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HEWLETT PACKARD Table of Contents General Volume 7, No. 7 17 General E&i$or 2 Training Don't miss out on the next Information Access release 'Racy Wester HP DeskManager and Information Access integration training available Which version of AdvanceMail should HP Channels is published monthly for you buy? Hewlett-Packard's value-added busi- 18 Desktop nesses to provide you with information New PageMaker software for the HP Vectra about HP's products and services to Publisher PC Customer Support Dual hard discs now supported on the help you be more successful. HP Vectra ES PC 2 General New release of HP 150 MS-DOS 3.2 For further information on any of the HP wlll be at ATE&I-East products and services discussed in HP Peripherals Channels, please contact your HP sales Update servlces for Officeshare 111 20 Mass Storage rep. Subscnpt~onsewlces for HP Vectn PC New HP-FL interface cards and disc drives software Data compression on !'-inch tape drives See back cover for subscription Business Computers Standard one-year return to HP warranty on information. the new HP disc drives 3 General New HP 9 144A to HP 3540 1 A trade-in Note: Not all HP computer products New fiber-opt~cinterface for 900 Senes Prc'g*m are sold and supported in all countries. HP 3000 systems ALLBASWXL is sh~pp~ng 22 Networks Please check with your local HP sales New HP SiteWire documentation for Performance-enhanced Resource Shar~ng twisted-pair networks ofice. now available Free upgrade to NS3000lV Hewlett-Packard does not warrant the HP BRWlV and HP BRWIXL tutorials now available 23 Printers accuracy of the information provided in HP Manufacturing Management I1 on Enhanced HP RuggedWriter 480 printers HP Channels and shall not be liable for HP-PA systems handle six-part forms any use made of the information con- HP RuggedWriter 480 and HP 293X printers 6 Small Business Computing - a comparison tained herein. Information provided in lntroduclng the HP 260 StarterPack and HP Channels is subject to change with- HP 260 Powerpack 24 Scanners out notice. Correct~onto discontinuance of IBM PSI2 Interface kit now available for the 45003Al45004A memory boards HP Scanlet scanner On the cover 7 HP 3000 24 Terminals HP-to-IBM networking products for HP 70017 1 keyboard selection 900 Series HP 3000 Now HP terminal solutions priced even New upgrade credits for HP-to-IBM products lower on 900 Senes HP 3000 systems The HP MICRO 3000GX: An HP 260 Supplies opportunity 25 Supplies MPE VIE HP 3000 systems suppon New book helps users understand the HP Vectra CS and ES PCs ,,I Technical Computers HP Direct Order Phone Numbers p:=2;:Q:',. ; L.-? I,". , ~ ,. - . 9 HP 9000 Overv~ewof the new HP 9000 Ser~es800 (. --~- A Introducing two new midrange HP 9000 Serles 800 systems CLASSIFIEDS HP 9000 Model 850s enhancements HP announces most powerful HP 9000 yet - 26 Software Packages Available and Wanted Two new high-performance midrange the Model 8553 systems (the HP 9000 Model 8358 is HP 9000 Model 8258 update Networking enhancements for HP 9000 shown on the cover) and a high-end Senes 800 Release 2.0 extension make the HP 9000 Series 800 New fiber-opt~cInterface for HP 9000 product line stronger than ever before. Series 800 systems These new products demonstrate HP's COBOUHP-UX: ANSI 85, new features, commitment to become the leading and high performance New HP BASIC 5 1 language processor vendor of UNIX systems for both the software upgrade technical and business marketplace. See articles beginning on page 9. HP CHANNELS May 1988

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For research and education purposes only. The course is four and a half days in HP DeskManager and Information Access length. The first three days consist of integration training available 60 percent lecture and 40 percent lab. The remainder of the course concen- trates on integrating your application Sign ups are now available for enroll- Information Access Integration Train- (students are requested to bring a tape ment into classroom training on HP ing - This two-day course provides of their application to the class) with DeskManager and Information Access detailed lectures and labs covering alter- HP Desk with technical assistance integration capabilities. The training native methods of using Information provided. The dates of the courses now courses are designed to provide an Access to allow PC users to retrieve available for enrollment are: opportunity for value-added businesses and manipulate data resident in your to learn how these HP information application - and beyond. The course . June 13-17, 1988 management products can integrate topics include a product overview, PC/ with and complement their existing HP 3000 program flow, datacom issues, . August 15-19, 1988 solutions. installation and configuration, data . October 3-7, 1988 security, use of PC and HP 3000 com- This training is available free of charge mand files, advanced techniques for Sign up early to reserve your position to VABs who have enlisted into the manipulation of TurboIMAGE data, in the integration classes. The training VAB Integration Program (UP Chan- retrieving TurboIMAGE data from mul- courses will be performed at selected nels, January 1988). The VAB Integra- tiple sources, use of the ACCESS factory locations in California, and are tion Program gives you the opportunity Report Writer and application perfor- scheduled back to back (HP Desk and to capitalize on the growing demand for mance considerations. Information Access) to allow atten- Integrated Business Systems - solutions dance at both courses with a single trip, that integrate information management The course consists of 50 percent lec- if desired. For more information on the tools with vertical business applications ture and 50 percent lab. The dates of training courses and the VAB Integra- - with a minimal development invest- the courses now available for enroll- tion Program, contact your HP sales ment. Within the program, HP VABs ment are: rep. are given special incentives and integra- tion assistance from HP, providing the . June 9-10, 1988 opportunity to turn your industry-spe- August 11-12, 1988 cific applications into a fully integrated . business solutions. . September 29-30, 1988 To assist VABs in the integration of HP UP DeskManager Integration Training informati011 management products with - This course provides detailed lectures their software, HP provides: and labs covering alternative methods of using HP DeskManager to extend the . Loaner Software for integration capabilities of your applications. The development course topics include a product over- view (of HP DeskManager and its bolt- Financial incentives for software on components, HP FileJLibrary and relicensed or leveraged HP Schedule), integrating electronic Integration training and dial-up mail, customization features, task auto- consulting mation through script files, integrating the HP Desk HELP system within your Assistance with joint merchandising of integrated solutions application, security groups, data pass- ing between HP Desk and other HP 3000lPC applications HP Desk's "application umbrella" and intrinsic access to HP DeskManager services. We offer services for each of We offer contracts for each of the prod- 1 a OfficeShare 111's software components. ucts listed above. SMS contracts are I - Site licenses are available for both the ordered with an "SOO" suffix. EMS Genrrol Services and the ConfigurationIDiag- contracts are ordered with a "WOO" HP will be at nostics software. suffix. ATE &I-East Contact your HP sales rep for more For example, to purchase the 10-user information. license for AdvanceLink and its SMS, order: The ATE & Instrumentation Con- ference-East (ATEM-East) will be held 68333L AdvanceLink at the World Trade Center in Boston, Support 68333L + SO0 AdvanceLink SMS Massachusetts, June 7-9, 1988. The Subscription services event is sponsored by Elecfronics Test Materials delivered and Circuits Manufacturing magazines. for HP Vectra PC I l Master 1 Master I Master SO Masters The HP booth will be located at the software I0 RTC SO RTC exhibit entrance and exhibit hours will SMS be: D~acset, I I I 50 Now, PC users can automatically Kightbtu-cup) discs 0 I0 50 0 receive software updates via two new Manual

Product Quantily l Master l Master l Master 50 Masters Contact your HP sales rep for more HP now has several update services for 10 RTC 5ORTC information. OfficeShare I11 software. Each time HP AdvanccLink AdvanceMall updates these products, we mail the AdvancePnnt Exccutlve revisions directly to the customer. MemMaker These updates ensure that the network Execut~ve CardManagcr is using the most up-to-date and error- AdvanceWnle free software available. Plus Cialle~ Coller~~un

HP CHANNELS Ma. 1988 General such as the ability to have relational access to IMAGE data. As users add ALLBASEIXL is HP SQL applications to their environ- General shipping ment, they can use a common interface to access either HP SQL or Turbo- New fiber-optic IMAGE data. interface for 900 TurboIMAGEIXL has been enhanced to provide such dramatic performance The 900 Series of the HP 3000 is now Series HP 3000 improvements that we are changing our stronger than ever with the offering of MPE XL strategy. We have award-winning TurboIMAGE and a achieved this improvement by making competitive HP SQL relational DBMS performance enhancements that take across the product family. ALLBASEI advantage of HP Precision Architecture. HP announces HP-FL, the new fiber- XL is shipping now. optic disc interface for HP Precision TurboIMAGE will now provide the best Architecture (HP-PA) systems. The new performance on current and future high- Contact your HP sales rep for more interface will be supported on the HP end MPE XL systems. information. 3000 Series 925LX, 925, 930, and 950 on release 1. I of MPE XL. HP-FL will TurboIMAGE becomes part of ALLBASEIXL - a smoother also be supported on the HP 3000 General Series 935 and 955. migration Consequently, we no longer need to Performance- With the introduction of the new inter- offer HP IMAGE on MPE XL systems face, HP is also announcing larger sup- in order to provide high performance enhanced Resource ported mass-storage configurations on with TurboIMAGE compatibility. Users Sharing now HP 3000 Series 930 and 950 systems. can now have what they've been asking Maximum supported configurations for - superior performance on HP Pre- available with MPE XL release 1.1 are listed cision Architecture systems without here. The number of supported HP-FL having to move to a new database-man- discs will be increased again on the HP agement system. Users can continue to A new version of Resource Sharing 3000 Series 930 and 950 with release develop TurboIMAGE applications with with substantial performance improve- 2.0 of MPE XL. confidence that they will, as always, ments is now ready for shipment. have a very smooth path to increasing Resource Sharing Version A.01.00 is available on the V-Delta-2 MIT, and - - - performance on the HP 3000. Turbo- HP 3000 Series IMAGE has replaced HP IMAGE on now, through the new Office Retrofit 925LX 925 930 950 Discs 1 MPE XL systems. ALLBASEIXL, our Program, the software can be ordered HP 7936137H discs 8 16 24 24 database offering optimized for MPE for installation on UB-Delta-4 and Gbytes (7937) 4.5 9.1 13.7 13.7 XL systems, now consists of Turbo- V-Delta- 1. All shipments of Business HP 7936137FL discs 8 16 30 30 IMAGEIXL and HP SQLIXL. System Plus will incorporate this new, Gbytes 4.5 9.1 13.7 13.7 fast Resource Sharing. Combined maximum ALLBASEIUX, our database offering discs 8 16 30 30 optimized for HP-UX systems, consists of HP SQLIUX and HP IMAGEIUX, Resource Sharing is the core compo- the migration path for IMAGE11000 nent of Business System Plus, provid- Please note that release 1.1 of MPE XL users. ing PC users with HP 3000-based file is not yet available. Use HP-IB as sharing, printer sharing, and PC appropriate if orders are already in ALLBASEIXL has a bright future backup. The latest version of Resource backlog and/or shipment is expected in Sharing (A.01.00), in conjunction with the near future. TurboIMAGEIXL is now our strategic the latest version of Officeshare Net- database product on working products (Version B.00.00), For more details on the new interface, MPE XL systems, and along with HP allows the user to take full advantage of contact your HP sales rep. SQLIXL, will be the focus of new the performance improvements. development in future releases. This continued on next page includes adding much of the func- tionality announced for HP IMAGE, Single networked workstation As you can see, performance gains were response time improved recognized in all of the tested single- user transactions. Previously recom- Performance gains over previous ver- mended for HP 3000 Series 68 and 70 sions of Resource Sharing ranged from servers only, application loading is now approximately 11 percent (Executive entirely feasible from the full range of MemoMaker file load on a Series 70) to supported HP 3000s. Many users with 7 1 percent (LotusB 1-2-3" file save on low-end and midrange servers will now a MICRO 3000). Single networked choose to use Resource Sharing for workstation response time tests have application loading. Those who require been performed for both Lotus 1-2-3 performance near that of a hard disc (2.01) and Executive MemoMaker should still load applications from (A.03.00) over a ThinLAN network. either an HP Vectra PC server, or a The results from these tests are included hard disc, using Resource Sharing for The results show substantial improve- in the following two charts. These shared files, shared printing, and PC ments in the performance of new ver- charts compare application load times, backup. Work with your HP sales rep to sions of both Resource Sharing and file load times, and file save times for get the best solution for your needs. OfficeShare. Resource Sharing now bet- both the MICRO and Series 70 for: ter accommodates the demands of a Multiple networked workstation multiuser environment. Resource Sharing (A.00.03) and response times improved OfficeShare (A.03.00) Note: There are some situations where ' Resource Sharing (A.O1.OO) and Multiple networked workstation response time degradation will occur, OfficeShare (A.03.00) response time tests have been provided such as when as HP StarLAN bridge to show the improvements in the new connects a StarLAN network to a Resource Sharing (A.O1.OO) and version of Resource Sharing with ThinLAN backbone. OfficeShare (B.OO.OO) OfficeShare (B.OO.OO) using the Smart LAN Performance Test (Smart LPT).* Improved disc space utilization Single Networked Workstation Response Time Smart LPT is a set of tests that EMM Application Load and Data F~leAccess In addition to performance gain, users 8s A 00 03 RS A 0) OD RS A 01 00 exercises the network using a mix of Oll#csShnre l Oll8ceShale l OlllceShare Ill .Ssm a\\\:a - spreadsheet, database, and work-pro- will also notice improved disc space cessing activity. These tests use inten- utilization of 35 to 40 percent over pre- sive batch processes to generate vious versions of Resource Sharing. comparative benchmarks in a multiuser This translates to solid cost savings. network environment. Because the pro- cesses are faster than human usage, the Streamlined new directory structure results do not indicate the maximum The Resource Sharing performance number of users a system can handle. enhancements are due primarily to AD.#. LO.* *..#,.LD.Y ZOKT,,. LD.di 20" l#.L..#, 20" .,,, 1.".1 2OIT8i. %... M, 1.,#..70 S..,..,O ",<." %.<.*TO modifications to the directory structure Type 01 User TranractloniHP 3000 Server The following graphs are for the HP and new hashing algorithms used to MICRO and Series 70 HP 3000 servers. manage the directory. Therefore, users Single Networked Workstation Response Time who are on previous versions of Lotus 1-2-3 Application Load and Data File Access R5 A0003 R5 A0100 RiA0100 Resource Sharing will need to convert Oll,ceShalD I, Ollir.Share ll oll8csshare Ill mz.mx &>>-a9 - their shared discs to the new structure. 1 Instructions for programmatically con- verting shared discs are included in the update package.

