica, Geneva Norway South Africa Johannesburg Cape Town Spain

Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Taipei 080-211228 (toll-free) (2) 717-9608 The Netherlands 6-0501 United Kingdom (0734) 44 12 12 United States 800-538-8787 West Germany (30) 3322

NOVEMBER 1990 HP Channels 3 Software Packages Available and Wanted Operating System: HP-UX Company Name: On-Line Computing, Inc. If you are an HP VAB with a current HP contract and have Address: 1 Burton Hills Blvd. a software package available for cross-licensing, or are Suite 195 Nashville, TN 37215 looking for a package to cross license, this section will U.S.A. help you. Your entry will appear for two months; the most Phone: 6 15-665-166 1 recent additions are shaded. To list your company in the Cross-Licensing Classifieds (at no charge), see the address Conracr: Guy H. Patterson at the end of this section. Type of Disrriburor Wanred: Established HP 9000 resellers with in-house Informix expertise. Prefera- ble operating in the distribution and Software Packages Available process manufacturing arena. Geographical Coverage: Worldwide Industry: Financial, distribution, and nlanufacturing Abstract: On-Line Comoutine. Inc. (OLC) has 20 vears exoeri-

ence working in the fin~nciafidistrib~tion/manufaciuringmarket. -- - OLC's Financial Management System (FMS) version 3.1 is a set Industry: Cross industry - graphics and charting software of integrated software modules designed for the medium-to-large size wholesale distributor or process manufacturer needing up-to- Abstracr: CHARTrPRO is a new and powerful charting and the-second information. FMS provides a complete interactive graphics package that can be transparently integrated into your online solution writtcn in Informix 4GL. This powerful relational system. All standard graph formats are supported, along with text database provides the user with enhanced flexibility and reporting charting, drawings, and chart annotations. CHART*PRO runs capabilities. The system consists of the following modules: on PCs (MS-DOS), HP 9000 systems (HP-UX), and 900 Series General Ledger HP 3000 systems (MPE XL) in native mode. CHARTIPRO was designed for data and statistical charting and Accounts Receivable general business graphics. CHARTVRO provides capabilities Accounts Payable previously found only on the largest mainframe computer systems. It utilizes a straightforward command language or promptlresponse Payroll - menu, and outputs to the screen and to just about any plotter. PurchasingIReceiving printer, or laser printer. Inventory Extremely easy to integrate and use, CHARTIPRO communicates Order EntryIInvoicing with your system in real time or through ASCII files. Defaults and automatic settings exist for all graph parameters. Phone support = Sales Analysis and implementation assistance are included at no additional cost. Production Control Enhance your software by giving your users high-quality graphic Production Planning output "directly" from your system. Initial license set-up fee is $1,000. Royalties are negotiable and demos are available for $50. Shipping Requirements Point of Sale HP 3000 system (MPE XL) Features - HP Vectra PC or IBM-compatible PC with MS-DOS 3.3 or later, multicompany-oriented financials that allow for tracking profit 640K memory, and hard disk; EGAIVGA and math coprocessor center activities as well as consolidation desirable HP 9000 system (HP-UX) ability to create financial statements according to user requirements Compan~Name: Interactive Solutions Corporation complete inventory reporting to assure tight control Address: Route 1 Box 500 Eastsound, WA 98245 multiple classification of inventory to allow for pricing by U.S.A. customer type Phone: 206-376-5085 sales commissions tracked by item, customer, or total 800-545-4723 - order entry processing allows for complete and timely process Far: 206-376-215 1 ing of orders with inventory lookup and substitute items Contacr: Stephen T. Hance allows for work order generation of all required manufactured items with complete costing information of work-in-process Type of Di~triburorWanred: Software developerlintegrator or reseller full MRP capabilities complete with bill of materials, routing. capacity planning, and master production scheduling Geographical Coverage: Worldwide point of sale interface for city counter activity or store front with multiple tender or split tender processing = bar-code integration on the shop floor updates the work