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1. Accessing a Plotter from BASIC Software Status Reports Updated Software and Manuals Replacing Damaged Media Back issues are carried by HP s Computer Supplies Operation Intl P N 5955 3937 Issue 5955 3930 2 5955 3943 5955 3947 3 5957 6203 5957 6213 4 5957 6204 5957 6214 How to Subscribe The subscription is Product 45530N Series 100 Software Notification Service m Customers call your HP sales rep and order Computer Prod ucts Order Processing Condor is a trademark of Condor Com puter Corporation WordStar is a registered trademark of MicroPro International Corporation MailMerge is a trademark of MicroPro In ternational Corporation The New HP 85B Hits the Street The HP 85B is a result of HP s on going commitment to the Series 80 product line and in a nutshell the following is what it has to offer m 64K RAM built in 32Kb of which is user RAM The other 32Kb is electronic disc m 32K Electronic Disc The HP 85B has another 32K of RAM built in which functions as elec tronic disc mass storage It is ad dressed using the Mass Storage Electronic Disc ROM Set for the purpose of storing both pro grams and data In addition the electronic disc can be increased through the use of the 82908A and 82909A 64K and 128K mem ory modules to a maximum size of 544K by inserting four 128K modules into the I O ports m Bui
2. Let s use these printers as a way to gain the competitive edge and WIN that business for HP US Factory Based Price without interface or other options Remarketing Efforts Underway for the 4 Cartridge Tape Drive During the past year HP engineers have been working on improving the reliability of the 4 cartridge tape Those efforts have resulted in cutting the warranty failure in half and it s still improving We have put forth a strong effort to develop this product into a reliable backup solution for mid range system users We have prepared a brochure which positions the cartridge tape drive as the backup solution be tween floppies and magnetic tape drives The brochure will be out soon we will be notifying you via OEM News when it becomes available Computer News OEM Edition 30 August 1983 HP s 4 Cartridge Tape Drive Improvements HP s 1 4 Cartridge Tape Drive incorporated with the HP 7908 7911 7912 and 7914 disc drives has undergone major reliability improvements Failure Rate Cut in Half During the past year significant engineering efforts have taken place to improve the cartridge tape s reliability Those efforts have resulted in our cutting the warranty failure rate in half and it s still improving Our original goal of a 20 000 hr MTBF assuming the disc drive is on for an average of 12 hrs day has been exceeded making our MTBF very competitive with other
3. orguer International August 1983 ed l t ION HPIGA R WORKSTATION TERMINAL m HP 3081A Industrial Workstation Terminal m Rugged m Bar Code Capability m Small m Low Cost LA eackarn Se edition Management Topics HP 9000 Series Personal Computers A View from the Top Graphics Presentations 36C 5 0 5 18 conclusion a skugsyrammn wegen te eae nns G HHP 98634A is Discontinued 0 000000005 18 OEM Question Box 11 reer eee eee eee 5 New CPU Board Upgrade Kit Available 18 Co M outer Su O OO rt HP BASIC and Pascal Manual Updates 18 Remote Support Works 2 0 000 0000 6 HP Series 200 Pascal Internals Documentation 4 is Here presiden dii BN PR Ro GR EE ae old 9 PE WERE Plano GIs tat ate een ee aay Pees 7 HP Series 200 BASIC 2 1 Manuals are Expanded 19 Pe rsona Com O Ute cs New Stripped Down HP 9816S Available 20 Announcing Term 80 HP 2622 Terminal CP M 68K is Available for HP Series 200 21 Emulation for HP 86 or HP 87 8 Graphics for the HP 75C 1 ee ee eee 8 Term ING Is Rev C DataComm Pac for Seiso Avalie 9 HRSA In Won min 2 Printing Mailing Labels from Series 100 Condor 9 Reduce Glare up to 94 on HP 262X 264X The New HP 85B Hits the Street 9 Tennmals o tare eee A are Oe Ste ae th 25 HP 250 Series Peripherals HP 250 Cable Number Changes 411 RTE A Prim
4. ment that will be small enough to fit into a briefcase but be as powerful as today s large personal com puters Such a product would make us all more pro ductive It s a long term strategy for HP but we will make significant steps in the near future both with the HP 75 and other more powerful products Management Tonics Interviewer In summary in terms of HP s direction with personal computers with graphics capabilities and portability HP is indeed agressively addressing a significant share in the personal computer market Paul Yes I think I might parallel that with another point It is my belief that many of the terminals that people buy to use on our computers today will be re placed in the future by personal computers Four or five years in the future 90 of all the hardware hooked with our systems will be personal computers instead of simple terminals When I say personal com puter I mean something that does much of the im mediate processing and interacts with you as opposed to the terminal which allows you to send your infor mation but doesn t do a lot of local processing VisiCalc is a U S registered trademark of VisiCorp Word Star isa U S trademark of MicroPro International Corporation ANSWER ANSWER OEM QUESTION BOX QUESTION MY COMPANY IS CONSIDERING EXPANDING OUR HP NETWORK TO INCLUDE INSTALLATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL SITES WHAT ARE HP S SUPPORT
5. tape drives Taskforce to Study Overall Failure Rate Although the hardware failure rate is decreasing we are continuing to receive feedback about dissatisfied customers A taskforce has been set up to review the total cartridge tape backup system and solve the re maining problems The taskforce will focus on these areas Host system software utilities m Disk drive hardware subsystem B Tape cartridge Customer applications We Need Your Help To determine any remaining problems we need your continued inputs Please contact your HP sales rep if you know of any problems with the 4 cartridge tape drive HP Will Replace Contaminated 1 4 Cartridge Tape Drives In order to provide you with the highest quality products we would like to inform you of a situ ation which potentially could lead to a cartridge tape failure The fail ure could appear in one of these forms m Read failure e Tape errors resulting in frequent auto sparing S Verify failures The Cause A chemical was recently added to our vendor s tape manufacturing process to aid in tape performance This substance appearing in the form of a white dust is being re leased from some tape cartridges The residue collects on the car tridge guide pins the tape drive heads and the recording surface of the tape itself While the dust doesn t cause an immediate prob lem if the condition persists the residue can accumulate to a level w
6. 1540 it had hung up The customer attempted to do a memory dump but this failed The customer then attempted to start the machine back up but again this failed At this point the customer called the local Customer Engineering office for assistance The call was taken by an engineer who was not famil iar with this system and since no other engineer was available he called the nearest Technical Support Engineer Using the Remote Support facility at his office he made a connection to the customer s machine This was done without any problems By looking in the Event Log a log of hardware events on the machine it was clear that at the time of the system hang one of the Power Supplies in the machine had failed Al though this supply was now running the machine was left in a bad state and this was preventing the machine from being restarted The TSE asked the cus tomer to turn off the machine and then turn it back on again to reset the power supplies This was done and the customer was able to start the machine up The TSE then contacted the CE and told him that the bad supply would need to be replaced at an early but convenient time The customer had the machine back on line within an hour with the problem diagnosed If he had not had the Remote Support facility this could have taken several hours in fact since the call was not taken until quite late in the day the fault may not have been fixed until the next day The moral
7. 17 Introducing PRESENTATION 2700 SH a a On the Cover The HP 3081A is a rugged data collection terminal designed specially for use in the factory environment See article beginning on page 22 2 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 Compute ausum ae Bena _ _ Personal Computers A View from the Top conclusion Last month in the July issue of OEM NEWS we presented the first half of a two part interview with Paul Ely Execu tive Vice President of Hewlett Packard Following is the sec ond half of the interview Paul comments on the progress HP is making in graphics capabilities portability and software development with its personal computers In addition he outlines recent organizational changes within the Personal Computer Group and discusses the impact that these changes will have on the products and overall direction of this group Paul also discusses general datacommunications capabilities and shares with us some of his insights for the future Interviewer How do the needs of professionals and managers utilizing personal computers differ from the needs of other segments of the personal computer market Paul There are some differences but there are also lots of similarities In fact the similarities are probably more important than the differences The differences usually center around specialized software not specialized hardware so the physical product may not have
8. 80s For in stance with the Dictionary 3000 HP 3000 Series you can systematically catalog in formation about any file whether it is Image KSAM or MPE This way data needs to be defined only once resulting in significant gains to an organization Second is Transact As a tool for prototyping and transaction pro cessing application it has few equals in the industry It may not have the speed of execution or the functionality that a general pur pose language like Cobol provides but as a specialized tool it is unmatched Third is the Inform Report com bination This makes your 3000 a very useful system in the hands of end users They can now quickly generate reports from data through the use of Dictionary Later when they are sure of the results they can enhance and customize it with Report See the article Report Prototyping with RAPID in this issue RAPID has also come a long way since its introduction It is a much more solid product with better documentation and better field support And we are committed to improving it and enhancing it even further ca Computer News OEM Edition 4 7 August 1983 HP 9000 Series Graphics Presentations 36C On June 1 1983 Graphics Presen tations was revised to include the HP Model 36C This software P N 98815A will run on all Series 200 products It offers these exciting enhancements a Negative bar charts m Area fill of pie charts a S