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HP CHANNELS May 1988 Update information starting with V-Delta-1 MIT, HP BRWI V version A.O1.lO. Note that to obtain Users who have SMS for the Resource HP BRWIV and HP the software, you will have to upgrade Sharing product will receive Resource to V-Delta- 1 MIT.) The tutorial files are Sharing Version A.O1 .OO when BRWIXL tutorials contained in account ITF3000. V-Delta-2 ships. Users who do not wish to upgrade to V-Delta-2 at this time can now available As with the reference manual, the doc- order the software for installation on umentation will be shipped to all users UB-Delta-4 or V-Delta-1 through the To satisfy the many requests for learn- with support contracts. Additional Office Retrofit Program. ing-type documentation for HP BRWIV copies of the documentation can be and HP BRWIXL, tutorials are now ordered from HP Direct, PIN In order to recognize full performance available. The HP BRWIV and HP 36070-90010 (HP BRWIV), and PIN benefits, users will also need to pur- BRWIXL tutorials are self-paced 35360-90010 (HP BRWIXL). chase OfficeShare B .00.00 upgrade courses that explain HP BRWIV HP kits. BRWIXL, and assist people to write Please note that we still recommend reports using it. The tutorials are that at least one person from each site OfficeShare upgrade kit ordering designed for those new to HP BRWIV attend the HP BRWIV and HP BRWI information and HP BRWIXL, but are also recom- XL Customer Training. As stated mended for more experienced users. above, the tutorials are not a substitute. Product Number Opt. Descript~on (However, the tutorials are not a sub- stitute for the HP BRWIV and HP 50923F OCJ StarLAN user upgrade BRWIXL Customer Training courses). 50923F OCK ThlnLAN user upgrade General 509 19F OCN LAN configuration soft- The tutorials each consist of three ware upgrade for Star- HP Manufacturing LAN and ThinLAN lessons that guide the user through all parts of defining, compiling, and run- ning a report. They are designed to be Management II on Contact your HP sales rep for more used in conjunction with the HP 3000; HP-PA systems information. that is, a student uses HP BRWIV or HP BRWIXL to create an actual report HP manufacturing users are being *The Smart LAN Performance Test - giving 'hands-on' experience. (Smart LPT) is included with provided the simplest possible migra- Smartware@. The tutorials provide an overview of the tion path to HP Precision Architecture whole of HP BRWIV and HP BRWI (HP-PA). No customer retraining or Smartware@ is a registered trademark of XL, explaining them in a simple and recustomization is involved. Further- Innovative Sofiware, Inc. logical fashion. Among many other more, the complete product line will be topics, the tutorials cover sorts, breaks, supported on both MPE V and MPE linesets, tables, calculated items, col- XL environments. All of this adds up to umn calculations, standard items and good news as users look to migrating functions, edit masks, suppressing their installations of HP manufacturing lines, selection sets, parameters, keyed and financial applications to the 900 access, etc. Students are always able to Series HP 3000 systems. check their reports against example solutions. Tests, with answers, are Currently at test sites provided to reinforce what is learned. All MM I1 modules have completed extensive factory testing. The following The tutorials each consist of software modules are at customer sites, either in (an example database and solution files) production or preproduction testing: and documentation. HP Materials Management The and files are shipped with the subsystem tapes for HP BRWI HP Production Management V and HP BRWIXL. (For HP BRWIV, HP Maintenance Management HP Financial Accounting continued on ne.rt prrga Early performance results are strong and we expect even greater performance as newer releases of MPE XL are incor- Introducing the HP 260 StarterPack and porated. Specific performance data will HP 260 PowerPack be available closer to MM I1 release.

Available beginning this Summer For Europe only ing on the configuration. On top of that, additional memory and I10 inter- The four modules previously mentioned Now, the HP 260 family provides faces can be ordered at adjusted prices. will be available for users in the Sum- exceptional computing power at the mer. General availability for the rest of lowest price ever. Two outstanding Other products can be added at list HP's manufacturing modules will occur offers make it possible: the HP 260 price to the sales order. during the third calendar quarter, 1988. StarterPack and the HP 260 PowerPack. As users begin migration planning for HP 260 StarterPack these products, remember there is an HP 260 StarterPack HP software upgrade charge for migrat- Group Product Quantity ing an application to a higher priced The HP 260 StarterPack makes small Group A 4507A HP 260 Serie.; 30 I tier (e.g., migrating HP Materials Man- business computing affordable as never Group B 9153C 40-Mbyte disc I agement from a Series 70 to a Series before - a true multiuser system is now Opt. 040 and floppy available for very low prices. The HP or 950). 9 153C 40-Mhytc. disc I 260 StarterPack consists of: plus 9144A tape I or For more information 7957A 80-Mbyte disc I HP 260 Series 30 - with prices PIUS 9144~tape I If you wish to learn more about HP's reduced by more than 30 percent Group 45127~ASI 110 I plans or what is involved in migrating or products such as MM I1 or HP Mainte- Video interface included 45 128A v~deo110 1 nance Management, please contact your Asynchronous interface replaces video Group D 45008A 5 12-Kbyte memory 1 HP sales rep. interface at low price HP 260 PowerPack Whether users have just bought MM I1 5 12-Kbyte memory at low price, or have been running on it for several when purchased with the system years, they can anticipate a smooth Choice of 40- or 80-Mbyte discs with migration to HP's Precision Architec- backup device for about 20 percent Group B 7957A XI-Mbyte disc off list price plus 9144A tape or HP 260 PowerPack For users requiring more processing Group C 45 1?7A AS[ 110 I or power, the HP 260 Powerpack, based 1s IBA v~deo110 I on the HP 260 Series 40, provides the ideal solution - for a very attractive Special considerations price. 1. The HP 260 PowerPack may be The HP 260 PowerPack consists of: combined with the HP 260 Power Up PLUS promotion to have HP 260 Series 40, with prices upgrading users take advantage of reduced by more than 10 percent the new price. Video interface included 2. The HP 9153C disc drive is not sup- Asynchronous interface replaces video ported with the current operating interface at very low price system B.08. Support will be avail- 8 1- or 130-Mbyte disc with cartridge able with the next release of the tape at reduced price operating system B.09, scheduled for release in June, 1988. Orders Program description that include an HP 9153C will be shipped upon availability of the O.S. If users order an HP 260 Series 30 (PIN version B.09. 45070A) or Series 40 (PIN 45072A)

