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I.'i - HEWLETT PACKARD Table of Contents Volume 9, No. 3 Editor 17 Desktop Tracy Wester Embedded-AT controller drives for HP Vectra PCs HP Channels is published monthly for Business Computers HP products replaced with embedded-AT Hewlett-Packard's value-added busi- I ~eneral controller drives nesses to provide you with information What Software ID can do for you New 3 Ih-inch flexible disk drive for HP PCs about HP's products and services to Impmved PC kits for HP Vectra PCs help you be more successful. HP Vectra QSIWS PC price decreased X.400 available on MPE XL HP Vectra LS112 laptop PC to be HP 3000 systems survive October 17 discontinued For further information on any of the earthquake products and services discussed in HP Vecha ES PC to be discontinued Technical Computers March l HP Channels, please contact your HP HP Vectra ES112 PC price reduction sales rep. 2 General Gain control in manufacturing with Peripherals See back cover for subscription Industrial Precision Tools 21 Networks information. HP Real-Time - even better for HP-UX LU 6.2 API HP Price List date 1990 change Note: Not all HP computer products Expand your vision with HP IVI - the new are sold and supported in all countries. X-based graphic user interface 21 Printers HP Device Interface System - making serial Discontinued font products and Please check with your local HP sales interfacing easier recommended replacements for ofice. Hewlett-Packard does not war- IPTs - read all about them HP LaserJet printers rant the accuracy of the information HP ALLBASEIQUERY - the easy way to 22 Terminals provided in HP Channels and shall not go relational Introducing the HP 7001X family of be liable for any use made of the infor- Special HP-UX 7.0 mixed cluster X Window terminals requirements mation contained herein. Information New PORTIVX release Supplies provided in HP Channels is subject to 23 Supplies change without notice. New HP 9000 Models 345 and 375 New carrying case strap available for HP Vectra LSIl2 PC On the cover 200-Mbyte integrated SCSI disk subsystem for HP 9000 Models 340 and 345 HP DIRECT order phone numbers Announcing new HP 9000 Models 834SRX and 834 TurboSRX New HP 9000 Model 635SV options Enhancements to HP ME Series 10 and 30 offer greater performance Personal Computers 24 Software Packages Available and Wanted 45 ~eneral Introducing HP NewWave Developer Assist services Introducing an enhanced HP NewWave Developer Kit Introducing Yacc for DOS Graphics Gallery update kit now available Executive Card Manager lo be discontinued April 1, 1990 HP Industrial Precision Tools help you control manufacturing operations by providing a solid foundation on which to build your applications. See articles beginning on page 2.

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For research and education purposes only. municate with users of electronic mail on non-HP systems. HP 3000 systems HP X.40013000 is made up of two General survive October 17 components, the HP X.400 server What Software ID (PIN 32057A) and HP XAOOIHP Desk earthquake software (PINS 32055A and 32056A). can do for you The HP X.400 server consists of a dedicated HP 9000 Model 360 system HP 3000 computer systems and their peripherals are very rugged. This is the Hewlett-Packard completed a new con- with 802.3 and X.25 links, along with HP X.400 server software and conclusion of a study performed at the trol feature for value-added resellers Cupertino, California, site after the and software suppliers to prevent OSI transport services software. The HP XAOOIHP Desk software runs on mid-October earthquake in the San unauthorized usage of your applica- Francisco Bay Area. tions. This involves using the recently an HP 3000 system, either MPE V or MPE XL, and links HP DeskManager defined Software Identifier - SW-ID. to the HP X.400 server. Multiple On October 17, 1989, a devastating HP DeskManager nodes, each with earthquake measuring 7.1 on the SW-ID is unique for all HP 9000 Richter scale rocked the San Francisco Series 6001800 and 900 Series HP 3000 its own HP XAOOIHP Desk software, can talk directly to a single HP X.400 Bay Area. The quake knocked out systems that HP offers today. You can power to much of the Santa Clara use SW-ID to inhibit execution of an server. HP DeskManager nodes without HP X.400lHP Desk can also send Valley, including the entire Cupertino application if the system and applica- site. Several buildings on the Cupertino tion SW-ID values do not match. X.400 messages using the HP X.4001 HP Desk nodes as gateways to the site housing HP 3000 R&D staff and X.400 server. supporting HP 3000 computer systems Applications need to compare the sys- were damaged sufficiently that regular tem SW-ID, with the SW-ID that you OfficeConnect to XAOO upgrades work was not resumed for several days. embed within your applications. This is Inventory at the Cupertino site revealed a very easy change. For users who have the current that the HP 3000 systems and their OfficeConnect to XAOOIMPE V prod- peripherals had withstood the difficult Systems built after November 1, 1989, uct, upgrades are available. All cus- situation of simultaneous earthquake will arrive with SW-ID correctly set. If tomers should be upgraded by May and power failure. Of the 1,000 you find a system with SW-ID improp- 1990. The HP X.40013000 will be on HP 3000 SPUs, only one Series 70 erly set (zero or less than six digits), the January HP Price List. Contact was unable to reboot due to hardware have the call the local your HP representative for more malfunction, and only 1 percent of HP CEO (Customer Engineering information. HP 3000 systems required a reload. Of Organization) for an explanation of the 1,682 HP 7935 disk drives in use at the SW-ID installation guidelines. Ordering information the time of the earthquake, 97.25 per- cent came through without damage or Your technical staff should have Product No. Description data loss. Within an hour, the percent- received a detailed article through a 32057A HP X.400 server age of HP 7935 disk drives out of ser- December mailing. Please address all Opt. 100 Replace ThinLAN with vice had fallen to 2 percent, and by the questions to your HP representative. ThickLAN Opt. 200 X.25 link weekend. all but 1.5 percent were back Opt. 300 Modem delete option in service. Opt. 400 Replace 152-Mbyte drive with 304-Mbyte drive Excellent as the performance of the 32058A HP X.400 server software HP 7935 disk drives was, the HP 7937 I X.400 available on 32055A HP XAOOIHP Desk for drives turned in an even better perfor- MPE XL mance. Of the 562 HP 7937 drives in 1 MPE XL Opt. 310 For use on Series 922LX Opt. 315 For use on Series 922RX operation at the time of the earthquake Opt. 320 For use on Series 92519251x1 and power outage, more than 99.6 per- Features and benefits 9321922 cent came through without damage or Opt. 330 For use on Series 935 HP Desk users on MPE XL and Opt. 335 For use on Series 949 data loss. A total of two HP 7937 disk V systems can exchange information Opt. 340 For use on Series 950. 955 Opt. 350 For use on Series 970 in a multivendor environment with 32056A HP XA001HP Desk for HP X .400/3000. This product replaces MPE V OfficeConnect to X.400 and provides Opt. 310 For use on MICRO 3000 HP Desk users with the ability to,com- Opt. 320 For use on Series 4X. 5X Opt. 330 For use on Series 6X. 70 drives required repair. Performance of other peripherals was excellent, as well, with no known plotter, , or tape-drive failures. Gain control in manufacturing with Industriul Equally interesting were the stories I from local HP 3000 user sites that I Precision Tools suffered only momentary power out- ages. Several sites indicated that of the different vendors' systems that they had in-house, the HP 3000 system was the only one to perform powerfail recovery and continue processing when the power returned. Systems from other leading vendors stayed down.

Users who depend on their HP 3000 systems to run their businesses can be reassured that HP 3000 quality and reliability make a tangible differ- ence when adverse conditions are encountered.

HP Industrial Recision Took help you control ~nufacturingoperations by prudmg a foundation on winch to build your applications.

"The Industrial Precision Tools are a (IAC) mission to help software devel- I strong leverage point unique to HE opers improve their productivity, qual- They will have the same impact on the ity, and flexibility in manufacturing, factoryjoor as NewWave is having in IAC announces the rollout of the Indus- the ofice." - Bruce Richardson, Vice trial Precision Tools (IlT) and the first President of Advanced Manufacturing release of HP Interactive Visual Inter- Research (AMR). face (HP IVI).

Creating effective industrial automation A solid foundation for industrial solutions is a bigger challenge for soft- automation solutions ware developers and VABs today than The Industrial Precision Tools is a set it's ever been. Manufacturers must be of software tools to help worldwide able to effectively monitor and control software developers overcome the processes and devices on their plant challenges facing them: high-speed data floors to maintain their competitive management, human interface, and edge in today's market. In keeping with factory-floor device communications. the HP Industrial Application Center's

HP CHANNLLS h January 1990 The tools provide the fundamental HP Device Interface System (HP DIS) HP RTDB teamed up with ALLBASE functionality required for the develop- to win a project in Taiwan. It will be As factory-floor device control becomes ment of software for cell controller and used to develop a fabric dyeing and increasingly automated, software area management applications to moni- industrial printing production man- developers need to link manufacturing tor and control manufacturing equip- agement package. equipment and control devices to spe- ment and processes. cific applications. With more than 150 The HP project center in Japan has PLC manufacturers introducing an selected HP IVI to develop the user A toolset approach average of six new devices every year. interface for a project subcontracted Like the HP 9000 Series 800 and 300 the task of developing new device to them for an optical fiber submarine computers on which they are designed drivers is both cumbersome and over- cable system. to run, the three Industrial Precision whelming. HP Device Interface System A Belgian software house is using Tools are able to meet a broad variety now offers software developers a pro- HP RTDB's high speed to develop a of needs. They are modular and inte- ductive and cost-effective means of cell controller package for a large grable, so any or all of the tools can be developing and testing communication European steel manufacturer. used to develop new applications. links to any RS-232- plant-floor device. (See article in this issue, See the article, "IFTs - read all about HP Real-Time Database (HP RTDB) "HP Device Interface System - making them," in this issue for more informa- serial interfacing easier.") More and more, today's automated tion about literature available through processes require timely access to your HP representative. Benefits information that only high-performance, memory-resident can pro- By using the flexible, standards-based For more information on the Industrial vide. But, creating and managing those Industrial Precision Tools to design Precision Tools, contact your HP rep- databases can be very time-consuming. custom manufacturing solutions for the resentative or your nearest HP sales Not anymore; HP Real-Time Database, nongeneric factory, software developers office. designed to create and access these can enjoy all the following benefits: databases, offers high-speed perfor- mance and a full feature set in a flexi- Significantly enhanced productivity ble, affordable software tool. (See Faster time to market article in this issue, "HP Real-Time Database - even better for 1990.") Widely improved quality Drastically reduced development and HP Interactive Visual Interface maintenance time and costs (HP IVI) As manufacturing processes become Wide acceptance more automated, shop-floor personnel There is already a huge ground swell of must deal with increasingly complex support worldwide for the Industrial design and manufacturing data. This Precision Tools. Listed below are exam- data must be communicated in a readily ples of IFT applications. understandable format for rapid deci- sion support. HP IVI is a powerful user A major U.S. automobile manufac- interface development environment, turer will be using all the Industrial built on the industry-standard X Win- Precision Tools to develop a statistical dow System, that gives rich function- process control software package for ality to software solutions creators automotive manufacturing. seeking to develop graphical user inter- faces to meet this challenge. (See arti- HP RTDB and HP DIS have been cle in this issue, "Expand your vision used by a software developer to with HP IVI - the new X-based develop a shop-floor data manage- graphic user-interface.") ment module to collect and manage shop-floor data required by the aero- space and electronics industries. General Turbocharge your disk-based HP Real-Time Database - even better .for 1990 database HP Real-Time Database is 100 to 1,000 times faster than a relational DBMS. Because of its relational structure, the HP Real-Time Database has been used as a high-performance front-end to SQL databases. To facilitate this, HP Real-Time Database includes the ability to share data and schema in four ways: interactive, programmatic, batch, and historical.

Now you can have relational data throughout your entire application with off-the-shelf products.

