pg,Y ~k~&'Df,YEi-JUT For HP Field Personnel F\<$,HK~!$X~ September 1, 1980 DRAW ON YOUR CRT I with The New 9111A \ Graphics Tablet Special Graphics 1 Supplement Inside\ I For Internal Use Only September 1, 1980 Vol. 5. No. 20 5 *Fourth Generation Distributed Computer Capability The "interactive~raphics"cclpa- for HP 1000 Holvurd Bairl/DSD bility qf the HP 911 lA Grnphics Tnbkt b illustmted here with n System 458 Desktop Cornpulfr &monrtmtir~gthe 9111k mm uingcapabilities. Pii on CRT is a .when~aticdrawing Artirk 6 *ordering Software/Firmware support for begir~on page 22. D8/ 1000-IVGar31 Linl/DSD 9 *9835/ 45 spectacular JO~TZ~0ose.l~~~ 9 *~dditional 9835 Software Dr11'e DcLIII~IUCD 9 ernor or^ Price Reduction Dave i2.ilone/L)cL) 0 jr rowi in^ With Color .[oh1 Boo.se/DCD 13 *HP DSG/3000 Update JU ttcc Gr-rtke/GSD 13 *~x~anded DS/3000 Networking Capabilities Dennk Ca relli/GSD 9 13 *campaign '80 OEM Direct Mail Program Art iMorzk/GSD 4 *Announcing Text and Document Processor/3000 Stel~e Zrt hvskilCSP 14 *TDP/~O~~ Special Offer Stwe Zakw.ski/CSP 22 *~ra~hicsTablet Software Available for tbe 9845B Roselrzu r;ll kj-u?r~er/Greelt?, Sections 3 In This Issue 4 Computer Marketing 5 Technical Computers 13 Business Computers 19 Terminals 2 1 Peripherals For Internal Use Only Computer News September 1, 1980 In This Issue CSD 11 9845 Disc Considerations ... John 18 CBP (Commedtal Boose CSD Adds New SRO in The Far Systems Pinewaod) East ... Ken Hunt Production Discontinuance of 9825A/ TDP/3000 & DSG/3000 Customer S ROMS and Accessories ... Larry Computer Groups' New Mailing ... Stcve 7alewski In man Supplements to Field Orientation Introducing Commercial Systems Program ... Mark Lee 12 Analyzing Radiation Uptake With An Pinewood ... David Townsend DSD HP Desktop System ... Dave Deane 19 DTD 12 BDD Ir Fourth Generation Distributed 2647A - Revision E Ba!$ic/Multiplot Computer Capability for HP 1000 Third Party Software Meeting for Tape ... Alex Morgan ... Howard Bain Technical Applications: Update ... 2626A: Biggest New Product First Jose Heras *Announcing DS/1000-IV ... Howard Month Ever! ... Rich Ferguson Bain 13 GSD 2626A With the A242A Modem ... *Ordering Software/firmware *HP DSG/3OOO Update ... Jutta Jill Glashow Support for DS/1000-IV ... Gary Lim Kernke 20 SASsy Graphics ... Gene Lee Introducing DATACAP/1000-I1 *Expanded DS/3000 Networking HP 2626A User Manual ... Eric ... ~VlilloFenzi Capabilities ... Dennis Carelli Grandjean DEC Deliveries Still Way Out .. *"Campaign 80" OEM Direct 2626A Applications Program ... Linda Steve Pomeroy Mail Program ... Art Monk Lazor Card Cages for M/E-Series 14 +Announcing Text and Document Get the Big Picture 1 Dumped) From Boardcomputers ... John Moss Processor/3000 ... Steve Zalewski the 2648A ... Gary Borders &1 Ed ATS/1000 Students Wanted ... Andv +TDP/3000 Special Offer ... Steve Washington hlills Zalews ki 21 Boise Roseville 14 SSP OCR-A Character Set ,4vailable on Measurement and Control Support New FIN/250 Flyer ... John Whitesell the 2619A ... Jim Skog Goes to Roseville! ... Paul Accampo HP 250 Sound Enclosure To BE: New Peripheral Gmup Neophyte Grenoble Obsoleted ... Stacy Plernrnons Program ... Scorr Wald Shipboard "L" Application ... Claire 15 FIN/250 Shipments Underway! ... New 263XR Manuals .. John Hunt John Whitesell Pet tinger YHP MFG/250 Accepted Worldwide! ... 21 DMD Stacy Plernmnns YHP Ships First "L" ... Yoshie 7910 Winchester Disc: Drive - Hashima OM/250 & MFG/250 Application Shock and Vibration Test Results ... DCD ... John Whitesell Gary Lyons 16 Common Questions on Converting + 9835/45 Spectacular ... John Boose 22 Greeley RPG I1 to the HP 300 (Part 3) ... Graphics Tablet Software Available +Additional 9835 Software ... Dave Tim Haney Deane for the 9845B ... Rosernarly Krarner TI/O vs. RI/O (2649Dl HP 250 23 *Memory Price Reduction ... Dave Operation .. Charles Dixon Ban Diego Morse 17 MSP 7245A to B Upgrade Program *Growing With Color ...John Boose Discontinued ... Bill Loeber Manufacturing Applications Sales Higher OEM Discount For 7225A Helping You Find New OEMs ... Al Success ... Dick Knudtsen Plotter ... Sue Ott S~err.~ 18 HP 3000 Teamwork Makes Keyboard Articles Recommending PL07'/21 for INP Cables Discountable ... Ron ... Bill Sharp Various Systems ... Greg Elmassian Fountain "New" 9835A/B Discs ... John Boose Ordering COBOL Course ... Carol Rarnsay Computer News September 1, 1980 For Internal Use Only 3 Computer Marketing CSD KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA There are two forms of the new sup- LIMITED PRIMARY/BASIC/ZON ES plement: an SR version (5955-61061 C8D Adds New '*O io The and in the Computer Systems Sup- and an SE version (5955-6116).A CE Far East ~ortServices Data Book as: version is current1.y under develop- ment. CSD will automatically ship Hewlett-Packard Sales (Malaysia1 SDN these packages approximately four We are proud to announce