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The new HP industrial workstations and real-time computer systems combine the performance, support, and service that form the foundation of HP's reputation. seepage12

Programisdesignedto help more users apply the power of multiple workstations to large, numerically intensive applications. , Page 1 i The five new HP JetDirect cards for Ethernet and AppleTalk networks support and enablc users to connect perivhertrl devices

black and color print- ing using both the blac!k cmd color cartridges together. seepage2 HPVol. 2, No. 10 ComuterNovember 1992 A Update I HP Computer Update is a monthly publication To order HP software or hardware products, call of Hewlett-Pxkard Company that provides your HP representative. A telephone listing for infodonon new Hewlett-Packard computer sales offices in the U.S. and Canada appears on the software and hardware products, events, and back cover. promotions. To receive literature or technical information on Mmaghg Editor: Traey Wester HP computer systems and worhtations, and to order workstations and select computer products, Address editorial correspondence and address call HP DIRECT at 800-637-7740 (U.S. only). coJ.Td0ns to: To receive technical information about any HP HP Cornpter Update product, call the Customer Information Center: P.O.Box 51827 800-752-0900 in the U.S., or 8003873867 in Palo Alto, CA 943030724 Canada Distribution information I hY Computer Update is distributed to individuals who are involved in spewor purchasing HP computer products and systems. It is also sent to HP worldwide value-added business partners. If you would like to receive a copy, please contact your local HP representative. Ontbecover.. . Note: Not ad HP c0mputerpmdw:t-s are sold and HP is introducing a new low-end integrated supported in aL! mntries. medzeck with fault-tolerant system. The HP 9000 Model 1210 Z/our local HP sales ome. is expanding for high-performance online trans- action processing. The new system supports Hewlett-Packard does not warrant the accumcy industry-standard databases, networking, and pmnhkd of the i@omnation in HP Computer four-way symmetric processing. See page 9. Update and shall not be liaMRfor any use rnud,e of the infcwmaticm pmnhkd herein. I?-t$cnmation pmvided in HP Computer Update is suwect to change ~~utnotice.

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For research and education purposes only. General News HP-RT Developer's I(lt LTU Networks 4 New one-year warranty for product structure change 22 New Novell NetWare/9000 HP computer systems New HP Apollo Series 700 features HP Designplus workstation Cluster Computing Program HP NetWareIii performance furniture price increase HP Visual Editor on release for HP 3000 HP-UX 9.0 HP EtherTwist transceiver - new price and features Promotions HP DCE Developers' 7 Environment for HP-UX 9.0 New user-based pricing for HP 9000 Models 380 and 382 HP NetWardiX roll to HP-UX 9.0 HP ARPA and Network HP 3000 Systems Series 400 and DN Series price Se~ces2.1 products 8 New HP- - Transact releases increases combined into one product SCSI DDS DAT on EtherneVThinnet/fiber-optic HP 3000 CIO systems New keyboards for Series 300/400/700 cable obsolescence workstations and HP 9000 Systems controllers Peripherals 9 New HP 9000 Model 1210 New workstation 26 General lowend fault-tolerant system keyboardllocalization kits New HP JetDirect cards Verity TOPIC included in HP ISDN LinWSeries 700 HP JetDirect cards support HP Cooperative Computing ordering change peripherals Solutions Series 300 miscellaneous HP JetDirect cards HP PE~WorkManagernow product discontinuance discontinuance stupping Workstation, printer, and HP Datapair1800 to terminal accessories Mu-rorDisk UX upgrade HP 1000 Systems 19 HP 1000 Welcome Back obsolescence Program ends Cable obsolescence Workstations 28 Printers 12 Introducing HP industrial Personal Computers New HP DeskJet 550C and workstations and real-time 20 New HP entry-level color Deskwriter 550C printers computer systems PC -lay New HP DeskJet portable New HP 9000 Series 700i New lowend printer industrial workstations at HP Vectra 386/25N entry-level prices POSTNET bar code for 2-MB PCS HP 256XCl2300 printers New HP 9000 Series 700rt HP Vectra 486s/20 PC 31 Terminals real-time computer system discontinuance HP X Station memory module HP-RT: new real-time LAN IbkroChannel PC price reduction operating system for Transport software Overlay removal from Series 700rt obsolescence terminals kit

HP Computer Update, November 1992 3 General News

New one-year warranty for HP computer systems Peripherals and accessories with an onsite, one-year or greater warranty include: Beginning November 1, HP com- HP 9000 Model 8x7s and HP 3000 puter systems will come with a new Series 9X7,9X7LX, and 980 Memory, add-on CPUs, and one-year, onsite warranty. This will business systems and servers floating-point coprocessors that replace the current 90-da~warranty ~p 9000 Model gm~,HP 3000 support SPUs with the new for most systems. Computer Series 990,9mDX,992, and 992DX warranty systems will have options that Corporate Business Systems W0and network interface cards provide for faster repair response HP 9000 Series 1200 fault-tolerant that support SPUs with the new and software support. systems wmty Graphics heads for workstations The changes meet the needs of Upgrades to hted SPUs customers and HP Channel Pmers All remarketed computer systems Mass storage products such as who have increasingly expressed magnetic dlsk dnves, optical disk the desire for a one-year warranty The new HP 9000 Model 742rt drives, DAT, and %-inchtape and a choice of warranty terms to board-level CPU for the VME bus drives address different application will come standard with a one-year, Remarketed peripherals that have requirements, systems classes, and return-to-HP warranty. A board equivalent new peripherals with distribution channels. swap repair strategy is more the new warranty consistent with the needs of users High-end racks and integrated The warranty for most computer for that product. cabinets system products will provide for Networked HP LaserJet IUD and one-year, onsite repair with a The new warranty will apply to IIISi printers (come standard with guaranteed response time of within systems shipped on or after Novem- nextday response) 72 hours. Users who need faster ber 1. The factory will no@ users assured response, such as those in the United States and Canada HP 7600 Series plotters (come running missioncritical applica- who have systems in backlog on standard with nextday response); tions, should order a system November 1 about the change in and HP DraftPro and DraftMaster support option. System support warranty terms. plotters (come standard with a options upgrade the assured three-year warranty and nextday response time to either next day or Peripherals and accessories response) four hours and include phone warranty Peripherals and accessories with support for software and software Most peripherals and accessories updates. return-to-HP, one-year or greater that support the SPUs with the new warranty include: warranty will have a one-year or Listed below are the SPUs with the longer warranty. The warranty Terminals new one-year, onsite warranty. repair site could be either onsite or Input devices such as keyboards, Systems not listed will offer the return to HP. Products with a mice, and digitizers current 90-day onsite warranty. return-to-HP warranty are typically Most racks, rackmounts, and HP 9000 Series 300 measurement low cost as well as easy to replace cabinets systems and transport. System support Most cables HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 and 700 options to upgrade to onsite repair workstations and X stations will be available.

4 HP Computer Update, November 1992 PC networks and network MAUs HP Designplus PC monitors workstation furniture price HP LaserJet IIP, IIIP, and III, increase PaintJet, and DeskJet printers (HP DeskJet comes standard with Prices on the following products a one- or three-year warranty will increase on the January 1993 dependmg on model) HP Price List. The new prices are HP ColorPro, 7475, and 7550 effective Feb~ary1. plotters Product No. Description Installation and site preparation 92211 E Drawer, 4-inch height Several SPUs and accessories 92211 F Drawer, 6-inch height currently come with installation or 9221 1 G Drawer, 12-inch height site preparation as part of the base 9221 1N Mobile drawer cabinet warranty. In general, they will 9221 111 Joining bracket kit continue to include those services 922138 CAD table, 48-inch width with the new warranty. 92213D Document holder 92213F CAD table, 59-inch width Most accessories and peripherals 9221 4A System table, 43-inch width do not come standard with installa- 922148 System table, 48-inch width tion. If they are covered by the new 92214C System table, 59-inch width warranty, they will also be eligible 92214J 90-degree corner for installation if they are purchased 9221 4K CAD workstation corner with an SPU on a coordinated delivery and are part of the system configuration, and the SPU includes installation as part of the warranty. Users will be able to receive installation for products that do not come with installation by ordering a system support option.

HP Computer Update, November 1992 5 Prornotions

The promotions listed in Software Transfer Domain "Welcome Back HP Computer Update contain brief Program information about HP promotions If you are moving fkom an If you are currently unsupported currently in effect -including new HP 9000 Series 3001400 HP-UX and sign up for a minimum of one promotions, promotions with platform to an HP Apollo 9000 year of ApolloLine Support or one changes (underlined), and promo- Series 700 PA-RISC platform, you year of DomainIOS Software Only tions that are ending. are eligible to transfer software Support, you can receive a 50% licenses and receive the discounts promotional discount on any Basic For more details on any of the on the Series 700 products. Software Update required to bring following promotions, contact your Scope: Worldwide (check with your system up to date. HP representative. your HP representative for local Scope: Worldwide (check with availability) your HP representative for local Special considerations may apply Eligible products: Check with availability) to some of these promotions, and your HP representative Eligible products: Check with discount percentages can vary by Start date: June 1,1992 your HP representative country. Note: promotional pro- End date: November 30,1992 Start date: September 1,1992 grams listed with a "Worldwide" Promotion number: 2.648 End date: February 28,1993 scope may not be available in all Promotion number: 2.672 countries. Check with your HP representative for local availability. 3D Aggressor - Hewlett-Packa9-d assumes no Model 720CRX HP-UX CD-ROM responsibility for any errvrs that Drive Offer might appear in these listings. You can purchase the HP Apollo 9000 Model 720CRX-24Z If you purchase a CD-ROM starter (P/N A2264AO) for the promotional kit (P/N B2950A) and HP-UX price of approximately $25.390 CD-ROM material update service Workstations W.S. list)l$25,135 (reference price). (P/N H2069A or H2077A +SO0 or HP GlancePlus UX Trial Also, vou can purchase the Model comprehensive maintenance), you Software Kit Discount 720CRX-24 /P/N A223A) at the can receive an SCSI CD-ROM drive promotional price of a~~roldmatelvat no additional charge. If you purchase an HP GlancePlus $23.390 CU.S. ht)l$23.650 Irefer- Scope: Worldwide (except UX license within 90 days of ence rice). Europe) (check with your purchasing an HP GlancePlus UX Scope: Worldwide (check with HP representative for local trial software kit, you can receive a your HP representative for local availability) promotional discount off the price availability) Eligible products: P/N B2950A of the software license. Eligible products: P/Ns A2263A/ and HP-UX CD-ROM material Scope: For North America only 64A update service (either P/N H2069A Eligible products: P/Ns B1790A, Start date: September 1,1992 +SO0 or H2077A +SO0 or compre- B2660A1B1791A, B2661A, B1807A, End date: December 31,1992 hensive maintenance) and B2804A Promotion number: 2.670 P/N A1999A Start date: April 1,1992 Start date: October 1,1992 End date: December 31, 1992 End date: March 31,1998:3 Promotion number: 2.626 Promotion number: 2.686