Quality ingredients make quality solutions Our users are quite pleased with the remarkable reliability of our product. Application- - developers that have been I HP Real-Time Database feature set One user said, "We could not have creating their own memory-resident written our own code to equal this." HP Real-Time Database is a of databases are fast discovering the After nearly 18 man-years of develop- routines callable from C or benefits of using HP Real-Time Data- ment, HP Real-Time Database was and supports relational or serial data, base instead. These benefits are: released on time with zero defects since multiple processes and users, three data - - its release. It has been used in very access methods, three levels of security, Faster time to market demanding applications in manufactur- predictable response, dynamic recon- ing, process, and service industries for Higher quality in their software soh- figuration, andmore. 1t also has a com- everything from cell control to on-line tion products plete, SQL-like QUERY facility. I - 800-number lookuos. Lower development and maintenance costs Release 2.0, available in first quarter Ordering information 1990, adds the following features and A solution for applications requiring enhancements: I Product No. Description blazing performance from a relational database 925RA HP Real-Time Database Trending - Add a third dimension development copy to your 2D database. This allows a Opt. AEQ For Series 300 For the last year and a half, HP Real- historical look at a particular array Opt. AEM For Models 825, 835 Time Database has been providing a of data. Opt. AEN For Model 840 highly functional, memory-resident Opt. AEP For Models 850, 855 DBMS for users who told us they "did Event detection and notijcation - Let 925RE HP Real-Time Database run-time license not want to spend two to three months your application know when some- thing predefined has happened. This Opt. AEQ For Series 300 trying to write their own." One devel- Opt. AEM For Models 825, 835 oper wrote that since it lowered their allows for immediate response with- Opt. AEN For Model 840 cost, "we passed these savings onto our out waiting for polling. Opt. AEP For Models 850, 855 customer, which made us much more Archiving - Store whole or part, with competitive." or without headers. Read them, too. For more information on HP Real-Time This allows for significantly faster Database, please contact your HP rep- operation than disk-based databases. resentative or your nearest HP sales office. 16 bit NLS - Up from 8 bits. For Far East users. General widget (pushbuttons, scrollbars) and 2D graphics (circles, arcs) objects to Expand your vision with HP IVI - the new create the optimum displays for one's applications without writing a single X-based graphic user interface line of code. The builder's extensive editing capabilities make the user I I interface creation effortless. I Application Program Interface (API) - The API consists of a struc- tured library of subroutines that han- dle functions ranging from creating and copying new objects to i~nitia 11iz-

ing the dyna mic attributes of ' the pro- cess elements on the screen. The I( same API function calls can be used ( to change one or more attributes of graphics and widgets. The result is I fewer calls and enhanced flexibility. Dynamic graphics - HP IVI provides dynamic animation capabilities through changes in such attributes as color, scaling, and translation. For example, an alarm situation can be depicted as a high-contrast change from blue to red.

X Window System Environment - HP IVI's robust functionality is built upon the industry-standard X Window System, Version 11. The client-server architecture of X is utilized to distrib- I I Software developers worldwide are dis- 1 HP IVI - a closer look ute access to this functionality across covering that the development of user HP IVI is a software productivity the manufacturer's existing network. interfaces can equal or exceed the time toolkit for developing graphical user required to develop the rest of the appli- interfaces, targeted for industrial auto- Improved productivity and reliability cation. Further, software suppliers and mation solutions creators. HP IVI can systems integrators are now increas- HP IVI offers several benefits for solu- be used to create user interfaces for a tions creators: improved productivity, ingly recognizing that they can establish wide variety of industries: aerospace, a strong competitive advantage by faster delivery, increased reliability, and chemical, defense, electronics, pack- developing a well-designed, intuitive, significantly reduced development and aged goods, and pharmaceutical. support costs. Color-coded graphic and flexible user interface for their HP IVI reduces time-consuming and products. depictions such as those offered by expensive user-interface development HP IVI have significant" benefits and maintenance time by approximately In November 1989, Hewlett-Packard's for both discrete and process 50 to 70 percent. I I Industrial Applications Center intro- manufacturers: duced HP ~itkractiveVisual Interface HP IVI offers a powerful user-interface Reduces waste and scrap (HP IVI), an X-based graphic user builder, plus an Application Program interface development toolkit that will Interface (API). HP IVI, built upon Supports a safer operating be a tremedous productivity booster for the industry-standard X Window Sys- environment programmers and systems integrators tem, Version 11, features 2D process Real-time decision-support for alike. HP IVI has been designed to graphics and 3D widgets in one consis- management make software developers more suc- tent environment. cessful by alleviating the problems of continued on next page factory-floor graphics: rapidly changing The builder - HP IVI's interactive user requirements, complexity of user- builder is a powerful screen design interface standards such as X and OSFI editor. Following the builder's user- Motif, and extremely low Leveragibility friendly menu, the user can merge 3D among applications. Initial feedback - very exciting General Here are some quotes from the first HP Device Interface - making serial HP IVI users: interfacing easier "If we didn't have HP IVI, we'd be looking at man months of effort to develop our application. Instead, it just took us a couple of weeks."

"HP IVI is a great productivity tool to help systems integrators like us, who have to get applications out as soon as possible."

"HP IVI is an excellent prototyping tool. I was able to create my application without having to use (or learn) how to program at the XLibIX intrinsics level."

"It was extremely handy to be able to combine widgets and graphics on the same display."

Garn the benefts of cmputer- Software developers in areas outside based autmonby solvlng the manufacturing, such as network dweco~eck~ty chaUenge with monitoring, telecommunications, and HP Devtce Interface System stock market applications, also have expressed tremendous interest in HP IVI.

Ordering information HP Device Interface System is a soft- HP Device Interface System solves ware tool for enabling the creation of these problems by providing: Product No. Description protocol interfaces for RS-232-C HP Interactive Visual Interface devices. Consistent methodology for the crea- development copy tion and maintenance of communica- Opt. AEQ For Series 300 tion links. Opt. AEM For Models 825, 835 Common problems- uncommon Opt. AEN For Model 840 solutions Significantly faster development and Opt. AEP For Models 850, 855 The problem software developers have testing of communication links 92576E HP Interactive Visual Interface run-time license been facing when implementing device Reusable action routines Opt. AEQ For Series 300 communications is that there are so Opt. AEM For Models 825, 835 many different protocols. Creating pro- Protocol interfaces separate from the Opt. AEN For Model 840 application Opt. AEP For Models 850, 855 tocol interfaces for such devices can add a significant amount of time to the development of an application. Not to In the words of Bruce Richardson of For more information on the product mention testing, which can be up to 70 Advanced Manufacturing Research, and its availability, contact your HP percent of the time to create each pro- "HP Device Interface System is a representative or the nearest HP sales tocol interface. The result is often unique way around the support of a office. poorly documented, nonreusable code plethora of proprietary protocols - a that is embedded into the application - thankless job for the poor, unsuspecting X Window System is a registered tradenrark of a maintenance nightmare. project manager." the Massachusetts Institute of'7'echnoIogy (MIT).

HP CHANNELS b January 1990 Product features and structure HP Device Interface System has been I General 1 available on the HP 9000 Series 800 HP Device Interface System consists of since May 1989. It will be released on 1 Im -read all about three environments: I the series 300 in early 1990. 1 them I Development environment - This is Satisfied users I based on the State Machine methodol- I ogy for creating protocol interfaces. Our users are software developers The developer first designs the inter- who have recognized the benefits of face with a state transition graph and HP Device Interface System in the a state table. (This discipline from the form of: beginning enables development and maintenance productivity.) The state Significantly higher productivity table is then coded using the Protocol Lower development and maintenance Specification Language (PSL) which costs is designed to be compatible with state tables. (The developer can also Faster time to market use previously developed Reusable Higher-quality end product Action Routines.) The result is an easy-to-read and easy-to-modify pro- The come from manufacturing, pro- tocol interface ready for testing. And cess, and service industries. And they development only took 50 percent or are using it to produce protocol inter- less than the usual time. faces for all types of serial devices, Testing environment - Next use the such as factory floor equipment and Protocol Test Specification Language even a low-cost link between two to automatically generate test scripts. computers. The Protocol Test Exerciser enables The following is a list of product litera- testing on actual or simulated devices Ordering information ture about the Industrial Precision and has a noise generator and time- Tools. This literature is available from Product No. out delays to simulate actual environ- your HP representative or your nearest ments. And testing time was cut to HP Device Interface System HP sales office. less than half. development copy Opt. AEQ For Series 300 Title: Software Tools for Plant-Floor Run-rime environment - After devel- Opt. AEM For Models 825, 835 opment and testing, load the compiled Opt. AEN For Model 840 Connectivity Opt. AEP For Models 850. 855 PSL protocol interface on the target Type: Article reprint HP Device Interface System Audience: Functional management system. run-time license Opt. AEQ For Series 300 P/N: 5951-6975 HP Device Interface System runs on Opt. AEM For Models 825, 835 Recommended usage: Evaluation and both the HP 9000 Series 300 and Series Opt. AEN For Model 840 selection Opt. AEP For Models 850, 855 800. The Series 300 version features a Title: Gaining Control in Manufactur- memory-resident run-time portion mak- ing With Industrial Precision Tools ing it an excellent target system, while For more information on HP Device Type: Folder with three enclosures that on the Series 800 is disk-based and Interface System, please contact your (PINS5951-6977, -6981, -6954) well suited for the development system. HP representative or your nearest HP Audience: Functional management sales office. P/N: 5951-6961 Recommended usage: Introduction Title: HP Device Interface System Type: Product brief Audience: Functional management and technical evaluators P/N: 5951-6977 Recommended usage: Evaluation and selection continued on next page

JANUARY I990 I HP Channels 0 Title: HP Interactive Visual Interface Title: Make the Right Connection I General Type: Product brief with HP Device Interface System Audience: Functional management Type: Color brochureltechnical data and technical evaluators sheet I QUERY- the easy P/N: 5951-6981 Audience: Functional management Recommended usage: Evaluation and and technical evaluators way to go relational selection P/N: 5951-6970 Recommended usage: Evaluation and Title: HP Real-Time Database selection The new release of HP ALLBASEI Type: Product brief OUERY- will enable more of your Audience: Functional management clients to benefit from relational and technical evaluators Below is a list of reprints of published articles without publication numbers. technology. PIN: 5951-6954 Your HP contact can obtain these Recommended usage: Evaluation and reprints for you from the HP Industrial HP ALLBASEIQUERY is Hewlett- selection Application Center. Packard's query management facility Title: A Toolset Approach to the for relational data. It enables end Development of Manufacturing "Bringing Graphics to the Factory users and infrequent database users Application Software - HP Industrial Floor;" HP Professional, November to utilize the high performance of Hewlett-Packard's relational Precision Tools 1988 Type: Product family brochure database - HP ALLBASEISQL. Audience: Functional and upper "Human Interface Solutions Come to the Factory Floor;" Computer Tech- management Users with no knowledge of the data- P/N: 5951-6960 nology Review, Spring 1989 base structure (or computers in general) Recommended usage: Introduction "New User Interface Smooths Fac- can quickly and easily satisfy ad hoc and evaluation tory Automation;" Computer Tech- queries and generate reports. nology Review, November 1989. Title: When There's Not a Micro- Features second to Lose You Need HP Real- "A Data Base for Real-Time Applica- Time Database tions and Environments;" HP Jour- A "Next Step" function key guides T~ve:.. Color brochureltechnical data nal. June 1989 users through the screen forms they sheet must complete to create a report. "HP Real-Time Database as a Front Audience: Functional management End to a Disc-Based Database;" Detailed, context-sensitive help and technical evaluators Application Note screens are available throughout P/N: 5951-5953 HP ALLBASEIQUERY. Recommended usage: Evaluation and "Real-Time Data Management on the selection factory floor;" Computer Technology The "Display Report" function key Review, Fall 1989 enables users to see the report in its Title: Expand your vision with HP present state at any time. Interactive Visual Interface Type: Color brochureltechnical data Many of your clients are exploring ways sheet to decentralize information manage- Audience: Functional management ment. Two major enhancements to and technical evaluators HP ALLBASEIQUERY, together with P/N: 5951-6980 the strong performance growth of Recommended usage: Evaluation and HP ALLBASEISQL, provide you with selection an unbeatable offering for end-user information management.