9. 87 Now with TERM 80 you can use your HP 86 or HP 87 as a VIEW 3000 compatible workstation Sup port for BLOCK MODE operation as well as FORMAT MODE IN VERSE VIDEO is the only screen enhancement supported by Series 80 2 BRITE UNDERLINING and BLINKING are not supported However MEMORY LOCK and SCROLLING are supported on SERIES 80 Auxiliary Processor Yes that s right To accomplish this with HP 86 87 Personal computers we utilized the Z80 plug in module formerly called CP M as the CPU to execute the Z80 software from an HP 2622 terminal We now call this plug in card the AUXILIARY PROCESSOR It is used by both CP M and by TERM 80 Since 2622 terminals use a Z80 as their pro cessor we thought it made sense to do the same and avoid re inventing the wheel to provide this level of terminal emulation capa bility for HP 86 87 computers What Do I Need TERM 80 comes in two forms m Complete emulation system m Emulation software only 8 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 For those users who wish 2622 emulation but who have not yet purchased a CP M system they need m 82900A Opt 001 TERM 80 Terminal Emulation System which consists of the TERM 80 software Auxiliary Processor and User s manual For those users who previously purchased a 82900A CP M sys tem they need 82849A TERM 80 Terminal Emulation Software which consists of the TERM 80 software and User s manual Other E
10. Another was started as an exten sion of our engineering workstation activities and a third was started as an extension of our terminal capabilities With this new group we ve combined all those activities and have added a substantial amount of R amp D resources particularly in the software areas just mentioned Instead of having three or four or five specialized products we really need to have a much smaller number of products that have much more gen eral capabilities We ve put together our new personal computer organization because we are really serious about this business We ve concentrated our hardware and software development activities so that they have a single management team I think the result will be less products and more general capabilities Interviewer What about the graphic capabilities of HP personal computers For example suppose you wanted to indicate profit and loss data via a bar or pie chart slide Can the HP personal computer accept the raw data and generate a final presentation slide Paul Yes I have both a plotter and a personal com puter at home It s hooked up via a modem to the com pany s data center I create many of the slides that I used to have my secretary make It s actually easier than sketching it out so that she can create it Besides indicating bar graphs or pie charts you can also format the captions or titles that accompany the figure The job becomes more interesting
11. BASIC graphics operations along with sections on color interactive graphics and external plotting devices Extra Benefits We are trying something new too two diskettes of sample programs including all the examples from the book will be shipped out One is general graphics and is shipped with the BASIC 2 1 Language Sys tem Extensions Called Graphics Programs it includes most of the program examples used in the BASIC Graphics Techniques man ual Some included programs are m Pen demos CRT drawing modes m Gstore using GLOAD and GSTORE for constant backgrounds Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 19 HP 9000 Series m Storm an electrifying demo of color map animation m MARQUEE another color map demo suitable for intro ducing a program A diskette of interactive color graphics examples is being shipped with the Model 36C Included on it are m SKETCH4 an interactive graphics program driven by the HP 9111A Graphics Tablet with freehand drawing area fills and a calligraphic pen m NEW MODELS a tutorial program on the Series 200 Model 36C color models that clarifies the color definition m SET COLOR an interactive color selector to simplify creating palettes sets of colors for the Model 36C color map The new book is BASIC Graphics Techniques order P N 09826 90015 from your HP sales rep It is part of the BASIC Ex
12. CAPABILITIES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES HP has 239 offices in 54 countries worldwide HP s strategy has been to provide consistent support services worldwide including qualified Cus tomer Engineers and System En gineers complete customer training and consistent product offerings Ask your sales representative for a copy of the Travel and Office Directory This document will describe our support capabilities worldwide ANSWER QUESTION QUESTION I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT A CLASS I WAS RECENTLY ENROLLED IN WAS CANCELLED WHATT IS YOUR POLICY ON THIS Unfortunately it is not always pos sible to conduct classes as scheduled therefore Hewlett Packard reserves the right to cancel a training course anytime up to fourteen days prior to the class starting date If a class is can celled we guarantee that the next of fering of that class in the same training center will take place as scheduled If you have any questions on the training course schedules please contact your local HP training registrar WHAT SUPPORT CAN YOU PRO VIDE TO ASSIST US IN THE IN TERNAL DESIGN AND IM PLEMENTATION OF OUR APPPLI CATION SYSTEM The main objective of our Training Courses and SE Consulting services is to help you receive the maximum value from your HP system by enabling you to design a complete and efficient ap plication system HP customer training courses are designed to help you un derstand your syste
13. Direct Connect Port Controller Opt 001 Order once to pre assemble ATP hardware on the system I O Bay Replace RS422 with RS 232 Order once to pre assemble ATP hard ware on the Auxiliary T O Bay HP 30155A ATP Modem Port Controller Opt 001 Opt 002 Opt 003 Order once to pre assemble ATP hard ware on the system T O Bay Order once to pre assemble ATP hard ware on the Auxiliary VO Bay The Option 003 for 30145A and 30155A is a no charge option Opt 003 Computer Museum So for a new customer purchase of S 68 without Auxiliary I O Bay only system I O Bay order ap propriate port controllers with one Option 001 For a customer pur chase of S 68 with Auxiliary I O Bay i e Option 250 order appropri ate port controllers with one Op tion 001 and one Option 003 If Op tion 003 is not ordered with an Au xiliary I O Bay your CE will be doing a lot of installation in the field More Than a Thousand Sold Rapidly The 1000th set of RAPID products was sold only a little over a year after it was first introduced That makes it the hottest selling system software product in HP s history And the success continues We cur rently have over 1350 satisfied in stallations and the list is growing rapidly There are three reasons for RAPID s success First is Dictionary Very simply what Database technology was for computers in the 70s the Diction ary technology is in the
14. at printing on the laser printer It answers common questions on m How the laser printer operates as a line printer replacement its benefits and features Where specific savings can be realized by using the laser printer m How to use the laser printer for applications beyond line printing including sections on labels and bar code printing signatures and logos and the use of carbonless paper In addition its appendices discuss the laser printer s IDS IFS soft ware available documentation re lated hardware products and a technical perspective of laser printing The manual can be ordered through your HP sales rep P N 5953 7125 The French and Ger man translations will be available soon Order this manual as a supple mental training tool for your office staff or offer it to your customers as a laser printing tutorial piece Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 2l Periionerals Four New HP 2685 Print Station Offerings Four new HP 2685 laser print sta tion configurations have recently been announced These products should put HP ina very strong competitive position They are m Entry Level System a Datacomm Ready System u High Performance Offline System Dual Prititer System Entry Level System This print station is an offline system consisting of an HP 2680A laser printer an HP 3000 Series 33R as the controller with an HP 7920R HP 7971 and system console The pow
15. capabilities because she is preparing reports let ters mailing lists and so on So even though the prod uct is the same it can be used in many different ways I don t think there is a big difference in products l think the differences are in the software Interviewer Where is HP going with the software that is being developed for personal computers And how do third party software suppliers fit into this picture Paul We really have three different kinds of soft ware thrusts As you know we recently established the Personal Software Division and in a way it has responsibilities for all three First we need to develop some proprietary internal HP software that makes our hardware particularly valuable We can then take further advantage of our graphics and our plotters We also want to take ad vantage of the extra strength we have built into our keyboard such as our softkeys It would also allow the personal computer to work with larger HP systems In parallel we feel that the amount of innovations and contributions made by the personal computer soft ware industry in general is enormous Therefore we want to ensure that all the most popular software packages are available on our machines Second our Personal Software Division has two labs an engineering lab where unique HP inventions are developed and a lab consisting of a team of people who are responsible for helping companies like Micro Pr