HP CHANNELS and selected mass storage devices, they 3. Please contact your local HP sales b May 1988 will receive a price adjustment depend- rep for more details. S~U~IBusiness Cornpurirtg Product descriptions minal operators, accessing and/or updating information on remote Correction to SNA LinkJXL consists of a communi- databases on the IBM host, or transfer- cation interface card, cables, and soft- discontinuance of ring files between the HP 3000 and the ware to provide an "SNA link" to the IBM host. IBM host. The communication interface 45003A/45004A card, called a Programmable Serial SNA Network Remote Job EntryIXL Interface (PSI) card, handles the low- memory boards (SNA NRJEIXL) emulates the main level line protocol, SDLC, and the features of an 8100 DPPXIRJE batch cables, which vary upon the cable type workstation. Through this emulation, In the March issue of HP Channels, we that you order. You may order a cable SNA NRJEIXL provides 900 Series included an article about the discontin- for a synchronous modem connection, HP 3000 users the ability to remotely uance of the 45003A and 45004A an auto-dial modem connection, or a submit jobs to an IBM host in an SNA memory boards. You read that the V.35 high-speed cable connection. You environment. SNA NRJE supports the 45004A has 1 32 or 192 Kbytes of also have the option of ordering SNA JES2, JES3, and POWER job-entry memory. Please do not look for these LinWXL so that you receive the soft- subsystems on the IBM host. In addi- additional Kbytes because the memory ware only in the case where you already tion, jobs may be received from the capacity was increased erroneously. It have a PSI and cable that can be used IBM host for execution on the HP should read 128 Kbytes for the with the SNA LinkIXL software. The 3000. This capability is referred to as 45004A. SNA LinkIXL software consists of pro- "reverse NRJE," and allows IBM users tocol-handling software responsible for to access remote databases and files on pacing and directing the data correctly the HP 3000. to the end user. SNA LinWXL may be used for a variety of "SNA service Ordering information products" that may simultaneously use the same SNA LinWXL product for SNA IMFIXL, SNA NRJEIXL, and networking products I communications to the same IBM host. SNA LinkIXL will be available on for 900 Series The SNA service products provide the release 1.1 of MPE XL. The products distinct end-user services required. For appear on the May 1 HP Price List. HP 3000 release 1.1 of MPE XL, HP is provid- Ordering options for these products ing two SNA service products - SNA follow. IMFIXL for interactive 3270 communi- HP introduces native HP-to-IBM net- cations, and SNA NRJE,XL for batch working products for the 900 Series HP workstation communications, Product No. Descriplion 3000. These products will provide 30291A SNA LinkiXL direct interactive and batch communica- SN~~~~~~~~~i~~ ~~i~f~~~~~~~ili~~/~~Opt.3 10 For Series 925, synchronous modem connection tions between the 900 Series HP 3000 (SNA IMFIXL) emulates the main f - ea Opt. 320 For Senes 925, V.35 connection and an IBM host in an SNA tures of a 3274 control unit, which Opt. 325 For Series 925. autocall modem environment. manages 3270 communications for sev- connection eral devices that may be dis- Opt. 390 For Series 925, no hardware 3'0 3'0 Mainframe play station terminals andlor Opt. 510 For Series 950, synchronous modem 7 printers. When a 900 Series connection 1 3270 1 JO~ I HP 3000 is installed with SNA Opt. 520 For Series 950, V.35 connection Opt. 525 For Senes 950. autocall model IMFIXL, it allows HP termi- connection nals andlor printers to emulate Opt. 590 For Series 950, no hardware IBM terminals and printers. 30292AlR SNA NRJEIXL This is necessary when com- Opt. 320 For Series 925 municating with 3270 applica- Opt. 340 For Series 950 tions on the host that provide Opt. OCE Upgrade credit for Opt. 320 database access or update and 30293AlR SNA IMFIXL file transfer. SNA IMFIXL Opt. 320 For Series 925 also provides a 3270 program- Opt. 340 For Series 950 SNA L/NK/XL ming interface, which provides Opt. OCE Upgrade credit for Opt. 320 I -4 I application writers on the HP 1 SNA IMF/XL SNA NRJEM 3000 a set of intrinsics that may be called from within user-written applications. This is useful because it allows pro- MAY ,988 d grams to act as automated ter- HP Channels HP 3000 Ordering information New upgrade credits The HP MICRO Product No. Description for HP-to-IBM 3000GX: An HP 260 32536AH MICRO 3OOOLX or HP 2501260 to MICRO 30mX. Includes 2 products on 900 opportunity Mbytes of memory, 152-Mbyte integrated disc drive, 67-Mbyte Series HP 3000 integrated cartridge tape drive, Not available in Europe 8-port asynchronous controller (direct connect with 4-modem systems capability), and external HP-IB HP 2501260 users now have two growth connection paths. One is to the successful HP 260 For users wishing to upgrade their HP- Opt. 5 10 4-Mbyte memory upgrade Series 40. The second alternative is to to-IBM SNA products on their HP Opt. 607 Upgrade from HP 250 the HP MICRO 3000GX with 3000 MPE V machine to the new HP- Oot. 608 Uoerade from HP 260 JOIN/3000. to-IBM SNA products on a new 900 Series HP 3000 processor, there are Note: Users wishing to migrate to the With the introduction of the MICRO new upgrade credit options. HP 3000 should consult with their local 3000GX, HP 2501260 users can now HP system engineer get the full benefits of the HP 3000 The user can receive an upgrade credit family at an affordable price. Compared for the MPE V HP-to-IBM software and to the HP 250, the MICRO 3000GX apply it to the purchase price of the offers expandability, 8 or 16 users, 152 HP 3000 MPE XL HP-to-IBM product. Using Mbyte to 2 Gbyte disc capacity, one to upgrade credits, a user can go from two tape drives, increased performance, MPE VIE HP 3000 SNA NRJE (30245) to SNA NRJEIXL and more. By trading in their current (30292) or from SNA IMF (30247) to HP 250 or HP 260 for the HP MICRO systems support HP SNA IMFIXL (30293) at a discount of 3000GX, users can get over $7,000 in 100 percent of the current purchase Vectra CS and ES return credits. HP 260 Series 40 users price of the MPE V software in the who want more performance and the .I user's possession. PCs benefits of the HP 3000 should upgrade to the HP 3000 Series 52. The upgrade credits are OCD, OCE, HP announces support for the HP Port- and OCF, and are structured into the able Vectra CS, the HP Vectra CS, and To take advantage of this opportunity, ordering options for SNA NRJE the HP Vectra ES and ESl12 PCs on users only need to order the HP (30245) and SNA IMF (30247). OCD MPE VIE HP 3000 systems. The latest 2501260 upgrade to the HP MICRO is for HP 3000 Series 37 and MICRO additions to the HP Vectra PC family 3000GX product: 32536AH with 3000 software, OCE for HP 3000 Series provide users with improvements that Option 607 or 608. Users must pur- 39 through 58 software, and OCF for include enhanced performance, chase 4 Mbytes of memory when HP 3000 Series 64 through 70 software. increased compatibility, and greater migrating to the HP 3000, and will expandability. In addition, all HP need to purchase a system console sep- Upgrading from SNA Link (30246A) to Vectra desktop PCs arrive with the HP arately (HP 700192 terminal). SNA Link (30291A) is also discounted. Terminal Emulation Program, making A user may simply order the 30246N them well suited for connectivity to the return credit for the INP hardware of HP 3000 family. SNA Link. The return credit may then be applied towards the purchase of SNA LinkIXL (3029 1 A).

Specific ordering instructions for these return and upgrade credits are on the May 1 HP Price List. The HP Portable Vectra CS PC offers product line. Look for more details later IBM PClXT software compatibility and in the year. the functionality of a desktop PC in a portable package. The HP Vectra CS HP 9000 Coupled with recently introduced soft- PC delivers strong performance and ware functionality, such as NFS, IBM PCIXT compatibility to Overview of the new COBOL preprocessor support for HP office tasks at an excellent price. The HP 9000 Series 800 SQL, DEC extensions, and HP Vectra ES PC, based on an 8 MHz ALLBASE performance tuning. these lntel 80286 processor, provides IBM new products significantly strengthen PCIAT compatibility and power at an On April 6, HP introduced the most the HP-UX product line for 1988. They economical price. The HP Vectra ESI 12 significant products since the announce- also demonstrate HP's commitment to PC, with its 12 MHz Intel 80286 pro- ment of Precision Architecture. This become the leading vendor of UNIX cessor, offers superior performance and article will provide an overview of the operating-system-based solutions for IBM PCIAT compatibility to demand- new HP 9000 Series 800 products. both the technical and business mar- ing business users. ketplaces. Other articles in this issue of Introducing the HP 9000 Models HP Channels describe these products in The HP Portable Vectra CS, Vectra CS. 835s and 835SE more detail. ES, and ESI 12 PCs are supported on Two new high-performance midrange MPE VIE T-Delta-6 and all later systems are now available. The Model releases via ATP, ADCC, and TIC con- 8353 is primarily targeted for computa- nections. HP Vectra PCs are included tionally intensive applications with less Introducing two new in workstation support maximums for than 30 users. The Model 835SE packs each SPU as specified in the recently the same CPU performance as the midrange HP 9000 updated HP 3000 system configuration Model 835s with increased connec- guide. With a wealth of choices, the HP tivity (up to 78 terminal connections). Series 800 systems Vectra PC family now meets a broad range of computing needs and budgets. Two new Model 850s enhancements Unprecedented power at industry-lead- ing prices characterize the new HP Both business and technical users for 9000 Models 8353 and 835SE. These the Model 850s have requested new midrange systems offer twice the increased terminal connectivity. The Also in this issue overall performance of the Model 8253. new Terminal Expander nearly triples For computationally intensive applica- the number of terminals the Model tions, expect the Models 8353 and HP DeskManager and 850s can support. HP is also introduc- 835SE to provide three times the Model Information Access ing a floating-point upgrade for the 825S's floating-point performance and integration training Model 850s. The upgrade will more one and a half to two times the integer available 1 than double the system's floating-point performance. New fiberoptic interface performance. This product will be well for HP 9000 Series 800 received by users running computa- tionally intensive applications. Proving the scalability of HP's Preci- systems 17 sion Architecture, these new systems New HP-FL interface Price reductions for the Models 825s offer industry-leading pricelperfor- cards and disc drives 21 mance, high reliability, environmental and 8509s tolerance, and provide lasting value for In keeping with our goal to provide HP users. The HP 9000 Series 800 industry-leading pricelperformance with server/multiuser product line now the HP Precision Architecture systems, includes the Models 825S, 8353, HP has reduced the price of the Model 835SE, 840S, and 850s - offering 8253 by about 18 percent. In addition, users a broad range of processing power the Model 850s SPU bundle has been and configurability. enhanced and the preconfigured SPU price was reduced by about 25 percent. The Models 835s and 835SE use the same packaging and I10 structure as the Announcing a new high-end system Model 8253. These new products con- sist of two new processor boards that At this time, we are announcing the take advantage of the same NMOS 111 Model 855s. This system will be the new high-end extension to the HP 9000 technology as the Model 8253. The cycle time has been increased to 66 112 Mbytes in 8- or 16-Mbyte incre- Ordering information nanoseconds. ments. A single 16-Mbyte memory

board is also available for the Model Product No. Description A new floating-point chip set offering 835SE. This power-packed system also HP 9000 Model 8358 bundled system 2.02 DP Linpack Mflops, a larger comes standard with two CIO channel - Includes system processor, Iloatjng- point coprocessor, CIO channel, cache of 128 Kbytes, and a larger 4K adapters, an I10 expander with a 8-Mbyle ECC RAM. 6-channel translation lookaside buffer (TLB) entry 6-channel multiplexer, HP-IB card, 64- MUX. HP-IB, and 16-user HP-UX size have been added to increase the user HP-UX license, and a powerfaill license overall performance of the Model 835s battery back-up system. Opt. AAO HP-UX software on !A-inch cartridge tape and 835SE. As with all HP Precision Opt. AAI HP-UX software on '/>-inch 1600 cpi Architecture processors, the instruction Who should buy these two new tape set is hardwired (no ) for powerhouses Opt. 002 Additional 8-Mbyte RAM board extremely fast instruction execution and Opt. 516 Additional 16-Mbyte RAM board The Model 835s is positioned as a is implemented via a three-stage Opt. 5 15 Delete standard 8-Mbyte, add 16- serverlmultiuser midrange system par- Mbyle board pipeline. ticularly well suited for computation- Opt. 531 Delete standard 8-Mbyte, add 32- intensive environments such as compu- Mbyte board Model 835s I ter integrated manufacturing, finite ele- opt. OEI Battery backup system A 1040A HP 9000 835SE bundled system - The Model 8353 is the ideal system for ment analysis, software development, Includes system processor, floating- users who require superior computa- and scientific and laboratory analysis. point coprocessor, 2 C10 channel tional performance and want to connect The Model 835SE is targeted for work- adapters and expander, 24-Mbyte ECC RAM, 6-channel MUX. HP-IB up to 30 users. It's housed in the same group computing in the office or on the battery backup system, and 64-user compack package as the 8253 and can factory floor. With its high throughput HP-UX license be rack-mounted or placed on a desk. performance capabilities, the Model Opt. AAO HP-UX software on 'A-inch cartridge The Model 8353 comes standard with 8 835SE is an excellent choice for users tape Opt. AAI HP-UX software on V>-inch 1600 cpi Mbytes of error-correcting memory, who run their business on one system. tape expandable to 112 Mbytes in 8- or 16- These users often run a combination of Opt. 002 Additional 8-Mbyte RAM board Mbyte increments. A single 16-Mbytes traditional data-processing tasks as well Opt. 516 Add~tional16-Mbyte RAM board memory board is now available for as statistical analysis andlor business Opt. 515 Delete standard memory, add 32- users who require larger memory graphics. Mbyte package HP 9000 Model 825s to 8358 CPU capacity. upgrade - Includes processor board Economical field upgrades available and PDH board, w~llnot suppon 110 Also included in the Model 835SW are expander Users who own a Model 8253 today a 6-channel multiplexer, HP-IB card, HP 9000 Model 825s to 835SE can order an upgrade to the Model upgrade - includes CPU upgrade, 110 16-user HP-UX license, and an optional expander and additional 835 C10 835s or 835SE. powerfaillbattery backup. channel adapter, additional 16-Mbyle ECC RAM, battery backup system. The Model 8355E upgrade includes the 16- to 64-user HP-UX upgrade I Model 835SE Opt. AAO HP-UX software on Winch canridpe two-board processor with additional tape The Model 835SE, with the same out- 1 CIO adapter, I10 expander, 24-Mbyte Opt. AAI HP-UX soRware on '/>-inch 1600 cp~ standing performance as the Model memory, &-user license and battery tape 835S, offers connectivity to up to 78 backup system. If the user's Model Opt. IAB Delete 110 Expander users. Though only the size of the 8253 is configured with an I10 Opt. 517 Delete 8-Mbyte RAM Model 8253 with its I10 Expander, the 1 Expander, refer to the ordering table for Opt. 518 Delete 16-Mbyte RAM Model 835SE exceeds the throughput deletion of the additional I10 expander Opt. OE4 Delete battery backup system Opt. OAB Replace 16- to 64-user HP-UX license performance of the Model 840s. that comes with the Model 835SE. upgrade with 32- to @-user license However, because the Model 840s Users who desire immediate delivery of upgrade for users who already have a offers greater connectivity (up to 128 a system can order the Model 8253 32-uaer license users), it still plays an important role in today and upgrade to the Model 8353 Delete 16- to 64-user license HP-UX upgrade for users who already have a the Series 800 family. Users with mod- or 835SE when the system becomes @-user license erate throughput performance require- available for shipment in mid-summer. ments and medium to high multiuser An upgrade is also available for users requirements should consider buying who want to upgrade from a Model the Model 840s. 835s to an 835SE in the future. This upgrade package includes an additional The Model 835SE comes standard with CIO channel adapter, 110 expander, 24 24 Mbytes of memory, supporting up to Mbytes of memory, 64-user HP-UX I license, and battery backup system. A1039A HP 9000 Model 8355 to 83SSE HP 9000 Model 850s enhancements upgrade - Includes UO expander and