HP ALLBASEIQUERY is divided into a number of task-oriented modules that have a common, easy-to-use interface. These are EZAccess for creating ad Generul General I hoc queries and reports, EZReport for editing and formatting reports, and Special HP-UX ZO New PORT/VX release I SQLAccess for the productive imple- mixed cluster mentation of SQL commands. Release PORTIVX (PINS 50729A and 50730A) B.01 introduces two new modules: requirements is a migration product to migrate EZCreate and EZUpdate. FORTRAN applications from VAXI VMS to the HP 9000 Series 800 sys- With the December 1 release of HP-UX EZCreate: the easy way to create tem. Five days of consulting and a set 7.0, an HP 9000 Series 800 computer tables of software porting tools are included can be a server to a cluster of HP 9000 with the product. The product is tar- End users and infrequent users of the Series 300 and 800 (Model 815 only) geted to users with VAX systems run- database can use EZCreate to step diskless computers. A cluster of this ning VMS FORTRAN applications. through the process of creating or type is called a mixed (or heterogene- modifying a table. Users can quickly ous) cluster. In a mixed cluster, the Features and benefits create a new table, add new columns cluster server's file system is used to i to an existing table, change the access store HP-UX and applications for both With a 7.0 FORTRAN complier, the mode, or delete an existing table defini- the HP 9000 Series 800 and Series 300 second release of PORTIVX release is tion. Naturally, users can only create computers. HP-UX clusters provide better designed to meet user needs. or modify a table after being granted numerous benefits, such as centralized PORTIVX migration tools can now pre- appropriate authorities to the database. system administration and easy file serve user code identification and user sharing, without giving up the local case, additional intrinsics have been EZUpdate: the easy way to update compute power of a workstation. added to the library, and applications data using SYS$QIO are now "debuggable" HP-UX mixed clusters require a mech- using XDB. The product supports The EZUpdate module enables end anism to separate executable files of indexed file access and recordlstruc- users to add, delete, or modify data in the same type that are written for dif- turelunion. Also, many of the library HP ALLBASEISQL tables. EZUpdate ferent architectures. For example, the routines have been improved. Many of displays the rows (records) of a table HP 9000 Series 800 HP-UX binaries the migration limitations of the first and allows the data to be updated one 1 must be separated from the correspond- release are now resolved. 1 row at a time. Changes are made directly to the DBEnvironment so that ing HP 9000 Series 300 HP-UX bina- ries to allow the server to provide the Options each time you access the table, the con- i proper file when requested. The mech- tents reflect the changes you last made. Effective February 1, 1990, new options anism used is the context-dependent file will be added to reflect the new HP HP ALLBASEIQUERY gives you (CDF). A CDF is a hidden directory Price List software tier structure. When more time for major projects that allows for multiple copies of a file ordering HP 50729A or 50730A, add to be accessed with the same path. the following options depending on the When you include HP ALLBASEI relevant Series 800 model. QUERY in your solutions, your clients The creation of CDFs is automatically get a tool that increases the flexibility performed for HP-UX itself through the Model Option of their information management sys- HP-UX System Administration Man- tem. With HP ALLBASEIQUERY, ager (SAM). To allow applications to 808 AH0 your clients can satisfy unforeseen be loaded onto an HP 9000 Series 800 815 AEL requirements for decision support. server, HP has developed a utility that 82518321635 AE5 Advanced users are likely to identify creates CDFs for an application without 835 AE6 needed applications that you can then any effect on the application or the nor- 8401845 AEN

1 create. HP ALLBASEIQUERY mini- mal installation process. 8501855 AEP mizes the time you spend supporting &70 AH1 completed applications and gives you The mixed application installation util- 1 more time to work on major projects. ity (PIN 92452-64117 for %-inch car- Ordering information tridge or PIN 92452-64118 for %-inch I For more information, contact your HP magnetic tape) creates the CDFs representative. required to allow both the HP 9000 PORTIVX includes migration Series 800 and 300 versions of an toolset and five days of application to exist on a mixed cluster server. 50730A PORTIVX toolset

JANUARY 1990 HP Channels for limited expandability - although the built-in interfaces cover 80 to 90 New HP 9000 Models 345 and 375 percent of the needs in the low-end marketplace. Still, the Model 340 HP introduces two new HP 9000 Users will find more than 1,800 appli- maintains its position as an entry-level systems. The new high-performance cations available worldwide; HP 9000 workstation while the Model 345 pro- Model 345 workstation is ideal for new Series 300 object code compatibility vides the strongest pricelperformance and existing users who need a high- assures protection of existing software value in the Series 300 family. performance workstation and value the investments. ability to access a wide selection of The HP 9000 Model 375 functionally application software or who may be In addition, these new workstations ' replaces the Model 370 with 50 percent considering a low-end RISC-based offer improved reliability through error performance enhancement and 60 per- system purchase. The new high-end checking and correcting (ECC) RAM cent pricelperformance improvement in Series 300 - the Model 375 - is and integration of over 400 ICs and an expandable flexible package. upgradable to the MC68040. This passive components into five ASICs. product is targeted for new and exist- It is important to recognize that the ing users who want RAM and slot Each workstation offers unique benefits HP 9000 Model 345 and 375 offer the expandability, as well as an upgrade designed to fit users' specific applica- same processor and performance in path to future 68040 workstations. tion needs and circumstances. The different packages. The Model 345 is HP 9000 Model 345, for example, packaged for low cost, offering limited Features and benefits provides three times the performance expandability. The Model 375 offers of the Model 340 and it is the first more configuration flexibility, and, With these two new 12-MIPS worksta- low-end workstation in the industry to more importantly, upgradability to tions, users now have leading-edge provide ECC RAM as standard. It is the MC68040 later this year. MC68030 performance. Both worksta- packaged for low cost and provides tions feature 50-MHz MC68030 and 50 MHz MC68882 processors. Eight Mbytes ECC RAM is standard, except User need Best system for the HP 9000 Model 345MH bundle which has 4 Mbytes, and are expand- Requires expandability able to 16 Mbytes on the Model 345; to Needs more than 16 Mbytes RAM now or in the future Model 375 32 Mbytes on the Model 375. A three- Needs one to nine DIO-I1 slots Model 375 Needs VME connection Model 375 button mouse is now available for these IBM 5080 gateway Model 375 two new workstations and all other Interfaces other than built-in I10 Model 375 HP 9000 Series 300 systems. X.251300 link HP-UX DOS coprocessor Standard interfaces include HP-HIL, 16-bit parallel RS-232-C, HP-IB, IEEE 802.3lEthernet Datacom interface with thinMAU and BNC "T" connector Four-port MUX or AUI, and speaker with jack. On the More than one LAN HP 9000 Model 345, SCSI or high- SDLC interface IBM connectivity speed HP-IB interfaces are available options, and on the Model 375, SCSI is Slot requirements Doesn't require slot, no interface required beyond built-in 110 Model 345 standard and can be optionally replaced Needs dual graphics displays Model 375 by high-speed HP-IB. In addition, the Future upgradability optional 200-Mbyte disk with "instant Field upgrade to MC68040 Model 375 ignition" (preloaded HP-UX and a Doesn't care about upgrades, wants best performance at low cost now Model 345 preconfigured X Windows environ- ment) makes setup fast and easy. A Centronics hardware interface is included as a standard feature, and the Centronics software driver is offered as an option.

I HP CHANNELS Junuan 1990 I Product specifications and comparison with existing products HP 9000

Specification Model 340 Model 345 Model 360 Mode1 370 Mode1 375 200-Mbyte integrated Package 340 package Modified 325mm 325mm 325mm SCSI disk subsystem 340 package package package package Number slots I DIO-I nla 1 DIO-I1 n/a 1 DIO-I1 for HP 9000 Models beyond graphics 340 and 345 Maximum slots I DIO-I nla 9 DIO-I1 8 DIO-I1 9 DIO-I1 VME connection 986464 nla 98577A 98577A 98577A 986464 986464 986464 HP's first HP 9000 Series 300 internal CPU clock rate 16.7 MHz 50 MHz 25 MHz 33 MHz 50 MHz disk is offered on the Models 340 and (MC68030) 345. The internal disk is targeted for all FPU clock rate 16.7 MHz 50 MHz 25 MHz 33 MHz 50MHz Model 340 and 345 users who require a (MC68882) high-performance, low-cost disk with HP VAX-MIPS 4.0 12 5.9 capacity up to 200 Mbytes and for MFLOPS with 0.14 0.4 0.22 current users of Model 340 and 345 68882 systems who require additional disk With optional n/a n/a 0.39 capacity. The 200-Mbyte SCSI disk is FPA available with a user-installable upgrade External cache n/a 32 Kbytes n/a 64 Kbytes 32 Kbytes kit. RAM type Parity ECC Parity Parity ECC ECC optional Features and benefits Standard 4 Mbytes 8 Mbytes* 4 Mbytes 8 Mbytes 8 Mbytes This disk subsystem comes preloaded Maximum 16 Mbytes 16 Mbytes 16 Mbytes 48 Mbytes 32 Mbytes with "instant ignition" to reduce instal- (128 Mbytes) lation time and offers greatly improved Standard HP-HIL HP-HIL HP-HIL HP-HIL HP-HIL disk performance. The system will interfaces RS-232-C RS-232-C RS-232-C RS-232-C RS-232-C work the first time it's taken out of the HP-IB HP-IB HP-IB HP-IB HP-IB box. This disk drive illustrates HP's LAN LAN LAN LAN LAN commitment to SCSl as the strategic Audio Audio Audio Audio Audio HS HP-IB SCSI mass storage interface. Optional SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI HS HP-IB interfaces HS HP-IB HS HP-IB HS HP-IB Centronics The internal disk is a 200-Mbyte Centronics 3%-inch form-factor SCSI disk, including an internal SCSI interface, *Except the MH bundle with 4 Mbytes standard which is mounted in the interior of the Model 3401345 chassis. Dramatically Ordering information improved disk throughput performance is achieved over existing HP 7957158159 Product No. Description drives shown on the following page. 98563H HP 9000 Model 345MH bundle with 19-inch display 98564H HP 9000 Model 345C+ bundle with 16-inch display 98578H HP 9000 Model 345CH bundle with 16-inch display 98573H HP 9000 Model 345SRX bundle with 16-inch display 98573J HP 9000 Model 345 TurboSRX bundle with 19-inch display 98574B HP 9000 Model 375 SPU bundle 985893 HP 9000 Model 375MH bundle with 19-inch display 985833 HP 9000 Model 375C+ bundle with 19-inch display 98588J HP 9000 Model 375CH bundle with 19-inch display 98587J HP 9000 Model 375SRX bundle with 19-inch display 98587K HP 9000 Model 375 TurboSRX bundle with 19-inch display