6 HP Computer Update, November 1992 Networks Scope: Worldwide (check with Peripherals your HP representative for local Enhanced Competitiveness- availability) Optical Library Trade-in DTC16 Solution Eligible products: Manageable If you are a current Optical Library If you purchase an HP 9000 HP EtherTwist hubs, bridges, and user, you can trade in your used Series 800 or 900 Series HP 3000 routers: 26873A174B/82A/85A/88A/ unit and purchase a new high- system with one or several 88B/92A/99A performance drive library HP DTC 16s (data communications Start date: September 1,1992 (Models 20C, 60C, or 100C), of and tenninal controller), you are End date: January 31,1993 equivalent or greater capacity, and eligible for a promotional discount Promotion number: 2.669 receive trade-in credit. Exception: on the DTCs. The DTCs must be Model 10 can only be traded in for fully loaded (two asynchronous a Model 20C or higher. options providing 12,14,or 16 ports National User Group Discount Scope: Worldwide (check with per DTC16, depending on the option Coupon your HP representative for local combination). availability) Scope: Worldwide (check with Each person attending the National Eligible products: P/Ns C1700Cl your HP representative for local User Group Meeting will receive a 04c110c114c115C availability) $500 promotional discount coupon Start date: September 1,1992 Eligible products: Check with that can be used against the pur- End date: June 30,1993 your HP representative chase of PL 1L products (excluding Promotion number: 2.671 Start date: July 1,1992 consulting and all training classes End date: December 31,1992 less than $2,000). More than one Promotion number: 2.655 coupon can be used on any single order as long as the total discount percentage does not exceed 49%. Scope: North America HP EtherTwist Buy Three, Eligible products: PL 1L Manage Free products excluding consulting and than With this promotion, you will all training classes less HP receive a free copy of HP OpenView $2,000. Check with your Interconnect managerDOS net- representative work management software Start date: October 1,1992 (P/N 27256D) when you buy any End date: March 31,1992 three manageable HP EtherTwist Promotion number: 2.685 hubs, bridges, andlor routers - a savings of $4,000. You can partici- pate in the promotion by mailing a special claim card (received from dlrect mail, HP FIRST, or your authorized HP dealer), the bar code labels from the product packages, and a copy of your invoice to HP. HP will fullill claims for the free software by mail.

HP Computer Update, November 1992 7 H P 3000 Svstems

New HP Transact releases HP TurboIMAGE Dynamic SCSI DDS DAT on HP 3000 RoUback (X) support -elimi - CIO systems HP Transact/iX Version A.04.00 and nates the high overhead of data HP Transact, Version k09.00 recovery Testing has been completed on the (P/Ns 30138A and 32247A) are the Automatic enumeration of HP 2.0-GB SCSI DDS DAT product new versions of HP Transact for fragrmmted lists - more effec- (P/N C1520B) and it is now fully HP MPWiX 4.5 and MPE V tively deals with a fragmented supported for all functionality on Release 30. list register MPElii CIO 4.0 systems. The SCSI Emmessage im1ude.s proqram DDS DAT product has been HP Transact is a low-cost, high- name where error is occurring - available on NIO systems since performance, flexible programming makes it easier to trace errors HP MPWiX 3.1. The DAT drive language for HP MPE V and MPEliX Variable initialization to binary, can be ordered in cabinets systems. Anythmg that can be done (P/Ns C2464R and C2464F). octal, or hex - makes intrinsic in a 3GL such as COBOL can be calls easier done in HP Transact with fewer The DAT drive requires firmware lines of code. Some users are Ability to set breakpoints on a Revision 8.61 if it is to be used as an achieving up to a 15:1 reduction in data value in TRANDEBUG autoinstalled device, but users lines of code using HP Transact (HP Transact symbolic should roll the DAT limnware to versus COBOL - resulting in debugger) - provides greater Revision 8.61 regardless of its use. sigruficantly lower development and control when debugging Users who received DDS DAT drives maintenance costs. Migrating from applications prior to or near September 1 prob- HP Transact V to iX is easy and Ability to cad HP TransaciYX ably have older limnware versions users experience a gain of five to proqram from COBOL or and will need to upgrade. Those with eight times the performance. For Pascal - provides a link from DDS DAT drives on NIO systems users who are stdl using COBOL or the new code to the existing running HP MPEIiX 3.1 received a another 3GL, HP Transact can be application patch with the MPEIiX 4.0 release the solution for increased applica- HP TurboIMAGE critical item that included the firmware upgrade. tion and maintenance productivity. update support Contact your HP representative for HewletWackard is enhancing This release includes 20 defect more information. HP Transact to make the product fixes, 28 software service requests, more powerful and is delivering this and 30 documented service requests release and another one later this resolved; and over 150 documen- year that will contain key enhance- tation service requests closed. ments and defect kes. The features Reference manuals have been and fixes are part of the plan to cleaned up and a separate meet the continually growing needs quick reference guide has been of the programming community. implemented.

Enhancements and benefits This delivery of HP Transact This HP Transact release contains enhancements offers proof that enhancements and defect fixes HP is committed to meeting the New one-year warranty promised to RAPID Special Interest demands of HP Transact users. for HP computer systems 4 Group (SIGRAPID) and the custom- Users with current support con- ers at Interex in August 1991. It tracts will receive these enhance- HP NetWdiX includes high-priority enhance- ments. If users need these performance release ments, including 6 of the top 10 enhancements immediately, the for HP 3000 23 enhancement requests identified release is also available through the New user-based pricing by SIGRAPID. field via general release patches. for HP NetWdiX 23

HP Computer Update, November 1992 New HP 9000 Model 1210 low-end fault-tolerant system

The HP 9000 Model 1210 Model 1210 versus 1245 comparison (P/N A1730A) is the new low-end Description Model 1210 Model 1245 UNIXBfault -tolerant integrated Microprocessors MC68040125 MHz MC68040133 MHz system computer that comes Number of processors 24 2-32 bundled with two MC68040125MHz Memory (shadowed) 16192 MB 32 MB-2 GB processors, 16 MB of shadowed Disks (mirrored) 880 MB-52 GB 650 MB-250 GB main memory, 880 MB of mirrored Users Up to 900 Over 5.000 disk storage, 4-8 GB DAT, Ethemet card with TCPAP software, and Ordering information

HP-FX operating- system.- Product No. Description The VME-based system supports HP A 1730A HP 9000 Model 1210 fault-tolerant system with VME I10 subsystem; 1 peripherals as well as C and C++ complete 2:2 (16 MB):2 system bundle 0 pt. 503 Convert memory to four 16-MB memory elements (32 MB mirrored) compilers and debuggers. It sup- Opt. 506 Convert memory to two 64-MB memory elements (64 MB mirrored) ports industry-standard databases, Opt. 510 Convert memory to four 64-MB memory elements (128 MB mirrored) including Oracle Parallel Server Opt. 602 16-user ports, including a dual terminal network interface and two 9-port (Version 6.2) and Informix Online cluster controllers with Centronics interface (Version 4. l), and industry-standard Opt. 1F8 Delete Ethernet interface and TCPIIP Opt. IAW Delete operating system softwarez networking including Ethemet 802.3 Power option?: and X.25. Opt. OEF 208Vl120V North American power Opt. OED 200V Japanese power Features and benefits Opt. OEB 22&240V international power

The Model 1210 is expandable ' Bundle includes one main bay, two Model 12lOprocessor elements, two 16-ME memoryelements, online to support high-performance one battery backup unit, two VME I/O elements, two 8-slot VME card cages, one disk/DDS tray online transaction processing assembly with 10 slots for disk drives and two slots for DDS tape drives, two 880-MB disk drives, two VME SCSl interfaces, one 44-GB DDS tape drive with data compression, one Ethernet (OLTP) applications. It supports interface, TCP/IP with ARPAIBerkeley services and manuals, one HP-FX32-user license and four-way symmetric multiprocess- software installed on disk, one set of system manuals, and one set of operating system manuals. ing, up to 192 MB of shadowed main You must order the operating system separately and order Opt. 1F8if Opt IAWis ordered. memory, 52 GB of mirrored disk One power option must be specified. storage, 900 users, and 32 VME- based I/O controllers. The single- UNlXis a registered trademark of UNlX System Laboratories Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries. cabinet system comes bundled with processors, memory, disks, and operating system. Providing a low entry point to HP's fault-tolerant family, the system is objectcode compatible with Models 1245 and 1240. The Model 1210 is a fault- tolerant system ensuring less-than-a- second transparent recovery from hardware faults. Applications can benefit from its fault-tolerant design with no code changes, and system managers can modify configuration online with no scheduled downtime.

HP Computer Update, November 1992 Verity TOPIC included in HP Cooperative HP PE/WorkManager now Computing Solutions shipping

Verity TOPIC (P/Ns B3124A and Data feed handling -filters and HP Precision Engineering B3171A) is a client/server tool for selectively disseminates in real (PE)/WorkManager (P/Ns B2980A- knowledge and clerical workers time live-data feeds like news B2982A) is now shipping. Features that provides for easy storage and wires, press releases, and govern- include the following: retrieval of textual documents ment filings. Electronic vault - allows users based on document content. Clients of choice - supports to manage multiple types of Retrieval is based on the user HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 work- electronic data files. Relational specification of keywords that stations, Microsoft@Windows database technology makes either directly appear in the docu- PCs, HP NewWave PCs, and Apple search and retrieval fast and easy. ment or are similar in concept to Macintoshes as clients to an Simple yet powerful access other words and phrases in the HP 9000 Series 800 server (client control lists (ACLs) are available document. software for other UNM system to ensue that only authorized workstations and OSE PCs may users can create, change, or Verity TOPIC is part of the also be obtained from Verity). delete data HP Knowledge Worker Solution Classification -allows sirmlar of the newly announced HP Coop- Orderinginformation erative Computing Solutions. parts, such as brackets or fasten- Verity TOPIC is not an HP product. ers, to be organized and catego- Features and benefits It is representative of a new cate- rized within the vault so users can gory of products referred to as pass- browse through different groups Concept retrieval - captures user through products. The product will to find specific parts more easily. knowledge and expertise in a be sold jointly by HP and Verity knowledge base of related ideas; Product development manage- sales forces and parts of the mt- In HP PWorkManager, allows users to search for docu- solution will come from both ments using industry- or company- users add references to data to an companies. n specific terminology and to electronic "packet that is routed preserve organizational knowl- to project members for action. HP adds value to the Verity product Packets can be split and merged, edge even when key employees by testing and integrating the leave. permitting concurrent effort by software with networking and other different team members. An audit Relevance ranking - lists Knowledge Worker Solution module allows product develop- retrieved documents in order applications as well as providmg ment teams to capture changes starting with the document most installation scripts and single over time and answer questions likely to satisfy the user queries; vendor support for the full solution. such as "Who made what decision helps users find information fast. when?" HyperLinks - allows HyperLink Consulting and training (P/N H2435A) for HP Document Configurntion management - connections to be made from manages bills of materials (BOMs) documents to images, annota- Manager are not required, but they including multiple views and tions, and electronic cross are recommended. options and the ability to record references; provides an accurate changes over time. and fast way (by means of Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. concept search) to find images and access cross-referenced Verity, TOPIC, and HyperLink are registered documents. trademarks of Verity, Inc.