additional 16-Mbyte ECC RAM. bat- tery backup system, 16- to 64-user The HP 9000 Model 850s is now more The Model 850s with the floating-point license upgrade Opt. AAO HP-UX software on fi-inch cartndgc attractive than ever as a high-end super- upgrade takes the lead over comparable tape for users' technical and DEC machines in floating-point perfor- Opt. AAI HP-LIX software on '/?-inch 1600 cpi business UNIXB operating system mance. Compared to 1.1 Mflops on the tape applications. The floating-point perfor- VAX 8550, 8700, and 8800, the Model Opt. 517 Deletc 8-Mbyte RAM mance of the Model 850s is more than 850s offers unmatched price/perfor- Opt. 518 Dclcte 16-Mbytc RAM doubled. A Terminal Expander triples mance for users' computationally inten- Opt. OE4 Delete hatter! backup system the number of terminal connections sive applications. Opt. OAB Rcplacc 16- to 64-user HP-UX licensc upgrade w~th32- to M-user license from 102 to 300. And users get more upgradc for users who already have a for less with the new 9742A system More terminal support 32-user license bundle, which includes ji Mbyiefi uf Obi llAC Delctc 16- lo M-uwRLUK I:cense The Model 850s CIO terminal upgradc for user\ who alrcady have a RAM and a 64-user HP-UX license. 64-user l~censc expander products allow additional CIO channels be added, increasing the A1015A Access port for Model 8251835 Improved floating point systcrns number of supported terminals from A1014A Battery backup \y,tem for Model The floating-point performance of the 102 to 300. The terminal expander 8251835 system5 Model 850s has been increased with a requires Release 3.0 of the HP-UX A1037A 16-Mbytc ECC RAM hoard for Modcl 8251835 system new floating-point coprocessor. The operating system. All expander prod- AlOlOA 8-Mbyte ECC RAM board for Model new coprocessor uses high-performance ucts include two CIO channel adapters, 8251835 syatem math chips and a new floating-point and support the 27140A MUX card controller. This will provide over twice only the current .72 Mflops Double Preci- sion Linpacks performance, as indicated The A1 122A CIO terminal expander, by preliminary measurements. Final A 1123A expansion module kit, and benchmark results are forthcoming. A1 124A add-on expander allow for modular expansion of the Model 850s. The floating-point upgrade, orderable The A 1 122A CIO terminal expander either as an option (PIN 9742A Opt. adds a cabinet and power supply with 828) or as a standalone product (P/N one expansion module that provides 16 A 1 108A), requires HP-UX Release 2.1 slots for an additional 96 terminals. The and includes: A 1 123A expansion module kit adds a second expansion module to the New processor board (standard pro- A 1 122A cabinet (field installable). for cessor board must be returned to HP) 32 slots total in the expander. The A1 124A add-on expander adds a sec- PDC (Processor Dependent Code) ond cabinet with one expansion module firmware for diagnostics, system boot, for a total of 48 expander slots. If and reset needed, the A1 123A expansion module can also be added to the A 1124A add- on expander cabinet for a total of 64 expander slots. Note that the maximum configuration with 64 slots can phys- ically connect more than 300 terminals. However, the maximum supported con- A high-end system for demanding figuration is 300 terminals. The excess needs connectivity allows users to free SPU The HP 9000 Model 850s is even more Product No. Description HP 9000 Model 850 SPU - -.Bundled slots by connecting more or all termi- ,----~t;t:.~~ ;n hnth torhniral and h~~ci- 9742A

Performance measuremenis are now being taken for various benchmarks. HP 90001800 VECTRA HP-UX MS-DOS Results will be available soon. HP per- 1 formance, relative to the competition, SNA377O will be included. SNA3270 NFS ARPA Additional performance improvements Berkeley are expected when our next generation CIO LAN is introduced in Release 3.0. Depending upon the networking service considered, preliminary results indicate that our Release 3.0 LAN product will or Ethernet provide performance improvements of DEC VAX HP 90001300 up to 100 percent over our 2.0 LAN MS-DOS I HP-UX ( SNA377O product. PC-DOS BSD 4.3 1 Gateway 1 NS and ARPA connectivity added NFS With Release 2.0, ARPA 9000 Series ARPA ARPA ARPA I I ARPA 800 now includes support for Telnet Berkeley 1 Berkeley virtual terminal to the HP Vectra PC and HP 1000. NS 9000 Series 800 now 1 Mainframe 1 1 supports Network File Transfer to the HP Vectra PC.

Telnet support means Series 800 users Figure I. Series 800 in a multicendor er~vironment can login tolfrom remote HP 1000 sys- tems running the RTE 5.05 operating The networking services for each com- NFS 9000 Series 800 requires the 2.0 system with NS 1000. HP Vectra PCs puter are available from HP andlor release of LAN 9000 Series 800 for with NS-User Services can login to third-party vendors. For connections access to the LAN. For more informa- remote Series 800s and transfer files supported by HP, contact your HP sales tion about NFS, please see the article across a LAN. rep. entitled, "Announcing Network File System/9000," that appeared in the The 2.0 version of LAN is required to Network File System is here January issue of HP Channels on page run the 2.0 versions of NS and ARPA 10. HP's introduction of NFS solidifies our on the HP 9000 Series 800. For users commitment to support multivendor on subscription services, free upgrades LAN-to-LAN router connectivity 1

rsvstemsonl Connectivltv tolfrom HP 9000 Series 800 1 LANs, connect- ed vla HP 9000 l~ncludes Ser~ea800 Berkeley (Release 2.0) Scrv~crs) REDUNDANT IAN acting as a 1 router I I I I I HP IOOO (RTE) NetlPC NIT (5.0) M (5.0) 1 All (2 01 1 All (2 0) 1 CISU) GATEWAY GATEWAY DEC VAX All ARPA (VMS) (WINITCP 2.3) DEC VAX (BSD UNIXI (3214.3) Sun M~cro- systems (Sun-31260) HP 3000lV Figure 2. LAN 9000 Series 800 capabilities in Releuse 2.0 Delta-4) LAN enhancements expand Internet protocol addressing can be networking- capabilities done in a manner that allows a LAN to IP Routers for DW to X.25 to DW be partitioned into subnetworks. A typi- corlneclivity - With the use of a third- With Release 2.0. a number of signifi- cal group of subnets might include an party gateway, and our IP Router cant enhancements have been added to engineering work group, shop floor, and the LAN 9000 Series 800. capability in Release 2.0, information an office environment. When this net- can be forwarded from a LAN. work is partitioned into subnets, most through an X.25 wide area network, Subnetting to improve network effi- information can be routed within a par- to a remote LAN. The Cisco Gateway, ciency - Subnetting can be likened to ticular subnet. By transferring messages which has been listed by HP, has been your telephone number. Routing of a within a subnet, the other subnets are useful in closing a number of big telephone call is facilitated by breaking no longer burdened with unwanted deals involving HP 9000 Series 800 the phone number into three pieces. messages. Subnetting reduces conges- networking. The same is true for LANs. By dividing tion, and leads to improve network a network into subnets, network con- Multiple LAN cards are now sup- efficiency. gestion is reduced. Here are the analo- ported - With Release 2.0, we can gous pieces: support up to three LAN cards in a IP Routers ,for LAN-to-DW connectivity single HP 9000 Series 800 processor. - With Release 2.0, the HP 9000 Series "Network" is analogous to "Area Thus, a node configured as an IP Rou- 800 can be used to forward information Code" ter can connect as many as three from one LAN to another. IP Router LANs together. In addition, nodes "Subnet" is analogous to "Prefix" capability allows the Series 800 to filter configured with multiple LAN cards and forward messages to the appmpri- "End Node" is analogous to "Last 4 could be used to achieve redundancy ate subnet. Digits" for high availability. Although bridges are less costly than Conjigurable network memory routers, they are less efficient and reduces storage costs - Users can provide less functionality than a router. now choose both the amount of sys- A simple bridge will forward messages tem memory allocated for network- to every node on the destination LAN, ing, and the allocation method. including nodes on all subnets. IP Rou- Configurable network memory gives ters have intelligence, and will filter the user memory to use for other pur- messages to increase the bandwidth of poses. Investment in disc storage can adjoining subnets. be minimized.

MAY IYRX I I HP Channels Pricing, configuration, and ordering HP 9000 Pricing for the 2.0 versions of all HP COBOLIHP-UX: ANSI 85, new features, 9000 Series 800 networking products has not been increased. The 2.0 release and high performance provides a major increase in func- tionality, at no incremental cost for HP announces Release B.00 of Native code performance those users who are on subscription COBoLIHP-uX for the HP COBOVHP-ux now generates native services. 9000 Series 300 and 800. This new ver- code that optimizes the performance of sion, compliant with ANSI 85, will an application on both the Series 300 Contact your HP sales rep for config- ease the COBOL migration effort for uration and ordering details. any company porting an application to and the Series 800. HP-UX. It will also provide true native- HP 9000 code performance for these applica- Note that a runtime system must still be purchased for licensing reasons; this is tions. And, don't forget that New fiber-optic ALLBASEIHP-UX now includes an the standard operating procedure for interface for HP SQL-preprocessor for COBOLIHP-ux UNIXB operating system-based (see March HP Channels, page 6). An systems. 9000 Series 800 ORACLE preprocessor for this COBOL is also now available on the Series 800. ANSI 85 systems The new compiler has been certified to As with the previous version, COBOL1 the ANSI 85 high level by the National HP announces HP-FL, the new fiber- HP-UX is a licensed product from Bureau of Standards (NBS), which optic disc interface for HP Precision Micro Focus, the leading COBOL sup- allows it to be bid on U.S. and other Architecture systems (see article in plier, and is compatible with their government proposals. Peripherals section entitled, "New Hp- COBOL12 available on a PC. COBOL/ FL interface cards and disc drives"). HP-UX is, however, an HP product COBOLIHP-UX is orderable as a me new interface will be supported on with HP-standard documentation and developer package and includes the release 2.0 of HP-UX on the HP 9000 support. compiler plus two utilities: Series 825, 825SRX, 840, and 850. It will also be supported on the Series 835 COBOL porting made easy ANIMATOR - an interactive visual- and 855. Many companies that consider HP-UX programming analysis and debugging tool that has been enhanced in this systems already have one or more version With the introduction of the new inter- COB~Lapplications that they would face, HP is also announcing larger sup- need to port to HP-UX. COBOLIHP- FORMS-2 - a screen painter that ported mass-storage configurations On UX can compile many different dialects generates the COBOL code to operate u all Series 800 systems. Maximums p- of COBOL, thus reducing porting pro- the screen within an application ported configurations are listed here. jects significantly. This list of dialects includes IBM and Data General com- The compiler with runtime system HP 9000 Series pilers as well as RMICOBOL from (from June 1988), or just the runtime 825 835 MO 850 Ryan-McFarlandlAustec, another popu- system, are also orderable as standalone HP 7936137H discs I2 I2 12 12 products. Contact your HP sales rep for Gbytus (7937) 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 Jar COBOL supplier. In fact, any application in ANSI 74 or ANSI 85 more information. HP 7936137FL discs 16 16 32 32 Gbytes 9.1 9.1 18.2 18.2 COBOL can now be ported to HP-UX Cornh~nedmaximum discs 16 16 32 32 with a minimum of effort.