16. data loss e No Handshake Mode some hosts don t use handshaking A no handshake mode was added to allow for this Documentation the previous Series 80 DataComm Pac User s Manual only showed HP 1000 examples Now HP 1000 and HP 3000 examples as well as others are covered Availability The standard DataComm Pac prod uct is orderable in three forms 82821A Series 80 DataComm Opt610 85cartridge Opt630 3 disc Opt650 5 disc Customers desiring to update their previously purchased A or B revisions should order the fol lowing from their HP sales rep 00085 17102 85 cartridge 00085 17301 31 2 disc 00085 17503 51 4 disc Printing Mailing Labels from Series 100 Condor Series 100 Condor and word processing go well together Either Series 100 Word or Series 100 WordStar with MailMerge may be used to generate labels from variable length field informa tion in a Condor database It s in the Communicator This subject is covered in detail in Issue 4 of the Series 100 Com municator This issue also includes articles entitled International System Summary Condor News Introducing BPI Payroll Comparing BPI and Peachtree Accounting dBASE II Two Tax Planning Packages New Accessories The Series 100 Computer Tutor Books on Computing More on HPMAIL and the Series 100 File Transfers Using PIP
17. of this story is Remote Support Works Computer Support HP Wins Hanover The Hanover Fair the largest Industrial Exhibition in the world took place in April Over half a million people visited the fair to see the latest technological advances In the area of computing the emphasis this year had noticeably shifted from hardware to applica tion software HP displayed a variety of software including the wide range of CAD solutions now available The HP stand attracted quite a crowd and the response to the soft ware demonstrations was enthusiastic In particular the demonstration of HP DESIGN our 2D variation design software was generally consid ered one of the best to be seen anywhere in the show It was performed live each time and showed how a typical part could be designed in just 13 minutes The other HP software on display included HP FE HP NC and HP DRAFT One visitor came to the HP stand after seeing the competition and commented feel as if I ve just come from the Stone Age The number of inquiries resulting from the exhibition has been very encouraging over 300 companies would like to know more about HP DESIGN Help us to build on this success by making it yours too Computer News OEM Edition pi August 1983 Personal Computers a a ee ae eee Announcing TERM 80 HP 2622 Terminal Emulation for HP 86 or HP 87 Run VIEW 3000 Applications on Your HP 86
18. on INP which proved the INP was good Re opened the MTS line without any problems Customer was able to print a dump of the INP failure which is submitted to Technical Support via PICS This exercise saved a false call out and got the cus tomer up in less than one hour FISHER BODY Belfast 3 7 83 HP 3000 Series 44 Had been experiencing intermittment system hangs for some time and the memory dumps were incon clusive Had been escalated to HOTSITE and the fac tory in Germany was directly involved The factory suspected that there were problems as sociated with the disc drives the dumps were incon clusive and thought it would be useful to have a look at the system when it was HUNG But how could a Remote Support Works Computer News OEM Edition 6 August 1983 factory engineer be around at the exact time it failed Answer Remote Support An action plan was formed that upon the next inci dent the customer would phone on line support in Germany direct and they would dial up and look at the system First event did not work there was a public holiday in Germany Second event the factory dialed in successfully and managed to interrogate the system for one hour and confirmed there was a problem with the disc subchannel MANULIFE Stevenage 2 24 83 HP 3000 Series 64 The system HP 3000 Series 64 had been running nor mally all day when at about
19. powerful levels of Credits to customers upgrading tire power range of the HP 1000 performance their HP 2113B E or 2117F proces A Series into the same compact sors to the new A900 Also in package cluded in this program are addi tional credits for many memory I O and accessory boards along with selected peripherals De pacers pending upon your system config i wi uration return credits could be as Weta high as 20 of current list price G Ma In recognition of the various HP 1000 configurations in the field the return credits are set up on a com ponent basis There are over 30 in dividual parts qualifying for return credits Please call your HP sales rep for more information A 2 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 HP 1000 Series In fact each Micro 1000 system is packed in a rugged compact en casement which is able to with stand adverse environmental con ditions The most innovative pack aging is the new accessory wheeled stand which can be easily and con veniently moved about The new microsystems can therefore be placed next to or under a desk with out taking up limited work space The package can also rack in a 19 inch EIA cabinet or sit on a benchtop The Micro 1000 family provides a newly designed 16 slot card cage which can house a choice of HP 1000 A Series computers including the A600 microcomputer the A700 minicomputer and the A900 supermini plus extensive memory ca
20. qualify are FBP Order Printer Trade in US Option HP 2608S A 8 000 U08 HP 2611A 10 500 U11 HP 2613A 3 500 U13 HP 2617A 6 500 U17 HP 2619A 14 500 U19 Please note the following details m A maximum of two printer credits will be allowed for each laser printer order m Purchase agreement discounts as well as other special discounts can be used together with the trade in credits There is no age restriction on re turned printers but they must be on a current HP service agree ment m This program is offered worldwide but orders must be placed by October 31 1983 For more specific details contact your HP sales rep Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 29 Perionerais Sa a IE I ee Ee ET Printer WIN Program Our used printer program is de signed to offer you or your cus tomers reliable system printers at significant savings Compare prices New Used Printer Price Price Savings HP 2608A 11 600 7 500 4 100 HP 2608S 10 900 8 000 2 900 HP 2611A 18 110 12 000 6 110 HP 2617A N A 12 000 HP 2619A 25 730 16 000 9 730 Prices include standard installation and 90 day warranty The interface option as well as any other options not on an available printer will be quoted in addition to the printer itself Since the availability of these print ers does vary you must have your sales rep contact HP for a price quote The program is offered on a worldwide basis
21. the data security aspects an in house system will afford them No longer need confidential data leave the premises With plot ter and film recorder output to pro duce overhead transparencies and 35mm slides the HP 2700 has the versatility to solve virtually any presentation problem The PRESENTATION software uti lizes the ability of the 2700 to draw and store pictures on a large 32 000 x 32 000 point address space All or any part of this space may be displayed on the workstation s 512 x 390 pixel screen As such a scal ing exists between the true stored resolution of an image and that which is displayed on the screen For example the AUTO PLOT 2700 software produces im ages which are stored at 10 times screen resolution or 5110 x 3890 points although they are repre sented on the screen at lower 512 x 390 pixel resolution PRESEN TATION 2700 takes the high reso lution image in memory and digi tally transfers up to a 4096 x 3072 pixel representation of it to the MATRIX D 4 2 film recorder This technique virtually eliminates the jaggies normally associated with computer generated graphics PRESENTATION 2700 does not disturb the existing PAINTBRUSH 2700 and AUTOPLOT 2700 soft ware Connection of the film re corder the device which interfaces a 35mm camera to digital signals provided by the HP 2700 requires an HP IB interface Option 096 just like a plotter Picture transfer is s
22. the specification of cable part numbers The first error is on page 11 of the HP 250 COMMUNICATOR Issue 7 March 1983 in the article titled New Low Cost Printer Support The article incorrectly lists the part number for the cable that connects the printer to the HP 250 This article specifies 8120 1358 It should specify 8120 3258 This is the only place this error oc curs The second mistake is in re gard to the internal 1 metre HP IB cable needed to upgrade the HP 250 Models 20 and 25 to add the external HP IB capability The product number for this cable is incorrectly listed on pages 7 8 and 15 in the HP 250 SMALL BUSINESS COMPUTER SYSTEM CONFIG URATION GUIDE The configuration guide lists the cable product number as 45529A It should specify 31389A Please note these two changes in your copies of the aforementioned documentation If your system al ready has these cables incorpo rated then use this information for future reference only P Al AN SUGGESTION BOX This month s suggestion comes from Dr Ulrich Fauser who heads up the software department at Weigang MCS GmbH one of our HP 250 OEMs in Europe The sug gestion was prompted by the April Suggestion Box and also deals with switching between fore ground and background partitions Dr Fauser In the April edition the advan tages of using background parti tions for several purposes were highlighted We fully acknowledge
23. to be much different What HP would really like to have is a portable desk top computer with exactly the same user interface and the same software so that customers can work with both products Both desk and the briefcase models would work in exactly the same way If you were using a computer at home for your per sonal finances my guess is that you d want a lot of the same capabilities that you would use in your work You might have some software that would be specialized for the home However I use VisiCalc for personal finances just like I use it for business Many of the capabilities satisfy the same needs If you happen to be a small business person running a retail store again I think you d need a lot of the same things VisiCalc word processing mailing to han dle billings in fact you d also need some special software This specialized software is probably going to come from a software company specializing in that particular kind of retail establishment What s so nice about it is that personal computers allow per sonalized owner specialized software to be simply plugged in ona floppy disc My secretary and I use the same machine but we use it quite differently We even use some of the same soft ware packages such as WordStar I use maybe five Management lopics percent of the capabilities of WordStar because don t do a lot of typing She uses ninety five percent of the
