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1. COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER RE INHARDT HELMUT FRANKFURT MPUTER i SYSTEM TER newer ff acrano Vol 2 No 7 Feb 15 1977 GRENOBLE PRODUCES kag MADE IN FRANCE Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 1 COMPANY PRIVATE H 3 j d j i l J 4 a 1 4 i j i i i j COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER 2640 Family Produced at Grenoble Page 17 RPG Enhanced for KSAM 3000 Page 18 New CSG Ad Campaign Page 21 AMD News Division News Marketing Dept Organization Changes B Mohr AMD 3 Sales Aids Sales Aids NEEE ET T Freed AMD 4 Boise News Division News Chuck Ulfers amp Steve Davis Join Sales Team oo ccc eee J Whitesell Boise 5 Product News HPs2767 ENCON ae raphe 2 teens J Freeman Boise 5 Discounts for 3000 Subsystems S Richardson Boise 5 2607A References S Richardson Boise 5 HP 3070 Profile HP 3070 Profile VASE ean E ERS B Guidon Boise 6 Where Does the 3070 Fit B Guidon Boise 6 DSD News HP 1000 System Perspective Digital Instrumentation HP IB Specials Systems Solutions What s Avail D Hannebrink amp D Hendrix DSD 7 Analog M amp C Article Clarification D Hannebrink DSD amp D Hendrix DSD 11 Product News 2123A Removed From Co2. GENERAL SYSTEMS DIVISION SALES DEVELOPMENT Don Barkley Jan Wiliams Carol Carr NORTH AMERICAN SALES EAST NORTH AMERICAN SALES WEST SALES TRAINING amp ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL Ralph White Andy Danver Ross Hunt Bob Shebesta ESR Sam Boot NSR North Rich Phillips Carol Budkowsk Bob Ingols SSR Barry Klaas NSR South Bob Huffstetter Dan Davis MSR E A J Laymon MSR W amp CSR The recent promotion of Raloh Manies to his new position of The North American Sales West team is managed by Andy Customer Relations Manager brought about some changes Danver formerly the Manufacturing Market Manager this in our North American Sales East team Ralph White has eam supports NSR CSR and MSR W been asked to manage this team which supports ESR SSR and MSR E He formerly worked in the International area Rich Phillips and Bob Huffstetter who tormerly supported Bob Shebesta will be handling ESR Previously he was ESR will provide our International support Production Engineering Manager here at GSD and had been supporting MSR E since joining Sales Development Ross Hunt who joined us from APD hardles our field sales raining Prior to joining HP Ross was a SYS 3 salesman for A new name has been added to support MSR E and that is BM Dan Davis who came to us from the Product Support group where he managed the Data Center and maintained the With these changes we will try and keep up with your sales training equipment support needs Thanks for all th
3. CR LF or Control 0 will resume normal display Another outstanding feature of the 2640 family of terminals Toa Ag He A CNTL N 56789QA wells veaye r 2920123 PedrniO x wpvypry a TEAdyugt Ted CNTL N Za C 0123 456789 lt gt defghijk lmnopqrs tuvwxyz ti A TURN OFF Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER They Are Here By Eric Grandjean DTD We have the great pleasure of announcing that we now have in stock the following new manuals Manual Part No 2645A Reference Manual 2640B N S Reference Manual 2645A User s Manual 2645S User s Manual 2640B User s Manual 2640S User s Manual 2640N User s Manual 02645 90005 02640 90110 02645 90001 02645 90024 02640 90109 02640 90113 02640 90111 COMING UP NEXT MONTH 2641A User s Manual 2641A 2645A S Reference Manual Supplement WE ALSO HAVE THE FOLLOWING SERVICE MANUALS 02645 90003 02640 90115 2641A 45A 45S Service Manual 2640B N S Service Manual Place your order from nearest parts center Static Discharge Prevention By Ed Churka DTD VELOSTAT MATS IN COMPUTER ROOMS Velostat Mat aN aie Ground The Nuclear Products Division of 3M Company has con fronted the pesty irritant to computer systems and peripher als known as static discharge 3M developed a black floor mat that will disc
4. serves attention and how it was helpful to you The next issue of the Contributed Library catalog will be available sometime in March From now on it will be re issued in some form perhaps supplements at least once a year Also the latest entries are announced in each issue of the HP Communicator This renewed factory interest in the Contributed Library is a direct response to comments that have come in from the field offices Your voice has been heard Program of the Month 1 NAME DFINE amp SWPIT two programs work together Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 12 PART 22682 18958 paper tape 50 00 22682 13358 mini cartridge 105 00 PURPOSE Allows user to redefine partitions in RTE IlI while on line Changes may be memory only disc only or memory and disc The system may be active while partitions are being redefined There are minimal cautions input errors which can not be detected these are explained in the documentation Pages with parity errors may be omitted from the redefined partitions Partition definition follows the same procedure as the generator itself except the generator does not exclude pages with parity errors It starts by printing the page requirements of real time and background programs and any partition assignments Memory size is re quested the response may be a memory size less than or greater than specified at generation The ease of redefining partitions permits the user