10 HP Computer Update, November 1992 Product release management - HP DataPairMO to Release approval forms can be MirrorDisk UX upgrade routed for electronic signoff. "States" managed by The HP 9000 Series 800 high- HPIPE WorkManager control availability product is enhanced "who" can approve "whatn at each with the addition of an upgrade stage in the project. Rules can be from HP DataPairl800 to applied to simulate a gven MmorDisk'UX (P/N B2491A, company's release procedures. Opt. 006). HP Datapair1800 users Product change management - must upgrade to MirrorDisklUX to New one-year warranty HP/PE WorkManager provides take advantage of the Logcal for HP computer systems 4 extensive capabilities to manage Volume Manager (LVM) component and track product changes. of HP-UX 9.0 or upgrade to an Revision and version control are HP Corporate Business Server 890. fully supported. HF' Datapairl800 does not support Application integration - allows LVM and is not supported on data management from different Model 890 systems. applications. Application inte- gration products are available Users who need one of the follow- for HF' CAD products such ing three features that are not as HP ME10/30 and supported with HP MmorDisklUX HP PEtSolidDesigner. Example may not wish to upgrade. integrations are available to Atomic Synchronization - AutoDesk's AutoCADTM, allows all disks in a mirrored Parametric Technology's F're string taken offline for backup to Engineer, Mentor Graphics' be stamped with the exact same Falcon, Frame Technology's time FrameMaker, and Point Control's SmartCAM. Addtional integra- Read-Only Access - allows tions can be developed using mirrored disk(s) taken offline for HP's Interlink Integration Product backup to be backed up by a which establishes interprocess second system, allowing the first communication between system to continue processing at HP/PE WorkManager and other the same performance level applications. Disk arrays - the disk arrays (P/Ns C2252HAlB and Configuration information C2254HAlB) are not supported HF' PE~WorkManageris offered on with HP-FL Il0 cards (P/N A1749A the HP Apollo 9000 family of LTNIX- or 27111A) system workstations. It is also accessible from X terminals, ASCII Atomic synchronization and read- terminals, and IBMcompatible PCs. only access will be supported with HF' PE~WorkManagersupports HP MirrorDisWUX at a future HP ALLBASE relational database HP-UX release. management system (RDBMS) and Oracle RDBMS.

AutoCAD is a U.S. trademark ofAutodesk, Inc.

- - - HP Computer Update, November 1992 Introducing HP industrial New HP 9000 Series 700i industrial workstations at workstations and real-1:ime erttry-level prices computer systems The new HP 9000 Model 745i1747i Rackmount design - Series 700i industrial workstations are high- industrial workstations are performance, long-life, industrial designed with front, back, or rackmount workstations with built- center rackmounting capabilities. in system modularity for easy Model 7471 is seven rack units serviceability. (12% inches) and Model 745 is four rack units (7 inches) high. Features and benefits Each system component is PA-RISC pe@omance - The completely modular for easy Series 700i systems are based access and service. on the 50-MHz PA-RISC 7100 Flexible mass storoge - The architecture and perform at mass storage module allows 69 SPECmark '89,36 SPECint92, maximum flexibility with front or and 72 SPECfp92. They are back removable media access and configurable with 16128MB of three separate storage bays for ECC RAM for high reliability. maximum internal dsk capacity I/O.fle,?-ibilitg and expondabil- of 3.15 GB. Other supported internal peripherals: CD-ROM, HP has added a complete line of ity -The systems include four high-performance industrial EISA expansion slots (Model 7451) 3%-inchfloppy, 2-GB or P8 GB workstations and real-time com- and six VME and two EISA DDS tape drives. puter systems based on the proven expansion slots (Model 7471); Long pduct life - HP is PA-RISC architecture. The new integrated instrument HP-IB; and committed to a &year product life systems include HP 9000 Model standard Ethernet, HP-HIL, audio, and 10-year product support for 742rt, a VMEbus board-level SCSI 11, and Parallel (Centronics) Models 7451 and 7471. HP will computer; Model 7451, a four-EISA printer ports and dual RS-232-C continue to develop, upgrade, and expansion slot industrial work- serial ports. Complete industry- add to this product line while still station; and Model 7471, a 6VME, standard built-in networking is providing compatibility between two-EISA expansion slot industrial provided with support for NFS, the various components when workstation. The systems combine TCPAP, and ARPABerkeley possible. the performance, support, and Networking Services. service that form the foundation of Multiple-monitor support - Orderiqg information HP's reputation. Model 7471 includes an SGC Product No. Description interface slot for CRX or Dual A2638A HP 9000 Model 7451 industrial The right systems solutions CRX cards in addition to onboard workstation; bundle includes graphics support. Model 747i can color monitor, HP-UX license to Throughout every network and use, 16-Mi3 ECC RAM support up to three monitors. clientlserver scenario, for chal- A2639A HP 9000 Model 7471 industrial lenges as diverse as test and Supported monitors include workstation; bundle includes measurement, process control, 14-inch (1,024 x 768), 17-inch 14-inch color monitor, HP-UX license to use. 16-Mi3 ECC RAM and product development, (1,024 x 768), and 19-inch (1,280 x 1,024) monitors. The A2637A HP 9000 Model 7451 instrument HP's PA-RISC systems provide the controller bundle includes right solutions in a complete open CRX cards support the 19-inch 17-inch color monitor. HP-UX systems environment. The end monitor only. license to use, 16-MB ECC SlMM RAM result is a complete line of high- performance industrial systems that can be integrated into your real world solutions.

HP Computer Ilpdate. Novernber 1992 New HP 9000 Series 700rt real-time computer system HP-RT: new real-time operating system for The HP 9000 Model 742rt VME The UO required for computer board computer (P/N A2260A) is a operation is provided through the Series 700rt VME board computer product, front bulkhead LAN AUI, SCSI-11, based on the 50-MHz PA-RISC 7100, parallel (Centronics), and two The HP-RT developer's kit provides that runs HP-RT, the new standards- RS232-C ports. Purchasing a files and tools to develop an HP-RT based real-time operating system. separate UO module is not neces- operating system and its real-time sary. The HP-RT developer's kit applications. It includes backplane It is ideal for HP Channel Partners supplies dnvers that support the networking products that allow the who supply high-performance real- YO ports. HP-RT system to communicate over time solutions to aerospace, a common VMEbus backplane with telecommunication,industrial Three onboard hardware timers, other HP-RT, HP-LJX,and VxWorks automation, and measurement two 16bit and one 32-bit with a (Release 5.0) systems using stand- automation markets. resolution of 1 microsecond, are ard networking facilities, ARPM provided for incorporation into Berkeley, and NFS. Features and benefits real-time applications that require It was developed for HP Channel By using the PA-RISC 7100, HP high-tinkg accuracies. A battery- backed-up time-ofday clock keeps Partners who supply high-perfor- brings the latest RISC technology mance real-time solutions to to the board computer market. At the system clock running when the system is powered down. aerospace, telecommunication, 50 MHz, the Model 7421-tprovides industrial automation, and measure- over 61 MIPS of CPU performance, ment automation markets. making it one of the fastest The Model 742rt fits into a standard 6U VME chassis and requires two uniprocessor VME board comput- HP-RT features and benefits ers. The high performance allows slots. An HP-RT run-time license is users to write applications that may included with each purchase of the HP-RT is a fully deterministic real- be expanded later. model. HP-RT is a standards-based time operating system and provides real-time operating system, bringing guaranteed interrupt response time The Model 742rt comes standard with it all the benefits of an open of less than 100 microseconds. It is with 8 MB of ECC RAM and can be system with the response and for real-time applications where upgraded with up to 64 MB. ECC determinism of a real-time system. high performance and reliability are RAM comes in a pair SlMMs and required. provides single-bit error correction and multiple-bit error detection. HP-RT provides an API-based on This provides higher memory POSIX.1 for system calls, POSM.4 reliability than parity error detec- for real-time extensions to POSM.1, tion, which is found in most other and POSIX.4a for threads. Users can board computer implementations. take advantage of open system benefits on a real-time operating system: vendor independence, technological obsolescence protec- tion, software investment preserva- tion, off-the-shelf application availability,and trained program- mer availability.

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HP Computer Update, November 1992 The subsystems of HP-RT include Ordering information New HP Apollo Series 700 ARPA43erkeley networking serv- Product No. Description Cluster Computing ices, NFS, X clients, and X and B3138A HP-RT developer's kit license to Program OSF/MoWMlibraries. Programming use languages supported are CIANSI C B3127A HP-RT developer's kit media and and C++.These standard sub- documentation for HP Apollo A joint marketing program between systems also take advantage of Series 700 HP and Convex Computers was open system benefits. B3128A HP-RT developer's kit media and recently announced - the documentation for HP 9000 HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 Cluster Series 800 Computing Program. The program Kit features and benefits B3131A HP-RT backplane networking hosted on Series 700 is designed to help more users apply The developer's kit is hosted on the power of multiple workstations HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 or B3132A HP-RT backplane networking hosted on Series 800 to large, numerically intensive HP 9000 Series 800 systems, B3174A HP-RT backplane networking applications like computational Release 9.0 or greater. Program- chemistry, fluid dynamics, and mers can take full advantage of Additional options are available. financial analysis. Target industries software investment on the HP-UX include oil and gas, education, and system: compilers, linkers, CASE, OSF/Motif is a trademark of the Open Soflware financial services. and other tools. The use of already Foundation in the U.S. and other countries. familiar tools can reduce the The program allows usels to learning curve for the kit. purchase clusters of Series 700 workstations using HP Channel Symbolic cross debuggers on the HP-RT Developer's Kit LTU prod~~ctstructure change Partner solutions. Packages include HP-UX system also simphQ kernel Linda, NQS, PVM, Express, ISIS, and process debugging on the target and Load Balancer, optimized for a The HP-RT Developer's Kit license- HP-RT system. The user interface Series 700 cluster. A specially teuse (LTU) product (P/N B3138A) and commands are based on xdb, designed rack is available to mount structure has been changed to be the HP-UX debugger. Not only is the Series 700 workstations as a user able to debug programs based on maximum number of central cluster. symbolically, but the user interface concurrent users, 1 or 10 users. This and commands are the same as xdb, change has been implemented to HP has expanded its strategic reducing the learning time. put the LTU product more in line relationship with Convex Computer with HP-UX ISV products, making it to include the Series 700 cluster Backplane networking features more understandable and reducing program. Convex has become an potential ordering problems. and benefits HP Channel Partner and will be The backplane networking allows selling HP workstation clusters to HP-RT to communicate with other The single-user license allows the operate with the 3 Series HP-RT, HP-UX, and VxWorks use of the HP-RT Developer's Kit Supercomputers. Convex has software from one HP-UX server systems running on VME board ported and will support the NQS (HP computers in a common VMEbus 9000 Series 800MP Apollo 9000 network queueing system and the Series 700). The 10-user license backplane. This helps to reduce the PVM parallel progranurung environ- allows up to 10 developers to use footprint and LAN wiring of the ment to Series 700 workstations. total system by placing all the the HP-RT Developer's Kit software Convex has also ported its VECLIB processors in one chassis communi- from one HP-UX server. A separate suite of math and scientific libraries license is required for each server. cating over the backplane as if it to the Series 700 and will sell this were a LAN connection. software as a kindalone product. Product No. Description This software wdl help scientific B3138A HP-RT developer's kit LTU Opt. UAO Single-user license and technical users who use a Opt. OA9 10-user license Convex computing environment.