24. 0 network 35mm Slide Production A significant capability offered by PRESENTATION 2700 is the ability to create presentation quality 35mm slides as well as 4x 5 and 8 x 10 negatives when used with the new MATRIX QCR D4 2 high re solution film recorder Unlike 35mm slides produced by screen photographs or RGB film recor ders slides produced with this pair are truly presentation quality and can be used at any level within an organization including the boardroom If an organization has the need to produce 35mm slides they are a potential HP 2700 cus tomer HOPE REPORTS estimates that over 400 million original 35mm slides were produced last year at a cost of about 3 billion Most of this was spent on the labor to create the artwork and only about 5 of the total was created using computer equipment An area in need of productivity tools With the HP 2700 and PRESENTA TION 2700 35mm slides the do minant presentation media can be produced as easily as overhead transparencies Not only can users enjoy the speed flexibility and quick turnaround of the 2700 in the preparation of their slides but they benefit from substantial cost sav ings as well With industry average slide production costs of 50 to 75 per original the estimated 10 15 cost including labor and material with the HP 2700 MATRIX pair means it doesn t take many slides to realize substantial savings Upper level managers will also ap preciate
25. 98615 87901 and the new update kit HP Series 200 Pascal Internals Documentation is Here The Pascal 2 0 System Internals Documentation is finally available The Internals Documentation in cludes the System Designers Guide and two volumes of listings describing much of our Pascal source code It details the inner workings of Pascal 2 0 for the Series 200 Computers The Designers Guide contains over 500 pages of useful informa tion covering a broad range of top ics from hardware addresses to command interpreters If you are a Pascal programmer and havea spe cial application that requires mod ifying the Pascal system the Guide probably has the answers you need However be forewarned the Internals Documen tation is not application oriented You won t find a lot of examples just the facts The System Internals Documenta tion can be ordered by contacting your sales rep order P N 09826 90074 HP Series 200 BASIC 2 1 Manuals are Expanded The HP Series 200 Model 36C in troduction gave us the opportunity to expand the Programming Tech niques for the Series 200 com puters You can throw out Chapter 14 of the BASIC Programming Techniques manual because a new multi chapter book will be ready when the Series 200 Model 36C goes out BASIC Graphics Techniques supersedes and re places the Graphics Programming chapter in BASIC Programming Techniques The new book pro vides a tutorial introduction to
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27. a premium Completely sealed the HP 3081A is protected against dust regardless the particle size and it can be washed with soap and water In fact it can withstand accidental immersion in water and the only effect hosing it down will have is to clean it Also most chemical vapors and droplets cannot hurt the terminal Terminals The easy to read one line display can send prompting messages to users and allows them to review input data Its bright 32 alpha numeric characters offer excellent readability in both bright and dim light environments Customers can choose from six bar code readers two general purpose wands two industrial wands and two industrial slot readers The HP 3081A can read the two most popular industrial bar codes codes 3 of 9 and Interleaved 2 out of 5 Data accuracy is further en hanced by an optional check digit and or a field length verification Black on black security labels can be used with the bar code slot Industrial bar code wand and holder general purpose bar code wand and holder reader offering an alternative to bar code slot reader the magnetic stripe technique for personnel identification The HP 92922A Four Channel Adapter is used with the HP 3081A in point to point configurations Computer News OEM Edition 23 August 1983 Terminals The HP 3081A comes standard with a numeric keyboard and five function keys 10 with shift An optional alpha
28. a real area for potential contribution Some of the graphics I m talking about require a lot of computer horsepower And it requires certain capabilities from the display which we haven t desig ned yet It will be one of HP s highest objectives to pro vide that kind of electronic sketch pad for our customers Interviewer What about portability in those in stances when you leave town Do you ever need ma terials for a presentation or seminar which requires physically transporting your personal computer Paul HP s not quite there yet but we re working on it My personal computer at home allows me to use my electronic mail there I use it in spread sheet analysis gathering information plotting orders and trends and tracking I do a lot of it when I m traveling by using an HP 75 We have not yet made it possible to connect the HP 75 into our HPMAIL but we re working on it When we do it will be a great advantage For example when traveling by airplane and reading my mail I will be able to just type my response into the HP 75 and leave it there until I arrive at my hotel room Then I can simply call up the system on the telephone press a button and send messages And any mes sages sent to me can quickly be extracted via the tele phone into my HP 75 One of HP s major thrusts is in the portable computer area so we re going to be able to offer many more capabilities For example we are developing equip
29. aries on Mag Tape o oo onua aaa 26 Suggestion Box asas ee eee eee 11 An A Series Integrated Modem Solution 26 H P 1 00 Q Seri es New Developments on RS 232 Cash Drawer 27 HP 1000 Upgrade Program Now Available 12 New PIP Aea Spons Se fe tune ee ee E 27 A Series Microsystems Deliver Big Performance General Information Manual Available 27 in Compact Low Cost Package o oo 12 Disc Ad Appears in Interact nananana aunan 28 New Access to Loader ROMS 0 13 Four New HP 2685 Print Station Offerings 28 Microprogramming Development Package Replaced 13 Ten Year Support Life for HP 7470A Plotter 28 Contributed Software Library nsss a naasa 14 Announcing Standalone HP 7970ER Tape Drives 29 HP 3000 Series E 29 How to Speak IEEE 802 5 5 15 Printer Trade in Program One More Time 29 HP s Interactive Office Strategy Printer WIN Program 2 00002 30 in Less than 80 Words 2 2 55 16 Remarketing Efforts Underway for the Report Prototyping with RAPID 16 V4 Cartridge Tape Drive 0055 30 Introducing INPs and ADCCs 16 HP s 4 Cartridge Tape Drive Improvements 30 Ordering ATP with the HP 3000 S68 HP will Replace Contaminated 14 Cartridge Auxiliary I O Bay 0 2 000 eee eee ees 17 Tape Drives secese tafu ee epi 30 More Than a Thousand Sold Rapidly
30. because the difficulty and routineness of creating such slides is removed and therefore less time consuming In general I feel that graphics offers one of the biggest opportunities in personal computers Most of the graphics capabilities up to now although useful are just scratching the surface If you look at the more powerful graphics systems that are available today you can create complex slides very easily slides that are very helpful to your thinking and communicating process VisiCalc is ideal as the electronic worksheet How ever I think that what we also need is the electronic sketch pad Wouldn t it be convenient if the electronic sketch pad contained a whole set of specialized 4 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 templates in memory One could just call these template sets up on the screen select change the size and position without any programming All the kinds of graphics available today are things we need charts bar charts pie charts But in addi tion I think we need to devise a way of helping people think and communicate using graphics This goes way beyond some of the things that are currently available In fact HP actually was the pioneer of graphics chart ing We came up with a product called AUTOPLOT on our terminals MULTIPLOT was a follow on then came HPDRAW We re getting closer to an ultimate graphics package but I don t think we re quite there yet I see that as
31. e Ordering Information Product Description HP7970ER 1600 bpi Master Tape Drive lo boy cabinet Re marketed 324 Initial Master Drive for SAIL SAMIR 426 HP IB Interface HP 2680 Stacking Considerations for Non Standard Paper Sizes One of the HP 2680 s strengths over other laser printers is its ability to print on paper other than the standard 8 5 by 12 inches It is im portant however to properly set customers expectations when sell ing the 2680 to a customer who wants to print on paper other than the standard 8 5 by 12 inches The 2680 printer can print on pa pers ranging in length direction of paper motion from 3 to 17 inches The power stacker however will accommodate only lengths from 6 to 12 inches so papers outside this range must be manually stacked Manual stacking will work quite well with little or no additional operator intervention with some paper sizes over 12 inches but it is important to try the customer s paper and make him her aware of the manual stacking requirement if the non standard paper size is a key selling point Printer Trade in Program One More Time Yes the impact printer trade in program is alive and well Through October 31 1983 you and your customers can trade in HP impact printers and obtain credit towards the purchase of an HP 2680 or HP 2685 This is a revised version of the program we offered during the first half of the year The printers that