order to provide complete results of operation and personnel time Industry: Commercial 3GL Applicarion Development Software Packages Wanted Abstracr: C-thru -anew, high-level character-based windowing tool, for use with commercial application software in a UNIX system environment. Construction Features Industry: C-thru, from BCT Business Systems, has been specifically designed for Abstract: Wanted: structural designlanalysis software reIating to commercial software developers who require an up-to-date "look and the construction industry for the U.K. and European markets to feel" for their products, without having to invest in major recoding effort. run on IBMcompatibIe PCs or HP Apollo UNIX workstations. We are also interested in CAD products for this market seaor By integrating a small number of easily understood C-thru calls into an together with any related products appropriate to the needs of application, a software product will be enhanced with: consulting engineers, fabricators, and civillstructural engineers. pop-up windows HP Platform: HP 9000 user-definable on-line help Operating System: HP-UX access to the operating system desktop calculators Company Name: Computer Services Consultants (UK) Limited = on-screen line and box drawing Address: New Street The product integrates with most third-generation languages (3GL) avail- Pudsey, beds able under UNIX systems, such as 'C', COBOL (specifically Micro Focus West Yorkshire LS28 8AQ COBOLl2) and UNIX Shell Scripts. England Requiremenrs: HP 9000 Series 800 computer, HP-UX Phone: (0532) 393000 Company Name: BCT Business Systems Ltd. Far: (0532) 553917 Address: Bridge House, New Road, Conract: Andrew J. Beveridge, Sales Director Lymm, Cheshire, WA139DY Type of Distributor IWnted: Well established company with its England own sales force and support staff. Phone: (44)92575 -6074 Contact: Angela Cone Type of Distributor Wanred: Open Geographical Coverage: Worldwide If you are an HP VAB with a current contract, you Industry: Cross-industry; sysrems integration sofhvare can list your company in the Cross-Licensing Abstract: PICSTalk is a multidirectional communications gateway soft- ware product used to create interfaces between applications running on Classifieds (either Software Packages Available or 1 otherwise incompatible systems. It provides support for multiple commu- Software Packages Wanted) by sending the infonna- nications protocols and for the reformatting of the messages, allowing the tion in the format used here to: interfaces to be created and rendered useful with a minimum of host effort. ASCII text files (templates) are used to define message structures and message handling procedures that are used on the gateway. Hewlett-Packard Company PICSTalk is run on a dedicated AT-compatible system that is connected to Value-Added Channels Development departmental or mainframe systems through communications or through a local area network connection. As an MS-DOS application, PICSTalk Attn: Marcia Nowicky can make use of local or network printers for status messages and error 19091 Pruneridge Ave. reports, as required. Network disk resources may be used for communi- Building 46UV cations queueing or to hold data derived from messages that need to be combined with later messages. This "holding" file capability acts as a Cupertino, CA 95014 short-term database for the use of the interface. U.S.A. PICSTalk provides configuration. Analysis tools to use as interfaces are created by technical personnel. Five levels of message and memory analy- Entries will run for two months. The most recent sis displays are coded into PICSTalk to use during complex message handling. additions are shaded. Be sure to send the information PICSTalk can be used in any setting in which there is a desire to share in at least one month before you wish it to appear. data that otherwise would remain in separate, incompatible computer systems. Requiremenrs: PC-DOS or MS-DOS 3.3, AT-compatible system with a minimum of 640K RAM and 40M hard disk. Company Name: Trinity Computing Systems, Inc. Address: 11 Greenway Plaza Suite 1212 Houston, TX 77046 U.S.A. Phone: 7 13-621-691 1 800-23 1-2445 In Canada: 800-233-5964 Far: 713-621-4750 Contact: Evelyn Roberts Type of Distributor Wanred: Value-added reseller Geographical Coverage: US., Canada

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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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