5. bank of China with 30 000 branches Now if we could sell them just one little computer terminal for each branch COMPANY PRIVATE ew MPV ism D Y lU ESMS NE W SLE TI Tem 2640 Family Produced at Grenoble By Francis Marc HPG Our first production run of 2640B 2640N and 2640S is completed and available Starting February 1st Grenoble receives orders and supplies Europe with these models The 2645A will be built also in a few months The availability schedule lists all the complementary options and acces sories we can provide Even now call me for all information you may need Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 17 COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUT RA SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER KSAM Introduced January 24 1977 By Rich Edwards GSD What s easy to use completes the spectrum of data man agement facility choices on the Series II and will help you break quota on 3000 s Why KSAM 3000 of course KSAM was introduced on January 24th by the following announce ment appearing in Computerworld 1 31 and Electronic News 1 24 Now Keyed Sequential Access to HP 3000 Files File access by a new keyed sequential access method KSAM is now an option for Hewlett Packard 3000 Series H computer user KSAM 3000 completes the spectrum of data management facility choices on Series II fitting between the multipro gramming executive file system that is standard equipment and the optional IMAGE
6. made to the operating institution in Washington which has developed two system MPE C or MPE Il the customer may no longer be application packages called PROMIS and JUSTICE able to take advantage of new versions of MPE as they are ik released Because HP may subsequently modify some of PROMIS provides statistical and management information the same modules that the customer may have changed he as well as helping the prosecutor manage his caseload As a may not be able to take advantage of changes and management tool PROMIS helps schedule police improvements HP may make in MPE appearances in court and monitor time spent in this function It has been discovered that the reports and data provided by As you can see providing source code and documentation PROMIS is the exact same information needed by the courts is outside of the mainstream of our business As a result we By modifying PROMIS s code and thereby changing some are not organized to provide professional and on going report heading and formats a new system is created This support for these items but will make them available to those system is called JUSTICE Both systems can be run on the customers who understand what they will receive HP 3000 AS WELL AS OTHER SYSTEMS INCLUDING DEC s If you run up against this situation in the future contact Harvey Flatt in the Rockville sales office for further details By Don Barkley GSD Te Here is what is happening in Sales Development
7. modify the materials furnished under the license agreement and may sell or license the object code derived from the modified source code to that user s customers INCONJUCTION WITH THE SALE OF HP HARDWARE BY THAT USER 3 The user shall not copy or otherwise reproduce the source code except copies for safeguarding or archival purposes Of course the user may compile the source code and may also modify it and compile it for his own use It is important to note that this agreement allows OEM s to put one copy of their modified source code in object code form on each HP 3000 they sell in keeping with the present policy of allowing OEM s to purchase a software subsystem once and copy it once for each subsequent system they buy from GSD It cannot be overemphasized that the licensee must be fully appraised of HP s support limitations pertaining to modified software run on the 3000 HP will not provide any support for customer modified source code or the related object code If HP discovers in the process of trouble shooting a software problem that the problem was caused by the customer s modifications HP may levy an additional charge over and above the customer s maintenance agreement A source code special will only be quoted to an HP 3000 customer who has already purchased ordered the related object code subsystems or in the case of MPE an HP 3000 system If you have a customer interested in purchasing source code the follow