For more information, please contact your HP representative. JANUARY 1990 HP Channels Disk performance who require RISC-architecture systems as an emotional issue. Typical users Readlwrite throughput Average 110 will be in industry, education, or gov- Description (per second) (per second) ernment running MCAE applications HP 7957158159 350 Kbytes 32 in areas such as finite element analysis Model 340* 481 Kbytes 30.7 (using SDRC or PATRAN software) Model 345* 920 Kbytes 31.5 and computational fluid dynamics (using Sterling's GAS software). *ZOO-Mbyte itlternal disk The Model 834SRX and 834 TurboSRX Option 412 is HP's lowest-priced, most Option 412 and 411 cannot be ordered have identical system processing power compact HP 9000 Series 300 disk concurrently. as the 835SRX and 835 TurboSRX but solution - featuring a reduction in have certain restrictions. The Model price over the HP 79583 (161 Mbytes). I Product No. Description 834 comes with a two-user HP-UX A user-installable upgrade kit, includ- license compared to a 16-user HP-UX ing disk, cables, and documentation is Opt. 411 200-Mbyte disk and (Model 345 only) external SCSI connection license for the Model 835. The Model available to all Model 3401345 users. Opt. 412 200-Mbyte disk 834 has only three RAM card slots compared to seven slots for the Model Option 411 is intended for Model 345 835. (Total RAM expansion to 96 users who wish to include the internal For more information, contact your HP representative. Mbytes is expected for the Model 834 SCSI disk drive and add external SCSI with the availability of 32-Mbyte RAM peripherals such as disks and printers. cards.) The Model 834 is restricted to three CIO slots. Two of these three HP 9000 slots are used for LAN and HP-IB cards in the Model 834SRX and Announcing new HP 9000 Models 834SRX 834 TurboSRX bundles. Finally, the Model 834 TurboSRX will not support I and 834 TurboSRX the graphics animation interface (PIN A1047A). All software applica- The HP 9000 Model 834 is a 14-MIPS, 6-channel MUX, or a second HP-IB tions that run on the Model 825 and 2.02-MFLOPS restricted-configuration I or LAN interface. 835 workstations will run on the Model RISC-based system with a two-user 834SRX and 834 TurboSRX, except Three central-bus RAM slots - RAM where any of the above restrictions HP-UX license. The Model 834SRX expandability to 96 Mbytes ECC for and 834 TurboSRX provide high fast execution and high productivity apply. floating-point performance with 3D on demanding applications. solids modeling ca~abilitvand RAM The Model 834SRX and 834 Turbo- u 1 expansion from 8 to 96 Mbytes. The DSL/800 - Preloaded operating SRX have much higher floating-point Model 834 is targeted to leading-edge system on 304-Mbyte disk drive to performance than comparable SRX and MCAE users in industry, education, reduce installation time and get the TurboSRX products on the MC68030 1 and government. system up and running sooner. platforms. This will continue until the License-to-use bundled and media introduction of the MC68040 plat- Features and benefits and documentation (optional)- forms, at which time it is expected that the Motorola systems' floating-point Model 835 processing power - Reduces cluster price by minimizing redundant manual sets. performance will exceed that of the 14 MIPS and 2.02 MFLOPS perfor- Model 834. Users purchasing upgrade- mance coupled with quality and reli- Full compatibility with other Series able Motorola platforms will have ability for predictable response time. 800 workstations - Protects software growth paths. Compute capability for demanding investment by providing over 1,000 applications. HP-PA applications available Model 834 benchmarks worldwide. SRX and TurboSRX 30 -.graphics - High-performance, solids-rendering SPU graphics capability to give "real- The Model 834SRX and 834 TurboSRX 14 MIPS 2.02 MFLOPS time" manipulation of 3D MCAE provide RISC-based systems for users who have floating-point intensive, 3D Graphics SRX TurboSRX models.- - - - -. . - . Tansforms per 180,000 900,000 solids-rendering applications. Typical second CIO slot - Expansion choice of a users will be leading-edge MCAE users 3D vectors per 67,000 240,000 who are unwilling to wait for Motorola second 680x0 floating point improvements or Polygons per second 3,400 13.500 Information For Hewlett-Packard's Value-Added Businesses January 1990

Index for .lulv through December 1989 issues

HEWLETT PACKARD Table of Contents Issue Pg Index for July through December 1989 PAfTrNERS WITH HP HP 3000 HP's corporate ~dentity- new look HP 3000 Ser~es955 to support larger issues means new opportunltles Aug 1 per~pheralconf~gurat~ons VABs ~nv~tedto INTEREX Conference HP 3000 Ser~es955 requires at spec~alrates Aug 2 MPE XL 1 2 Editor Team~ngfor Success with HP 3000 Ser~es5X f~eldupgrades to Tracy Wester d~str~bulors Sep 1 be removed from October 1 HP VAR Program #1 ~n HP Price L~sl Aug 6 VARBUSINESS 1989 Annual HP Word13000 to be d~scont~nued HP Channels is published monthly to Report Card Rev~ew Nov 1 October 1 Aug 6 lntroduc~ngthe HP 3000 Ser~es960 Sep 5 provide Hewlett-Packard's value-added Product ~ews New MPE XL networking products Sep 6 businesses with information about HP's lntroduc~ngthe new DTC Sep 7 CUSX)MER SUPPORT DTCIX 25 now available for MPE XL products and services to help them be August support obsolescences systems Sep 7 Term~nalsw~tch~ng ava~lable on the more SUCC~SS~U~. UB Delta 2 and 4 and MPE XL 10 Jul 1 lntroduc~ngHP IB CD ROM dr~ve Sep 2 DTC Sep 9 HP LaserROM and HP LaserRX Integrated DTC Network Manage dr~vehas new product strategy men1 w~thOpenV~ew DTC Manager Sep 10 structure sep 2 Announcing LU 6 2 APlIXL Sep 11 This index includes articles that Announc~ngnew X W~ndows BSC RJE ava~lableon HP 3000iXL programmer lraln~ng Dec 1 systems Sep 11 -appeared ~nHP Channels from July Announctng HP SNA DHCFIXL Sep 12 BUSINESS COMPUTERS VPLUS enhancements for IBM 3270 through December 1989. term~nals Sep 13 General HP 3000 to Novell connectlv~tyw~th AdvanceLtnk - the deal alternat~ve HP NS LAN Gateway Sep 14 The articles in this index are listed by to the HP Term~nalProgram Jul 1 Commonly asked questions about section in the order in which they HP Term~nalProgram to be HP 3000 systems Sep 14 d~scont~nued Jul 1 HP 2562C dot matrix printer appeared. MPE XL Performance Tools from HP Aug 3 supported on HP 3000 systems Sep 15 lntroduclng new members of the HP 3082AlB lndustr~alTouch HP AdvanceL~nkfam~ly Aug 4 terminal supported on HP 3000

HP AdvanceLink lor W~ndows- a systems Sep 16 key d~lferent~atorfor HP Aug 5 New products and strategy for HP PA HP AdvanceL~nkfor the Apple systems - extend~ngHPs lead Host graph~csd~scontinuance ~nPC lntegratlon Aug 5 HP DSG 3000 DSG V and MPE XL documental~onrestructure Sep 3 HP Graph~csCurator Sep 17 MPE XL adds last system backup HP 3000 hlgh end system memory wlth TurboSTOREiXL Sep 3 pr~cereduced Oct 4 MPE XL adds m~rroreddisk wlth M~grat~ngto the DTCIX 25 XL Onllne Backup Sep 4 Network L~nk Oct 4 HP BRW Desk now ava~lable S~P 5 F~rmwareboard to be removed lrom lntroduclng Buslness BASICIXL Oct 1 November HP Pr~ceLlst Oct 4 HP NewWave Mall to be released Memory boards to be removed lrom m~d1990 Oct 1 December HP Pr~ceLlst Oct 5 HP NewWave Mail update Oct 2 HP 3000 and HP 9000 R Copy HP AdvanceL~nkfam~ly - questions solfware prlces to lncrease answered Oct 2 November 1 Nov 4 HP AdvanceL~nkfam~ly feature comparisons OCI 3 TECHNICAL COMPUTERS HP Off~ceSharefamlly now supports Western D~g~talAT card Oct General Announc~ngHP DeskMON - Introducing new HP BASIC automat~cmon~toring for your Language Processor Release II Jul entire HP DeskManager network Nov 2 Upgrade kit for HP BASIC Language Announc~ngHP GLANCE upgrades Processor now ava~lable and purchase credtts NOV 2 HP Dev~ceInterface System shipp~ng lntroduc~ngHP NewWave Offlce on to solut~oncreators Aug 6 MPE and HP UX Dee 1 HP BASIC Language Processor HP NewWave Olf~ceorderlng benchmarks Sep 17 lnformat~on Dee 3 HP BASIC Language Processor lnformat~onAccesslXL now supports products to become obsolete Sep 18 HP ALLBASEISQL and ORACLE Dec 4 lntroduclng XWindows based lntroduc~nglnformat~on Access on graph~cuser Interface for HP UX Dec 5 supervisory control marketplace Sep 18 Mac~ntoshconnectlvlty wlth New release of HP ALLBASEI4GL HP NewWave Off~ceand Bus~ness has remote database access Sep 19 System Plus D~~ 5 HPs X W~ndowsEnv~ronment Ocl 5 D~scont~nuance01 HP Cull~net~~nk Dec 6 Removal of Rght to Reproduce X W~ndowSystem products Ocl 6 Small Business Computing Un~quecustom~zng kit offered for HP 260 RS 422 surge protector Aug 5 HP R1332 Controller Oct 6 HP 260 Model 30 upgrade 82990A HP IB Interface and prornol~on Nov 3 Command L~braryto be d~scont~nued