32. e Avenue Cupertino CA 95014 USA or in Europe to Thomas Lang Hewlett Packard GMBH Post Fach 1430 D 7030 Boeblingen West Germany ra Computer News OEM Edition 4 i August 1983 HP 1000 Series eS a O E a T E A A T E HP 1000 Upgrade In the June issue of OEM NEWS we This family of real time systems introduced HP s new microsystem merges major new capabilities of Program Now packaging for the A Series Because the HP 1000 A Series computers Available interest has been overwhelming we are with an innovative architectural including further information about design in the compact Micro 26 HP is pleased to announce the ex this system Editor Micro 27 and Micro 29 systems pansion of its successful upgrade gt d programs to include the HP 1000E A Series Ae at een and F Series computer systems Microsystems ronments where there are severe This program is designed to ease Deliver Big space limitations such as in labs your move to the new and more and on factory floors Con powerful A900 The Upgrade Pro Performance in sequently we have seen a critical gram when coupled with the Pre t need to develop a system design ferred Paths and Transition Aids Compac Low Cost which could pack a choice of pro offered by HP is a very powerful Package cessor power and I O cards into sales tool HP s Micro 1000 is a family of one compact box yet deliver the HP now offers Hardware Return microsystems which puts the en same
33. er and the price of this system should certainly open many doors Datacomm Ready System This print station is configured to be an online RJE station It consists of an HP 2680 laser printer an HP 3000 Series 40 as the controller console HP 7914 with tape cartridge and one INP with RJE or MRJE software This is an ideal system to use for remote laser printing in mainframe shops Higher Performance Offline System This print station is positioned to be a very attractive alternative to the entry level print station described above It is configured with an HP 3000 Series 40 as the controller a console and a 7914TD for disc and tape 28 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 Dual Printer System This print station is configured with two 2680s an HP 3000 Series 40 7914TD and console As an offline system it offers 90 pages per minute printing capacity with redundant printers None of these systems includes graphics or forms design hardware or software Ten Year Support Life for HP 7470A Plotter In these days of shrinking value Hewlett Packard is taking steps to reverse the trend We re increasing the support life on the HP 7470A Graphics Plotter from five years to ten years This means parts ser vice and support will be available for ten years after the date of obsolescence This extension reduces you or your customer s ownership costs be cause the 7470A has a longer useful life And yo
34. erminals printers graphic plotters discs and communication links Micro 1000 comes in system and box configurations Boxes include processor and memory while sys tems also include operating system software interface cards site prep and installation When optional integrated peripherals are ordered a disc I O card is included in both the box and system configurations New Access to Loader ROMS Problem In order to access two of the four loader ROMs on M E F CPUs the board must be removed from the box This operation was awkward and time consuming Also those of you who were ac customed to the paper tape or CRT loader ROMs in specified locations were impacted when the paper tape loader ROMS were removed from standard shipments Solution Thanks to input from the field and a re evaluation by man ufacturing a larger hole was cut in the universal deck sheet metal Now easy access is provided to all four loader ROM locations just in side the front panel This change has been made with new stock manufactured in early 83 Microprogramming Development Package Replaced Option 701 on HP 2197C D in cludes all the tools that A700 owners need to start developing microcode Microprogramming is particularly useful for applications where a small part of the code ac counts for a much larger percent age of the total system usage By microprogramming that small part of the application a user can sig nificantly imp
35. here read errors can occur Also the dust that collects on the heads can transfer to clean tapes that nor mally would not exhibit the prob lem This can be prevented by cleaning the heads prior to loading the tapes also cleaning will allow the system to recover data from many failing tapes HP is committed to replacing all tape cartridges at no charge that have visible contamination and we are working with the tape vendor to correct this problem In order to minimize customer inconvenience replacement cartridges will be pre certified HP 88140LC or 88140SC at no extra charge Note This is not a general recall Only those cartridges exhibiting contamination should be replaced Please contact your HP sales rep for more details about the program Perionerals Introducing PRESENTATION 2700 The HP 2700 Model 65 presentation graphics workstation just got even better Since its introduction in September 1982 the 2700 has turned quite a few heads with its high performance color features and sophisticated design capabilities Designers from graphic artists to technical documenters have recogized the value of the 2700 and with your feedback we are making it an even better solution for graphics design HP proudly announces PRESEN TATION 2700 a series of two soft ware enhancements for the HP 2700 Model 65 which make it an even stronger standalone graphics workstation or a more powerful node in an HP 300
36. ics Capabilities The line chart plotting program al lows the generation of one plotter page multiple line graphs Seven line types and two pen colors can be used allowing a large variety of high contrast plots The bar chart plotting program provides for multiple bars a variety of hatch types and two pen colors The pie chart plotting program produces a single pie whose sections may be pulled and hatched Memory Capacity Each program utility consists of two programs averaging 9Kb per pair which with the generated data file will fit easily within the 16K RAM capacity of the HP 75C Ordering Information The HP 75C Graphics Solutions Book P N 00075 13016 comes with complete documentation com mented program listings and Personal Computers SS See ee a a a a EE ee EE magnetic cards The solutions book may be ordered on cassette for use with the HP 82161A Digital Cas sette Drive The individual programs may also be ordered independently through the Users Library Contact your HP sales rep for or dering or for further information The HP 82163 supports text only REV C DataComm Pac for Series 80 Available Several field reported difficulties have now been rectified in the latest edition of the Series 80 DataComm Pac Those changes include Hand Shaking XON XOFF handshaking is now working reliably to allow large data files to be uploaded or downloaded with no
37. imilarly easy with a convenient PLOT TO CAMERA initiating exposure Additional features in clude w A picture spooler to allow for unattended exposure of previously created picture files stored on disc Color separation into 3 and 4 color outputs for printing applications w Simple user interface Exposure times of about five minutes for a 2000 x 1500 pixel image E Variable resolution output from screen resolution 512 x 390 pixels up to the limits of the film recorder 4096 x 3072 pixels and media aspect ratio HP 3000 Interface And there is more The PRESENTATION 2700 software also allows picture files created locally to be uploaded into the HP 3000 computer in the same file format as graphics created using system software such as DSG 3000 or HPDRAW This means that the extremely powerful PAINTBRUSH 2700 and AUTOPLOT 2700 packages can be used to create images which when sent to the HP 3000 can be displayed on other terminals plotted on remote plotters used with other peripherals or processed by system level software A particularly useful application of this is to create images which can then be merged with text in TDP 3000 for eventual printing on the 2680 laser printer The power of the HP 2700 to create graphics for laser printer output greatly reduces CPU burden and improves total system performance One more way the HP 2700 is the total presentation graphics workstation PRESENTATION 2700
38. ing Report source code The source is embellished with format ting commands and a production report is completed in hours If de velopment had been done using traditional techniques and lan guages this process would have taken days INFCNV can also be viewed as a source code generator for Report As a byproduct the utility is an education tool for Report helping to shorten the learning curve Introducing INPs and ADCCs Good news HP is now able to offer the following products for your needs These products will be available on a limited basis P N Description HP 30018AR ADCC Main HP30019AR ADCC Extender HP 30010AR INP Series III HP30020AR INPS 30 33 40 44 Quantities are limited so be sure to call your HP sales rep to reserve these products We cannot guaran tee the availability of products that are not reserved Ordering ATP with the HP 3000 S68 Auxiliary I O Bay HP has just introduced the S 68 Auxiliary I O Bay Option 250 in HP 32468 30468 products to further extend the I O and peripheral capacity of the Series 68 When ordering ATP hardware to be installed on the Auxiliary I O Bay an Option 003 is introduced to the ATP Port Controllers 30145A and 30155A products This Option 003 provides preassembly of all the miniboards with terminal connectors to the Auxiliary I O Bay Otherwise your CE will spend hours in the field installing miniboards to the Auxiliary I O Bay So remember m HP 30145A ATP
39. introducing seven op tional HP 85B configurations which are analogous to the HP 85F configurations These are called the HP 85B Interfacing Systems These systems have in addition to the Mass Storage Electronic Disc ROM Set the VO ROM built in and are bundled with an interface The configurations are as follows HP 85B Interfacing Systems Opt Interface 001 82939A RS 232C standard 002 82939A Opt 001 RS 232C male 003 82939A Opt 002 RS 232C female 004 82940A GPIO 005 82941A BCD 006 82938A HP IL 007 82937A HP IB Since the ROMs are all built in a ROM Drawer is not included with these systems Because of the built in ROMs and no need for the 16Kb memory module the HP 85B has all four ports available for inter faces and large memory modules You may be wondering by now what happens to the HP 85A The answer is that even though the HP 85B makes it obsolete from a price performance standpoint the HP 85A will remain on the Cor porate Price List because of the large number of OEMs who are using it as their systems controller At this time we have set Feb ruary 1 1984 as the targeted ob solescence date for the HP 85A This allows the OEM ample plan ning time to switch One final point is that the 82972A HP 85A Upgrade Kit will be on the August 1 HP Price List ta HP 250 Series HP 250 Cable Number Changes In reviewing some of the HP 250 documentation a couple of errors were found in