8. tape as few as two commands will do the whole job FA key and may be assigned as many as 15 others Access may be by exact generic or approximate key value by logical record number or logical number within a sequence or simply in chronologi cal order Duplicate key values are permitted RPG Enhanced for KSAM 3000 System 3 indexed access ISAM files can be built with By Rich Edwards GSD KSAM on the 3000 through FCOPY See your recent KSAM field training manual for details and examples Converting an RPG System 3 user to the 3000 is now as easy Note that KSAM has a real performance edge over the as 1 2 3 Read on and you ll see indexed files on the Sys 3 not Just one but up to 16 keys may be specified for each file Thus sorts and 1 The program and data files must be loaded onto the redundant programs processing a particular file can be 3000 This media conversion cards floppies or IBM eliminated by using multiple keys This saves both discs to 3000 mag tape can be easily performed by a processing time and the hassle of maintaining all those local service bureau sorts and extra programs Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 18 COMPANY PRIVATES COMPUT R SYST MS NEWSI TTER 3 With almost no changes the System 3 RPG programs will compile and run on the 3000 Obvious changes are the peripheral names MFCU1 becomes CARD etc and the 3000 double quote convention vs single quote on the Sy
9. to experiment to find the optimum for his application and to make changes to accom modate occasional unusual needs For exam ple a partition equal to the maximum address able say 14 pages may be needed for a program that is run perhaps once amonth The rest of the time a 14 page partition would be wasteful of memory Some of the questions a user might have are 1 How many partitions do need 2 How many should be real time and how many should be background 3 Should some of my partitions be reserved for special programs Which partitions and which programs DFINE makes it easy to experiment with these parameters and change the partitions without regeneration This places less of a burden upon the user to thoroughly analyze his needs prior to doing the generation Error on Fiche 9640A By Mark FowleiDSD Please note that the CPL is in error in its discription of the 9640A The 3rd line of the description reads 12960A 015 RTE II 92001B should read Dua Channel Port Controller and Time Base Generator The 12960A and RTE II are not included in the price for the 9640A Base System COMPANY PRIVATES ed COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER DTD Cracks the Whip By Rich Ferguson DTD The week of January 24th DTD put its sales force through a grinding ordeal No mercy was shown through a tortuous five day training class The theme of the class was to answer th
10. worstate 4V ____ 12551B Relay Output 100V across contacts 16 OUTPUT a Computer control of external ckts Register 12554A 16 Bit Duplex 5V 16 IN OUT _ Computer communications to 16 bit devices Input Register O State 8V t State 5V Output O State 12V 12554A 001 16 Bit Duplex State 8V 16 IN OUT aas es Computer communications to 16 bit devices Input a Register State 5V Output tState 12V ue O State 5V 12555B D A Converter 0 10Vfs 2 Drives oscilloscopes x y recorders and other analog devices 12556B 40 Bit Output I Slate 12V 4 5V 40 OUTPUT _ For driving digital recorders program lines of Register Q State OV stimulus and measuring instr and control panel indicators 12566B Microcircuit I F 1 State 0 5V 16 IN OUT Used to drive std TTL logic circuits O State 2 4 5V m 12566B 002 Microcircuit VF 1 State 2 4V 5V 16 IN OUT _ Used to drive std TTL logic circuits o State 0 5V 4 12604B DS Input VF 1 State 5V 100V 32 INPUT Provides 32 bits 8 BCD digits inputs for more positive than 0 State interfacing the digital outputs from DVM s range 100V 100V counters etc Enina NOTES 1 Prerequisite 1 each 91132A 91063A or 91140A that contains a 91206A or 91207A 2 Can only be used in 91063A mainframe 3 91XXX number scheme represenls the DSD product for the New Jersey I O This numbering scheme
11. 0A Relay Output 1 State Closed Contacts 12 Uses in tests or process requiring digital Card O State Open Contacts signal isolation 91205A 69434A 12 N A AC amp DC Yes Used to monitor relay contacts Event Sense Interrupt PState Contact Open O State Contact Closed 91206A 69370A D A Current Converter 0 20 475 mA stimulates semiconductors No Yes Operates electro mechanical actuators and Yes Drives analog recorders controis analog equipment 91207A 69321B D A Voltage 10 235V 10 24V Converter 69600A Programmable 14Sec gt 409 5 Sec Timer Stall Alarm Watch dog timer SL Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 9 COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUT R SYST MS N s WSLE TT ZR Exhibit B Digital Hardware Options General Description Matrix Continued n G S a na TT Signat OSD Cross Ret Outputs Conditioning Termination Typical Product to N J Description Limits Bits Inputs Available Strips Application Gago oT 91209A 69601A Frequency Ref 1 10 100Hz 6 No No Used in conjunction with the 69435A pulse Card 1 10 100kHz counter to measur