First shipments are expected in June, so use discretion in placing HP-FL orders. Use HP-IB as appropriate if orders are already in backlog andlor rapid ship- ment is expected.

For more details on the new interface, see the other related articles in this issue or contact your HP sales rep.

HP CHANNELS New HP BASIC 5.1 language processor software upgrade General Don't miss out on the An important new software upgrade for This new revision of HP 82301B, HP next Zn formation the popular HP 82300B BASIC lan- BASIC language processor software, guage processor will be available May Release A.02.00, will begin shipping Access release 16, 1988. The HP BASIC language May 16, 1988. Orders placed before processor runs on the HP Vectra PC that date can be assured of receiving the and other IBM AT-compatible personal latest release by specifying shipment on Did you know that only 26 percent of computers, providing the capabilities of or after May 16. The software will be current Information Access users have HP Series 2001300 BASIC on PC sys- available through July 31 at a special SMS support? tems. This new revision of the HP upgrade price to enable users who have BASIC language processor software, the original Release A.OO.OO or With the UB-Delta-3 release of Infor- PIN 82301 B, Release A.02.00, A .01 .OO software to upgrade at minimal mation Access (A.02.00), HP Access provides a number of major enhance- cost. Contact your HP sales rep for and HP Access Central (which were ments over earlier versions: more information. previously available separately) were bundled together. At that same time, the Contains a full implementation of the support services for the products were latest HP BASIC 5.1 release, includ- bundled together as well. There still ing HP PaintJet printer support. seems to be some confusion as to Also in this issue which support services should be Fully supports all HP Vectra PC ordered. To clarify this, following is a I desktop systems, including the HP New HP-FL interface detailed list indicating all of the Infor- Vectra RS PC. Also supports IBM AT cards and disc drives 20 mation Access products currently avail- Model 339, Deskpro 286 Standard one-year return able and the corresponding Softwarel and portables, and Zenith Model 248 Materials Support (SMS) for each prod- computers. to HP warranty on the new HP disc drives 22 uct. Also listed is the Office Services Provides full keyboard support for the Category that is available for both Enhanced HP Vectra PC (IBM AT2 Account Management Support (AMS) DIN) keyboards for major European and Response Center Support (RCS), languages: French, German, Spanish, which must be purchased along with Italian, Swedish, and U.K. and U.S. the necessary SMS. English. It is very important that both current Provides better HP 9836 soft-key and new users of Information Access label compatibility. get signed up for the appropriate sup- Provides 640 x 400 graphics display port services to ensure that they will support for Compaq Portables, includ- receive any new releases that become ing the Portable 386. available. Later this year, there will be a major new release of Information Access, which will provide significant enhancements for both HP Access and HP Access Central. Be sure you don't miss out on this release by confirming you have the appropriate support con- tracts in place.

Office Services Category AMSIRCS Covers all PPC products, 99089B + COO Extended Office Services Category Support. 99089B + VOO c.ontinued otz ne.rt pcryc Manual Update Service, General Ordering information 99089B + Q00 Which version of AdvanceMail should Product No. Description Product No. Description Support Service 25735F AdvanceMail for the HP Vectra and IBM PCs 325YbA lnformation Access for host !?5Y6A + SCQ you buy? and I to 10 PC5 (coven 82870A AdvanceMail for the HP Port- Options 310. 315. 320. able Plus including Reflection 321. 325. and 730) ROM Opt Mi Subst~tute10 sets of HP 3?596A#443 + SOO AdvanceMail is available in two ver- Vectra PC disca in place of sions, one for the HP Vectra and IBM masters PC ranges, and another for the HP Port- For more information about Advance- opt 44.4 Substitute 10 sets of HP 3?5%A#444 + SOO Mail, please contact your HP sales rep. Vectra PC disca (31/>-1nchl able Plus. Both versions are designed to In place uf masters provide electronic mail for PC users - Opt US Substitute I0 sets of HP 3?5%A#445 + SO0 whether they are working in the office 150 discs in place af master% or out on the road. Here are some dif- Drsktop 12596R Informauon Access R~pht 32596A + WOO ferences between the feature set of the tu Copy lor host and I to two versions, which will help you New PageMaker 10 PCs (cover3 Opr~ons 310, 315. 320, 321. 325. select the best product for your needs. and 370) software for the HP 3?5%A#44? tS00 Opt 443 Subsl~lute10 acts of HP Multipart messages - With Advance- Vectra PC disca in place uf Vectra Publisher PC masters Mail for the HP Vectra and IBM PC, Opt 4.44 Substitute 10 sets of HP 1?5%A#444 t SM users can send and receive 'uackages'" Vectra PC discs (71h-inch) - messages containing several dif- In place of masters opt 445 Substitute 10 sets of HP 325%A#445 t SOO ferent parts, such as text or a variety 150 discs tn place of of PC files including spreadsheets, mast en word processing documents, and 325961. lnformation Access license 32596L t S00 for 10 additional PCs graphics files. This feature is not opt U? Substitute 10 sets of HP 32596L#443 t SOO available with AdvanceMail for the Vectra PC discs in place uf HP Portable Plus; instead, different masters files must be sent separately. Opt 4.44 Substitute 10 cta uf HP 3!596L#444 t SOO Vectra PC d~scs(]I/?-inch) - in place of masters PCjIing On the HP Vectra and opt 445 Substitute 10 sets of HP 32596L#445 t SOO IBM PC, AdvanceMail provides PC 150 discs In place of filing in the form of a personal filing masters cabinet. Limited disc storage on the 32596T Informatton Acccss PC Covexd under The new version of PageMakerB soft- software documentauon 990XYB t QOO HP Portable Plus means that this fea- liaed ahuve ture is not available to AdvanceMail ware is now available. PageMaker 3.0 36896A Iniormat~onAccess Remote 36896A + SIN users. includes over 35 new features. Aldus IMAGE Link (covers has taken the original PageMaker ver- Options 310, 315, 320. Urgent and private - Users can des- 32 1,325. 330) sions 1.0 and 1.0a and added exten- 36XYbR lnformation Access Remote 368YhA t WOO ignate messages as Urgent and/or Pri- sions and enhancements that increase IMAGE L~nkRight to Copv vate on the HP Vectra or IBM PC, but its functionality and make it a more 32598A Inforn~ationAccess Cull~net32598A + SOO not on the HP portable Plus. L~nk competitive product. PageMaker, when 32598R lnformatlon Access Cullinel 325YXA + WOO sold as part of the HP Vectra Publisher Link Ripht to Copy HP's business computing solution is PC bundle, provides a complete regarded as number one in PC integra- desktop publishing workstation when An upcoming issue of HP Channels tion. Advancemail's electronic combined with an HP LaserJet printer will detail the support services available capabilities are a key element in linking and an HP ScanJet scanner. for the Information Access corporate PCs into a company's computer net- licensed products, as well as the MPE work, not only for HP Vectra or IBM XL version of lnformation Access. PCs, but for the HP Portable Plus, as well. If you have any questions on the sup- port services shown here, please call The new PageMaker 3.0 text-handling Desktop features include automatic text flow through an entire document, user- Dual hard discs now supported on the defined style sheets, and "Place," HP Vectra ES PC "Replace," and "Insert" commands for quickly importing text and graphics. In addition, Aldus has incorporated a spe- HP now offers support for dual hard- To order a second hard disc for an HP cial import filter for importing disc configurations on the HP Vectra Vectra PC that already has a hard disc, Advancewrite files into PageMaker. ES PC. To accomplish this, the HP use the following table. Vectra PC 20- and 40-Mbyte half- PageMaker 3.0 can also be teamed with height internal hard disc products (45896M and 45897M) are being Second hard the HP Paintlet printer since it now System disc product Description supports color. Other new graphics replaced by two new products (D1296A capabilities include text wraparound and D 1297A). HP Vectra Not graphics, control of white space CS PC supported between the text and graphic, and the The D 1296A and D 1297A are full HP Vectra D1296A 20-Mbyte mechanism ability to adjust the contrast, bright- supersets of the old products. They con- ES, ESll2 or PCs D1297A 40-Mbyte mechanism ness, and density of scanned images. tain the following components: HP Vectra D1297A* 40-Mbvre mechanism Same hard disc mechanisms as the RSl16, or User interface enhancements include 20 RS120 PCs D1674A1 103-Mbyte mechanism predesigned templates, and on-screen 45896M and45897M or palettes for easy color selection and New steel mounting tray with a cutout D1675A* 155-Mbyte mechanism style sheet formatting. or - The cutout allows a user-installable D1676A1 310Mbyte mechanism dual-drive configuration by providing Another major feature of PageMaker easy access to the terminator resistor * If the jirst hard disc in your HP 3.0 is that it is packaged with Fontware on the back of the second drive Vectra RS PC is a 40-Mbyte disc, the from Bitstream,and includes a font second hard disc must also be a 40- installation package to make soft font 20-pin data cable - The data cable Mbyte disc. You can't add a 103- installation easier. allows a user to connect a second hard disc to the hard disc controller Mbyte, 155-Mbyte, or 310-Mbyte hard disc because your hard disc Since PageMaker 3.0 requires Windows New installation documentation controller uses a difSerent interface. 2.0 to run, Windows 2.0 is bundled in the HP Vectra Publisher PC. Ordering information If the jirst hard disc in your HP Vectra RS PC is a 103-Mbyte, 155- All PageMaker upgrades are available I Product No. Description I Mbyte, or 310-Mbyte disc, the second directly from Aldus. Users who D 1296A HP Vectra PC 20-Mbyte inter- hard disc must be a 103-Mbyte, 155- returned the reply cards included in the nal hard disc drive plus data Mbyte, or 3I0-Mbyte disc (any com- PageMaker package to Aldus, will cable bination is valid). You can't add a 40- receive an upgrade offer letter. D 1297A HP Vectra PC 40-Mbyte inter- nal hard disc drive plus data Mbyte hard disc because your hard cable disc controller uses a different Ordering and pricing for the HP Vectra Publisher PC, PIN D1200, bundle and With the addition of these two new I standalone PageMaker, PIN 45964, products, users can now order add-on (PageMaker standalone is available in hard discs for their HP Vectra PCs per The D 1296A and D 1297A products the direct channel only), remains the the following two tables. will replace the 45896M and the same. 45897M products on the May 1, 1988, To order a first hard disc for a floppy- HP Price List. PugeMakerg is a U.S. registered trudernurk qf based HP Vectra PC (one without a Aldus Corporurion. hard disc), use the table shown below.