40. le in the current RTE A operating systems product and operating systems products after REV 2301 Start thinking about how the A Series Integral Modem can fill your needs in remote data acquisition data collection applications To our knowledge HP is the only computer vendor to offer its customers a direct connection from the CPU to an external phone line a ns integral IN Mede TA APRIL 1983 Peripherals New Developments on RS 232 Cash Drawer The RS 232 cash drawer product interface has been modified to work with the HP 2624B 2626A 120 and 125 The cash drawer connects to pin 4 12V pin 23 toggle and pin 7 ground on port 2 of these devices Since these pins are not used by the serial printer cables can be con structed to allow simultaneous ac cess of both the printer and the drawer An escape sequence sent from a user key or datacomm tog gles the line and triggers the drawer mechanism The escape se quences are HP 2624B and HP 2626A Esc amp q2te0 1P Esc amp q2te0 OP HP 120 and HP 125 Esc amp m80f01 an 3ebfd301c 93effd301c980f01t80f51T block mode Esc amp mff901lan3ebfd301 c93effd301 c 98f90 1t80f51T non block mode Note Softkeys must be defined for local use The cash drawer and interface are available from APG Inc 1601 67th Ave North Brooklyn Center Minn 55430 USA Telephone 612 560 1440 Model M 1 0120123 For additi
41. lt in Mass Storage Electronic Disc ROM Set These two ROMS are housed right on the logic board and provide the commands necessary to drive the built in tape drive the elec tronic disc current flexible and Winchester disc drives as well as the new 10Mb Winchester discs All of the commands of the 00085 15001 Mass Storage ROM then are built into the HP 85B And the Electronic Disc ROM adds eight additional mass stor age statements two of which are for the electronic disc only Those statements are the following CONFIG initializes the electronic disc for multiple volumes SWAP exchanges programs between electronic disc and user RAM GET retrieves ASCII data files as programs SAVE stores programs as ASCII data files DISC FREE determines the amount disc space available Computer News OEM Edition 9 August 1983 Personal Computers a a a a a ee ah MSI short for MASS STORAGE IS MSUS returns the current MSUS VOL returns the volume label for the specified MSUS m Software compatible with the HP 85A The HP 85B and the HP 85A are totally software compatible including binaries This enables major accounts and OEMs to switch easily from the HP 85A to the HP 85B m System integration of printer CRT and tape drive The HP 85B maintains the systems integration that has made the HP 85A such a successful 4 0 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 HP is also
42. m and its capabilities Once you have taken the appropriate standard courses an HP Systems Engineer or Systems Specialist can help you apply the course material to your application HP consulting can help you make more productive use of your system by adapting to your specific needs HP of fers standardized consulting services as well as general consulting General consulting packages are available at a daily rate These packages are project oriented with the goals predefined by you and HP Time and Materials as sistance will provide you with applica tion support and consulting assistance on an hourly basis Discuss these options with your ac count SE to determine which assistance would best fit your situation ca Computer News OEM Edition 5 August 1983 Computer Support Remote Support Works The remote support program in the UK has started to become an effective tool in solving customers prob lems The following successful users of this valuable CE tool have been extracted from the Winnersh office Remote Support Log ITT CANNON Basingstoke 2 25 83 HP 3000 Series III Call received from ITT Cannon at 9 00 Reported prob lem was that there was an INP board failure and they could not shut down the MTS line in order to restart it Logged on as a remote console and asked the customer to disconnect the interface cable which forced an I O error on MTS and aborted it We were then able to run DSM diagnostic
43. n to this prob lem the HP 92207A amp B Anti Glare Filter Constructed of opti cally coated safety glass mounted on a sturdy plastic frame our filter can reduce annoying glare by up to 94 Easy installation is also a strong selling feature It s simply a matter of attaching self adhesive Velcro strips to the terminal bezel When in place the filter has a clean custom appearance that complements the terminal s design On site testing in HP s telemarket ing department confirmed that for our eight hour per day CRT operators the filter made pro longed viewing of the display both easier increased contrast and less fatiguing reduced glare Many types of anti glare filters were tested mesh screens rough surfaced plastic polarizing glass but for general office and lab use the optically coated type was found the most satisfactory In fact HP has built this brand of anti glare fil ter into many products the Series 9000 Model 20 computers and the 2700 series terminals Contact your HP sales rep for as sistance in ordering ra Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 ZS Perioherals RTE A Primaries on Mag Tape What makes the already great HP 7914TD 7933H and 7935H prod ucts even better RTE A primaries on magnetic tape The new VCP ROMs now on the A Series pro cessors have the capability to boot up from a 7970E 1600 bpi mag tape drive This will allow an HP 1000 A Series system t
44. numeric keyboard is available With audible and tactile feedback the keyboard provides a way to enter small quantities of in formation and is especially ap preciated when a defective bar code is encountered Data like a part number is entered directly by the person doing the job like updating a printed circuit board a method that eliminates the need for batch data entry operators improves accuracy and maintains the database in real time It is easy to maintain and service the HP 3081A whose MTBF is on the order of 12 years All parts are throw away items The HP 3081A uses high noise im munity current loop datacomm an asset in factory environments The HP 92922A four channel RS 232C to current loop adapter which also supplies DC power to the terminals is available for point to point applications For Jarger scale applications up to 32 terminals can be connected to the HP 2333A Multipoint Cluster Controller The opportunities for the HP 3081A Industrial Workstation Terminal are vast It s the terminal that will sell a system DL Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 Large keys allow operation with work gloves Terminals Reduce Glare up to 94 on HP 262X 264X Terminals Overhead fluorescent lights sun shine through a window light from any direct source all can cause headaches blurred vision fatigue and neck and shoulder pains in terminal operators HP now has a solutio
45. o VisiCorp Lotus Context Management Systems get their software running on our systems utilizing some of the unique capabilities of our products This general use software falls into the category of what we call computer aided work Third our thrust is to work mostly through the retail market but through software suppliers who have special expertise and special products for certain kinds of applications I gave an example of the retail store but how about grainery storage software for the midwest or small medical clinics The list of specialized soft ware is exhaustive What we are really trying to do is work in all three areas And we re anxious to have all our proprietary software make the opportunities greater for third party people to build value added features into our machines Computer News OEM Edition 3 August 1983 HP Computer Museum www hpmuseum net For research and education purposes only Management lopics Interviewer You mentioned the Personal Software Division Just recently there have been a number of organizational changes at HP What impact do you feel that the reorganization of the personal computer group will have on the products strategy and charter of this group Paul We really had been participating in the per sonal computer industry from three somewhat specialized positions One of our personal computer efforts was started as an extension of our handheld computer activities
46. o be configured with a 1600 bpi Mag Tape drive as the only input media in the system This prevents the necessity of flop pies or CS 80 cartridge tapes on a 7914TD system thereby reducing the overall system cost Addition ally this allows systems to be con figured with a 7933H or 7935H disc as the only disc drive in the system The diagnostics will be available on mag tape later this year also allow ing us to add an option to our sys tems products for mag tape For now you can get RTE A P N 92077A on 1600 bpi tape in CS 80 format it works for any of the CS 80 drives via media Option 061 26 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 An A Series Integrated Modem Solution HP now offers an exciting new in tegrated modem solution to A Series customers The HP 37222A Integral Modem is the second HP modem offered for A Series sys tems Best of all this modem fits on a standard A Series interface card which plugs right into the back plane of an A600 A600 A700 and A900 processor with no other interface card needed The HP 37222A offers the same fea tures as the HP 37213A 4A Systems Modem Full Duplex 300 1200 Baud m Bell 212A CCITT V 22 compatibility m Auto dial and Auto answer capability m User program controllable The 37222A is software compatible with the 37214A Systems Modem so applications developed for use with 37213A 4A may be used with 37222A The software driver is already availab