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HP Computer Update, November 1992 HP Visual Editor on HP-UX 9.0 HP DCE Developers' Environment for HP-UX 9.0 HP Visual Editor 2.1 is a P/N B 15#NB 1505A options: new version of the existing Opt. UAO One-seat license to use HP DCE Developers' Environment HP Visual Editor 2.0 products that Opt. UA3 Package of 8 seats license to for HP Apollo 9000 Series 700/ provides HP-UX 9.0 users with the use Opt. UA5 Package of 16 seats license to HP 9000 Series 800 platforms is easy-teuse and easy-bleam editor. use HP's first distributed computed It is the primary HP editor for Opt UA7 Package of 32 seats license to environment @CE) product that novice UNM users and application use under the window environ- Opt. AAO Software on %-inch cartridge provides a fully functional, stand- tape ards-based framework to develop, ment. HP Visual Editor 2.1 is Opt. AAU CD-ROM code word certificate administer, and use dLstributed and supported on HP-UX 8.OX and Was Opt. OBI Hard-copy manuals client/server applications. It designed for HP-UX 9.0 users who ~1504~ HP Visual Editor 2.1 1-seat provides an implementation of want to perform general text and license to use for HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 systems and HP 700H Open Software FoundationTM(OSF) program editing tasks. on HP-UX 8.0 and 9.0 developers' services and contains Opt. AAH Software on DAT tape additional tools to facilitate the Enhancements Opt. AAU CD-ROM code word certificate development of DCE-based Opt OBJ Hard-copy manuals Support of the IS088591 character applications. set fonts Users who need HP Visual Editor Features and benefits Support of the AT keyboard on 2.1, for use on HP-UX 9.0 or for the HP X-terminals enhancements Med above, need to HP DCE Developers' Environment place their orders during the month consists of two software products: Ordering information of November. Speclfy the following: DCE Core Services and DCE Application Development Tools. Product No. Description Version 2.1 is required B 1503A HP Visual Editor 2.1 for HP 9000 HP DCE Core Services contain the Series 300lHP Apollo 9000 The required date should be ajkr following DCE technologies: Series 400 systems and HP 700H December 15,1992. on HP-UX 8.0 and 9.0 Remote Procedure Call (RPC) - Both TCP and UDP versions are B 1505A HP Visual Editor 2.1 for HP 9000 orders without these Series 6001800 systems and available to provide efficient HP 700H on HP-UX 8.0 and 9.0 ~nsmctions ship with operation over both LAN and Opt. AA1 Software on %-inch magnetic HP Visual Editor 2.0, which runs tape only on HP-UX 8.0 and doesn't have WAN. Opt. AAH Software on DAT tape the enhancements listed above. CMA threads - This is a user- space implementation of the POSIX 1003.4a pthreads interface. It includes a thread-safe C library. Naming - Cell Directory Serv- ices (CDS) with Global Directory Agent (GDA) to Domain Naming Service (DNS) provide multicell operation and include CDS replication.

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HP Computer Update, November 1992 15 Security - U.S. version provides one CDS server and one security Orderiqg information ------data encryption with the Data server. The systems in the DCE cell, Product No. Description Encryption Standard (DES). including the servers, are also DCE HP DCE Core services clients. The DCE client consists of Tim- Distributed Time Service B2920A HP DCE Core Software for (DTS) guarantees time synchroni- RPC, threads, naming client, Series 700, U.S. version; includes zation across the environment. security client, and both time client media and documentation and server. In addition, the CDS B2921A HP DCE Core Software for server can be replicated so that Series 700, non-U.S. version; HP is committed to making DCE as includes media and easy as possible to develop with, there are two CDS servers at one documentation administer, and use. HP has made it time running in a DCE cell. This B3190A HP DCE Core Software for easier to install, codgure, and ensures availability of the CDS Series 800, U.S. version; includes media and documentation validate the DCE Core Services by server; if the primary server fails, the replicated CDS server provides B3191A HP DCE Core Software for integrating the DCE installlconfig- Series 800, non-U.S. version; ure process into HP-UX's OSFI backup. Security server replication includes media and Motif-based, menu-driven system is not yet supported by the HP DCE documentation administration manager (SAM). Developers' Environment. Additional DCE adrrunistration DCE core software provides DCE tools developed by HP are included Product line positioning run-time software for DCE clients and CDS security servers. You need to help HP's online support organi- Opportunities where the HP DCE zation and customers perform DCE Developers' Environment can be to purchase only one copy of the administrative tasks. HP DCE Core applied include downsizing from a DCE Core Software to build a DCE cell. If you are ordering for a mixed Services are fully interoperable with mainframe to a computational OSF DCE reference platforms. cluster where the program running Series 7001800 DCE cell, you do not on the mainframe is rewritten to be need to buy both software products; order either P/N B2920A or R7190A HP provides DCE Application htributed across clients and (for U.S. users) or P/N B2921A or Development Tools to increase the servers within the cluster; convert- B3191A (for non-U.S. users). You productivity of DCE application ing existing NCS or ONC RPC-based developers. HP DCE Application applications into DCE-based must then purchase the following Development Tools offer a DCE applications; large, heterogeneous licenses to run the DCE cell. RPC tracing and logging facility environments where users need to Product No. Description with an error-reporting facility to write btributed applications on HP DCE Client Licenses' aid in DCE application debugging. industry-standard frameworks that B2923A For Series 700 The Instrumented Interface Defini- will run on all of the different B3189A For Series 800 tion Language (IDL) compiler can systems. be used to trace RPC activity in HP DCE CDS Server Licenses2 B2924A For Series 700 distributed applications. The HP Channel Partners currently have B3187A For Series 800 software product includes several different versions of their software HP DCE Security Server L icensesl online DCE application examples to to accommodate each of their B2925A For Series 700 help novice and expert DCE supported systems. With HP DCE B3188A For Series 800 programmers get started. Developers' Environment, they can layer software on top of DCE; and ' Purchase one DCE client license for each DCE introduces the concept of a because DCE will be supported on system in the DCE cell, incl~ldingthe CDS and cell. The cell is an administrative most if not all computer systenls, security servers. unit typically defined as a group of Channel Partners will need only one There must be at least one CDS server rn the DCE cell. Purchase one DCE CDS server users that share the same resources. version of their software. license for each CDS server and the CDS Each DCE cell must contain at least replica, if there is one. There must be one security server in the DCE cell. Purchase one DCE security server license for the security server.

HP Conlputer Update, November 1992 Referencing Program The introduction of the new HP Channel Partner insignia has Update now made it possible for us to completely consolidate our channel For U.S.and Canada only program levels and eliminate the referencing program and insignia HP's Americas Value-Added Channels Marketing Center (VMC) Channel Partners in the U.S. and announces several changes to the Canada were notilied of the program levels and services offered changes in a letter sent during the as part of its HP Channel Partners week of October 5 to presidents, Program. The following changes are executives, and marketing contacts These refurbished products are effective immediately for Computer listed in the VALID database. For targeted toward HP Apollo Domain Systems Organization Channel more information, ask your users who want the optimum Partners: company's executives or marketing system performance with Apollo Token Ring cards and extremely All current "user-referenced representatives for a copy of price-sensitive users who want senices- including eligibility for the letter or contact your HP workstation performance at PC leasehundled financing - are representative. prices. These new prices make available to Channel Partners at these products the lowest-cost the "listed program level. HP workstation buy on the market User referencing has been today. di~continuedas a formal program. The User Referenced Solution Model 40W425t None of the systems include insignia and Exhibit 1-2 are workstations price keyboar&, which must be pur- obsolete. reductions chased new. Order a localization kit (P/N A1098A09A) as a separate line During the past year, HP has been item. HP Channel Partners also are For the U.S.and Canna& only searching for ways to simplify the eligible for special pricing on these structure of CSO's channel market- workstations. Prices have been decreased on ing programs. Earlier this year, fully refurbished HP Apollo 9000 most of the services offered at the For more information in the U.S., Models 400t and 423 workstations user-referenced level were moved call 800-FRDHELP (800-3734357) from HP's Finance and Remarketing to the listed level. The only serv- or call Tom Taylor at 408-720-2459. Division (FRD). ices still remaining at the user- In Canada, call Mark Glazer, referenced level were: 416-67g3192. All configurations and options of Use of the User Referenced P/N A1630A/E (except Opt. ADJ, Solution insignia 19-inch high-resolution screen) can Eligibility for HP's leasehundled be shipped within two weeks after financing program. receipt of an order. Price reductions range from 50440%off new U.S. list. For example, a diskless Model 400t system with a monochrome monitor and 8 MB of memory is now priced at $2,067 - a savings of 70% off new list.

HP Computer Update-HP Channel Partner News November 1992 HP internal sales and Available literature The Bigger, The Better brochure training tools for Audience: High-end HP 3000 The following new literature is users HP Channel Partners available through your local HP Format: 4 pages, foldout, full sales office. The literature is color For U.S. only separated by product line and in P/N: 5091-548331 order of publication number. Description: Brochure leverages Authorized U.S. HP Channel Contact your HP representative for "The Bigger, The Better" print Partners can use a toll-free 800 more information. message in a glossy, highquality telephone number to directly deliverable for HP 3000 Corporate purchase selected HP internal sales Business System prospects. It tools and training materials. HP 3000 Systems includes a collection of user and industry observer quotes that To qualify,your company must Positioning reprints underscore HP's positioning and have a current channel contract or Audience: Account teams the business advantages of catalog agreement with HP and be Format: Each one page, 8%x 11, HP Corporate Business Systems. listed in the U.S. Value-Added black and white Channels Marketing Center data- Description: These reprints are base (VALID). available to help aggressively HP Education Catalog position the HP 3000 product line To place orders, call 800-227-8164, and Corporate Business System. For the U.S. and Canada only speclfy the part number of the items Audience: HP 1000,3000,and . . you axe ordering, and provide your Title: HP 3000: Storage Manage- 9000 programmers, admuustra- U.S. customer number. ment m HP's Mainfmreprint tors, end users, MIS directors, P/N: 5091-0311E technical managers Description: Reprint from Format: 80 pages, 8%x 11 inches, Revised HP Apollo %MM Gartner Group's Large Computer fourcolor cover, twocolor inside Series 760 Sales Kit Strategies group discusses MVS P/N: 5091-5645EUS, 5091- Audience: HP Channel Partners issues that disappeared in HP's 5646EUS three-hole drill Format: 3%-inchvinyl binder architecture and says that HP is Description: November catalog P/N: 596@7854 ahead of IBM in many ways. provides lecturdabs, seminars, Price: $55.00 and self-paced course descriptions Description: Updated edition Title: Large System Per$omnce and schedules for UNIX system, includes products introduced on Summary reprint HP-UX, MPE, RTE, networking, November 10. Contents include a P/N: 5091-49723 and open systems professionals. It self-study guide, applications Description: Reprint is a Gartner emphasizes the added productiv- guides, customer presentations, Group bar chart that lists 15 ity gains to users who attend HP pricing and availability informa- competitive uniprocessors. In it, training instead of learning new tion, performance briefs, sales HP 3000 Series 992f100compares technologies by trial and error. guides, white papers, sales very favorably with 3090 and Piece includes come flow literature, and resource listings. current generation mainframes. diagrams, registration informa- tion, onsite training benefits, and training discounts.