HP CHANNELS lssue Pg lssue Pg lssue Pg I Introducing improved verslon of AFI PERSONAL COMPUTERS PERIPHERALS card Nov 4 HP R1332 controller offers high value General General for the money Nov 5 AutoCAD driver performance lntroducing the new HP Intelligent Introductory price for Starbase enhancement for HP lntell~gent Graphlcs Controller series Nov Radiosity and Ray Tracing Library Nov 5 Graphics Controller Jul HP AXDSIPC now supports lntroduclng JAM - portable Dlscontlnuance of EGA extension HP Intelligent Graphics windowing forms for terminals Dec 6 cable Aug Controller 10 Dec Vt3k: vlrtual termlnal service from an HP NewWave ships and exceeds FrameMaker 2.0 to support HP 9000 to an HP 3000 Dec 7 expectations S~P PostScript printers only Dec lntroducing block-mode support in New PC HP-IB Interface and HP 48000 prlce Increases Dec hpterm Dec 8 Command Llbrary S~P Selected members of HP 48000 HP NewWave now available from product famlly obsoleted Dec HP 1000 HP DIRECT 0ct HP 1000 promotion reduces cost of AdvanceLink host connections Nov Mass Storage A-Series memory and 110 products Dec 8 AdvanceLink 150 discontinuance N ov HP 7980XC tape drlve supported on Announclng AdvanceMail support for HP 3000 MPE XL systems Jul HP 9000 HP OpenMail Dec High-capacity hard disks now avail- New HP 9000 Model 815s expands New AdvanceMall product structure Dec able on HP Veclra QSl20 PCs Jul Series 800 famlly Jul 4 HP 35731A and 35741A HP-FL offers savings to users Aug Announclng HP 9000 Model 815s discontinuance notice Dec "Try then buy" an HP 9145A Aug networking services Jul 5 Print Central to be removed from Disk-only options dlscontinued on New ease-of-use functionality for HP Price List March 1990 Dec HP 9153C HP 9000 Series 300 Jul 6 Advanceprint 150 to be removed MIX 'N' Match trade-in offer rem~nder lntroducing HP 9000 Model 332 from HP Price List March 1 Dec Match up your Backup MMAX and CMAX bundles Jul 6 MIX'N' Match offer still available LAN Link for HP 9000 Model 815s Aug 7 Desktop "Linked to the Future" promolion Special introductory offer on BLP-II Hard-dlsklessmodels introduced for reminder upgrade kit Aug 7 HP Vectra RSI2OC and RS125C Disk-only options dlscontlnued on New HP 9000 Model 834CH entry- PCs Jul HP 9153C level RISC-based workstation Sep 20 HP Vectra PC price changes Jul When to buv the HP 7936 and 7963 I HP OpenMallIHP-UX: new electronic Announclng DOS 4.01 Aug disk drives mail server for HP 9000 Series 300 lntroducing OS12 1.1 S~P HP brings 20 Gbytes of rewritable Oct l7I and 800 Sep 21 Presentation Manager HP LaserJet opticd storage online - the HP.UX product introduction Oct 7 printer support S~P HP Ser~es6300 Model 2OGBIA Nov 21 1 lntroduclng HP LaserROMIUX OS12 1.0 dlscontlnuance and OSR HP Serles 6300 Model 2OGBIA software for HP 9000 Ser~es300 1.1 upgrade S~P rewrltable optlcal dlsk llbrary and 800 systems Oct 8 HP Vectra PC Offlce unbundled S~P system orderlng lnlormatlon Nov 22 HP LaserROM subscription service HP 150lTouchscreen PC HP addresses new appl~catlonswlth expanded and repositioned Oct 9 dlscontinuance on Information HP Serles 6300 Model 2OGBIA Lower-priced mass storage options Access S~P rewrltable optlcal dlsk library for HP 9000 Series 300 work- HP 150lTouchscreen PC software system Nov 23 stations - savings up to 27% Oct 10 discontinued S~P HP Series 6300 Model 650lA LAN Link, ARPA, NFS, and NS Dual ESDl hard disk drives now rewritable optlcal disk - host restructured on HP 9000 supported on HP Vectra QS PCs ocl support update Nov 24 Series 300 Oct 10 New PC kits now available on New low prices for HP midrange Price increases on HP 9000 Serles HP Vectra PCs Oct disks Nov 25 300 hardware and software HP Vectra BASIC discontinued Oct Prices reduced on HP 9153C disk products Oct 11 HP 150lTouchscreen PC software drives Nov 26 Three HP 9000 Serles 300 HP-UX dlscontinued Oct Flnal notice: HP 9153C Optlons 011, products to be obsoleted Oct 12 January 1 dlscontinuance of 021, and 041 discontinued Nov 26 New HP 9000 Model 635SV server Oct 12 HP Word1150 Oct HP 9000 Model 808s - new low- lntroduclng the HP Vectra 486 PC Nov Networks end bundle Oct 13 HP Vectra 486 PC standard Rack cablnets for the DTC Jul 9 Dlscontlnuance of HP 9000 Serles conl~qurat~ons Nov X.25 solutions for 900 Series 500 to Serles 800 multiuser unmatched prlce performance in an HP 3000 systems now available Jul 10 systems upgrade credlts Oct 14 HP PC Nov HP 18223A XNS protocol interpreter Discounted prlclng for termlnal EISA: a winning architecture on the for the HP 4972A LAN protocol connectlvlty Oct 14 HP Vectra 486 PC Nov analyzer Jul lntroduclng HP Preclston Bus HP IB ElSA solutions Nov MTS products, HP 2333A, and Interface Nov 6 lntroducing EASY CONFIG - the HP 2334A discontinuance Jul GPIO card for HP 9000 Serles 800 EISA configuration utility N ov Announclng new customer network HP PB computers Nov 6 HP Vectra 486 PC features wide training courses HP UX 70 for HP 9000 Ser~es300 range of hlgh-performance disk New connect~vltyon ALLBASEINET workstations Nov 6 drive subsvstems Nov for HP 9000 systems lntroduclng enhanced Natlve lntroduclng new HP Mouse with mlnl- StarLAN 1 products to be obsoleted Language 110 on HP UX 70 Nov 7 DIN interface Nov 16 November 1 ALLBASEISQL HP's relational DBMS HP Vectra 486 PC: a premler CAD HP 150 ThinLAN card to be for HP 9000 Systems Nov 7 platform Nov 16 obsoleted HP 9000 Serles 300 workstations New HP Vectra PC Multiuser OpenView Windows Workstation swllch to SCSl for mass storage Nov 8 Program Nov 17 available HP BASlClUX 5 52 extends HP Vectra 486 PC multiuser system Nov 17 IBM connectlvlty available with new capabllltles Nov 8 HP Vectra CS PC to be discontinued HP-UX HP 9000 Model 815 HP 9000 Series 300 68020 systems January 1 Nov 18 New TCPllP applications for to be discontinued Nov 9 Price decreases on HP Vectra QSl20 HP 4972A Oct HP 9000 Series 500 to be and RSl25C PCs Nov 18 HP LanProbe goes metric Nov obsoleted March 1990 Nov 10 Four HP Vectra PC models Buy LAN Manager for OSl2 and Native Language Support on discontinued Nov 19 DOS and save HP-UX Dec 9 Price decrease on selected HP StarLAN 10 Link bundles Technical guidebook of HP-UX Vectra PC memory upgrades Nov 19 obsolescence olan Nov Native Language Support Dec 9 lssue lssue lssue Pg lntroduc~ngHP UX LU 6 2 API N ov Font cartr~dgesfor HP LaserJet New improved HP 822408 Infrared Correctron HP UX SNALink for prlnters d~scont~nued prlnter Nov 34 HP 9000 Model 815 system Nov HP LaserJet 2000 prlnter MasterType New HP font cartridge for NS ARPAllOOO add~ngFTP and font cartr~dgelncompat~b~llty HP LaserJet pr~nters Dec 20 Ethernet to NSllOOO at no extra New I~teraturefor HP Masteirype HP LaserJet IIP printer memory cost L~braryof font cartr~dges boards to roll January 1 Dec 20 MTS and HP 2333A12334A X 25 New HP LaserJet Ser~esII prlnter Terminals mult~plexerproducts to be cable connects to IBM PSI2 Data-entry keyboard layout now avail- removed from HP Prlce L~sl Nov Compar~sonof old fonl cartr~dgesto able w~thHP 700/94 termlnal New HP Model 45 X 25 sw~tchand new font cartr~dges Sep Jul 16 lntroduc~ngnew HP 700132 term~nal mult~protocolpad Dec HP introduces 4 ppm HP LaserJet II Aug 14 40% promot~onaldlscount on ATP New HP cl~entserver products prlnter Oct and DTC products announced Dec Software support for HP LaserJet II Aug 15 HP Term~nalProgram d~scont~nuance HP LAN ManagerlX for HP 9000 prlnter Oct Nov 34 Supported dev~ceson HP 92917A systems Dec HP Introduces Great Start font Nov 34 HP LAN Manaqer for OSI2 and cartr~dgefor HP LaserJel prlnters Oct MS-DOS Dec L~teraturefor HP LaserJet II prlnter Oct HP Network Services 2 OIMS-DOS Dec PostScrlpt prlnter cartr~dgenow ava~l SUPPLIES HP ARPA Serv~ces2.01MS-DOS Dec able lor HP LaserJet IID punter Oct More HP scalable typefaces HP LaserJet pr~nterlabels make Printers ava~lable Oct mass malllngs easler Aug 16 lntroduc~ngthe HP DeskWr~terprlnter Jul HP 3000 support change for HP DIRECT order phone numbers Jul 16 HP DeskWr~terprlnter - exclus~vely HP RuggedWr~terprlnter Oct Aug 16 for the Mac~ntosh Jul New HP Pa~ntJetXL color graph~cs Sep 31 HP DeskWr~terpr~nter Integrated w~th prlnter des~gnedfor h~ghvolume Oct 22 Mac~ntoshsoftware Jul users Nov Nov 35 Fonts for HP DeskWr~terpr~nter Jul HP Pa~ntJetXL pr~ntersoftware Dec 20 HP RuggedWr~ter480 pr~nter dr~vers Nov posltlonlng clarified Jul HP Pa~ntJetXL prlnter replacement CROSS-LICENSING New HP DesWet PLUSlWordPerfect supplies Nov font cartridges offered Jul Accessory prlce reducl~onsfor CLASSlFlEDS lntroduclng scalable typefaces for HP LaserJet Ser~esII and IID Software Packages Ava~lableand Type D~rectorand HP LaserJet prlnters Wanted Jul 17 printer Jul HP 26013A 110 card for HP LaserJet Aug 17 New HP MasterType L~braryof fonl IID prlnter supported on HP 3000 Sep 32 cartr~dgesfor HP LaserJel printers Aug systems Nov Oct 23 Nov 36 Dec 31

HP CHANNELS h Januun 1990 Configuration information Product No. Description Product No. Description I The Model 834 offers an "instant igni- Opt. 608*** Add three accelerators for Opt. MI* Add asynchronous 6-channel tion" option for ease of installation, 3D solid rendering and a MUX (981964) full 16-bit Z-buffer. (Cannot Opt. 002 Add ADIOA 8 Mbyte ECC which includes a preconfigured HP-UX order more than one of the RAM board and X Window system following options: 416, 424, Opt. 003** Add 28641A ThinMAU on a disk. 608, 616, and 624) Opt. 004** Add 30241A ThickMAU Opt. 616*** Add one frame buffer card plus AUI cable (for a total of 16 planes of Opt. 016++ Add one 8-plane frame Ordering information frame buffer memory), buffer board and one power three accelerators for 3D supply for a total of 16 I Product No. Description 1 solid rendering, and a full planes of frame buffer mem- 16-bit 2-buffer. (Cannot ory. Cannot be ordered con- Model 834 TurboSRX order more than one of the currently with Option 024 entry-level solid-rendering following options: 416. 424, or 032. workstation includes Model 608, 616, and 624) Opt. 024++ Add two 8-plane frame 834 SPU with 8 Mbytes Opt. 624*** Add two frame buffer cards buffer boards and one power ECC RAM plus: (for a total of 24 planes of supply for a total of 24 2-user HP-UX license-to- frame buffer memory), planes of frame buffer mem- use with general usage three accelerators for 3D ory. Cannot be ordered con- documentation solid rendering and a full currently with Option 016 HP-IB interface card 16-bit Z-buffer, and Starbase or 032. Radiosity and Ray Tracing Opt. 032++ Add three 8-plane frame LAN19000 Series 800 Link Libraries (PIN B1681A and buffer boards and one power Display controller interface B1681L). (Cannot order supply for a total of 32 TurboSRX display con- more than one of the follow- planes of frame buffer mem- troller (with no accelerators) ing options: 416, 424, 608, ory. Cannot be ordered con- with 8-plane frame and four 616, and 624) currently with Option 016 or overlay planes Opt. 716 Substitute 98789A 16-inch 024. color monitor for 98752A Opt. 515+ Substitute A1037A 16-Mbyte 19-inch color monitor 19-inch color monitor. ECC RAM board for AlOlOA (1280 x 1024) Opt. 834 Add preloaded software on 8-Mbyte ECC RAM board. HP-HIL 3-button mouse 7959B 304-Mbyte disk (Total system RAM = 16 2.4-meter HP-HlL extension drive, includes: Mbytes) with audio 2-user HP-UX Opt. 516 Add A1037A 16-Mbyte ECC Motif RAM board HP-HIL ID module NSIARPA services Opt. 531+ Substitute two A1037A Keyboard - Must specify NSl9000 services 16-Mbyte ECC RAM boards one keyboard option Starbase graphics library for AlOlOA 8-Mbyte ECC Opt. OBI Add media ('%-inch tape) X-Window system RAM board. (Total system RAM = 32 Mbytes) and documentation AIO89A Model 834SRX entry-level Opt. 001* Add asynchronous 6-channel Opt. 716 Substitute 98789A 16-inch solid-rendering workstation color monitor for 98752A MUX (981964) includes Model 834 SPU Opt. 002 Add AlOlOA 8-Mbyte ECC 19-inch color monitor. with 8 Mbytes ECC RAM Opt. 834 Add preloaded software on RAM board plus: Opt. 003** Add 28641A ThinMAU 79598 304-Mbyte disk drive Opt. w* Add 30241A ThickMAU 92466L 2-User HP-UX license-to- includes: plus AUI cable use with general usage 2-user HP-UX Opt. 416*** Add one frame buffer card documentation Motif for a total of 16 planes of TlllOB HP-IB interface card NSIARPA services NSl9000 services frame-buffer memory (can- 917868 LAN19000 Series 800 link not order more than one of Starbase graphics library Option 416 or 424.) A1017A Display controller interface X-Window system Opt. 424*** Add two frame buffer cards 98720A SRX display controller with for a total of 24 planes of 8-plane frame buffer and *Limited to one Option 001 (add asyn- frame buffer memory. (Can- four overlay planes chronous &channel MUX). not order more than one of Opt. 721 3D solid rendering graphics **Options 003 and 004 cannot be ordered Option 416 or 424.) accelerator Opt. 515+ Substitute A1037A 16-Mbyte Opt. R2 Frame buffer board concurrently. ECC RAM board for 98752A 19-inch color monitor ***Options 416, 424, 608, 616, or 624 cannot AlOlOA 8-Mbyte ECC RAM (1280x1024) be ordered concurrenrly. board. (Total system RAM +Options 515 and 531 cannot be ordered = 16 Mbytes) 46060B HP-HIL 3-button mouse Opt. 516 Add A1037A 16-Mbyte ECC 46081A 2.4-meter HP-HIL extension concurrently. Limited to one Option 515 or RAM board with audio one Option 531 per mainjrame. Opt. 531+ Substitute two A1037A 46084A HP-HIL ID module ++Options 016, 024 and 032 cannot be 16-Mbyte ECC RAM boards ordered concurrently. for AlOlOA 8-Mbyte ECC Keyboard - Must specify one keyboard option RAM board. (Total system Contact your HP representative for RAM = 32 Mbytes) Opt. OBI Add media ('L-inch tape) and documentation more information. JANUARY 1990 HP Channels HP 9000 Note: The 92211R Design Plus cabinet HP ME Series 10 is supported on the currently is not included and should be HP Vectra, IBM, and 386- New HP 9000 Model ordered separately. Also, HP-UX 7.0 based PCs and HP 9000 Series 300 635SV options media and manuals are now modular- computers. ized. Call your HP representative for more information. HP ME Series 30 is supported on Due to popular demand, a variety of HP 9000 Series 300 and 800 systems. new HP 9000 Model 635SV options are now available. These include delete HP 9000 For more information, contact your options for the tape autochanger and HP representative. disk drives, as well as add-on memory Enhancements to options and MAU options. Now the Model 635SV can be better tailored to HP ME Series 10 and suit users' needs for tape backup, stor- 30 offer greater age, memory, and LAN cabling. The Also in this issue product structure now looks like this: performance