First hard System disc product Description

HP Vectra Dl 173A 20-Mbyte mechanism CS PC plus XT-compatible controller HP Vectra D 1296A 20-Mbyte mechanism ES, ES:12 or PCs D 1297A 40-Mbyre mechanism MAY 1988 HP Channels Desktop New release of HP 150 MS-DOS 3.2 1 New HP-FL interface cards and disc drives A new release (E.01.02) of HP 150 [email protected] is now available. This I HP announces HP-FL, the new fiber- I Performance comments version offers several significant optic disc interface for HP Precision Do not purchase HP-FL for immediate improvements and enhancements: Architecture (HP-PA) systems. The new improvements in system-level perfor- HP-FL interface cards and disc drives mance. The very effective caching Year correctly rolls over on January 1 are on the HP Price List now, so you schemes and large amounts of memory and February 1 (HP Touchscreen [[ can start placing orders. Some of the on HP-PA systems have resulted in PC only). The year will now correctly key specifications of the new interface greatly reduced disc I10 requirements, roll over on January 1 and February 1, are: and will not skip February 29. so transfer rate is not a performance bottleneck on today's HP-PA systems. ' Support on HP-PA systems (900 MS-DOS now recovers from misiden- The high transfer rate of HP-FL will Series HP 3000 and HP 9000 Series tified HP 9 121 single-sided drives. In provide a growth path for the future, but 800, see articles in Business and the past, intermittent DIR problems will have little, if any, impact on today's Technical sections) with single-sided drives (9121 and system-level performance. Work is 9 133XV) were occurring. 5-Mbytes per second burst transfer being done to develop actual perfor- The HP 9153 (A and B) is now usable rate mance benchmarks. Results will be as a swapdisc by Microsoft Windows. 500-meter distance between CPU and published in the future. Multiple floppy discs can now be for- discs (maximum) System support/maximum matted; backward compatibility is Eight disc drives per interface sup- configurations provided with the Portable PLUS; and ported (in eight-drive cabinet only) IBM-formatted floppies are supported The HP-FL link will be supported only on the HP 9153B, 9153C, and HP-FL fiber-optic link benefits on HP Precision Architecture systems. 9122C. Format will now format mul- It will be supported on release 1.1 of tiple floppy discs. In addition, new The new HP-FL interface products offer MPE XL and release 2.0 of HP-UX. format options allow backward com- some distinct advantages to users: The current number of H and FL discs patibility with the Portable PLUS, and supported on the different HP Precision IBM-formatted 720-Kbyte floppies Large disc conjigurations - HP is Architecture systems is listed here. HP- are verified for bad sectors on the HP supporting larger mass-storage config- FL will also be supported on the HP 9153B. 9153C, and 9122C. urations with HP-FL, providing a 9000 Series 835 and 855 and the HP mass storage growth path on HP-PA 3000 Series 935 and 955. Please note Contact your HP sales rep to order the systems. that supported configurations will upgrades. Long cable lengths - Long fiber-optic increase over time. cable lengths provide flexibility in lay- ing out a data center. Consult the appropriate configuration Product No. Description I guide for detailed configuration rules. Future growthlenhancements - The 45849-63031 HP Touchscreen PC operating system upgrade. Includes solt- improved transfer rate and flexibility ware only. Comes on three provides a mass-storage growth path HP 9000 Series HP 3000 Series single-sided discs. on high-end HP-PA systems. The 825 WO 850 925LX 925 930 950 45849-63024 HP Touchscreen PC operating interface also provides a platform for system and tinnware upgrade HP-IBdiscs 12 12 I! kit. Includes software and Rev I future high-end mass-storage Gbytcs ROMs. Service-authorized solutions. (7937) 6.8 6.8 h 8 dealer or CE installable. HP-FL Ferver environmental concerns - The discs I6 !! 32 MSa-DOS is a U.S. registered trademark of new fiber-optic cable is immune to Gbytes (7937) 9.1 18.2 18.2 Microsoji Corporation. electromagnetic interference. It provides electrical isolation of discs ' tnaxltnunl from the system, and does not emit discs I6 C 32 radio frequency energy.

HP CHANNELS May 1988 Since HP-FL products will not be ship- Note that 13367A (long PBus cable) System availability is increased. ping for several months on MPE XL must be ordered to connect drives in Operator errors are reduced. systems, please use discretion in plac- adjacent 195 1 lA cabinets. Six drives ing orders. Use HP-IB as appropriate if per interface are supported in 195 1 1 A Unattended daily backup is possible orders are already in backlog andlor cabinets. for some systems. rapid shipment is expected. Consult your HP sales rep for more Reliability and upgrades protect Positioning of interfaces/controllers detailed information on the HP-FL investment interface and product options. HP-FL interface - HP-FL is the rec- The HP 7980XC is the newest member ommended interface for high-end HP of HP's family of compact, autoload Precision Architecture systems. It has tape drives, which includes the HP the transfer rate to meet the increasing Mass Storage 7979A and HP 7980A. As with its pre- storage needs of future HP Precision decessors, the HP 7980XC is horizon- Architecture processors, providing a Data compression on tally mounted in a one-meter high, growth path for users. standard 19-inch wide cabinet and %-inch tape drives enough space has been reserved in the HP-lB interface - The HP-IB interface cabinet for another tape drive or disc should be purchased on non-HP-PA Hewlett-Packard has a new addition to drive. systems, and on entry-level HP-PA its family of I/z-inch reel-to-reel tape systems where configuration cost is drives. 'lhe HP 7980XC is the first HP's experience designing and man- important to the user. streaming tape drive in the industry ufacturing three generations of tape with an advanced method of data com- drives has produced the most reliable HP-FL ordering information pression in the tape drive electronics. 6250 cpi tape drives in the industry. The data is compressed two to five The projected MTBF (mean time Product No. Description times, allowing more information to be between failurej is 22,400 hours. These

1ntrrfi1c.r products stored on a standard M-inch tape reel. products require no scheduled periodic 271 11A HP-FL Series 800 CIO interface maintenance and no field adjustments. 271 15A HP-FL Series 900 CIO interface HP's %-inch tape drives provide com- Disc drivcsin~ass.storage srtbs~sterns puter system backup and the ability to This record of high reliability offers the 7936FL 307-Mbyte HP-FL disc drive 7937FL 57 1 -Mbyte HP-FL disc drive move data from one system to another. user increased system availability and 19521 FL I. I-Gbyte HP-FL subsystem The HP 7980XC reads and writes data the lowest cost of ownership for a 6250 19522FL 2.2-Gbyte HP-FL subsystem in industry-standard 1600 and 6250 cpi cpi tape drive in the industry. HP 19524FL 4.5-Gbyte HP-FL subsystem (characters per inch) densities. Both accomplished this high reliability U[~,qnltkekits and trade-in credits tape formats are IBMIANSI compatible through the use of VLSI and surface 97522FL HP-FL disc-controller upgrade kit to allow data interchange between HP mount technologies, a simple tape path, 97520XN XP controller trade-in credit and non-HP systems. The non-standard and gentle tape handling. Special cables compressed format is available on the 13367A Long PBus cable 6250 cpi density only. The HP 7980XC HP is also adding an upgrade kit (PIN HFBR- AWQxxx Custom fiber-optic cable will be supported on most HP 3000; 88705A) to the product line, making it HP 1000, and HP 9000 systems. possible to convert the HP 7980A to an A standard 30-meter cable is shipped HP 7980XC. The entire line of %-inch with each HP-FL CIO interface card. New technology saves time and tape drives is now field upgradeable. Option 001 is available to delete the 30- money With the addition of the HP 7980XC, meter cable. Custom-length fiber-optic The HP 7980XC uses an advanced data HP now provides an extended family of cable is available through HP; the prod- compression algorithm in the VLSI compact, reliable, autoload tape drives uct number of the custom fiber-optic electronics of the tape drive. This pro- to meet your system back-up needs. cable is HFBR-AWQxxx, where xxx duces compression ratios rather than specifies the length of cable desired. previously possible with software com- For detailed product specifications, The fiber-optic cable is available in pression, and the process does not refer to the %-inch Tape Family data increments of 5 meters from 5 to 50 reduce host computer performance. sheet, HP publication number meters, increments of 25 meters from This extra capacity provides several 5953-6897, available from your HP 50 to 200 meters, and increments of 50 benefits for users: meters from 200 to 500 meters. sales rep. Fewer tapes need to be purchased:and archived. With fewer tapes to handle, backup MAY 1988 a times are reduced. HP Channels Marr Storage Network$ Standard one-year New HP SiteWire documentation for twisted- return to HP pair networks warranty on the new Three new SiteWire documents are now In general, HP recommends AT&T's HP disc drives available regarding HP StarLAN and Premises Distribution System (PDS) for HP StarLAN 10 networks. The new office-wiring requirements. This man- documents include an updated version ual is appropriate for small or medium- During the past few years, the success- of the StarLAN cabling specification sized installations that do not plan to ful growth of the HP 9000 engineering note, the StarLAN 10 cabling specifica- install PDS. The objective of this man- workstations have made them the major tion note, and the HP SiteWire twisted- ual is to provide installation informa- host for disc drives in the 80-300 pair cabling installation guide. tion for HP networking products. This Mbyte range. Faced with this change in Together, these manuals provide the manual is not intended to provide the marketplace, HP has modified the information required up front to evalu- generic telecommunications wiring standard warranty on the new HP ate existing twisted-pair cable or to guidelines. 7959B, 7963B HP-IB disc drives, and select new twisted-pair cable and the HP 7957S, 7958s and 7959s SCSI installation guidelines to ensure a suc- disc drives. These new disc products cessful implementation. Lit. No. Description will be the first to offer as standard for 5958-9020* HP StarLAN cabling all orders a "one-year return to HP war- The HP StarLAN cabling specification specification note ranty" which matches the HP 9000 sys- note, PIN 5958-9020, replacement for 5958-9013* HP StarLAN 10 cabling tem warranty. specification note PIN 5958-9005, provides information 5959-2208** HP SiteWire twisted-pair about the twisted-pair wire required for Those of you familiar with the HP 3000 installation guide HP StarLAN networks. This includes know that it is warranted for 90-day on general wiring considerations, wire site, unlike the HP 9000 warranty of *No charge, order through your HP sales specifications, existing cable types that one-year return to HP coverage. In rep. can be used with StarLAN, and the pre- order to satisfy both of these warranty qualification form for HP WireTest. needs, HP has set up, at no cost, an **$37 (U.S.list), order through HP Direct Option W03 to convert the standard The HP StarLAN 10 cabling specifica- warranty to 90-day on-site warranty. In addition to the documentation on tion note, PIN 5958-9013, provides the twisted-pair cable, HP also offers HP twisted-pair wiring information for HP Contact your HP sales rep for more WireTest. HP WireTest is a new service StarLAN 10 networks. This specifica- information. that verifies the users' existing wiring tion note includes the wiring considera- for an HP StarLAN network. Complete tions and specifications that are Muss Storugp the prequalification forms (available in appropriate for StarLAN 10 networks. the cabling specification notes) to deter- New HP 9144A to mine if HP WireTest is appropriate for The HP SiteWire twisted-pair cabling you. For more information on HP Wire- HP 35401A trade-in installation guide, PIN 5959-2208, Test, refer to the February 1988 issue of explains how to install twisted-pair HP Chunnels, page 23, or contact your data-communications cable used with HP sales rep. HP networking products. This includes As of April 30, 1988, the existing the cable itself and associated accesso- trade-up program for migration from ries, such as hubs and bridges. The the HP 9144A to the HP 35401A major topics covered are site prepara- became obsolete. The new trade-up pro- tion, new cable, existing cable, record gram takes effect May 1, 1988. To keeping, adapters and connectors, ensure receipt of the return credit for cross-connect blocks, and accessories. the HP 9144A, orders should be placed as follows:

Trade in Purchase HP 35401A 9 144A Order 9 1 44AN Opt. 00 1 Now that the NS3000/V product family The new HP RuggedWriter 480 printer is complete, the DS link and services specifications state that the printer can Free upgrade to products will soon be removed from the print on six-part forms up to ,018 (4.6 NS3OOO/V HP Price List. The products are sched- mm) inches thick. A six-part form uled to be discontinued as follows: includes the original and five copies (plus carbons if used). When using To encourage users to migrate their DS thicker forms, the HP 293X printers networks to NS3000/V, DS to NS Discontinuance can print on six-part forms up to .02 Product No. Description date upgrades will be provided at no cost. inches thick. This free upgrade will cover both DS 32185hR DS 3000 Network July 1, 1988 Services and the DS link products. To Services 30270A DS Pant-to-Point, July 1, 1988 All printers currently shipping are the qualify for this free upgrade, the user Dlrcct enhanced six-part versions and have the must have the corresponding DS prod- 30271A DS Point-to-Point. July 1, 1988 following serial numbers or higher. uct under current support contract. Modern 32187A DS X.25 January- I, 1989 Model number Serial number All of the DS products will be sup- DS TO NS UPGRADE PROGRAM 2235A 2812A-10156 ported for a period of five years after 2235B 2812A-01619 DS SERVICES FREE I NS 3000lV SERVICES the discontinuance date listed. Now is 2235C 28 1 1A-04924 (32185AlR) (32344AlR) the time to start planning DS to NS 2811A-01225 FREE / DS PT-PT, DIRECT r NS PT-PT 3000lV migration. 00270A) 1302851) FREE / No upgrade kit or trade-in program is DS PT-PT. MODEM - NS PT-PT 3000lV 130271Al (30285A) A migration sales tool is currently available for the original HP Rugged- FREE / under development and is expected to Writer 480 printers that print on four- DS X.25 NS X.25 3000lV (32187Al (24405Al be distributed to the field in June. This part forms. sales tool includes a detailed descrip- tion of the upgrade program along with Contact your HP sales rep for more No orders need to be placed for this a discussion of reasons to migrate to information. free upgrade. To ensure that all users NS and an overview of the migration get the opportunity to easily upgrade, strategies that customers can follow. the NS software will be distributed via Printers MIT tapes to users as part of the DS Please contact your HP sales rep about update process. For example, when a the DS to NS upgrade program. HP RuggedWriter user receives his next MIT update of DS Point-to-Point, the NS Point-to- 480 and HP 293X Point link will be distributed on the same tape. Prrnters printers - a Enhanced HP This free upgrade will be available comparison beginning with V-Delta-3 in order to RuggedWriter 480 coincide with introduction of NS X.25 While most HP 293X users will be sat- 3000/V Network Link. The DS to NS printers handle six- isfied with the HP RuggedWriter 480 upgrade will be available for several printer, not all will. Detailed here are MITs to ensure the broadest coverage part forms some of the important differences of the installed base. between the HP RuggedWriter 480 Six-part forms handling is now avail- printer (2235X) and the HP 293X series Once the user receives this MIT tape, able for all models of the HP Rugged- of printers. If, after reading this article, there are two options. The users can Writer 480 printer: HP 2235A. 2235B, you still aren't sure whether the fit is continue to run DS. The other, pre- 2235C, and 2235D. The enhanced six- good or not, contact your HP sales rep ferred option is to install the NS links part form versions of the printer replace about getting an HP RuggedWriter 480 and services. In this case, users will the four-part form version at the same printer on a trial basis. need to obtain a support contract for price. continued on next page each product running on the system. Feature comparison Perforation skip mode is defined dif- Optical character recognition (OCR) ferently for the HP RuggedWriter 480 capability is also available for the PSI2 TM HP Rugged- printer and HP 293X series printers. through the ReadRight OCR software, Writer The HP 3000 term type recommended PIN 88400A. This product now 480 printer for use with the HP RuggedWriter 480 includes both 5%- and 3%-inch media, Epson emulation Yes No printer is TTPCL22. This term type allowing you to use it with both IBM Diahlo 630 emulation No Yes enables perforation skip at the begin- XTIAT and compatibles and IB PSI2 PCL printer language Yes* Yes* ning of every job. If the HP Rugged- systems. Compressed pnnt size 16.67 cp~ 16.36 cpi Writer 480 printer's default one-inch Bar codes and large No Yes** characters perforation region is not desired, the Ordering information Venical forms control No Yes application program must disable per- Function Nonvolatile. foration skip mode. To do this, with switches set from Product No. Description on back menu headers on or off, the following escape 9 190A HP ScanJet desktop scanner Interfaces Centron~cs Centronics sequence is recommended: esc E esc and RS-232 &10L (hard reset. perforation skip off). 88490A PSI2 interface kit for models HP-IB and RS-232 50160180 It should be the first data sent to the RS-232 RS-422 88290A PC interface kit HP-IB printer by the application program. Multipoint 88293A PSI2 model 30 accessory kit Synchron- Unlike in the HP RuggedWriter 480 for use with HP 88290A ous** printer, programmatic control of per- 1 Accessories DSNlData Link** foration skip mode may be disabled in 88190A Automatic document feeder Labels Yes*** Yes HP 293X printers. 88400A ReadRight OCR software Pages of life 125,000 500.000 Six-pan forms Yes. .0IXW Yes, .020" Please call your HP sales rep for more The HP ScanJet scanner is already the thick thick information. recognized sales leader in the IBM PC market. With the introduction of the *The extensions supported by each printer PSI2 interface kit, the HP ScanJet scan- are different. Furthermore, the PCL furzctionality provided bv both machines is Scanners ner now provides a complete product offering for the DOS PC market. not identical. ZBM PSI2 interface **HP 2933 and HP 2934 on/\: kit now available for Trrmirrals ***The HP 293X sc.ries printers hair a straight papcv path that is ideal for Iabel- the HP ScanJet printing upplications. The HP Rugged- HP 700171 keyboard Wrirer 480 printer's paper path is curved. scanner which, under certain conditions can cause selection labels to peel off their backing. Therefire, The HP ScanJet desktop scanner is now we recommend the HP 293X series Are you interested in an IBM-compat- printersfor label-inrensit~c~applications. supported on the IBM Personal System 2. The HP ScanJet scanner PSI2 inter- ible terminal but confused about which keyboard option to order? The follow- Other differences face kit, PIN 88490A, supports PSI2 models 50, 60, and 80. The IBM PSI2 ing will help you choose the correct Character sets supported by the HP model 30 is supported by the current key board. RuggedWriter 480 printer and HP 293X PC interface kit, PIN 88290A. with the printers, both internally and via car- addition of an accessory kit. PIN Choice of four key boards tridges, are different. 88293A. The HP 70017 1 offers four keyboard layouts to meet diverse needs. Both the HP RuggedWriter 480 printer The new HP 88490A interface kit and HP 293X series printers support includes a controller board, cable, The most popular keyboard is the last form tear off. When using the HP Scanning Gallery software on 3%-inch 122-key typewriter layout. This is the RuggedWriter 480 printer, the paper discs, and user guides. HP's Scanning correct choice for users who want must be tom at the perforation, which Gallery software allows easy scanning, compatibility with older terminals must be positioned at that tear bar. cropping, and storage of images for use When using an HP 293X printer, paper with a wide range of application soft- may be tom at the tear bar or the per- ware. The Scanning Gallery software foration; the perforation does not have for the PSI2 supports Windows version to be at the tear bar. 2.0.

HP CHANNELS May I988 The 102-key typewriter layout is the 40242X - HP Direct Connect Type benefits, and explains the structure of choice for users desiring a more com- 232 cable for the HP 700192, 700194, the UNIX operating system. The book pact keyboard with a layout similar to 700141, and 700143 terminals was written by Paul N. Weinberg and an IBM PC keyboard layout. James R. Groff. The data entry layout is used for high- These cables provide RFI filtering and volume data entry applications. This comply with RFI regulations when used Users may order this book by calling keyboard has numeric keys embedded with these terminals. HP Direct at one of the telephone num- within the typewriter keypad. bers listed in this publication. The ASCII layout is available for applications using the ASCII charac- Also in this issue ter set. This keyboard is similar to the 122-key typewriter layout but with HP DIRECT order phone numbers ASCII characters included. New fiber-optic interface for 900 Series HP 3000 HP DlRECT Fast Phones - the easy, dlrect way for systems 3 users to order suppt~es,accessones, media, furniture, The following table summarizes this and software from HP DIRECT. information. Performance-enhanced Resource Sharing now Location Telephone Number available 3 Australla (03) 895-2645 1 Option Layout Keys Description 1 (03) 895-2615 Networking enhancements (03) 895-2815 500 Typewriter 122 Popular, compatible (03) 895-2861 with older terminals for HP 9000 Series 800 Austrra (0222) 2500-61416151616 501 Typenriter 101 Compact size, PC Relerrre 2.0 13 Belg~um/Lurembourg (02) 761 31 11 type layout Canada 502 Data Entry I?? Embedded numeric New fiber-optic interfiie Tomnto Local 416-671-8383 keys Ontano f -800-387-341 7 for HP 9000 Series 800 Quebec 1-800-387-34 17 503 ASCII 122 Special applications systems 16 Bntrsh Colurnbla 112-800-387-3154 Other Provinces 1-800-387-3 154 Dual hard discs now Denmark 04301640 Contact your HP sales rep for more supported on the HP Finland [W)887 2361 information. France (1)69 86 17 25 Vectra ES PC 19 Greece (01) 672 6090 llaly (0219236 9702 Japan Sagarn~hara 0.12759 1311 Terminals Osaka 06 304 6021 Mlddle East Athens (01) 682 $81 1 Now HP terminal Nornay (M)24 60 90 South Afnca solutions are priced Johannesburg (01 t)8M5111 Cape Town (021 ) 437 954 Supplies Spain (91)6374013 even lower (91)63700lI New book helps users Sweden (08)750 2400 Sw~tzerland (057) 3 1 24 90 As of May 1, terminals for users' sys- 'the Netherlands (020) 547 6606 understand the UNIX Unltsd K~ngdom (0734) 69 72 01 tems are priced even lower when they Unlted States 800-538-8787 purchase one of our datacom cables. operating system West Germany (0130) 3322 The prices have decreased almost 30 percent for the following cables: HP Direct now offers a new book on the UNIXB operating system. Entitled, 402426 - RS-232-C printer cable for the HP 700192, 700194, 70014 1, and Understanding UNIX: A Conceptual 700143 terminals Guide, literature number 5954-9907, this book was written for technical and 40242M U .S ./European modem cable nontechnical readers alike, providing a for the HP 700192, 700194, 70014 1, superb introduction to the UNIX oper- and 700143 terminals ating system. Besides discussing the

40242P - HP Direct Connect Type UNIX operating system's standing in 422 cable for the HP 700192 and the world of computing, it describes 700194 terminals UNIX operating system features and