12. 3000 data base management system with QUERY inquiry facility at higher cost With KSAM HP states 3000 Series H computers now have the most complete range of data management options in their class 3000 Series If computers use RPG COBOL BASIC FORTRAN and SPL any ot which can be used to create KSAM records that can later be acces sed in the same or any other of the languages Files may be simultaneously accessed and updated by multiple users from separate programs Manipulation of KSAM files is made easy by a pair of utility programs and a set of commands With these files can be created renamed cleared purged verified as to contents and access history and copied in whole or part from disc to tape or vice i List price of KSAM 3000 in the U S is 2500 KSAM complements IMAGE 3000 with QUERY HP s data base management option for the computer series which continues at 11 000 KSAM 3000 may be ordered as original equipment with new 3000 Series I Computers and may be site retrofitted to any already installed First customer deliveries are expected in February Price and Delivery Using KSAM records are retrieved through ref versa N erence to key or index fields designated by the Converting existing files into KSAM files is a programmer at the time of entry Record length may simple procedure Once they are stored on dise or be variable or fixed Each record has one primary
13. 77 in 6 77 13290A Approved Approved Must have Option 015 2640B 45A Type Power Supply Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 14 Must have Option 017 EMI construction COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSI TTER As you can see we are moving along but things do not happen overnight either here or with Government agencies Thanks to our good rapport with the agencies and enthusiastic help from the field abroad we will attain our goals in record time Q Benny have more questions to ask you about EMI and communications approvals They are other impor tant topics to discuss If you don t object we will meet again for the next edition of DID News Thank you and see you in two weeks aS 264X CRT on RSTS Systems By Miles Kehoe Atlanta have found that all features requiring escape sequence can be used on 264X series running as remotes on any DEC RSTS system The trick is to use ASCII character 155 instead of normal Escape this tricks RSTS yet is received as ESC by 264X Typical program sequence in RSTS might be 10 A CHRS 155 amp DB 25 PRINT A THIS WILL COME OUT BLINKING 20 END No patch to RSTS is necessary Also the DEC supplied utility VTSODP for displaying system status on DEC s VT50 works with no changes SELECT TEPMINAL READY ESC C K TULSA atA gs perce ar vinta hat ESC A TaBy gsed
14. Crystal Oscillator Current Measurement Current Output 0 20mA Current Output D A Current Converter D A Voltage Converter DC Power Supply Control Digital Inputs Digital Outputs Event Sensing Frequency Measurement Frequency Reference Lamp Control One Shot Open Collector Output Pacer Power Supply Control Preset Counter Process Interrupt Pulse Counter COMPANY Plug in Card Model Number 69421A 69434A 69436A 69325A 69328A 69421A 69380A 69480A 69430A 31A 34A 69330A 69433A 69435A 69601B 69421A 69370A 69510A 69513A 69370A 69321B 69500A 69513A 69430A 31A 34A 36A 69331A 332A 380A 69434A 69436A 69435A amp 69600B 69601B 69330A 31A 32A 69600B 69332A 69601A 69600B 69500A 69513A 69435A 69434A 69436A 69435A PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER 69335A 69332A 69430A 31A 34A 69330A 69433A 69500A 69513A 69330A 69433A Pulse Train Relay Coil Control Relay Contact Monitoring Relay Output Resistance Output Scanner Reed Relay Stall Alarm 69600B Stepping Motor Controls 69335A Time Interval Measurement 69435A amp 69601B Time Reference 69601B Timer 69600B Totalizer 69435A TTL Output 69331A Up Down Counter 69435A Voltage Measurement 69421A Voltage Output 69321B Voltage Output 69500A 69513A Watchdog Timer 69600B Word Comparator 69434A The other I O cards contained in the matrix provide general interfacing capabilities fo
15. February 15 1977 John Tonkin DSD Art Editor Factory Shipments We are now entering U S factary shipments directly into the Software support data base Customer Engineers no longer need to send a Software Product Maintenance Request SPMR to initiate support for customers under warranty The new procedure is as follows 1 Using the End of Month QA Shipment History Mag Tape from Data Systems and General Systems Divisions we strip off all products with software support 2 We enter these products into the software support data base and produce edit sheets which are sent to CE Management for verification and addition of customer name and CE contact information 3 Upon return of the marked up edit sheets we update the support data base 4 if we do not have a customer contact name update shipments the Communicator and any materials the cus tomer is entitled to will be sent to the local HP office attention CE Manager for forwarding to the customer 5 Each month we add new shioments and we drop cus tomers at the end of the normal or extended GSA warranty period unless they convert to a software contract The first set of edit sheets under this U S factory shipment program is in the mail right now We are contacting Grenoble and hope to incorporate their shipments shortly HOPEFULLY THESE ARE THE FIRST OF MANY IMPROVE MENTS IN THE OPERATION OF SOFTWARE SUPPORT PROGRAMS WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE FACT THAT THEY WERE