Product No. Description X.400 available on The ME Series 10 (PIN B1310A) is HP's MPE XL 1 A1620A HP 9000 Model 635SV server world-class, 2D design and documenta- SPU including: tion system. Enhancements improve HP-UX LU 62 APZ System processor HP Price List date change 21 Floating-point coprocessor performance and interactivity, plus 24 Mbytes ECC RAM offer new capabilities such as automatic Two HP-IB interfaces 2D hidden-line removal. The ME Series 6-channel MUX 30 (PIN B1330A) provides easy-to-use 35401A Tape autochanger (67-536 solid modeling capabilities. Enhance- Mbytes) ments take advantage of HP's graphics 7963B 304-Mbyte disk drive hardware for real-time interaction and 97963B 304-Mbyte upgrade for 7963B improved photorealism. These two 917868 LAN19000 link products are targeted for the mechanical 92508L HP-UX server license to use engineering computer-aided design and general usage documentation industry. 50981A ARPA Services1800 50970A NFS services Features and benefits B1155A X Window System Enhancements to ME Series 10 include: 98876A SoftPC Faster redraw Must order ei ther Opt. AAO or AAI below: Opt. AAO Networking software on Real-time pan and zoom for drawing U-inch cartridge tape Opt. AAI Networking software on production %-inch 9-track tape Hidden-line removal module improves Opt. OEl Add A1014A power battery I backup system ability to create assembly drawings Opt. IAN Delete 35401A tape autochanger Enhancements to ME Series 30 include: Opt. 1BC Delete 79638 and 979638 disk drives and one HP-IB Now supports double-buffering and Opt. 003 Add 28641A ThinMAU interactive graphics on the HP 9000 Add 30241A ThickMAU Opt. 004 Series 800, the SRX, and TurboSRX Opt. AFK Add 28664A twisted-pair I MAU 1 Interactively rotate, pan, and zoom Opt. 501 Add AlOlOA 8-Mbyte RAM board ME 30 models, helping users create Opt. 516 Add A1037A 16-Mbyte RAM designs faster and easier board Opt. 517 Substitute A1037A 16-Mbyte New capabilities for enhanced photo- RAM board for AlOlOA realism to help users better present 8-Mbyte board their products in the design phase HP NewWave Developer Premier Assist This is an enhanced version of the ( General NewWave Developer Assist service. It Introducing HP New Wave Developer Assist gives developers all the benefits of I NewWave Developer Assist, plus one services working day response time to software development questions. They also will have access to early interim release ver- I Effective December 1, 1989, Hewlett- available. Each service enables devel- sions of NewWave software and tools. Packard introduced two new electronic opers to focus on the unique capabilities Although this is prerelease software, it technical support services for the soft- of their application by reducing the does enable them to plan ahead and ware developer: HP NewWave Devel- time they spend solving development prepare their application for future oper Assist (PIN D1728A) and HP problems. HP NewWave Developer NewWave environment enhancements. NewWave Developer Premier Assist Assist services are available in one-year (PIN D1729A). Each support service increments. Worldwide connections through gives developers fast reliable answers to CompuServe their NewWave questions, boosting HP NewWave Developer Assist is tar- their development productivity. geted to users who develop NewWave NewWave Developer Assist services use applications - independent software CompuServe's state-of-the-art informa- HP's NewWave Developer Assist ser- developers, corporate developers, tion network and electronic mail system vices offer high-quality electronic tech- value-added businesses, systems to support NewWave developers world- nical assistance to NewWave application integrators, software publishers, educa- wide. CompuServe's advanced commu- developers. Two levels of support are tors, computer consultants, and indus- nication network guarantees that all try analysts. communication between developers and HP support engineers is completely confidential. HP NewWave Developer

- - HP NewWave developer forum and Services Assist Premier Assist knowledge base

Response time to development questions 3 working days 1 working day NewWave developers can talk to other Service request submission and acknowledgement NewWave developers through the Knowledge Base HP NewWave developer public forum. Access to interim release software Support for interim release software Developers can share ideas and Knowledge Base for interim release software experiences, ask questions, or simply Sample code for programming keep abreast of the latest NewWave Software patches developments. They are invited to par- Technical notes ticipate in this forum even if they Access to NewWave Developer Public Forum choose not to purchase a support Register NewWave application I.D. codes service. Access to marketing news As a subscriber to a NewWave Developer Assist service, developers have access to the NewWave knowledge HP NewWave Developer Assist I ( specialists and receive an answer within base. This comprehensive database lets three working days. Developers also This is HP's basic technical support developers query technical information have access to on-line information in service for NewWave developers. or look at hints and discoveries from the NewWave knowledge base, sample other NewWave developers. Through this service, software code, and other time-saving services, developers can submit questions to one designed to improve their overall of HP's highly qualified NewWave Contact your HP representative for productivity. more information.

JANUARY I990 HP Channels 3 General The NewWave environment is designed to improve the productivity of knowl- Introducing an enhanced HP New Wave edge workers through the integration of Developer Kit systemwide information and resources. 1 HP NewWave was developed to help promote and establish industrywide standards and expand the base for com- mon applications development.

Users who purchased the original HP NewWave Developer Kit Version 1.0 (PIN D1701A) and returned reply cards to HP will be notified by mail on how to receive their free HP NewWave Developer Kit upgrade.

The original HP NewWave Developer Kit Version 1.0 was removed from the HP Price List December 1, 1989. Con- tact your HP representative for more information.

General Introducing Yacc for DOS

HP NavWave's system-wide services facilitate system-wide application integration and task Yacc (Yet Another Compiler-Compiler) automation, while eliminating redundant development effort. for DOS (PIN D1715A) is an advanced software tool for the development of HP The HP NewWave Developer Kit the development of HP NewWave appli- NewWave applications. It automatically Version 2.0 (PIN D1714A) is an cations by improving on the original generates parsers that developers can enhanced version of the original New- HP NewWave Developer Kit Version use to implement the HP NewWave Wave Developer Kit Version 1.0. This 1.0. This release adds the powerful Agent in their applications. advanced software toolkit enables NewWave Agent and CBT development developers to create their own highly tools. Yacc for DOS is intended for software integrated and easy-to-use HP NewWave developers (independent software ven- applications. Enhancements include the The toolkit includes a development ver- dors, original equipment manufac- full HP NewWave Agent and Computer- sion of the HP NewWave environment, turers, and value-added businesses). Based Training (CBT) development software development tools, integration facilities. tools, software libraries, user-interface Although it is technically possible for style guide, and sample applications programmers to develop the HP New- The HP NewWave Developer Kit is with source code and documentation to Wave Agent parser without Yacc for targeted to software developers (ISVs, aid in the development of HP NewWave DOS, with it they can dramatically OEMs, and VABs). applications. HP NewWave's integral increase their software development systemwide services allow developers to productivity. The manuals in the Features and benefits significantly reduce their development HP NewWave Developer Kit Version 2.0 (PIN D1714A) have examples that show developers how to use HP's Yacc for DOS for HP NewWave Agent design. Yacc for DOS supports 100 percent compatible IBM PC AT and PSI2 computers.

HP CHANNELS Junuan 190 HP has licensed Yacc from AT&T. The General HP Vectra PC models that support the terms of the HP and AT&T license 42-Mbyte and 84-Mbyte high-quality agreement restrict the sale of Yacc for Executive Card drives are available effective January 1, DOS with a "shrink wrapped" license Manager to be 1990: the HP Vectra ESl12 Models 46 agreement to only those countries with and 47 PCs, the HP Vectra QSl16S enforceable copyright laws. These discontinued April 1, Models 1, 46, 47, 86, and 87 PCs, and countries include: Argentina, Australia, the HP Vectra QSl20 Models 1, 46, 47, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, 1990 86, and 87 PCs. The Models 46 and 47 Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, now include the 42-Mbyte embedded-AT Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, On January 1, 1990, Executive Card controller drive and the Models 86 and France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Manager site-license products, PIN 87 include the 84-Mbyte embedded-AT India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, 68331L and PIN 68331T, were discon- controller drive. The Model 1 easily New Zealand, the Netherlands, Nor- tinued. Executive Card Manager, PIN allows the addition of HP's 42-Mbyte way, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, 68331F, will be discontinued on April and 84-Mbyte embedded-AT controller Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, 1, 1990, and will be supported for five hard disk drives. For those users Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United more years. requiring expandability, dual HP Kingdom, England, Wales, Scotland, embedded-AT controller drives are Northern Ireland, United States, Executive Card Manager is a personal supported with the HP Vectra QSl20, Venezuela, and West Germany. Users database that uses a card file metaphor QSl16S, and ESl12 PCs. who reside in countries not on this list for storing and accessing data. The are required to sign a software license HP 150 version of Executive Card Man- To support HP's high-quality embedded- agreement before they purchase and use ager was discontinued October 1, 1989. AT controller drives, HP's new PCs the product. These software license will include an AT multifunction con- agreements are available from your troller card. This card provides the HP representative. standard HP serial and parallel ports, Desktop the flexible disk drive controller, and Embedded-AT the hard disk drive interface. The hard General disk drive controller is not included on controller drives for the AT multifunction controller card Graphics Gallery since it is physically attached and inte- HP Vectra PCs grated into HP's new 42-Mbyte and update kit now 84-Mbyte disk drives. Users wishing to available New HP embedded-AT controller install a hard disk drive without an drives will be standard with the embedded-AT controller will need to HP Vectra QSl20, QSl16S, and ESl12 add the appropriate controller. Graphics Gallery has been enhanced to PCs effective January 1, 1990. These operate better within limited memory new 42-Mbyte and 84-Mbyte half- New and improved HP Vectra ES and environments. In addition, drivers have height, 3%-inch hard disk drives have QS PC Kits (PINS D1351C and D1450D, been added for the HP PaintJet XL and embedded-AT interface controllers that respectively), are also available effec- the HP LaserJet IIP printers. Affected provide enhanced quality and reliabil- tive January 1, 1990. These new PC product numbers are listed below. Con- ity. Models with HP's new 42-Mbyte Kits include a concise and easy-to-use tact your HP representative for more and 84-Mbyte drives will replace manual that supports HP's high-quality information. models with 40-Mbyte ST-506 and embedded-AT controller drives. The 108-Mbyte ESDI hard disk drives, PC Kits will continue to include ( Product No. Description 1 respectively. 5%-inch and 3 %-inch setup and utili- D1711-60012 Graphics Gallery Collection ties diskettes, an AC power cord, and a 5 %-inch update kit keyboard cable. D1711-60011 Graphics Gallery Collection 3 %-inch update kit The tables on the following page sum- D1709-60005 Drawing Gallery 5 %-inch marize the new models and products update kit available. D1709-60004 Drawing Gallery 3 %-inch update kit D1710-60008 Charting Gallery 5 %-inch update kit D1710-60007 Charting Gallery 3%-inch update kit JANUARY 1990 HP Channels 3 HP Vectra ES112, QSIMS, and QS120 PC configurations Desktop