HP Computer Update-HP Channel Partner News November 1992 HP 9000 Systems Workstations Title: HP 9-000 Series 700i HP PA-RISC Compiler HP 9000 Series 700i and 700rt Model 7472: Industrid Optimization Technology industrial workstations and Workstations data sheet White Paper real-time computer systems Audience: OEMs and systems literature integrators in manufacturing, Audience: HP Apollo 9000 Series aerospace, and telecommunica- 700/HP 9000 Series 800 users and Title: Meeting the ChaUenge, tions industries technical evaluators Changing th.e World brochure Format: 8 pages, 8%x 11,4color Format: 20 pages, 8% x 11 inches, Audience: OEMs and systems P/N: 5091-5249E black and white integrators in manufacturing, P/N: 5091-55943 aerospace, and telecommunica- Description: Paper explains the tions industries The RTOS Difference reprint importance of optimizations, Format: 12 pages, 8% x 11, Audience: Users evaluating shows examples of benchmark 6 color with pocket insert for computers for real-time performance improvements of additional product literature applications optimized versus unoptimized P/N: 5091-52433 P/N: 5091-54373 code, gives an overview of the Description: Reprint on real-time PA-RISC compiler structure and Title: HP-RT Red-Tim Operat- application environments pro- optimizations, and provides an in- ing Systemfor the HP 9000 vides indepth information on depth description of recent Series 700rt data sheet computer requirements for optimizations in an appendix. Audience: OEMs and systems optimizing real-time applications. integrators in manufacturing, It explains how these operating aerospace, and telecommunica- systems affect real-time perfor- Gartner Group report subset tions industries mance, which is critical to reprint Format: 6 pages, 8%x 11,4color understanding the applications. Audience: Users who need an P/N: 5091-52463 unbiased perspective on the HP 9000 versus Sun Title: HP 9000 Series 7OOi HP Visual Editor2 1 data sheet P/N: 5091-57723 Model 7422: Red-Tim Audience: HF-UX 9.0 users who Description: In an annual Computer Systems data sheet want to perform general text and Gartner Group evaluation, HP Audience: OEMs and systems program editing tasks rated higher than Sun integrators in manufacturing, P/N: 5091-55163 Microsystems in 12 out of 14 aerospace, and telecommunica- Description: Describes new categories ranging from client/ tions industries version of HF Visual Editor 2.0 server infrastructure to Format: 6 pages, 8%x 11,4color products that provides the easy-to interoperability and ease of use. P/N: 5091-5247E use and easy-to-learn editor; also The HP 9000 came out with a total supported on HP-UX 8.OX. cost of ownership below the Title: HP 9000 Series 7OOi survey average and a showing in Model 745i Industrial the functional categories evalu- Workstations data sheet ated, especially when compared Audience: OEMs and systems directly against Sun. integrators in manufacturing, aerospace, and telecommunica- tions industries Format: 8 pages, 8% x 11,4color P/N: 509 1-5248E

HP Computer Update-HP Channel Partner News November 1992 El PCs versus workstations: myth HP LIDM printers family HP number one overall and realitywhite paper brochure in 1992 VARBUSINESS Audience: PC users who Audience: Line impact dot matrix are considering moving to printer users SLI tvey workstations P/N: 5091-51903 Format: 12 pages, two color Description: Brochure describes HP received top honors for overall PIN: 5091-5678E HP's family of line impact dot average score and overall impres- Description: Revised white paper matrix (LIDM) printers. sion from VARs with over $2M provides an overview of the PC revenue in the 1992 VARBUSINESS versus workstation issue, focusing Annual Report Card Review. In on five myths that prevail among New HP high-performance addition, these VARs ranked HP PC users and MIS managers in the optical drive literature number one in 10 of 18 categories, all commercial marketplace. Piece Title: Optical Storage Solutior~s including 6 support categories. Here is the complete list of HP's dispels the myths, which are that Gu i& productivity applications don't run P/N: 5091-2 156E first-place wins: on workstations; workstations 1. Breadth of product line cost more than PCs; workstation Title: HP Optical Product 2. Product quality software costs more than PC Fum,ily data sheet packet software; PCs are easier to use P/N: 5091-54263 3. Price/performance than workstations; and PCs and 4. Product/pricing data workstations don't mix. Title: Optical D%sk data sheet 5. End-user support packet 6. Technical support P/N: 5091-597EUS Peripherals 7. Marketing support HP 2300/840L line printer Audience: HP 9000 Series 700 8. Quality of sales leads data sheet and 800 users with removable 9. Sales rep assistance hard disk applications, especially Audience: Medium-/high-volume 10. Overall impression in rugged environments. printing departmental environ- Description: Data sheets and ments, network environments This is the first year that guide describe new HP high- P/N: 5091-51663 VARBUSINESS has separated performance optical drive, which Description: Data sheet de- survey results by VAR revenue. HP features better access times and scribes a new WdbA 840-lpm line also did well with VARs in the under faster transfer rates; improves impact printer. The printer $2M group. They too ranked HP performance and reliability of the (P/N C2354A) replaces P/N 25CdC. first in product breadth, product entire family of optical disk It features a new parchment white quality, and end-user support. storage products; uses standard color that coordinates with magneto-optical disks; is forward HP LaserJet printer products and HP outranked its major competitors and backward compatible with provides a clear window for again in this year's survey. The current drives. checking printer output. under $2M revenue VARs placed HP ahead of DEC, IBM, and Sun in 10 out of 18 categories; and the over $2M group placed HP ahead in 15 categories. HP had 13 first-place wins overall and IBM had 2. DEC and Sun did not finish first in any category with either group.

A reprint of the VARBUSINESS article will soon be available. Check with your HP representative for availability.

HP Co~npvferUpdate -HP Channel Partner News November 1992 Product No. Description HP 9000 Models 380 and Users who require HP-UX 9.0 with HP DCE Application Development Tools 382 roll to HP-UX 9.0 the latest applications must spec^ B2922A HP DCE Application Develop- an earliest acceptable date greater ment Tools for Series 700; than December 1 (January 1 for Effective December 1, HP 9000 includes media and P/N A2242A) on the order. documentation Model 382 HP-UX bundles internal B3193A HP DCE Application Develop- hard disk drives will be preloaded HP BASIC&% for P/N A2242A ment Tools for Series 800; with HP-UX 9.0. This affects includes media and will be released and shipping by configurations with the 420-MI3 disk documentation January 1. option (Opt. AMK) and the 210-MI3 You need to purchase only one copy disk option (Opt. AMO). The oper- of the HP DCE Application Devel- ating system license certificate that opment Tools media and documen- is included with Models 380 and 382 Series 400 and DN Series tation. If you are ordering for a will also be updated to HP-UX 9.0. price increases mixed Series 700/800 DCE cell, you do not need to buy both software The operating system roll dates Effective November 1, there was a products; order either P/N B2922A of these specific HP-UX system corporatewide computer price or B3193A. You must then order bundles is December 1 for all increase and the overall increase for one user license for each HP DCE products listed below except for the HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 was Application Development Tools P/N A2242A. about 7.5% (US. list). There will be software user, as follows. Product No. Description no price increase for hard disks or Product No. Description Model 380 SPU RAM memory. Other system add*n products will increase 5%. B2926A HP DCE Application Devel- Model 380 C+ 20 color system opment license to use for Model 380 CH 20 color system Series 700 Model 382 SPU The price of DN Series systems that B3192A HP DCE Application Devel- Model 382 HP-UX system are being discontinued on Decem- opment license to use for ber 1 will not increase. The price of Series 800 Model 382 VEE-Test system Model 382 RMB-UX controller DN products that are being discon- tinued in June 1993 will increase 5%. All products will be listed on the Model 31013201332 upgrade to December HP Price List and MC68040 Model 375 upgrade to Model 380 Contact your HP representative for available February 1993. Model 370 upgrade to Model 380 more information.

Open Software Foundation is a trademark of "Effective December 1, P/N A2243A will include the Open Software Foundation in the U.S. and the new VEEZ.0 release. other countries. Users who require HP-UX 8.0 to run on Models 380 or 382 shipped after December 1 may install the HP-UX OS from 8.0 media or purchase HP-UX 8.0 media and manuals as P/N B1861A Opt. APB, and Opt. AAO for 1/4-inch media, or P/N B2378A Opt. AAF for CD-ROM media

HP Computer lipdate, November 1992 17 New keyboards for New workstation HP ISDN Linmeries 700 Series 300/400/700 keyboard~localizationkits ordering change workstations and coMrollers Effective November 1, the new To better meet CD-ROM manufac- localization kit P/N A1099C re- turing system requirements, the placed P/Ns A1099AB for HP ISDN Link/se>es 700 product Effective November 1, new HP-HE HP 9000 Models 362,380, and 382. structure has been modified keyboards, which are included in Two versions of the new kit now effective with the October HP Price must-order localization options for include the new keyboard that was List. P/N J2104A Opt. 099 has been HP Apollo 9000 Series 4001700 and introduced in September. New discontinued and replaced with HP 9000 Series 300 workstations keyboard featwes include a smaller P/N J2105A, new software that and controllers, will replace current footprint, better tactile feel, and full allows any HP Apollo 9000 Series keyboards in all systems shipped compatibility with previous key- 700 equipped with an ISDN link with HP-UX 9.0. Other systems will boards. A PC-style keyboard is also (P/N J2104A) to act as a TCPAP transition to the new keyboards available for HP-UX users as new router/gatewayfor other work- after November 1 as inventory localmtion kit P/N A2205B. stations or computers attached to permits. the same Ethernet LAN. Ordering information The new keyboards are designed to Ordering instructions deliver best-in-class performance in Product No. Description - areas of quality and ergonomics A1099C HP 9000 Series 300lHP Apollo Product No. Description while maintaining complete com- 9000 Series 4001700 localization J2104A HP ISDN LinUSeries 700 for kit; includes HP-HIL keyboard, patibility with the previous key- standalone workstations; three-button mouse, power includes ISNEISA hardware boards in areas of key placement cords interface, RJ45 cable, manuals and key cohg.Design improve- A22058 HP-UX Workstation localization J2105A TCPIIP Router software for ments for the new keyboards kit; includes PC-style keyboard Series 700 workstations include improved key feel and P/N A 1099C/A2205B options equipped with PIN J2104A1 locator cues for speed and touch Opt. 080 No documentation, new P/N J2104A/J2105A options keyboard' typing (demonstrated in high-speed Opt. AAH Software on DATIDDS tape Opt. APP HP-UX Release 8.X documenta- Opt. AAU CD-ROM certificate2 typing tests, blind preference tests, tion, old keyboard2.' and installed base acceptance Opt. APH HP-UX Release 9.0 documenta- tion, new keyboard4.= I P/N J2104A is a prerequisite product for tests), a smaller form factor to free ordering P/N J2105A. up desk space, and an enhanced Option AAU ships with DART#7 CD-ROM I This product as a P/N A1099C option directly three-level kickstand that provides replaces P/NA1099A, which was used with application disks. greater choice in selecting comfort- HP BASIC and Pascal systems. able hand positions. This product as a P/N A1099C option directly replaced P/N A1099B, which was used with Model 380/382 HP-UX 8.0 systems. The following localization kits are Option APP will ship with the older HP-UX affected by the keyboard change: keyboard as inventory permits. The standalone P/Ns A1099A, A1099B, A1099C keyboard, P/N 46021A, will be available through (HP-UX style layout); A2205A, January 1994. 'This product is for use with Model 380/382 A2205B (PC-style layout). HP-UX 9.0 systems. Effective December 1, Series 300 will ship with HP-UX9.O license.