MAYIW~a I I I HP Channels Software Packages Industry: Cross-Industry - Office Auromarion Abstract: Decathlon GOLDMEDAL is the seamlessly integrated Available and Wanted office automation package that is easily customized for vertical application requirements. GOLDMEDAL includes powerful word processing, spreadsheet, relational database, communications, and business graphics. The natural language interfaces and intelligent learning functions permit the user to make enhancements and If you have a software package available for cross-licens- create special modules without knowledge of computer ing, or are looking for a package to cross license, this sec- programming. tion will help you. Your entry will appear for two months; GOLDMEDAL's applications are integrated through a special the most recent additions are shaded. To list your company interface shell that permits multitasking even with the HP Vectra PC environment. As GOLDMEDAL is available on everything in the Cross-Licensing Classifieds (at no charge), see the from the HP Vectra PC to the HP 9000 Model 850, users of small address at the end of this section. and large HP computers can transparently share information from functionally identical office automation software. Other special features include very low memory overhead, unlimited window- Software Packages Available ing, background processing/communications, and localized inte- grational language support. Industry: Architecture, Topography, Town Planning Company Name: Decathlon Data Systems, Inc. Abstract: STAR ARCHITECTURE UX is a 3-D conception soft- Address: 1650 38th Street ware for architectural projects and substructures, made up of a Boulder, CO 8030 1 basic module (3-D and 2-D conception of a project and plan pro- U.S.A. duction) and four options for the moment: solid modelling, bill of Phone: 303-440-9000 materials, topography, and management. Conracr Person: Dr. G. Robert Williams STAR ARCHITECTURE UX is designed to solve the integration Kenneyth B. Griffin of graphics and technical computers in architectural offices. Type of Distributor Wanted: Open The main characteristics of the sotiware are bound to the UNIX operating system, allowing the simultaneous running of different Geographic Coverage: Worldwide programs, as well as the graphical and technical work on different HP Computer Suppon: HP Vectra PC (all Model DOS and 386 windows on the screen. Other features include: graphical 3-D and UNIX) HP 9000 Series 300,500, 800 2-D commands are available simultaneously; the user has the pos- sibility to work directly in real perspective; the utilization of Other HP Equipmenr: HP LaserJet and HP ThinkJet printers, HP explicit pop-up menus gives all the office staff the opportunity to Plotters access the system; the concept of constructive components catalog make the automatic production of all plans and bill of quantities Industry: Mechanical Engineering easier. Abstract: DISIADLPIPE is an integrated group of piping design, STAR ARCHITECTURE UX runs under the UNIX operating sys- engineering analysis, and dratiing software programs used by the tem on the HP 9000 Series 300 computers. power, petrochemical, and process industries. Company Name: STAR INFORMATIC SA The basic DIS program includes an interface program that receives 3D information from graphic CAD systems (Program CADIN). Address: Parc Industriel du Sar-Tilman Also included is an interactive preparation of piping designs from Avenue du Pr6 Aily, 24 a database of standard components (Programs CATALOG, ISO- 4900 ANGLEUR - LIEGE MOD, SYSTEM, REPORT, EDIT, and FORM), and an interface BELGIUM to the program ADLPIPE (Program ADLP). Phone: 3241 67 53 13 + ADLPIPE is an industry-wide accepted software program that per- Cot~racrPerson: Jean-Paul CORNIL forms stress analysis calculations in accordance with ANSI and T~peof Disrriburor Wanted: Open ASME codes. Geographic Co~jeruge:Worldwide The software programs described above currently run on the HP 9000 and are tested in accordance with the ADLPIPE, Incorpo- rated Quality Assurance Procedures. Company Name: ADLPIPE, Incorporated Address: Two Tyler Court Cambridge. MA 02140 U.S.A. Phone: 617-492- 199 1 Contact Person: Mr. Bill Dingwell Type of Distributor Wanted: Open Geographic Coverage: Worldwide Industry: Chemical Fertilizer Industn Industry: Cross-Industry - HP 260 users Abstract: "Fertilizer SOP" is an electronic management manual that con- Abstract: IMAGER 260 combines in a single product all the tools tains standard operating procedures (SOP) designed specifically to orga- required to keep IMAGE 260 databases secure, tuned, and avail- nize the internal efficiency of running any kind of Chemical Fertilizer able for more access time. business. large or small, multinational or domestic. These SOPs imple- IMAGER 260 will help decrease the operation costs and maintain ment and simplify numerous management principles. Domestic or inter- database performance by replacing DBUNLD, DBPURGE, national contracts can easily be assembled from "Standard Contract DBMODS, DBCREATE, DBLOAD, and executing 10 to 100 Clauses" provided by the manual. Many office procedures are standard- times faster. ized for practical application. Using this sophisticated productivity tool greatly raises managerial standards and reduces executive and all IMAGER 260 Functions employees' costly time demands. It is similar to the "Our Own SOP" DCAP - Capacity change for master, detail and automatic data manual published by the same company for any type of organization. sets. Any of the typical SOPs are easily adapted with any WordStar reading DVOL - Moves data sets over multiple disc drives to optimize word processing program to suit the organization's requirements and pro- the disc 110. duce a unique, customized SOP Management Manual without designing PASS - Changes the maintenance and readiwrite passwords. and writing one from scratch. Not copy protected; the Licensing Agree- ment allows copies within one organization's legal entity, additional copy ACCESS - Changes the readiwrite list in a dataset discounts for the purchaser's more than 50 percent owned subsidiaries are RENAME - renames the entire data base. available. An informative free descriptive leaflet is furnished on requests written on company letterhead. DBINFO - Displays or prints useful statistics such capacity loading and disc utilization. Included are a hardcopy of all procedures and everything else contained in the discs. an extra set of 24 color-coded separator tabs for a customized IMAGER 260 is extremely easy to use. and is designed for the end SOP, and an audio-cassette with customizing instructions (for those who user to maximize the 'up time' of the computer. tend not to read instructions). Company Name: lnformatica 1 s.p.a. Requirments necessary - HP 150 with double-sided disc drive, HP Port- Address: Blocco 2A, Gal1.B 13 1 - Centergross able, HP Portable PLUS, or HP Vectra PC, IBM or IBM compatibles, no 40050 Funo di Argelato (Bologna) special memory required; a text processor program able to read or convert ITALY Wordstar by Micropro International. A good printer. Phone: (39) (5 1) 862400 Telex: 226450 INF I Useful, but not essential -To derive maximum use of "Our Own SOP." in addition to WordStar it would be very helpful to have both HP Executive Contact Person: Lucio Belloi CardManager (ECM) and Lotus 1-2-3 by Lotus Development Corpora- or tion, Rel.lA. Company Name: IRIS Computer Planning Ltd. Company Name: Central Resources Corporation Address: 117 Disco Road Computrex Division Rexdale (Toronto), Ontario Address: P.O. Box 96 M9W 1M3 CANADA Point Lookout, NY 11569-0096 Phone: (1) (416) 674-0034 Far: (1) (416) 674-7006 U.S.A. Telex: 06-984708 Phone: 5 16-43 1-27 18 Contact Person: Paul Illing Contact Person: Leonard Linton Type of Distributor Wanted: HP 260 VAR npe of Distributor Wanted: Open Geographic Coverage: Worldwide Geographic Coverage: Worldwide

HPMAY'988 Channels B Industry: Computer Language Conversion*r~ilre Industry: Cross industry - project management scheduling and graphics Absrracr: FORTRIX-C is a source language converter taking as its input a Absrrarr: Soffrak Systems has project management scheduling and standard FORTRAN SOURCE program or program module, and output- graphics software for a full range of Hewlett-Packard computers (HP 150, ting Kernighan & Ritchie C source language. When compiled with a stan- HP Vectra PC, and HP 9000 Series 200, 300, 500, and 800). dard C compiler, the output object program will be functionally similar to Specifically, MicroTrak is a critical path method scheduling system that that of the original compiled FORTRAN program. allows users to plan projects, coordinate resources, track accompanying Because of the rich and diverse history of FORTRAN. FORTRIX-C has costs, evaluate "what if" scenarios, quickly generate reports, and easily been designed to accommodate and automatically translate standard ver- print time-scaled schedules. Prices for MicroTrak start at $595 (U.S. list). sions of FORTRAN plus closely related derivatives. In addition, many PlotTrak is a companion to the MicroTrak system that enables users to enhancements to standard FORTRAN developed by key manufacturers are produce a plotted visual representation of their schedule that effectively also supported. FORTRIX-C has been ported to all HP 9000 series com- communicates project time frames and priorities to others involved in the puters running the HP-UX operating system. project. What is actually produced with PlotTrak is a time-scaled prece- dence network diagram or Gantt bar chart. Prices for PlotTrak start at Absrracr: COBLIX-C is a source language translator that takes as input a $295 (U.S. list) standard COBOL program and generates as output a C language program that, when compiled and implemented in an appropriate operational In addition to MicroTrak and PlotTrak, SotTrak Systems offers environment, will produce functionally equivalent results. CustomGantt, a stand-alone Gantt chart generation software system. Without the need of a separate project scheduling system, Custom Gantt The COBLIX-C Basic Kernal System handles ANSI Level One and Level helps users quickly and easily create presentation quality Gantt charts for Two features plus extensions of vendors. The COBLIX-C Enhanced Sup- proposals and presentations. Prices for CustomGantt start at $95 (U.S. port Package translates machine-dependent, vendor-specific, and ANSI list). Both PlotTrak and CutomGantt support the full line of Hewlett-Pack- COBOL 85 extensions found in many modem COBOL programs. ard pen plotters. If you are using extended COBOL features, Rapitech Systems' engineers For nearly three years, Hewlett-Packard sold MicroTrak and PlotTrak for can custom tailor COBLIX-C to your requirements. COBLIX-C has been the HP-UX operating system on the HP 9000 Series 200, 300, and 500 ported to run on HP 9000 series computers running the HP-UX operating computers. HP recently returned the marketing responsibilities to Soffrak system. Systems. Inasmuch as MicroTrak and PlotTrak have been upgraded twice Company Name: Rapitech Systems, Inc since most users purchased the software from HP. current users may upgrade to the latest releases for a nominal upgrade fee. Address: Montebello Corporate Park Suffern, NY 1090 1 Company Name: Soffrak systems, Inc U.S.A. Address: P.O. Box 16750 Phone: 914-368-3000 1574 West 1700 South, Suite 2C Salt Lake City, Utah 841 16 Conracr Person: Dr. Lawrence T. Woodruff U.S.A. Type of Disrriburor Wanted. Open Phone: 801 -973-9610 Geographic Coverage: Worldwide Conracr Person: Nancy Allen Industry: Darc~bi~se/AnalysisiGraphicalReporting for Technical Users Tvpe of Distriburor Wanted: Open Absrrucr: Test Quality Company (TQC) develops markets, sells. and sup- ports software for traditional HP instrumentation customers using the HP 9000 Series 2001300 computers in BASIC, Pascal. and HP-UX. Special- ization includes HP-IB systems using HP's RF and microwave instru- ments, data acquisition systems, and database management and analysis for ATE and engineering applications.

TekBase Data Management and Analysis System - A relational database and analysis product designed with technical1ATE users in mind. TekBase offers HP 9000 Series 2001300 users a tool that can be incorporated into application programs. supporting the BASIC, Pascal, FORTRAN, or HP-UX environments. Features include two- and three- dimensional graphics, capability to handle arrays of data and complex numbers, a powerful import/export capability, and an elaborate techni- cal query language (TQL) interface.

Converse ScreenlForms Generator for Rocky Mountain BASIC - A pro- ductivity tool for software developers who use BASIC on the HP 9000 Series 2001300. Provides error checking. hardware independence, elab- orate graphics, and data management. Screen-driven creation utility for development of user screens and application subprograms which may be included in user developed software. Company Nume: Test Quality Company Address: 2316 Walsh Avenue Santa Clara, California 9505 1 U.S.A. Phone: 408-986-8880 FAX: 408-986- 1479 Conracr Person: Jim Jenkins Tvpe of Disrriburor Wanred: Software OEMs, Distributors, Technical Systems Retailers Geographic Coverage: U.S. and Canada

HP CHANNELS L May I988 Software Package Wanted You can list your company in the Cross-Licensing Industry: Test and Measurement AutomationlTechnical Computer Classifieds (either Software Packages Available or Users Software Packages Wanted) by sending the informa- Abstract: Test Quality Company (TQC) develops, markets, sells. and supports software for traditional HP instrumentation customers tion in the format used here to: using the HP 9000 Series 2001300 computers in BASIC, Pascal, and HP-UX. Specialization includes HP-IB systems using HP's RF and microwave instruments, data acquisition systems, and Hewlett-Packard Company database management and analysis for ATE and engineering Value-Added Channels Development applications. Attn: Marilyn Rauchle Software Packages Wanred: TQC is interested in marketing, sell- 1909 1 Pruneridge Ave. ing andlor supporting any available software packages and systems that will complement our current offering and expertise. TQC's Building 46UV custom software development services are available to handle spe- Cupertino, CA 95014 cial requirements. Applicable hardware is also of interest. U.S.A. Company Name: Test Quality Company Address: 23 16 Walsh Avenue Entries will run for two months. The most recent Santa Clara, California 9505 1 U.S. A. additions are shaded. Be sure to send the information Phone: 408-986-8880 in at least one month before you wish it to appear. FAX: 408-986- 1479 Contact Person: Jim Jenkins Type of Disrriburor Wanred: Test and Measurementrrechnicall Engineering Geographic Coverage: U.S. and Canada

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