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For HP Field Personnel Worldwide November 15, 1984 1 Hewlett-Packard Now #2 Supplier 1 of Manufacturing Software Woddwide T"' For HP Use Only MARKETING & INTERNATIONAL SECTOR US Field Operations European Operations Intercontinental Operations Major Accounts Marketing Corporate Marketing MlC Marketing Information Center Vol. 10. No. 2 FRD Systems FinanceIRemarketing Division CSD Computer Support Division ISD Instrument Support Division Editor CSO Computer Supplies Operation Jim Colosi IPO Instrument Products Operation CPC Corporate Parts Center MEASUREMENT. DESIGN &MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS SECTOR Editorial Assistant Microwave & Communications Group Darleen Brettes MCG Microwave & Communications Group SPD Stanford Park Division NMD Network Measurements Division SAD Signal Analysis Division Circulation SPK Spokane Division Roster Administrator (408-864-5621) CTD Colorado Telecammunications Division QTD Queensferry Telecommunications Division Electronic Instruments Group EIG Electronic Instruments Group NJD New Jersey Division Computer Newsis published biweekly for Hewlett-Packard SDC? San Diegn Division field personnel to keep you informed of new HP products SCD Santa Clara Division Bl[l Boeblingen Instrument Division and services. YIC YHP Instrument Division ICD Integrated Circuits Division Design Systems Group Please send address changes and subscription requests DSG Design Systems Group to Roster Administrator, 49B2, Phone 408-864-5621, FSD Fort Collins Systems Division LSD Logic Systems Division or TELNET 1-864-5621. COL Colorado Springs 1)ivision BCC; Boeblingen Computer Division LSlC Lake Stevens Instrument Division Address editorial correspondence to Computer News, Manufacturing Systems Group Hewlett-Packard Company 46T, 19055 Pruneridge MSG Manufacturing Systems Group DSD Data Systems Division Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014 USA, COMSYS 4700, MPC Manufacturing Productivity Division Phone 408-973-7654 LID Loveland Instrument Division MTD Manufacturing Test Division INFORMATION SYSTEMS & NETWORKS SECTOR Information Systems Group On the Cover: ISG Information Systems Group CLL Computer Language Laboratory 'The HP MMIPM combination CSY Computer Systems Uivisirrn FSO Financial Systems Operation is Hewlett-Packard's applica- BGD Boeblingen General Systems Divis~on VCC YHP Computer Division tion solution for manufacturing OPE Office Productivity D~vision and inventory control. HP CID Computer Integrated Circuits Div~s~on GCO Guadalajara Cr~mputerOperat~on begins FY85 as the number IRC! Information Resources Operation two vendor of manufacturing Personal Computer Group PCG Personal Computer Group software worldwide. See stories RTD Roseville Terminals Division beginning on page 15. PCD Portable Computer Division GPCD Grenoble Personal Computer Division POD Personal Office Computer Division VCC Vancouver Divlsion PSD Personal Software Division PCDC Personal Computer Ilistr~butionOperat~on PCGC Personal Computer Group Oprrat~on Information Products Group IPG Informat~onProducts Croup BO Boise Division DMD DISCMemory Division GLD Greeley Divis~on CPB Computer Peripherals Br~stolDivlsion RND RoseviIle Networks Divisir~n ND Informat~onNetworks Division GND Grenoble Networks Division CNO Colorado Networks Operation ANALYTICAL. COMPONENTS, MEDICAL & TECHNOLOGY SECTOR Analytical Group A'JD Avondale Divlsion SID Scientific Instruments Division WAD Waldbronn Division Components Croup MSD Microwave Semiconductor I)~vlsion OED Optoelectronics Division OCC Optical Communication Div~slon Medical Group PND Andover Division BMD Boebl~ngenMedlcal Division MCV McMinnville Division WAL Waltham Division Medical Supplies Center HCP Health Care Products Operation HPLabs Corporate 3lanufacturing Corporate Engineering COMPUTER NEWS 2 For BP Use Only November 15, 1984 HP Computer Museum www.hpmuseum.net For research and education purposes only. In This Issue HP Maintenance hlanagement seminar PERSONAL COMPUTERS videotape now available 4 General Solutions through HP Maintenance Management-ASSIST Dealer survey shows HP floppy discs #1 choice 5 HP-,75 1 8 Dis-tr~b~ition Expansion pod for the HP-75 Pre-sold HP SFD/3000 prospects Distribution products customer training 5 Series 1 00 schedule Introducing VT100 Terminal Emulator SpelRound - A low-cost education game NETWORKSIPERIPHERALS for children New service training for the Dealer Cooperative 19 ietworks Support Program DS and X.25 support explained Support information for Series 100 products Software Materials Subscriptions for Network Subscribe to the Series 100 Communicator Links simplified Now Diagraph can draw HP equipment 20 Mass Storcrge Picture Perfect graphics now available Megabyte Express program extended for HP 120/125 20 