A localized country option ABA-ABZ must be selected.

18 HP Computer Update, November 1992 Series 300 miscellaneous SoftPC (PM B2398A) is the replace- HP 1000 Systems product discontinuance ment product for PMs 982864 98286S, 98531A), and HP-UX HP 1000 Welcome Back (PM B1861A) is the replacement Effective May 1,1993, the following Program ends product for PM 98674L. There are HP 9000 Series 300 products will be no replacement products for the discontinued. The HP 1000 Welcome Back remaining discontinued products. Program has ended effective ------~- Product No. Description November 1 (Opt. 891 for Final U.S. orders will be accepted 98013A Model 340 Dl0 slot upgrade PMs 92077AB2833AI92836N through May 31,1993; final non-U.S. 98235A Model 340 AUI LAN interface 92857AI9 179OA/92069A/92081A/ upgrade orders will be accepted through 92861AB2862A). 98237A Model 340 ThinLAN interface June 30,1993. Final shipments will upgrade be made through October 31,1993. As stated in the program, HP 1000 98256A 256-KB RAM board for Series 2001300 software upgrade options 98258A Models 33013501370 4 MB parity (Opts. 401,601,701,891,991) add-on RAM were removed from the November 982581: Models 33013501370 12 MB parity HP Price List. add-on RAM 98267A Model 360 4 MB parity add-on This program affects HP 1000 users RAM who are not on support contract. 982678 Model 360 8 MB parity add-on RAM Many users had taken advantage of 982671: Model 360 12 MB parity add-on this program to update their RAM software to the most current 98284A Model 332 floating-point releases. Users can still get the most coprocessor New one-year warranty current HP 1000 software releases 98286A Series 300 DOS coprocessor for HP computer systems 4 by buying support contracts or 98286s Series 300 DOS coprocessor ordering products from the system HP DesignPlus HP Price List without upgrade 98433D Model 345 200-MB internal SCSl workstation furniture options. upgrade price increase 5 98531A Series 300 00s coprocessor software New Novell Netware/ 98556A 2D graphics accelerator 9000features 22 98571D Model 340 200-MB internal SCSl upgrade Workstation, printer, 98630A Series 2001300 breadboard I10 and terminal accessories card obsolescence 28 986748 Media and manuals for PIN 98674L 986741: Media and manuals for PIN 98674L 98674D Media and manualsfor PIN 98674D 98674L License to use Series 300 Starbase

HP Computer Update, November 1992 19 Per sorial Cor;laurt:rs

New HP entry-level color PC display New low-end HP Vectra 386125N The new HP color VGA 14inch Easy-&-read -The antiglare 2-MB PCS display (P/N D1197A) is a competi- screen is easy to read, and the tively priced entry-level monitor monitor refreshes the screen up to with integrated tilvswivel base. It is 60 Hz in standard VGA (640 by targeted toward professional PC 480) resolution. The display offers users who mainly use text and other standard image quality (0.39-mm small-scale office applications. dot pitch).

Userflexibility -The integrated With ths introduction, HP adds an tilt/swivel base and front panel entry-level PC monitor offering to brightness and contrast controls complete the PC display product make the monitor easy to dust, line. and the monitor covers industry- standard modes to guarantee HP strengthens its display offering compatibility. at the entry point of the PC monitor product line. This HP color VGA Orderina- information display offers standard image The recently announced quality versus the superior image Product No. Description HP Vectra 386125N PC Models 1 and D1197A HP color VGA 14-inch display; RAM qdtyof other 14inch HP dlsplays supports standard VGA mode at 40C are the 2-MB versions of that include a sharper dot pitch of 60 Hz; includes integrated tilt1 the HP Vectra 386125N PC. They are 0.28 mm. The HP Super VGA display swivel base, attached video targeted toward entry-level PC (P/N Dl 1944) is the recommended cable, auto ranging power users connected to LANs; primarily supply MS-DOSa users running basic monitor for the use of Windows and You must order one ofthe following power other graphical user interface cord options: business applications like simple applications. But the monitor is Opt. ABA U.S. word processing, spreadsheets, not reconunended to Microsoft Opt. ABB Europe databases, and graphics in non- Windows and other GUI Opt. ABG Australia Widows environments. application users. Opt. ABJ Japan Opt. ABQ Switzerland Opt. ABR South Africa The HP Vectra 386125N PC 2-MB Features and benefits Dpt. ABU U.K. design retains the features competi- Attractive monitor - The entry- Opt. ABY Denmark tors abandoned when introducing Opt. AR6 Indonesia level monitor offers a full-color, their entry-level 386SX-25MHz PCs Opt. AB4 Singapore at the same price level: networking 14inch screen with HP design Opt. AB2 China bezel. capabilities, high-level security and individual privacy, high perfor- mance due to the HP cache, upgradability to HP Vectra 486IN PC Series, and serviceability.

20 HP Coniputpr Update, November 1992 Features and benefits HP Vectra 486~120PC discontir~uance The new PCs retain HP Vectra 3861 25N PC line features. The Model HP Vectra 486d20 desktop PCs will offers all the features of the 40C offers, for the first time, a be removed from the January 1993 HF' Vectra 486sE0 PC with higher complete user solution that HP Price List. Orders will be performance video and an easy includes a 42-MB hard disk drive, accepted through January 31, 1993. growth path using the universal MS-DOS 5.0 preinstalled on the The HF' Vectra 486U PC family processor upgrade socket. disk, and the HP VGA 14inch color Product No. Description Replacement display (P/N D 1197A). D2260A HP Vectra 486~120PC PIN D2266A, HP Vectra 48612511 Netwol-king capabilities - Model 1 PC Model 1 includes the necessary features, D2261A HP Vectra 486~120PC PIN D2266A, HP Vectra 486125U such as multilevel security or Model 1 PC Model 1 022624 HP Vectra 486~120PC PIN D2268A, HP Vectra 486125U multivendor network compatibil- Model 120 PC Model 120 ity, to allow easy LAN connection D2263A HP Vectra 486~120PC PIN D2269A, HP Vectra 486125U 16-KB cache -allows for high- Model 240 PC Model 240 level performance D2264A HP Vectra 486~120PC PIN D2269A, HP Vectra 486125U Model 430 PC Model 240 Upgradable - allows for upgrade D2265A HP Vectra 486~120PC PIN D2274A, HP Vectra 486133U to HP Vectra 486/N PC Series Model 120T PC Model 120 High level of ergonomics -offers front-accessible control panel, low-noise fan, and slindine design Best-in-class serviceability LAN MicroChannel PC through snap-on cover - Transport software provides an accessible design obsolescence and user-friendly diagnostics HP LAN MicroChannel PC Trans- Ordering Information port software (P/N D1805A) will Product No. Description be removed from the December D2495A HP Vectra 386125N PC Model 1 HF' Price List. There is no replace- D2498A HP Vectra 386125N PC Model ment for this product. 40C; includes standard PC box and HP 14-inch VGA color display

MS-DOS is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

HP Computer Update, November 1992 21 New Novell NetWare/9000 features Ordering information Novell NetWard9000 pricing Series 800 demo Novell NetWare Version 3.11 for remains unchanged, but NetWard HP 9000 Series 800 Version 3.11 A new Try and Buy Demo 9000 is now distributed worldwide adds functionality to NetWare and (Opt. 001 for P/N J2240A) is avail- under consolidated product makes HP 9000 functionally similar able for Series 800. The demo, numbers. to Intel-based NetWare 3.11 servers. when ordered with a media NetWareB000 lacks support for option, provides a complete Product No. Description NLMs and Apple connectivity. Novell NetWard9000 Series prod- J2240A Novell NetWare Version 3.11 for uct. Users can evaluate Novell Series 800 Features and benefits Opt. 001 Try and Buy Demo 30-day trial NetWare for Series 800 for 30 days package Packet Burst support provides in their own business environment. Opt. OBO Delete documentation greater NetWare throughput over Users who purchase a permanent Opt. UAB 128 clients supported WANs and faster overall response license can take advantage of the Opt UAD 250 clients supported time. new delete manuals Opt. OBO for a Opt. UB9 Credit for 64-user license Credit for 128-user license credit. Novell NetWare 3.01B users Opt. UBA IP tunneling provides HP NetWare J2239A Novell NetWare Version 3.018 servers the ability to use existing without support service can use for the Series 700 TCPAP networks to communicate the Try and Buy Demo to move P/N J2240A/JZ239A options: between servers. from NetWareJ9000 Series 800 Opt. AA4 OIC cartridge tape Version 3.01B to new Version 3.11. The new version offers support Opt. AAO Software on %-inch cartridge Installed permanent code words for tape for up to 16 locally attached Version 3.01B also activate Opt.AA1 Software on %-inch 1600-bpi printers and over 200 LAN tape Version 3.11. The Try and Buy attached printers. Opt. AAH Software on DAT Demo option for Series 700 will Opt. AAU CD-ROM certificate be available on the February Opt. UA2 4 clients supported Novell NetWare for Series 7001800 HP Mce List. Opt. UA3 8 clients supported will be updated in February 1993 to Opt. UA5 16 clients supported Opt. UA7 32 clients supported Token kg and HP-UX 9.0' New product numbers for Europe Novell NetWare will be updated to Opt. UA9 64 clients supported Version 3.11 in February 1993 for Effective November 1, the product Opt. UB2 Credit for 4-user license number for Novell Netware on Opt. UB3 Credit for 8-user license the Series 700 and in May 1993 for Opt. UB5 Credit for 16-user license the 900 Series HP 3000. Series 800 was changed from Opt. LIB7 Credit for 32-user license P/N INVS-100003 to P/N J2240k On the Series 700, P/N INVS-100002 was changed to P/N J2239k