a new Ser- BHD. weeks before the starting date of a vice Responsible Office ISRO) in Suite 2.21/2.22 Bangunan Angkasa given Corporate Neophyte-Ove~ew Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This in- Ray a to every registered student. Also, if creases HP's Support ranks to 164 of- Jalan Ampang desired, managers may order a fices in 38 countries worldwide. The Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia back-up supply from Jackie Hubbell Kuala Lumpur office provides service Telephone : 483544 (COMSYS code 5000.) to the Malaysian Peninsula and sup- Office Code: 6800 ports our HP factory facilities in Remember, too, that the FOP IP/N Penang, Malaysia. Due to the size of Computer Groups' New 5955-4718; Division # : 0020; Price : the office and the local travel condi- Bupplements to Field "Please Adv"; and Check Digit : 5 1 it- tions, Kuala Lumpur will provide Orientation Program self can either be obtained from your support for a limited number of pro- Personnel Department or ordered on By AVO&Lee/CSD ducts hm8am-5pm, Monday a HEART 12. Delivery will be ap- through Friday and the response The new CG Supplements to the Field proximately one week in the San times will depend on distance from Orientation Program (FOP) are now Francisco Bay area, two weeks in the office (4 lr response in zone 1 available from CSD. These supple- other parts of the US, and three weeks only 1. Kuala Lumpur is currently ments are designed for SRs and SEs to overseas. (Note The FOP is not au- supporting our customers and will be used concurrently with the FOP tomatically sent. It must be either ob- appear in the next update of the Cus- prior to attending Corporate tained hom Personnel or ordered on ? tomer Service Travel Guide as : Neophyte-Overview training. a HEART I2 using the information given above. ) 4 For Internal Use Only Computer News September 1, 1980 Technical Computers D8D f~nnouncinjgD8/1000-IV By Howard Bain/DSD 1980 Effective September 1, '80 you will have a new distributed systems pro- duct to sell from the Corporate Price List - DS/1000-IV. To prepare you, the following mate- rial was mailed during August: a pair of Field Training Manuals (one for software, one for hardware), a new DS/1000-IV Sales Brochure, DS/ 1000-IV Data Sheets, a P~S/lOOO-IV Performance Brief. This fourth generation distributed systems product for the HP 1000 / computers introduces : / DS for the HP 1000 L-Series HP 1000-HP 3000 Modem Link Significant new Network Manage- ment Features resulting in im- proved network reliatlility and DISTRIBUTEDSYSTEMSI1000-1V support~or~awrne~wor~s. DS/IOOO-IV is ~tr~ct~retlas one *~ourthGeneration ~p introduces a breakthrough in DS network integrity with the best product and fivenew Distributed Computer microprocessor-based interface pro- Capabilityfor HP 1000 industry approach to message ac- counting and rerouting! ducts. The intelligent interfaces sig- By Howard Bain/DSD nificantly off-load much of the com- A but very advan- munications overhead fiDm the CPU, A letter Jim McCakl Product tage over DECNET - check the Field The is backkvau.ds cornpati- Marketing Manager, DSD, sent to the Training Manual. worldwide comouter sales force (SRs ble with the present DSi1000 and of- & SEs) in mid August, outlined the HP introduces measurement con- fers your existing customers a smooth following new capabilities to the HP trol 1/0 cards and IMAGE Data upgrade path with no need to change 1000 family that will increase our Base Capability for the L-Series their application programs. Moreover, lead over DEC for distributed compu.- computer! the new software can operate with ter applications. DEC's 11/23 and LSI-11 don't have either the new microprocessor inter- faces or the existing now-intelligent HP adds the L-Series computer to data base capability! communication cards. Both the-new the DS/1000 network and a HP introduces a micropmcessor DS/1000-IV software and the existing modem link to the HP 3000! based multiplexor card for the HP DS/1000 software can c:o-exist in the HP beats DEC in easy to use multi- 1000 with 8-channel 9600 baud same network. computer family networks! capability! For complete sales infa~rmationon (1000-3000-250) WOW! Its finally here - Goodbye the new product and a cornpl~hen- HP adds industry standard HDLC multiple 12966 cards. siw competitive analysis refer to the protocol and microprocessor HP introduces DATACAP/1000-I1 Field Training Manuals. based link I/O cards to DS/1000. with support for new 307X termi- HP is a leading supplier of networking This improves network perfor- nals (bar code & mag stripe), products. Now this new fourth gener- mance by 100%and gives us up to READ/WRITE access to IMAGE ation product, DS/1000-IV, will give a 2 to 1 performance advantage and transaction logging enhance- you the opportunity to make a quan- over DECNET! It also reduces CPlJ ments! tum leap in sales.