47. olid fill a new fill type for both bar and pie charts E English and metric paper sizes Eight designer pen palette There will be two palettes the standard and the designer The designer pen colors are black olive green aqua royal blue maroon brick red orange and brown These colors will be displayed on the Model 36C HP 98634A is Discontinued Effective immediately the HP 98634A HP IL card for Series 200 computers is being removed from the price list The card is being dis continued because relatively few sales of HP IL devices are expected on Series 200 computers The HP 82169A HP IB to HP IL converter provides similar functionality to the 98634A for those customers desiring HP IL capability on Series 200 computers 8 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 New CPU Board Upgrade Kit Available The HP 98143A CPU Upgrade Kit is now available This is the same CPU that began shipping in the HP 9826A S 9836A S 9836C CS and 9920A S in April 1983 The unique features provided by this new CPU board include m An additional 64Kb of RAM for a total of 128Kb on the CPU board m The computer serial number in EPROM for software security m The 3 0 Boot ROM that allows the user to boot an operating sys tem from a remote mass storage device including the Shared Re source Management SRM system Ordering Information Product Option Description HP 98143A CPU Upgrade Kit Opt 101 CE Ins
48. on the user s desk allows him to not only per form the office functions he re quires but also access the infor mation stored on his company s computer network in an easy manner without requiring any computer expertise The second point accessing the information stored on his com puter network is one of the pri mary features which makes HP unique in the marketplace today This conceptual difference which you can demonstrate with IN FORM and IMF when followed by a good demonstration of our office products is a two step approach which we find almost never fails None of our competitors can equal this combination So when you have a prospect who has decided to purchase office automation equipment you re already 75 home Try this approach at your next opportunity and see for yourself 16 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 Report Prototyping With RAPID Prototyping reports with HP In form and HP Report is now a real ity With the new utility INFCNV customers can now do very effec tive prototyping INFCNV con verts Inform commands to a Report source code file With Inform the MIS professional can sit at a terminal with the end user and develop the core of a re port by simply running through the menu screens and getting trial copies of the report The user can keep making changes to the report until it is correct The MIS person then runs the conversion utility INFCNV producing a file con tain
49. onal information call Mark Wedel at APG Note Grenoble is currently investigat ing an interface solution for HP 307X terminals New HP 2685 Options We have recently added four op tions to the standard HP 2685 to help you configure a print station to fit you and your customer s needs Option 095 Deletes the HP 7971A tape drive from the 2685 print station An al ternate tape drive should be or dered separately Option 096 Deletes the HP 2382A console from the 2685 print station An alternate console e g HP 2635 should be ordered separately Option 097 Deletes the HP 7912P disc drive from the 2685 print station An al ternate disc drive should be or dered separately Note At least 65Mb is needed for a workable sys tem since adequate disc space is needed to hold the entire print file in the spooler before printing Option 607 Upgrades the controller Series 40 memory from one half megabyte two boards to a full megabyte one board This memory upgrade is primarily for those customers who plan to run applications on the 2685 in addition to using it as a print station The standard half megabyte is adequate for print station only configurations General Information Manual Available HP has produced a new General Information Manual for you and your customers Entitled The HP 2680A Page Printer Today s Solution For Your Printing Needs the manual offers an in depth look
50. pacity control store I O and ded icated slots for plug in measure ment and control cards and battery backup cards And with all these features we ve left room for an op tional 9 4Mb mini Winchester fixed disc and a 270Kb microfloppy In this way each Micro 1000 sys tem provides users with the capac ity and flexibility to configure the exact performance and power levels needed to suit their specific applications Its designed in modularity gives users convenient access to compo nents So replacements addi tions and repairs are easy With today s highly competitive market place more and greater demands are being placed on computer sys tems This modular design pro vides users with an easy growth path As their application needs grow they can easily add more power and performance to their existing Micro 1000 box The HP 1000 A Series computer family is targeted to OEMs and end users in industrial automation markets where computer systems have to operate efficiently and reli ably under real time demanding conditions They are best suited for a wide range of applications from computer numeric control auto mated tests and process control to supervision of dedicated proces sors high speed graphical analysis and display capabilities Retaining the identical hardware and software of the A Series family provides the Micro 1000 family total compatibility with all cur rently supported HP 1000 instru ments t
51. quipment Needed m HP 86 or HP 87 Personal Computer m RS 232 Interface 82939A specify Option none 001 002 What About IBM 3270 Yes your HP 86 or 87 can also be used as an IBM 3270 workstation by using TERM 80 an RS 232 inter face and a PROTOCOL converter made by one of the following vendors LOCAL DATA 2701 Toledo St Torrance CA 90503 USA Phone 213 320 7126 DATASTREAM 1115 Space Park Dr Santa Clara CA 95050 USA Phone 408 727 2980 NOTE Hewlett Packard does not warrant in any way the operation or integrity of these Third Party vendors products Graphics for the HP 75C The HP 75C Graphics Solutions Book is a friendly software solution to generating graphical plots using the HP 75C and the HP 7470A Plot ter This Users Library solutions book contains three separate BASIC language utilities by which the HP 75C can generate line bar and pie charts These programs take advantage of the HP 75C s na tive ability to be an HP IL loop controller to drive the plotter via HP GL low level commands No additional hardware ROMs or bi nary programs are required Additional Capabilities This graphics software organized similarly to graphics presentations software for desktop computers provides a friendly method for generating good quality multi color plots with mass storage and external display compatibility via the HP 82161A Digital Cassette Drive and the HP 82163 Video Interface Graph
52. ro grammer and HP IL interface cards Language Reference Update adds all 2 1 extensions to the lan guage reference m A revised copy of the SRM Pro gramming with BASIC manual HP 9000 Series HP 9000 Series The complete update kit is being shipped with the new 98612A R BASIC Extensions 2 1 and with the BASIC Extensions 2 1 Language Upgrade Kits The update kit is also being distributed via SDC to all Series 200 BASIC Support Services SNS SIS SSS SE and TSE ser vices subscribers You can order extra copies of the update kit from your sales rep by using P N 98612 90090 To order a complete set of manuals for BASIC 2 1 Extensions you must order the BASIC 2 0 with extensions manual set P N 98612 87902 and this new update kit Pascal Manual Update The Pascal 2 1 Manual Update Kit includes Pascal User s Manual Update Provides the listings and dis plays changed for Pascal 2 1 E Pascal Procedures Library Up date Covers revised DGL Graphics Library This update kit is supplied with the new 98615A R Pascal 2 1 products and with the Pascal 2 1 Language Upgrade Kits HP is also shipping the update kit to all Series 200 Pas cal Support Services SNS SIS SSS SE and TSE services subscribers Order extra copies of the update kit from your sales rep using P N 98612 90090 When ordering a complete set of manuals for Pascal 2 1 be sure to order the Pascal 2 0 manual set P N
53. rove total system performance Option 701 includes 2Mb memory FORTRAN 77 and Pascal compilers Symbolic Debug 1000 a 12153A Writable Control Store card and the HP 92045A RTE Microprogramming package Option 701 replaces Option 700 which was offered on HP 2197A B In addition to the above micropro gramming tools Option 700 in cluded the HP 22976 Micropro gramming Workshop As this workshop is only offered in the US international customers cannot easily take advantage of it Option 701 makes the Microprogramming Development Package more at tractive to customers located in areas where this workshop is not offered The workshop is still avail able from HP according to the pub lished schedule for those who can attend Contact your HP sales rep for scheduling information Computer News OEM Edition A 3 August 1983 HP 3000 Series HP s Interactive Office Strategy In Less Than 80 Words When buying or selling any of HP s Interactive Office products it s usually of vital importance for you to be able to differentiate HP s strategy from the office strategies of IBM DEC Wang and other HP competitors So here s HP s strategy HP provides a complete range of integrated office functions elec tronic mail secretarial and pro fessional word processing elec tronic telex personal comput ing business graphics and so forth optimized for different types of office users However the workstation
54. standard operating system A secondary objective is to enhance our dealer sales where this operating system is very widely used The advan tages of CP M 68K are E The system has been rewritten in C to take advantage of the 68000 s performance The system will include a C com piler and run time library pro viding a powerful programming tool and potential bridge to UNIX m We believe that many applica tions now running on CP M will eventually be converted to CP M 68K m The system is very space efficient 33Kb as are most of the applications The user must be aware that appli cations currently running on CP M will have to be converted to run on CP M 68K If the application is HP 9000 Series written in a high level language such as C or CBASIC the conver sion should be fairly simple Ini tially only the C language will be available If there is assembly code involved it will have to be rewrit ten Providing CP M 68K now gives these independent software vendors ISVs an opportunity to convert using the powerful Series 200 with a familiar user interface Ordering Information P N Description HP 98052JA Opt 630 3 2 media HP 98052JA Opt 650 5 media Disc Formats and Utilities CP M 68K supports two disc for mats IBM on single sided 8 inch discs and HP CP M format on 3 2 and 51 4 inch and hard discs the same format used on the Series 80 and 100 CP M discs Neither of these is LIF compa