22 HP Computer Update, November 1992 HP NetWarehX The performance patch of New user-based pricing HP NetWardiX brings the overall for HP NetWarehX performance release performance of the product in line for HP 3000 that with of an Intel486 server. Effective November 1, NetWare for Some benchmarks showed perfor- the will implement user- The enhanced performance release HP 3000 mance superior to an Intel server based pricing to provide a more of HP NetWare/iX for HP 3000 is under loaded conditions. The actual competitive pricing scheme. With currently available. This version perfonnance observed will depend this was demonstrated at Interex. Users announcement and the recent on the type of work the user is performance enhancements to can receive the enhancement by performing, the load on the system, requesting the performance patches NetWardiX, HP 3000 offers an and the system type. The best industry-leading price/performance for HP NetWardiX (P/N 32020A) results will be seen on an NIO NetWare server solution. from the Response Center. system and on HP Corporate Business System class processors. Product No. Description This patched version of the product 32020A NetWare for HP 3000 is for HP MPEfiX Release 4.0 only. Intel486 is a U.S. trademark of Intel Corporation. Opt. UA3 8-user license Previous versions of HP MPEhX do Opt. OAF 20-user license not support the performance patch. Opt. UA7 32-user license The HP NetWardiX performance Opt. UA9 64-user license release will be shipped with HP EtherTwist Opt. UBD 100-user license Opt. UD6 250-user license HP MPWiX 4.5. transceiver -new Opt UB3 Credit for 8-user license price and features Opt. UD8 Credit for 20-user license Ordering information Opt. UB7 Credit for 32-user license Opt. UB9 Credit for 64-user license Users order and install On September 1, HP reduced the Opt. llD9 Credit for 100-user license HP Netwadi on MPE/i Release U.S. local currency price of the 4.0. The version of HP NetWardiX HP Etheflwist mini 10Base-T shipped with Release 4.0 is A.01.06. Transceiver (P/N 28685B). HP NetWardiX performance patches are retrieved from the Along with the new U.S. locd Response Center and applied to the currency price, HP's mini h-ans- already installed product. After the ceiver offers features not currently performance patch is applied, the offered by other vendors: version of HP NetWardiX will be 6 LEDs includes PWR, Tx, RX, k01.09. The performance patch is - collision, linkbeat, polarity automatically enabled the f3st time the user brings up HP NetWardiX Loopback test - helps isolate after applying the patch. problems to transceiver Long cable - twisted-pair extends cable distance up to 220 meters

HP Computer Update, November 1992 23 HP ARPA and Network Setvices 2.1 products combined Ordering information into one product Product No. Descriotion J2246A HP PC ARPAINS for MS-DOS, HP ARPA and Network Services 2.1 Enhancements were made to the Microsoft Lan Manager, and Novell NetWare products have been combined into four separate products to allow You must order atleast one of the following one new product (P/N J2246A). It support of Microsoft Lan Manager options* combines the HP ARPA and 2. la and Novell NetWare OD1 Opt. 001 1-user license with manuals and Network Services 2.1 functionality clients. software of running in Novell NetWare and Opt. 002 RTC for 8 additional users Microsoft LAN Manager environ- Use of HP PC ARPA and Network Opt. 003 RTC for 32 additional users Opt. 004 RTC for 128 additional users ments. The separate HP ARPA Services requires: Opt. 005 RTC for 512 additional users Network Services 2.1 products have Supported PC with 512 KB of Opt. 006 Upgrade from HP NS 2.1 been removed from the November (PIN 01811B/O1819A), ARPA 2.1 memory (and memory needed for HP Price List: HP Network Services (PIN D1812B/Dl823A), or NS LAN terminal emulator or application) GW (PIN D1807A), includes 2.1/MS-DOS(P/N D1811B), 1-user license with software and HP ARPA Services 2.1MS-DOS MS-DOS Version 3.3,4.01, or 5.0 manuals (P/N D1812B), HP Network Serv- Microsoft Lan Manager 2.1 and Opt. 007 Upgrade from NS 2.1, ARPA 2.1, or NS IAN GW; includes RTC for ices 2.1/MSDOS for Novell 2. la support (PC clients can additional 1 user NetWare (P/N D1819A), and operate on both Ethernet and Opt. 008 Upgrade from NS 2.1, ARPA 2.1, HP ARPA Services 2.1MS-DOS for Token Ring networks.) or NS IAN GW; includes RTC for additional 8 users Novell NetWare (P/N D1823A). Novell NetWare 2.15~and above Opt. 009 Upgrade from NS 2.1, ARPA 2.1, support (HP ARPAINetwork or NS IAN GW; includes RTC for Services run on Novell NetWare additional 32 users This version of HP ARPA/NS runs Opt. 010 Upgrade from NS 2.1, ARPA 2.1. on Microsoft Lan Manager 2.112. la, clients llsing NDIS or OD1 MAC or NS IAN GW; includes RTC for Novell NetWare NDIS and ODI, drivers. All OD1 drivers must be additional 128 users standalone clients, and Windows ODINSUP compatible. PC clients Opt. 011 Upgrade from NS 2.1, ARPA 2.1, or NS IAN GW; includes RTC for 3.X environments. PROBE is still can operate on both Ethernet and additional 512 users provided for HP 3000 Kesource Token Ring networks.) Opt. 012 Additional user manual Sharing connectivity for Microsoft Optional Windows 3.0a and 3.1 You must order Opt. 001 or 006 for one set of Lan Manager 2.1 TCPAP clients. and HP NewWave 3.0 and 4.0 manuals and sohare. support Features and benefits HP PC ARPA and Network The new combined product has the are On same features and benefits as the HP LAN Manager 1.1and 1.2 separate HP ARPANS 2.1 products. clients Or in OSI2 and With the combined product, users 2. l1 get more functionality, easier installation, and simplified ordering.

24 HP Computer Update, November 1992 Etherneminnefliber-optic cable obsolescence

Effective November 1, the following ~1097 Ethernet segment repeater EthemeVhnnet/fiber-optic K1098 Ethernet 8-port repeater products were obsoleted. KllOO Thlnnet cable, 1,000 feet,TEF K1102 Thlnnet cable, 1,000 feet, PVC Product No. Description K1104 Ethernet XCVR install tools K1036 6-ftber-optlc cable Kllll Ethernet dla transceiver K1037 8-flber-optlc cable K1112 Ethernet multlport transceiver K1056 Ethernet barrel connection, F ~1113 Ethernet XCVR n-type TAP New HP JetDirect ~ards26 Ethernet barrel connection, M Kill4 Ethernet BNC transceiver TAP ~pje~irect cards Ethernet connection wrench K1115 Ethernet Thinnet transceiver support peripherals 27 Ethernet connection wrench K1116 Ethernet transceiver Ethernet terminator, F Ethernet Thinnet BNC HP JetDirect cards Ethernet terminator, M transceiver discontinuance 28 Ethernet backbone cable Ethernet transceiver Ethernet backbone cable Fiber-optic cable, 100 feet Ethernet backbone cable Fiber-optic cable, 100 feet Ethernet backbone cable Fiber-optic cable, 150 feet Ethernet backbone cable Fiber-optic cable, 150 feet Ethernet backbone cable Fiber-optic cable, 250 feet Thinnet BNC adapter Fiber-optic cable, 250 feet Ethernet BNC connection crimp Fiber-optic cable, 30 feet Ethernet BNC PVC crimp Fiber-optic cable, 30 feet Thinnet BNC tee connection Fiber-optic cable, 30 feet Thinnet BNC terminator Fiber-optic cable, 50 feet Thinnet to'rhicknet adapter Fiber-optic cable, 50feet Ethernet crimping tool Fiber-optic cable, 75 feet 'Thinnet XCVR cable, 10 m Fiber-optic trans, 75 feet Thinnet XCVR cable, 20 m Fiber media interface Thinnet XCVR cable, 5 m Multimedia access Thinnet XCVR cable, 50 m Power supply module Ethernet link care Intelligent repeater module Ethernet fiber-optic repeater Etherlink board for IBM PC Ethernet multipart repeater

- HP Computer Update, November 1992 25 General The cards are targeted for Ethernet Features and benefits network environments that require The new HP JetDirect cards New HP JetDirect cards either Thin Ethernet (10Base2) or support HP LaserJet 414M printers 10Base-Tconnectivity to connect through the modular VO slots HP LaserJet IIISi and the new 414M (MIO). Users can install a card by printers, HP PaintJet XL300 color sliding it into the MI0 slot and printers, and HP DesignJet 600 connecting it to LAN cabling. A plotters directly to a network. 10Base-T port has been integrated into the new cards due to user HP JetDirect cards provide a fully demand, eliminating the need for an integrated solution for connecting external transceiver and the need Support the HP LaserJet Ills1,4, PaintJet HP hard-copy devices into network X1300 printers, and DesignJet plotter. for HP Ethernet 10Ba-e-Tadapter environments. kit (P/N C1647A) when using the The HP JetDirect cards are five new HP PaintJet XL300 color printer. HP JetDirect cards for Ethernet and This provides users with a more AppleTalk networks that support cost-effective solution for Ethernet and enable users to connect networks. HP JetDirect cards also peripheral devices anywhere on include the Thin EtherneVlOBase2 LANs. They are for NoveU NetWarel port (BNC) to maintain flexibility Ethernet, HP LANManagerl for choosing cabling solutions. For Ethernet, AppleTalk (Etheffalk Support the HPLaserJet 11, /ID, 111, and //ID Novell NetWare users, the cards and LocalTaIk), and UNIX printers. have improved support for en- systems/Ethernet. These cards are crypted passwords. Current new members of HP's growing HP JetDirect users will get ths family of HP JetDirect network enhancement through an upgrade interfaces for HP peripherals. product. Ordering information Product No. Description J2337A HP JetDirect card for Novell NetwarelEthernet J2338A HP JetDirect card for LAN ManagerlEthernet J2339A HP JetDirect card for AppleTalk (EtherTalkJ J2340A HP JetDirect card for UNlWEthernet J2341A HP JetDirect card for AppleTalk (LocalTalk)