Hard disk Flexible HP products replaced capacity Hard disk disk size Video Product No. Description (Mb~tes) controller (inches) adapter with embedded-AT HP Vkctra ES/12 PC controller drives D1310A Model 10 none none D1326A Model 26 20 VGA Models with HP's new 42-Mbyte and D1327A Model 27 20 VGA 84-Mbyte embedded-AT controller D1346B Model 46 42 VGA drives provide attractive replacements D1347B Model 47 42 VGA for models with 40-Mbyte ST-506 and 108-Mbyte ESDI hard disk drives, HP Vecrra QS/16S PC D1481B Model 1 none none none respectively. Effective January 1, 1990, D1462B Model 46 42 Embedded-AT VGA the HP Vectra ES112, QS/16S, and QSl20 Models 46 and 47 PCs with D1464B Model 47 42 Embedded-AT VGA 40-Mbyte ST-506 drives will be discon- D1488B Model 86 84 Embedded-AT VGA tinued. In addition, the HP Vectra D1489B Model 87 84 Embedded-AT VGA QSl16S Model 10 PC was removed HP Vecrra QS/20 PC from the January 1, 1990, HP Price D1491B Model 1 none none none List. Orders for models discontinued D1422B Model 46 42 Embedded-AT VGA January 1, 1990, will be accepted D1424B Model 47 42 Embedded-AT VGA through January 31, 1990, for delivery by June 30, 1990. D1498B Model 86 84 Embedded-AT VGA D1499B Model 87 84 Embedded-AT VGA Effective March 1, 1990, the HP Vectra QSl20 Models 10e and lOOe PCs will 42-Mbyte and 84-Mbyte embedded-AT hard disk drives be discontinued. Orders for these models will be accepted through March 1 Product No. Description I 31, 1990, for delivery by August 31, 1990. D1665A 42-Mbyte embedded-AT controller hard disk drive, 19 ms average seek time, 10 MBitsIsec maximum transfer rate. New and improved HP Vectra ES and D1666A 84-Mbyte embedded-AT controller hard disk drive, 19 ms average seek QS PC Kits will replace the existing PC time, 10 MBitsIsec maximum transfer rate. Kits January 1, 1990. These new PC Kits include a concise and easy-to-use The following HP Vectra ESl12, ' HP Vectra QSl20 PC data sheet, manual that supports HP's new high- QS/16S, and QSl20 PC data sheets are PIN 5952-1098 quality embedded-AT controller drives. available. The table on the following page is a HP Vectra ES and ESl12 PCs data Contact your HP representative for summary of the models and products sheet, PIN 5952-1099 copies of these data sheets andlor for more information. that will be discontinued. HP Vectra OSl16S PC data sheet. I PIN 5952-167

HP CHANNELS Jutiuun 1920 Discontinued Products Replaced by The new 3 %-inch drive also offers the Product No. Description Product No. Description capability of being auto-configurable in systems that can take advantage of this HP Vectra ESl12 Model 46 HP Vectra ESl12 Model 46 feature. In other words, it can auto- PC with 40-Mbyte ST-506 PC with 42-Mbyte matically identify itself to systems with drive embedded-AT drive HP's new auto-configuration utility, HP Vectra ESl12 Model 47 HP Vectra ESl12 Model 47 obviating the need to manually enter PC with 40-Mbyte ST-506 PC with 42-Mbyte the drive configuration during system drive embedded-AT drive setup. Lastly, it offers industry-leading HP Vectra QSl16S Model HP Vectra QSl16S Model 1 reliability, surpassing even the current 10 PC with four-function PC with AT multifunction ST-506 Card card HP 3%-inch drive. HP Vectra QSI16S Model HP Vectra QSl16S Model 46 PC with 40-Mbyte 46 PC with 42-Mbyte The new drive accessory will be avail- ST-506 drive embedded-AT drive able as PIN D1667A. The current HP Vectra QSl16S Model HP Vectra QSl16S Model 3%-inch drive accessory, PIN 45813A, 47 PC with 40-Mbyte 47 PC with 42-Mbyte will remain on the HP Price List for ST-506 drive embedded-AT drive HP Vectra CS PC owners wishing to HP Vectra QSl20 Model HP Vectra QSl20 Model 1 add a 3%-inch flexible drive to their 10e PC with four-function PC with AT multifunction existing systems. ESDI card card HP Vectra QSl20 Model HP Vectra QSl20 Model 46 PC with 40-Mbyte 46 PC with 42-Mbyte Deskrop ST-506 drive embedded-AT drive HP Vectra QSl20 Model HP Vectra QSl20 Model Improved PC Kits for 47 PC with 40-Mbyte 47 PC with 42-Mbyte ST-506 drive embedded-AT drive HP Vectra PCs HP Vectra QSl20 Model HP Vectra QSl20 Model lOOe PC with 108-Mbyte 86 PC with 84-Mbyte ESDI drive embedded-AT drive and VGA adapter card HP Vectra ES and ESl12 HP Vectra ES and ESl12 PC Kit PC Kit HP Vectra QSl16S and HP Vectra QSl16S and QSl20 PC Kit QSl20 PC Kit

1 The following new HP Vectra ES112. I HP Vectra OS116S- PC. PIN 5952-1097 1 QSIMS, and 6~120data sheets are HP Vectra QS120 PC, PIN 5952-1098 available. HP Vectra ES and ES112 PCs, PIN 5952-1099 I

Deskfop 1 New 3%- inch .flexible disk drive -forHP PCs 1 With the improved HP Vectra PC Kits, On January 1, 1990, Hewlett-Packard to the industry-standard RO Kbytes or setting-up HP Vectra PCs is easier and introduced a new version of its 3%-inch 1.44 Mbytes, or to the 710-Kbyte format faster. The setting-up manual has been flexible disk drive. The new drive will used on early HP personal computers. designed to be concise and easy to use. appear in all new PC models con- It provides 3%-inch data interchange figured with 3 %-inch flexible drives. It with the entire HP Vectra PC line, the The VGA utilities and documentation will also be available as an accessory. HP 150, the HP 110, the HP Portable have been added to the PC Kit to fur- Plus, and other IBM-compatible sys- ther simplify the setting-up process. The new drive provides all the func- tems. It is supported on all HP Vectra Users receiving HP Vectra PCs and tionality of the existing one. It can read PCs except the HP Vectra CS PC. operating systems with the new PC Kits and write 3%-inch diskettes formatted JANUARY I990 HP Channels will be able to quickly and easily set-up uses Intel's 80386SX microprocessor to Desktop their PCs with no changes in their sys- handle today's and tomorrow's sophisti- tem's functionality. cated 386 applications, at a price HP Vectra ES PC to approaching that of the 80286. be discontinued HP Vectra ES and ES112 PC Kits that include the new concise setting-up Product No. Description March 1 manual began shipping in October. By D1481B HP Vectra QSl16S Model 1 PC the first quarter of 1990, all HP Vectra D1462B HP Vectra QSl16S Model 46 PC Effective March 1, 1990, the HP Vectra PC Kits will include the new setting-up D1464B HP Vectra QSl16S Model 47 PC ES PC will be removed from the HP manual as well as the VGA utilities and D1488B HP Vectra QSl16S Model 86 PC Price List. After the March 1 discon- documentation. Users will receive their D1489B 87 tinuance, orders will be accepted for new PC Kits enclosed in a clear cover HP Vectra QSl16S Model PC the HP Vectra ES PC through March 31 shipped inside the box that contains any for shipments by September 1, 1990. HP software or operating systems Deskrop ordered. HP Vectra LS/12 This move is being made to focus on Along with the easy-to-use setting-up mainstream and high-performance PCs, manual, the improved PC Kits will con- laptop PC to be beginning with the 12-MHz 80286 HP tinue to include a 5 %-inch setup and Vectra ES112 PC. HP is committed to discontinued providing price-competitive mainstream utilities diskette, an AC power cord, a PCs, demonstrated by the recent price keyboard cable, a support guide, and reduction on all HP Vectra ES112 PC the HP DIRECT catalog. PC Kits for The HP Vectra LSl12 laptop PC Model models. (See following article "HP the HP Vectra ES, ES112, QSl16S, and 44 (PIN D1044A) and all remaining Vectra ES112 PC price reduction") QS120 PCs will also include a 3 %-inch options of the Model 24 (PIN D1024A) setup and utilities diskette. will be discontinued and removed from The following table summarizes the the HP Price List on February 1, 1990. I product numbers to be discontinued, All LS112 accessories except the numeric effective March 1, 1990. Desktop coprocessor and the 1-Mbyte memory card will remain on the price list for a HP Vectra QS/16S PC minimum of three months after the dis- I Product No. Description 1 price decreased continuance. The numeric coprocessor D1210A HP Vectra ES Model 10 PC (PIN D1053A) and the 1-Mbyte memory D1215A HP Vectra ES Model 15 PC card (PIN D1054A) will be discontinued D1220A HP Vectra ES Model 20 PC On January 1, 1990, two exciting on February 1, 1990. D1226A HP Vectra ES Model 26 PC changes became effective on the HP D1227A HP Vectra ES Model 27 PC Vectra QSl16S PC: new models and No follow-up product to the HP Vectra price decrease. As described in the LS112 laptop PC is planned at this time. previous articles, the new models Hewlett-Packard has chosen instead to include 90-Mbyte hard disk drive bun- focus resources on developing main- Desktop dles. These new models will be particu- stream and high-end desktop and desk- larly valuable for users with mass side personal computers. Users will be HP Vectra ES/12 PC storage needs above 40 Mbytes, such able to source laptops from a variety of price reduction as the office "power user,'' or PC users vendors that manufacture industry- running CAD or systems. compatible portable computers. Not applicable in Europe Additionally, HP is decreasing prices of The HP Vectra LS112 laptop PC Model the HP Vectra QSl16S PC by approxi- 44 will enter a five-year support life Hewlett-Packard has reduced the list mately $200 to $400 (U.S. list), after February 1, 1990. price of all models of the HP Vectra depending on the model. These price ES112 PC, effective December 1, 1989. decreases make the 80386SX-based Product No. Description These price reductions are part of a HP Vectra PC even more attractive to continuing strategy to maintain HP's users considering a 386 purchase. The D1024A 20-Mbyte HP Vectra LSl12 PC competitive position in the mainstream HP Vectra QSl16S PC is Hewlett- D 1044A 40-Mbyte HP Vectra LSl12 PC PC marketplace and to respond to Packard's entry-level 386 desktop PC. It DlOS2A U.S. modem changing market conditions. D1053A Numeric coprocessor D1054A I-Mbyte memory card D1057A Battery D1058A Battery charger As with other HP-UXIIBM connec- I Product No. Description tivity products that will change to the Media Oprions Vectra ~~112PC effective December 1, new structure on February 1, HP 9000 Opt. AAO U-inch cartridge tape 1989. Series 800 orders will require a choice (HP 9000 Series 800) of product number, media option, and Opt. AAI 1600-bpi magnetic tape Product No. ~escxion processor option. (HP 9000 Series 800) HP Vectra ESI12 Model 10 PC Processor options Following is the new HP-UX LU 6.2 Opt. AH0 Model 808 version HP Vectra ESI12 Model 15 PC API structure: Opt. AEL Model 815 version HP Vectra ESI12 Model 20 PC Opt. AE5 Models 8251832 version HP Vectra ESI12 Model 26 PC Opt. AEN Model 840 version HP Vectra ESll2 Model 27 PC Opt. AEP Models 8501855 version HP Vectra ESI12 Model 40 PC 98162A HP-UX LU 6.2 API for HP 9000 Series 300 HP Vectra ESI12 Model 46 PC 98164A HP-UX LU 6.2 API for HP Vectra ESll2 Model 47 PC HP 9000 Series 800 Upgrades to other models are also available. Contact your HP representa- tive for more information.

1 Also in this issue Discontinued font products and recommended I New carrying case strap I available for HP Vectm replacements for HP LaserJet printer family ~st12PC 23 The following HP LaserJet printer tinuance, there will be a 30-day grace family font products will be discon- period for orders. For example, the HP tinued. The effective discontinuance 92286A discontinues January 1, 1990; date and the recommended replace- however, orders will be accepted ments are listed below. After discon- through January 31, 1990.