16. IS PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER This corrects memory errors while the computer is running and remembers where they occurred During regular service our engineer asks the computer how it s feeling and fixes any problems But as far as you re concerned the memory has been functioning perfectly all along The real key to avoiding obsolescence is our operating system lts so advanced that it your White Pages we ll show will be the heart of our com you exactly how to do it Or puters for years to come That write to Bill Krause Hewlett means you can upgrade as you Packard 11000 Wolfe Road grow without having to throw Cupertino CA 95014 away your old programs This ability to expand your business without outgrowing your computer means you can continue to avoid the Com puter Catch 22 If you ll contact the Hewlett Packard office in HEWLETT MW PACKARD IT S POSSIBLE FOR ONE SMALL COMPUTER TO ACT LIKE A BIG CENTRAL COMPUTER The Hewlett Packard 3000 Series II certainly does It can handle up to 63 inputs from terminals data entry stations optical card readers even other computers All the system components are You can call up data about any phase of your Operation review it on a CRT or get hard copy from a printer HP offers a variety of terminals Your kind of business determines which kind of terminal x is best for you Volume 2
17. Number 7 February 15 1977 supplied by Hewlett Packard More than 15 000 HP so there s no problem with com computers are at work in this patibility and you receive country and around the world complete service instructionand They re helping people in all training from a single company kinds of businesses get immediate answers to urgent questions And that s how you stay ahead of the game Running batch jobs such as payrolls won t interrupt your ability to get right now information 23 COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTE The Latest on Software Contracts By Fred Sommer CSD Since November 1st when CSD took over responsibility for managing the software subscription and software mainte nance programs a lot of changes have taken place The most significant changes are Communicator Issue Number 11 Nov Dec was the last one being distri buted by CPC Effective now CSD is responsible for dis tribution of the Communicator A complete set of policies and procedures is being developed and should be ready in a matter of weeks In the interim 1 A separate Communicator Order Form will no longer be necessary for Software Contracts unless additional sub scriptions are requested 2 Order Forms should be used for employee orders and direct mail order subscriptions They should be sent to HEWLETT PACKARD CO Computer Systems Communicator P O Box 61809 Sunnyvale Ca 94088 USA AEE re Volume 2 Number 7
18. SO LONG IN STARTING HEWLETT PACKARD COMPUTER SYSTEMS GROUP 11000 Wolfe Road Cupertino California 95014 USA Bob Lindsay CS Group Editor DSD Graphics Photo Typesetting Address content inquiries to PAT LEMMON AMD Editor LILLIAN BLANKINSHIP BOISE Editor KATHY ADAMS DMD Editor DELIE BARTLETT DSD Editor SONI HOGAN DTD Editor CAROL BUDKOWSKI GSD Editor CATHERINE CLAY HPG Editor TOM FREED AMD Technical Editor JOHN WHITESELL BOISE Technica Editor BOB HOKE DMD Technical Editor JOE SCHOENDORF DSD Technical Editor CARL FLOCK DTD Technical Editor DON BARKLEY GSD Technical Editor GUNTER KLOEPPER HPG Technical Editor COMPANY PRIVATE
19. XX numbers are used when ordering add on analog Ordering HP 1000 Software cards to the 2313B subsystem in the 9611R By Frank Jackson DSD environment This provides an avenue to order termination strips to the individual cards associated with There appears to be some confusion regarding the ordering the 2313B subsystem of software on paper tape or mini cartridges Hopefully the following will clarify the issue or confuse you more HP 1000 Orders 2170 2172 2172 System software RTE II or RTE ill is always shipped on a p g Grandfather disc Hardware diagnostic software is provided 2123A Removed from Corporate Price List on mini cartridges By David Carver DSD The 2100A has reached the point in its life cycle where it is This standard for HP 1000 orders only DO NOT specify Opt no longer desirable to offer a price break on the 2100 7900 020 mini cartridges this confuses the booking system and DISComputer 2123A will need a change to the order Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 11 COM BANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Additional Software Line Items This applies to all line item software available with the HP 1000 e g Multi User BASIC 92101A DS1 B 91700A and IMAGE 1000 92063A even on the same order as an HP 1000 If your customer wants this line item software inte grated with an HP 1000 on the same order then the order must specify Option 020 mini cartridges to that item only If no o