55. tallation Opt 026 For the HP 9826 Opt 036 Forthe HP 9836 Additionally the comment section of the order form must include the serial number of the computer in which the new board is being installed At the time of installation the CE will exchange the new CPU board with the old one and return the old board HP BASIC and Pascal Manual Updates Beginning with the new HP 98612A BASIC Extensions 2 1 and 98615A Pascal 2 1 HP is providing all changes to each manual set ina single update kit Each kit has its own part number so you can order just the changes you need rather than an entirely new set Each kit includes all the needed new and or revised pages and in structions to help you upgrade your BASIC 2 0 or Pascal 2 0 man uals When possible we ve made the updating job easier by provid ing a complete section or chapter rather than just the individual re vised pages Our goal is to help make manual updates easier to order insert and understand BASIC Manual Update The update kit of BASIC Exten sions 2 1 includes BASIC Graphics Techniques 09826 90015 This manual shows how to use BASIC black and white graphics on any HP Series 200 computer and explains the new 2 1 color graphics enhancements for the Model 36C a Programming Techniques Man ual Update covers the new AP 2 1 language extensions a Interfacing Techniques Manual Update covers the 2 1 exten sions for the new EPROM p
56. tensions 2 1 Update Kit P N 98612 90090 which is being sent to all Series 200 BASIC support services SS SIS and SNS subscribers 2 0 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 New Stripped Down HP 9816S Available We have added an exciting cost effective new HP Model 16 config uration for OEMs The new HP 9816S Option 256 deletes the BASIC 2 0 language and one HP 98256A memory card What s left is the 9816S mainframe with 256Kb of memory on the processor board the full function 3 0 Boot ROM and no language This compares with the 9816A which has 128Kb of memory on the processor board the more limited 3 0L Boot ROM and no language Those who might want this option include m OEMs or software suppliers with Pascal execute only systems that run in 256Kb of memory m HPL or ROM BASIC users who need more than the 9816A s 128Kb of memory and or the 3 0 Boot ROM m Large companies that can ex pense a Model 16 in parts if each part is under a certain dollar limit If you fall into one of these categories or need a stripped down Model 16 for some other reason now you have a cost effective configuration to help out CP M 68K is Available for HP Series 200 CP M 68K for the Series 200 is now available as a third party distri buted product Our primary objec tive in introducing it is to expand our software offerings particularly in the area of core CAW software by obtaining an industry
57. the facts dealt with in this article However burdening the end user with REQUEST ATTACH RELEASE and even Task ID s is something different This is some thing the normal user does not know and does not want to know Because of this we some time ago implemented a task switching routine in all of our application packages which gives much sim pler handling Besides other values a task ID is defined for all or only some foreg round USRIDs which are stored in a system parameter data file read in by the application menu at pro gram start and stored in the com mon block For all USRIDs and TASKIDs the general menu is started via AUTOSTART This sets the condition ON HALT CALL halt where Halt is the following routine SUB Halt COM INTEGER Task ON ERROR GOTO E COMMAND REQUEST Task E IF NOT E THEN COMMAND ATTACH Task ELSE IF USRID Task THEN COMMAND DETACH ELSE BEEP END IF END IF SUBEXIT E BEEP SUBEND The user switches between his two tasks by simply pressing the HALT key Release Task might be placed anywhere where it makes sense in the programs but you should be aware that RELEASE is executed only when the executing home task is attached Our thanks to Dr Fauser for this suggestion If you have any ideas or suggestions to share with other HP 250 OEMs we would like to hear from you Send your inputs to Lynne Ovington Hewlett Packard 19447 Pruneridg
58. tible so the sys tem includes a set of utilities that allow transfer of ASCII data files from one format to the other CP M 68K provides an excellent opportunity to enhance the soft ware Offerings available on the HP Series 200 ca Computer News OEM Edition DA August 1983 Terminals The HP 3081A with alphanumeric keyboard and industrial bar code wand HP 3081A Industrial Workstation Terminal a Sensation in Data Collection Marketplace The HP 3081A Industrial Workstation Terminal is a reality In response to market needs for a low cost compact easy to use re liable and rugged data collection terminal the HP 3081A represents a major breakthrough for HP The product is unique in the market place today 2 2 Computer News OEM Edition August 1983 Where are the needs The needs exist in industrial environments like automobile manufacturing plants where there are nearly a million parts and aircraft maintenance operations where every transaction must be recorded in laboratories where chemicals are analyzed in libraries videotape clubs mail order houses anywhere small fields of data must be available to an online system in vast quantities How Does The HP 3081A Meet The Needs of The Marketplace Small in size it doesn t take up a lot of space ona workbench counter or desk Also a bracket can be or dered to mount the terminal ona flat surface wall or bench when space is at
59. try Featuring the largest removable dise available it s deal for private volumes convenient data transportabllity and fast image backup Introducing firmware that gives you up to 50 more IOs per second Enter HP new disc performance enhancement firmware designed to reduce overhead and increase the number of I O transacnons per second Now standard with all large discs this new firmware m iscs operate 15 20 faster on most single dise applications on the HP 3000 and up to 50 faster on HP 3000 applications using four dises And it can be retrot to existing C5180 discs Care to compare Call your local HP Sales Office today for a demonstration of some af the fastest lowest cost per megabyte dise dnves in the industry HEWLETT 4802204 Q PACKARD Perioherals Announcing Standalone HP 7970ER Tape Drives We hear you Our inventory levels are up and so in response to all of your many many requests HP is introducing as another something extra HP 7970ER tape drives as standalone units The 1600 bpi master tape drive is attractively packaged in a compact lo boy cabinet And as with all other HP remarketed products the 7970ER is completely refurbished and covered by a 90 day warranty The 7970ER is compatible with all HP 3000 computer systems including the Series III 3x 4x and 64 Since quantities are limited your HP sales rep must call first to re serve your units before presenting you with a quot
60. u can build the 7470A into your system and be assured of plotter support for ten full years Disc Ad Appears in Interact An ad positioning HP s high end discs as some of the fastest low est cost per megabyte disc drives in the industry appeared in the May June issue of Interact the magazine sponsored by the HP 3000 International User s Group The ad discusses the special HP 7933G pricing package the perfor mance and features of the 7935 and PEP HP s new performance en hancement firmware The ad outlines the performance and price features that make HP competitive in the high end disc market then concludes with an in vitation to the reader to contact the local HP sales office for a demon stration or for more information Putting it simply If you re serious about buying disc drives consider this fact Hewlett Packard sells some of the highest performance lowest cost per megabyte dise drives in the industry Take our disc drive package for example at 17 below list Buy the 7933G a bundled system consisting of three 404 megabyte 7933H drives and pay 17 less than the individual list prices In addition summer specials are ing on now call your HP Sales Office for even more savings Or consider the highest capacity fastest removable disc on today s market The 404 megabyte 7935 is not only the fastest it s also the lowest cost per megabyte removable disc drive in the indus
61. will be included in the HP 2700 Model 65 and is an accessory 13273E priced at 1250 for existing units The availability of the Model 65 and 13273E accessory is 8 10 weeks Matrix Instruments is located at 230 Pegasus Avenue Northvale NJ 07647 Telephone 201 767 1750 In Europe the address is Honeywell S A Avenue Henri Matisse 14 B1140 Brussels Belgium Telex 22788 Phone 32 2 243 1487 Attn Frank Kasper Computer News OEM Edition 3 August 1983 REINHARDT HELMUT FRANKFURT REGION HQ HPGR 8300 August 1983 Volume 2 Issue 10 Nee Ee a uM OEM News is published monthly for Hewlett Packard OEMs to keep you informed of HP products and services and to rovide information to help you be more successful s n EINGEGANGEN If you work for a company that is an OEM for Hewlett Packard and want to receive your own copy of OEM News call your Q C83 Hewlett Packard sales representative 9 Sep we For further information on any of the products and services Erl aane sud discussed in OEM News please contact your HP sales rep ie Note Not all HP computer products are sold and supported in all countries Please check with your local HP Sales Office If you have any suggestions comments or letters about OEM News please send them to Editor Irene Economou Peterson Hewlett Packard Company Business Development Group 19320 Pruneridge Avenue Cupertino California 95014 USA Cin HEWLETT PACKARD A

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