Plotters TECHIVICP,L COAAPUTERS Plotter pen organizer offered Graphics prodl~ctssupport of the HP 7550A 10 Generai plotter HP 35030A line conditioner obsolescence Binders omitted from BASIC 3.0 Language 21 Printers System shipments HP printers penetrate OEM and major account markets 10 HP 1000 Five new international character cartridges for How to order HP 1000 Sales Aid Kits HP 2934A printer IMA(>E/1000-I1 and Pascal 22 Terminals 11 HP9000 HP 2392A opens new markets for ANSI- compatible terminals HP 9000's low cost-of-ownership HP 2392A ANSI upgrade HP-IJX 4.0 needed to run LAN 9000 Ergonomics on the HP 2392A display terminal HP 98644A replaces HP 98626A as Series 200 interface HP98626A RS-232 interface off CPL in February 1985 24 Support New product numbers for self-paced BUSINESS COI\/IPIJTERS maintenance t~rainingcourses 13 General 25 Supplies Preferred solutions flyer available IBM Software from CSO available only in US 13 HP 300G HP Dictionary/3000 improves programmer productivity PRICE CHAIVGES Desktop CAD system sells HP 3000 Computer groups price changes effective 26 November 1,1984 14 F~nc~nc~als HPFA's financial software now bundled HPFA Customer Profile #0000024 15 Manufactur~ng HP MM/PhI update: HP #2 worldwide in manufacturing software sales Procter & Gamble buys 1,000th package of HP MM/PM COMPUTER NEWS November 15, 15184 For HP Use Only 3 Personal Computers GENERAL Dealer survey shows HP floppy discs #1 choice Hal Eubanks/CSO The following information is from a recent floppy d~sc Hewlett-I'ackard is perceived as the very top brand. survey of 100 computer dealers conducted by As you can see from the table below HI' gets excep- Industrial Marketing Research of Hinsdale, IL. The tionally high ratings across the board. Share the good survey is part of a monthly service provided to the news. floppy disc manufactul-ers. Overall In Store Respond Profit Quality Qualit) 1 I Prod Adv Marketing Delivery To Brand Vendor For Of Of 1 Vendor Total Quality Support Support Time Needs Rep Reliability You SR HP Dysan Verbatim Apple Maxell 3M IHM Memorex Janus Elephant Overall brand ratings (mean) 4 = Excellent. 3 = Good. 2 = Fair. 1 -- Poor Customers may order microfloppies and microfloppy SupportISupplies in this issue). The Computer accessories via Computer Supplies Operation's Users Catalog. PIN 5953-235OD, also carries CSO's Fast Phone Service (all numbers listed under support/supplies products. COMPII'I'EK NEWS 4 For HP Ilsr Onlv Personcll Computers SERIES 100 Expansion pod for the HP-75 Introducing V'TlOO Terminal Claire Medwid/PCD Emulator The HI' 82718A Expansion Pod is now available to Carol Luebke/PSD add an integrated modem and memory expansion In response to heavy customer demand, I'ersonal Soft- capability to the HP-75. The expansion pod can be ware Division announces VT100 Terminal Emulator used with either HP-75C or HI'-75D handheld from Hewlett-Packard. Available November 1, this computers. product allo~vsyour Touchscreen or Touchscreen The HI' 82718A has a direct-connect, serial, MAX to work like a DEC (Digital Equipment Corpora- asynchronous, full-duplex modem compatible with tion) V'I'100 terminal, a no-frills, character mode ter- Hell 10311 13 rnodems. Low-level modem command: m~nalwidely used throughout the industry. With allow user control of dialing, changing operating VT100 Terminal Emulator, the 'l'ouchscreen and modes, and setting handshake protocol and parity. Touchscreen MAX become more competitive HI' solu- High-level commands are used to turn the modem on tions for technical departments in your large and off, transmit strings to and fron~the modem, and accounts. check the status of the modem. Easy access to DEC and back The expansion pod is available with either 32K or 63K VT100 Terminal En1ul;itor is as easy to access as the bytes of electronic disc. Electronic disc uses RAM to built-in terminal feature of the Touchscreen PC. emulate a flexible disc as a high-speed disc drive. Select the application from PAM and the screen Since there's no mechanical hard or floppy disc, you immediately changes tcl resemble that of a VT100 ter- get fast data transfer and data file access. minal, ready to access an application on a DEC system. Electronic disc commands provide the ability to It's that sin~ple.And at the touch of a key, your create, access and modify files, establish a hierarchical customer can return to PAM, w~thaccess to software directory structure, and copy files into and out of the like Lotus'" 1-2-3'", WordStar , or Winning Deal. electronic disc. It's non-volatile, so data is retained, Most VTlOO features supported even when the computer is turned off. The emulator closely emulates nearly all V'I'100 'L'he pod also has tuo irldustrial bar code decoders features. Several test sites commented that this prod- built in - 3 of 9 Code and Code