20. at do you do when you get too lig for your small computer but youre still too small for a big one Its a tricky situation You want a large system that will supply up to the minute information about all phases of your company s operation At the same time you need a real workhorse to handle payroll general ledger and other accounting chores It sounds like a job for the traditional big computer until you figure the cost That forces you to look at other options Up to now they weren t very good But today giant strides in technology give you the best of both worlds big computer capa bilities at a small system price In short the Hewlett Packard 3000 Series II A dozen different jobs at once The new HP 3000 is a glutton for work It has a versatile operating system that keeps all kinds of data processing func tions running simultaneously While the computer is print ing reports it will run your payroll update sales figures accept inventory data from your warehouse interact with a programmer help you with pro jections maintain personnel records all this and more with Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 out keeping anyone waiting This manager of your data is fast and efficient And it gives you a number of other big computer advantages in the bargain You can run large pro grams develop software quickly and inexpensively and use as Many as six languages Perhaps most important
21. at our standard product line provide the total M amp C solution Help in quoting a special is as near as your DSD Sales Development Engineer Putting Together a Front End System After deciding what is needed in terms of analog and digital VO capability you ll want to offer a solution that is packaged to meet the customer s needs Now it s sometimes reason able to consider suggesting a 2313B and or 91063A subsystem as a line item for field integration with an HP 1000 This assumes of Course the necessary cabinets with their proper options are available and software planning for these subsystems has been made Most times though you ll want to consider a 9603R or a 9611R Measurement and Control Station How do these differ The 9603R 9611R comparison chart points out the essential differences As can be seen the systems are functionally similar The differences lie in the intended applications environment industrial or laboratory The RFQ should be quite clear in determining which system you should be quoting Typical racking configurations can be found in the 9603R 9611R Configuring Guide 5952 8507 Of course any special content whether it be for racking and or integration of CFE requires the Specials Group s involvement in the quotation Again contact Sales Development for help in quoting a special COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER 9603R 9611R Comparison The 9603R is intended for use in laboratory
22. c tured in compliance with the standards it was ap proved under My main goal therefore s to get agencies approvals for DTD products where required The following is a summary Q How does this activity affect our sales of an interview with Benny Herbst Product a A Aside from liability loss prevention having these ap Safety EMI and Communica L provals can be used as a tool to add to the sales pitch tions Manager here at DTD 1 Safe to use possible reduction in insurance pre miums also want to point out that in many areas Q Benny how would you describe your job and what are categories and environments our product cannot be your main objectives sold without an approval here it s obvious no approval no sales This is the case in the USA for instance A Eric my job is divided into three parts Other countries have similar requirements and are just as strict about it Germany is another example 4 Cause the design of the product to meet applicable safety EMI and communications standards Q Thats really an important point Now Benny what is the general status of the 2640 family regarding safety 2 Where applicable submit the product to regulatory approvals Could you give me a rundown country by body agencies and test houses and secure country approvals A Yes the following table illustrates the safety approval status t
23. drAnvOx Axut ESC B ee ia HEE SRAOEHGY 4 ESC aBe DEFGHIJK LMN POKS ee my SAME ASCII CODE 1010100 UPPER CASE oT VWXYZI aili EAR HIRI Shai stestabs a 2 OFSRGEAR SES Ie 14_ abe Ask Your Terminal By Eric Grandjean DTD You are somewhere in the field and forgot your reference card or manual You need to build a form or demo an alternate character set What to do Press Self Test Here you are in front of your eyes you have a one to one corresponding chart of alternate characters with the basic Roman character set You can leave the part you need on display for your convenience or if you need it again place cursor below your working area and press test to get another pattern By default or after a hard reset the alternate character set selection is always A After selection of another set i e C itremains your alternate set until another selection is made or until you hard reset the terminal To turn on the alternate set just press CONTROUN To go back to Roman set press Control 0 or CR LF As a remin der the alternate set selection is only good for one line at a time Application Note If you receive a request for blind data entry for security or other reasons the solution is easy leave alternate charac ter set A socket s blank on display enhancement board A ROM s not installed Before typing just press Control N Reset