Original Recommended replacement Discontinuance Nerworks Product No. Product No. date HP-UX LU 6.2 APZ January 1, 1990 HP Price List date January 1, 1990 change January 1, 1990 January 1, 1990 January 1, 1990 The HP Price List date for the HP-UX January 1, 1990 LU 6.2 API has been changed from December 1, 1989, to February 1, 1990. January 1, 1990 At that time, LU 6.2 will have a simpli- January 1, 1990 fied product structure that decreases April 1, 1990 product numbers and uses processor April 1, 1990 options. No longer will there be a sepa- April 1, 1990 rate product number for each of the April 1, 1990 HP 9000 Series 800 processors. Instead, there will be one product number for April 1, 1990 the HP 9000 Series 300 and one for the April 1, 1990 Series 800 version. A processor option April 1, 1990 on the HP 9000 Series 800 product will April 1, 1990 indicate choice of processor. April 1, 1990 April 1, 1990 The new structure includes an option April 1, 1990 for the HP 9000 Model 8251832 processors, and a separate option for JANUARY 1990 the Model 835. HP Channels hardware, system administration, and Original Recommended replacement Discontinuance Lo. Product No. date system maintenance costs. For certain applications, the HP 7001X terminals April 1, 1990 can provide a cost-effective and afford- April 1, 1990 able means of adding more user seats April 1. 1990 on the network. April 1, 1990 April 1, 1990 The HP 7001X terminals provide the user with interactive network access to April 1, 1990 graphics applications, text-based infor- mation, and utilize compute resources C2050A -Dl4 December 1, 1989 across systems on the LAN. Programs C2050A -DO6 December 1, 1989 and data, resident on different computers No exact replacement consider one of the new December 1, 1989 on the network, can be simultaneously scalable typefaces displayed in multiple windows on an Consider one of the new scalable typefaces December 1, 1989 HP 7001X terminal. The user can also access systems on the network that C2054A -ABA April 1, 1990 do not support the X Window system C2054A -ABA April 1, 1990 through TELNET (ANSI-standard No exact replacement, consider C2054A -ABA April 1, 1990 terminal emulation). Font utility 33406B PCL Pak December 1, 1989 Target applications for the HP 7001X terminals range from design automation in ME and EE CAD, to solutions for For any of the HP products listed There is an entire new MasterType CASE, industrial automation, business above, HP will waive the restocking fee Library of font cartridge or scalable UNIX systems, and medicine. Example for the last three months of product life. typeface products for the HP LaserJet applications include: printer family. These new products offer more variety in sizes, typefaces, ME-CAD view station and symbol sets - for less. EE-CAD design capture station Terntinals Software development station Introducing the HP 700/X family of X Window Financial trader workstation terminals Laboratory information management Health care information systems Manufacturing process view station On-line database inquiry station Travel reservation systems Geographic mapping systems

The HP 7001X terminals connect directly to a standard IEEE 802.31Ethernet local-area network and communicate with host systems using TCPIIP. The terminals are designed to operate in multivendor networked environments consisting of systems from HPIApollo, Sun, b13~:and The HP 700lX family of X Window When configured as components of an others. All terminals come standard graphics terminals are network display engineering, manufacturing, or busi- with a BNC port that supports Thin- stations based on the industry-standard ness solution, the HP 7001X terminals LAN and an AUI port that supports X Window System Version 11, Release 3. can substantially reduce the overall ThickLAN or StarLAN 10 networks HP CHANNELS January 1990 The terminals are available in a variety Language options of low-cost color and monochrome bundled configurations. Bit-mapped Option Language Supplies graphics monitors with resolutions of ABA U.S. English 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768 are ABC Canadian French New carrying case supported. All units come standard ABD German with 1 Mbyte of RAM expandable up to ABE European Spanish strap available for 4 Mbytes and display 16 colors from a ABF European French palette of 4,096 or up to 16 levels of HP Vectra LS/12 PC ABH Dutch gray-scale. The terminals include a ABL Canadian English high-performance dedicated graphics ABM Latin Spanish A new strap with a metal hook is processor (TI 34010) for executing ABN Norwegian available free of charge to any users X-server instructions, and a coproces- who ordered the HP Vectra LSl12 PC sor for efficient handling of network ABP Swiss German ABQ Swiss French carrying case (PIN 35178F) prior to communications. keyboard entry, and October 15, 1989. Users should order ABS Swedish mouse tracking. PIN 5957-8448. HP recommends that ABU U.K. English all new users who have straps with ABW Belgian Dutch The HP 700lX terminals are positioned plastic hooks replace them with the to fill the price, performance, and func- ABX Finnish new straps with metal hooks. Contact tionality gap between office terminals ABY Danish your HP representative for more and diskless workstations. They are a ABZ Italian information. high-end addition to the HP 700 Series ACC U.S. English with U.K. power family of office terminals and a com- cord ACD U.S. English with Swiss power plementary low-end offering to the Supplies HPlApollo family of workstations. cord ACE U.S. English with Danish power cord Ordering information HP DIRECT order phone numbers ACF U.S. English with Japanese power cord The HP 700lX terminals will be order- HP DIRECT Fast Phones-the easy, direct way able starting January 1, 1990. The ACG U.S. English with Australian for users to order supplies, accessories, media. power cord HP 700lX terminals can be ordered in furniture, and software from HP DIRECT. one of the bundled configurations shown Loeation Telephone Number below. For each C230XA unit ordered, Nore: Kanji language option support for the Australia (03) 895-2645 a local language option must be speci- HP 700/X terminals is currently under (03) 895-2615 fied in addition to ordering one copy of investigation. Contact your local HP (03) 895-2815 representative for more information. (03) 895-2861 the X Window server software tape. All (03) 895-2619 (800) 339-861 (toll-free) units ordered include the installation For more information on the HP 700lX Austria (0222) 2500-61416151616 manuals. family of X Window Terminals, contact BelgiumlLuxembourg (02) 761 31 11 Canada 800-387-3 154 your local HP representative. Toronto Local 416-671-8383 Denmark 80 30 16 40 Finland (90) 887 2361 France (I) 69 86 17 25 I Product No. Description Greece (01) 672 6090 Italy (02) 9210 3301 HP 700lX - X Window Terminal Base Unit bundled configuration (no monitor) Japan including: X Window processor base unit with 1 Mbyte of RAM, HP 46021A Sagamihara 0120 09132 1 (toll-free) HP-HIL keyboard with cable, HP 46060B HP-HIL three-button mouse, HP D1191A Middle EastlAfrica, video monitor cable (for all supported monitors), all local country power cables for Geneva base unit and monitor Norway South Africa HP 700lX - Gray Scale Monochron~eX Window Terminal bundled configuration Johannesburg including: HP 98786A 17-inch monochrome monitor with 1024x768 resolution, Cape Town HP C2301A X Window terminal base unit (listed above) Spain HP 700lX - Color X Window Terminal bundled configuration including: Sweden HP D1182AiB 14-inch color monitor with 640x480 (VGA) resolution, HP C2301A Switzerland X Window terminal base unit (listed above) Taiwan HP 700lX High-Resolution Color X Window Terminal bundled configuration Taipei 080-2 1 1228 (toll-free) including: HP 98785A 16-inch color monitor with 1024x768 resolution, HP C2301A (02) 7 17-9608 X Window terminal base unit (listed above) The Netherlands 06-050 1 United Kingdom (0734) 44 12 12 C2310A X Window Server Software (one copy required per site) United States 800-538-8787 Opt. AAO %-inch cartridge tape for HP 9000 systems West Germany (0130) 3322 Opt. AAI 'Winch 1600-bpi 9-track tape Add 1 Mbyte of customer-installable RAM (maximum 3; 4 Mbytes total) JANUARY 1990 HP Channels d Software Packages Available Industry: Wholesale distribution/indscsrrial hardgoods Abstracr: The BCS Distribution Plus Software system is a com- and Wanted prehensive and powerful distribution package that integrates the following modules: inventory control, order entry, purchasing management, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and general If you have a software package available for cross- ledger. licensing, or are looking for a package to cross license, The system is designed to accommodate multicompany, multibranch distribution entities and runs under the HP-UX environment. Each this section will help you. Your entry will appear for two module is written with ease of use for the end user in mind and is months; the most recent additions are shaded. To list your fully menu driven. All modules are integrated, but can run stand company in the Cross-Licensing Classifieds (at no charge), alone. Standard features include alpha cross-referencing (which eliminates remembering numbers), audit trails and accounting see the address at the end of this section. controls, and system documentation and user manuals. The software has been developed utilizing input from a host of Software Packages Available experienced distribution consultants and has been proven in some I of the most sophisticated distribution environments. To date, our marketing efforts have concentrated on the Midwest marketplace. Industry: Apartment managemenr BCS is looking to further penetrate the national marketplace via to Abstract: AMl3000-I1 is an apartment management system for cross licensing. We have excellent user references assist during developers and property managers. Operating on the HP 3000 the sales cycle. family, it is a full-function lease processing and general accounting Fearures system that combines ease of processing with a rich array of man- 20-character item or pan number agement and financial reports. Alpha lookup feature for inventory items, vendors, and Tenant processing is completely integrated with general ledger. customers. Amounts due from tenants are automatically calculated, including 2,500 additional characters of description. special charges and prior balances. Application of advance rent is Unlimited cross referencing of item numbers automatically performed in the month due. Move ins, move outs, Multiple locations, branches, and divisions and transfers are supported, based upon scheduled dates. Suggested purchase order quantities AMl3000-I1 provides a complete balance sheet and income state- Optional and substitute item numbers ment, by project or consolidated by owner. Fiscal year is deter- Multiple units of measure per item number mined by the user, with automatic rolling of current year earnings Multiple costing methods to date into retained earnings at year end. One month's accounting Automatic backorder tracking and matching may be started before the prior month has been closed, eliminating Complete physical inventory handling end-of-month scheduling problems. Adjustments to prior year are Kit processinglsingle-level bill of materials allowed, with automatic rolling of ETD to retained earnings. - Audit trails of inventory movement Inquiry display screens shwing current on-hand, committed, Features and on-order quantities per branch On-line, menu driven, multiuser Comprehensive sales analysis reporting with flexibility via Multicompany Report Generator. = Multiwner Requirements: HP 9000 Series 3001800 - HP-UX Multiproject HP Vectra PC or SCO UNIXIXenix = User-defined chart of accounts User-formatted financial statements Company Name: Business Computer Software. Inc. Multilevel functional security Address: 1825 S. Woodward Batch and overnight optional processing of updates and reports Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013 Complete budgeting facilities U.S.A. Complete audit trails with internal and external accounting Phone: 313-338-6880 controls Default values for common entries, with override capabilities Far: 313-338-9817 Extensive edits prevent most input errors Contact Person: Paul E. Hodges, III Optional, fully integrated accounts-payable module is available Type of Distributor Mnted: Open Company Name: Orion Systems Technology, Inc. Geographical Coverage: Select Nonh America markets outside of Address: 325 S. El Dorado the Midwest. Suite 102 Mesa, AZ 85202 U.S.A. Phone: 602-894-6983 Contact Person: Patrick Lockwood Type ofDistributor Wanted: Open Geographical Coverage: United States Software Packages Wanted You can list your company in the Cross-Licensing Industry: Telecommunications - manufacturing, services, andlor end Classifieds (either Software Packages Available or users Software Packages Wanted) by sending the informa- Abstract: Automated test solutions for digital radio, cellular phone, PCM, tion in the format used here to: and TDM systems and fiber optics and overlay telephone networks. The solutions should perform the applicable test for the telecom system1 Hewlett-Packard Company network of case, allow users to select the measurements they want, as well as the required reports, handle alarm conditions, and any other Value-Added Channels Development appropriate features generally required by the industry. Attn: Marcia Nowicky Additional features 19091 Pruneridge Ave. User friendly with on-line help feature Building 46UV Menu-driven program Cupertino, CA 95014 Some form of security Drivers for currently available HP printers U.S.A. Centraliremote systems capabilities Drivers for inputs channel switches Entries will run for two months. The most recent Desired hardware: PCs, HP 1000 or 9000 systems, HP instruments as additions are shaded. Be sure to send the information front ends to perform the required measurements. in at least one month before you wish it to appear. Company Name: Hewlett-Packard Co. Latin American Region Address: Monte Pelvoux 111, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec Mexico, D. F. Mexico Phone: Intl -525-202-0155 Far: Intl -525-202-1782 or -525-540-4208 Contact Person: Enrique Setaro, RMDM Type ofDistributor Wanted: Desirable by solutions developer, including user training, software updateslrevisions, instaIIation, and software support. There could be some degree of local help from HP systems engineers.

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