26 HP Computer lipdate, November 1993 HP JetDirect cards support peripherals J3241A HP JetDirect card for AppleTalk, LocalTalk, DIN 8 port, HP LaserJet4/4M/lllsi and HP JetDirect cards are for users J2338A HP JetDirect card for 3Com 3t PaintJet XU00 printers1 who require printing and plotting to OpenIMicrosoft Lan Manager, DesignJet 600 plotter 802.3, BNCIlOBase-T port, 33416A HP JetDirect card for AppleTalk, be performed away from the file HP LaserJet 4/4M/lllsi and server, need faster graphics printing LocalTalk, DIN 8 port, PaintJet XU00 printers1 HP LaserJet 110/111/111D printers and plotting, and want better DesignJet 600 plotter pe&her&network management. C2071C HP JetDirect card for 3Com 3t AppleTalk is not supported on Location flexibility, increased OpenIMicrosoft Lan Manager, 802.3. BNC port, HP LaserJet Ill the HP DesignJet 600 plotter. peripheral performance, and IID/III/IIID printers LocalTak is not supported on the improved network administration ~2071 I-, HP JetDirect card for 3Com 3t HP LaserJet IT printer; it is inte- OpenIMicrosoft Lan Manager, are key benefits users can receive grated with HP PaintJet XU00 by incorporating HP JetDirect 802.3.10Base-T port, HP LaserJet II/IID/III/IIID printers printers and bundled with cards into hardcopy solutions. C2059D HP JetDirect card for 3Com 3t HP LaserJet 4M printers. HP JetDirect cards support periph- OpenIMicrosoft Lan Manager1 IBM IANSewer, Token Ring1 eral devices, network operating This information supersedes the systems, network topologies, and 802.5, DB9 port, HP LaserJet Ill IIDIIIIIIIID printers current HP Dealer Price List. cabling solutions. C2071F HP JetDirect card for 3Com 3t OpenIMicrosoft Lan Managerl Language options must be specified Ordering information IBM IAN Sewer,Token Ring1 802.5, DB9 port, HP LaserJet Ill for all products. Product No. Descriotion IID/III/IIID printers J2337A HP JetDirect card for Novell J2340A HP JetDirect card for HP-UW NetWare, EtherneV802.3, BNCI SCO UNIWSunOS, Ethernet, 10Base-T port, HP LaserJet 41 BNCIlOBase-T port, HP LaserJet 4MIlllsi and PaintJet XU00 414Mllllsi and PaintJet XL3OO printers1DesignJet 600 plotter printers1DesignJet 600 plotter C2071A HP JetDirect card for Novell C2071S HP JetDirect card for HP-UW NetWare, EtherneV802.3. BNC SCO UNIXISunOS, Ethernet, port. HP LaserJet II/IID/III/IIID 10Base-T port, HP LaserJet Ill printers IIDIIIIIIIID printers C2071B HP JetDirect card for Novell C2071T HP JetDirect card for HP-UW NetWare, EtherneV802.3, SCO UNIWSunOS, Ethernet, BNC 1OBase-T port, HP LaserJet Ill port, HP LaserJet IIIIIDIIIIIIIID IIDIIIIIIIID printers printers C2059C HP JetD~rectcard for Novell UNlX cards require purchase of one of the NetWare, Token Ringl802.5, DB9 following media options: port, HP LaserJet4/4M/IIlsi and Opt. AAO %-inch tape for HP-UX PaintJet XL300 printers1 Opt. AAH DAT (DDS) tape for HP-UX DesignJet 600 plotter Opt. AAV 114-inch tape for SunOS C2071E HP JetDirect card for Novell Opt. IAK No software included NetWare, Token RingI802.5, DB9 port, HP LaserJet II/IID/III/IIID J2339A HP JetDirect card for AppleTalk, printers EtherTalk BNCIlOBase-T port, HP LaserJet4/4M/IIlsi and PaintJet XL300 printers1 DesignJet 600 plotter

HP Computer Update, November 1992 27 Perioherals

HP JetDirect cards discontinuance Printers

Effective November 1, the current Discontinued products may not be New HP DeskJet 550C and HP JetDirect cards for Ethernet and ordered after November 1, only DeskWriter 550C printers AppleTalk networks were discon- replacement products. See hued. Users who wish to connect precedmg article regarding direct new HP LaserJet 44M printers or replacements. HP PaintJet XL 300 color printers to local networks must order the new cards; the discontinued cards will not support these printers.

Product No. Description Replacement C2059A HP JetDirect card for Novell J2337A NetwarelEthernet C2059B HP JetDirect card for HP LAN ManagerIEthernet J2338A HP DeskJet 550C printer C2059E HP JetDirect card for AppleTalk J2339A (EtherTalk) C2059F HP JetDirect card for AppleTalk J2341A (LocalTalk) C2059T HP JetDirect card for UNlX J2340A systemslEtherNet C1647A Ethernet 1DBase-T adapter kit none

Workstation. printer. and Cable obsolescence terminal accessories obsolescence For Europe dy HP Desk Writer 550C printer The following products are now The HP DeskJet 550C printer The following products will be obsolete in Europe only. for MSDOS and Windows obsolete effective January 1,1993. (P/N C2121A) and the Product No. Description HP DeskWriter 550C printer for the Product No. Description K2285 SCSl cable high-low Apple Macintosh (P/N C2 1244) are 92172F HP-IB data lock K2286 SCSl cable high-low the new HP printers that offer Lock system plate K2287 SCSl cable, 5-foot connection 300dpi laserquahty black and color Lock system screw K2288 SCSl cable, 3-foot screw printing using both the black and Vacuum filters connection color cartridges together. These Hose, PM VAC new printers are designed for dot Cord, PM VAC The following products will be matrix users who want to upgrade Crevice tool PM VAC obsolete in Europe only as of to better print quality, higher speed, Gooseneck January 1,1993. and quiet operation, as well as low- Mat, static table end laser printer prospects who HP PM vacuum Product No. Description need black printing but also want Vacuum canister 92179C Cable. three-wire, shielded convenient color printing Spray, anti-static 921790 Cable, five-wire, shielded Wipes, anti-static Clean kit, video Filter, glare HP 26W Filter, glare HP-86

HP Computer Update, November 1992 Features and benefits The products offer increased Users get HP reliability with a three- Users can get laserquality black document flexibility with more year limited warranty on parts and and color printing on the same page built-in fonts for MSDOS and labor when they purchase an without changmg ink cartridges. Macintosh users. The HP DeskJet HP DeskJet 550C or DeskWriter The two integrated ink cartridges 550C printer has six built-in type- 550C printer. faces, 84 selectable fonts, and 13 minimize the amount of composite Higher print quality than dot scalable fonts for Windows. It is black, so black text looks blacker matrix printers and colors look brighter. Apple TrueType compatible with Windows 3.1. and like all Faster than most dot matrix Macintosh and Windows users can printers produce highquality black graphics HP DeskJet printers, it is compat- with 256 levels of grayscale. ible with Adobe Type Manager. Hghquality black printing plus New for Macintosh users are 35 the added feature of color when Less ink use means lower owner- scalable fonts that come with the needed ship cost and faster printing. The HP DeskWriter 550C printer. These Both printers come with an faster, lower-cost black ink car- are the same as the fonts on Apple industry-leading three-year limited tridge prints the black text in the Laserwriter NT printers. The warranty. document, mhhizing use of the additional fonts were origudly color ink cartridge to create black. marketed separately as the Ordering information Professional-lookingtext and HP DeskWriter Font Collection (P/N 22709A). Product No. Description graphics print faster and cost less. C2121A HP DeskJet 550C printer C2124A HP DeskWriter 550C printer The printers provide improved The products offer improved paper MSDOS software compatibility. handling and media capability. With The HP DeskJet 550C printer the new paper trays, users can print supports color ASCII text printing, documents on a wider variety of so MSDOS word processing paper sues and types including packages can print using color. executive-size paper. The new trays The HP DeskJet 550C printer ships allow users to easily print up to 20 with a disk containing software envelopes. On glossy paper, users drivers for six toptier MSDOS can produce graphics and images applications. with a photographic glossy appear- ance. Like the HP DeskJet 500C and the HP Deskwriter C printers, these new printers handle transparency film.

HP Computer Update, November 1992 29 New HP DeskJet portable printer The portable HP DeskJet printer features HP's reliable lnlyet technol- Not available i72. Eu.rope until February 1993 ogy, and no competitive portable printers in this price range can The printer offers full desktop currently match the speed of the performance. It prints up to three HP portable. Most competitors offer pages per minute (240 cps in draft, only one font size per typeface or 167 cps in letterquality mode) on offer unfamiliar typefaces. The plain paper, transparencies, and HP DeskJet portable printer labels in letter, legal, A4, and provides Courier and Letter Gotluc executive paper sizes. The printer and CG Times and Univers in 5,6,8, is backward-compatible with 10,12,and 14 point. Landscape HP DeskJet 500 printer drivers. For orientation is built in for Courier full-feature support, an HP DeskJet and Letter Gothic. In Windows 3.1, portable printer driver is required. users have access to TrueType scalable fonts in portrait and The printer offers maximum landscape orientations. portability. The base unit weighs The new HP DeskJet portable, 4.4 pounds. The printer comes with Ordering information laserquality printer (PIN C2614A) a flexible parallel VO cable that is Product No. Description includes the inkjet technology, easy to roll up and carry, and the C2614A HP DeskJet portable printer speed, and reliability found in other printer will also work with a Optional accessories HP DeskJet printers. It includes standard Centronics cable. The C3005A 50-page automatic cut-sheet optional battery operation and printer offers sophisticated battery feeder fonts, comes standard with custom management features, including C3003A Rechargeable battery portable VO cable, print cartridge, sleep and deep discharge modes, C3004A Worldwide rapid recharger1 manuals, and external power and can print up to 100 pages per adapter module. 'hsprinter is designed for charge with an optional camcorder- C3050A Carrying case portable PC users who use note- type rechargeable battery. C3061A Replacement portable I10 cable (printer comes standard with this book PCs in me&um- to large-sized cable) companies. Other optional accessories are also available for maximum versatility. The printer wdl be available in Features and benefits The worldwide rapid rechargerl Europe in February 1993 With the portable HP DeskJet adapter for heavy battery users printer, on-the-road users can print recharges two batteries in one hour highquality documents. The printer per battery. International travelers provides 300-dpi laserquality can use the rechargerladapter on printing, offers 8.1 typeface, size, voltages worldwide. An optional and style combinations for MS-DOS carrying case holds the printer, users, and is fully compatible in accessories. and a notebook PC. Widows 3.1. The portable HP DeskJet printer comes with a one-year limited warranty worldwide on the printer, sheet feeder, and optional world- wide rapid rechargerladapter. The battery and optional carrying case come with a 90-day warranty.

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- - -- POSTNET bar code for Terminals Overlay removal from HP 256XCl2300 printers tenninals kit HP X Station niemory POSTNET is the U.S. postal bar module price reduction As of November 1, the ANSI code optional character set. It overlay for the numeric keypad on contains ZIP code information that Effective October 1, prices for HP 700192, 700194, 700196, and is later decoded by automatic HP 700lRX station memory modules 70(3/98 terminals was deleted from readers increasing the accuracy, (DRAM) listed below were reduced the keyboard kit. The overlay wdl speed, and reliability of the overall by up to 33% (U.S. list). This still be avadable as P/N 5081-2239. delivery process. translates to memory nlodule prices The key assignment information of $100 per megabyte (U.S. list). that is on the overlay is included in Features and benefits the user manuals. Product No. Description POSTNET is made up of binary C2321A 2-MI3 rnernory module elements that are printed in the The supplemental overlay for the C2322A 4-MI3 rnernory module lower right corner of a mail piece HP 700/32 (P/N C1017A/G/w>was C2323A 8-MB rnernory module representing zip codes. POSTNET also removed from the keyboard Opt. AN7 Delete 2-MB rnernory module for kit; it is available as P/N 5181-5172. offers sigruficant savings to users, all bundles especially high-volume mailers. The This overlay is blank; it contains savings for a single piece with a no text. five-digit plus four-digit ZIP (ZIP + 4) bar code is about six cents. HP 256XCl2300 POSTNET is certified by the U. S. Postal Senice. AU HP 256XCl2300 line impact printers are on a hst published by the National Address Information Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38188. POSTNET can be selected from either the printer's front panel or by the use of an escape sequence. POSTNET pitch is four characters per inch.

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