24. e measurement and control products For the short term he will work in parallel with Jim McCabe who after 11 years with AMD feels it s time for a change Jim will join Roger Ueltzen s staff at DSD in March We are very happy to welcome Peter and feel his talents will be a strong addition to AMD s product marketing effort in this Critical area It is my goal to look at both product management and appli cations engineering as leveraged investment areas in the Marketing Department Therefore am combining these functions under a single manager for each product line For the Digital Test Product Line Paul Accampo will be assum ing that responsibility We are once again fortunate to have someone with a background in both product management and applications to perform this key task Dawson Mabey will continue as Analog Test System Product Manager Computer 4 Museum S Alves DIGITAL TEST P Accampo ANALOG TEST D Mabey MEASUREMENT amp CONTROL P Palm Product Product Product Marketing Marketing Marketing Applications Applications Applications COMPANY PRIVATE i q i i j Hi j 1 j H 1 j l i COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Each of the three Product Managers will report directly to me Dick Loviien and Dick Landes will continue in their current roles as Marketing Support Manager and Contracts and Order Processing Manager re
25. e question Will your terminal work with my computer Dazzled by the display of intelligence each salesman exhi bited the factory personnel cheerfully conducted numerous laboratory sessions aimed at giving the participants thorough hands on experience where terminal operation in front of a customer is the key to his success Salesmen with ten thumbs were transformed magically into superstars with nimble and glib fingertips gliding across the keyboard being able to demonstrate tall features with a single bound A salesman like any good soldier should be able to field strip his piece terminal in this case Hence the class first assignment was to completely disassemble his or her termi nal and reassemble it The hard part was to make it work After this grueling session laboratory experiments involved with data entry data communications soft keys and ex tended features were conducted throughout the week Any sign of stumbling or faltering was dealt with immediately by the pack of specially trained factory people The gnashing of teeth was a familiar sound as our great specialists enjoyed every moment Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 COMPANY PRIVATE TEMS N SaWSLET Product Safety at DTD By Eric GrandjeaniDTD U LISTED TEACHING EDP BUSINESS EQUIPMENT 954K L HS7 D HEWLETT PACKARD 3 Insure that the product continues to be manufa
26. e time intervals pacing element 91220A 69335A Stepping Motor 1 State 0 5V 2 No Yes Drive stepping motors O State 4 75 5 25V or 12V a 91221A 69435A Pulse Counter 0 4095 counts 12 1 AC amp DC Yes Measure frequencies or time intervals count objects on production tine 91222A 69480A wi 12 Bit AC DC AC 1 State 95 130V 12 g N A Yes Yes Used in systems that require signal condition signat Status Input o State open circuit ing for inputs from industrial type environment conditioning DC 4 State 10 55V O State open circuit __ 91223A 69331A wi 12 Bit AC DC AC 1 State 20 240V 12 N A Yes Yes Used when signal conditioning req d for out signal Digital Output O State open circuit put levels to industrial type environment conditioning DC State 4 55V o State open circuit 12930A Universal 1 F State gt 1V 16 IN OUT w 12 _ gt General purpose F to allow easy interfacing input a k O State 1V control signals of instr 1 State 2 4V 8 t utpu O State 4V 12930A 001 Universal I F input 1 State 0 gt 5V 16 IN OUT wit2 General purpose F to allow easy interfacing PU o State 2 4V 45V control signals of instr State 4V o i UtpUt orstate 2 4V 12930A 002 Universal VF iisi State 2 4V 5V 16 IN OUT wit2 General purpose F to allow easy interfacing npul sorstate 0 gt 5V Control signals of instr State 2 4V Output
27. environments where signal conditioning screw terminations and locking cabinet doors are not required As such these items are not available with the 9603R Whats Included 2313B Plug in cards 91063A Digital O Subsystem and Cards VO Extenders Add on Cabinet bays Local Interface to HP 1000 HP 9603R Remote Scientific Measurement and Control Station 2313B 001 Analog I O Subsystem Remote Microcircuit Interface 3 One bay 56 inch cabinet 220V 60 Hz split phase power 4 Instruction manuals 91220A DAS Utility Library won gt The 9611R is intended for use in an industrial environment where a rugged interface is needed to the process VO spurious signals may be present near the subsystem and plant security requires the system to be in accessible to unauthorized personnel Hence signa conditioning screw terminations and locking cabinet doors are standard with the 9611R 9611R Remote Industrial Measurement and Control Station 91063A 001 Digital VO Subsystem 2 Remote Microcircuit Interface 3 One bay 56 inch cabinet 220V 60 Hz splitphase power top cable entry and lockable front and rear doors 4 Provision for 7 analog and 15 digital O options with screw terminal field terminations 5 62005E 5V 2A Power Supply for signal conditioning modules 6 Instruction manuals DAS Utility Library 91063A Plug
28. ey should be listed under equipment Type 4 B and are subject to OEM schedule C and VEU schedule A If you have any questions please contact your Boise Sales Development Engineer 2607A References By Steve Richardson Boise In an effort to aid you in your job of selling line printers we have recently surveyed several sales regions for 2607A cus tomer references These efforts have uncovered several cus tomers who would make excellent reference accounts If you need a customer reference for 2607A or have a satisfied customer who would make a good reference ac count please contact your Boise Sales Development En gineer Good Selling 5 COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER HP 3070 Profile By Bernard Guidon Boise Under this heading we are beginning a new series of articles dedicated to the 3070A n each issue of the Newsletter we will be addressing a particular topic to define the mar ketplace for the 3070A and whom you should call on to get those exciting orders But also we will be reviewing the key features of the product how they are related to the mar ketplace and what benefits they offer to your customer to make the 3070A an attractive product Following is the list of questions that we will be answering e Where does the 3070 fit What s the marketplace e Whom should call on e What s the competition Why on line source data capture e What are the benefits of
29. fered by the multidrop capability e What are the benefits offered by error free communica tions e Where does the HP IB fit e Where does the 3071A fit e Benefits of the 3070 versus 7260 for source data capture As you already know the 3070A is a UNIQUE product with capabilities available only from Hewlett Packard Associated with IMAGE 1000 and generally with the HP 1000 it places HP ahead of the competition DON T WAIT THE COMPETITION CATCHES UP SELL 3070A s NOW Where Does The 3070 Fit By Bernard Guidon Boise The first article of this new series is dedicated to investigat ing where the 3070A fits into a manufacturing environment Compatible with the HP 1000 approach to operations man agement the 3070A is designed to help you sell systems to collect and analyze manufacturing information Controlling production of goods within a manufacturing operation is one of the most powerful leverage tools available today to im prove profits and tighten control of the manufacturing pro cess Inventory investments can be reduced and greater production returns can result from knowing the status and flow of production Computer systems such as the HP 1000 are the appropriate tools today to achieve such monitoring However such systems are only as valid as their data and today one of the most important concerns of EDP managers is to get data into the computer quickly and accurately Such needs have prompted the develo
30. for a well managed company our computer will give you immedi ate answers to important questions Turning raw numbers into usable information Data Base Management is an essential ingredient in an effective business infor mation system This ability to consolidate related infor mation into easily accessible files is usually found only in larger computers But youl find it in the HP 3000 At any time your key people can call up the facts they need in the form they need them Yet the information is protected against unauthorized users by a multi level security system Our computer will generate forms titles page and column headings data sorted by cate 22 COMPANY THIS SN gories subtotals totals and averages So vou can follow trends do projections and modeling make informed prod uct and marketing decisions for the future While youre looking ahead vou may wonder how well your HP 3000 will serve you over the E vears Reliability service and obsolescence are legitimate concerns in this fast moving technology First service We can take care of you quickly here and overseas N because we have 700 computer system Customer Engineers working out of offices in 65 countries What about reliability One customer reported that he was experienc ing alarmingly little downtime with his HP 3000 Series Il An explanation for this lies in our fault control memory NOT TH
31. harge system users before they touch the computer terminal keyboard or peripheral device The mat surrounds the work area and is connectable to earth ground through a cable connected on the mat Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 3M calls it VELOSTAT Sheets Series Number 1800 They also have adhesive tape to connect the large 4x8 foot sheets together Contact Wiliam A Newton Static Eliminator Sales 320 Shaw Road South San Francisco CA 94080 Telephone 415 761 1155 Order department is 612 733 9420 Note the list price sheet below 3M recommends the 1805 Type listed The ground cord needs to be ordered separately PRICE LIST EFFECTIVE FEB 20 1976 VELOSTAT FILM PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ON ONE SIDE TYPE MIL wor QUANTITY PRICE PER YARD 1758 G 5 yds 10 00 8ml 36 10 yds 6 00 25 yds 3 40 SERIES NO 1800 VELOSTAT SHEETS PRICE SHEET SPECIAL ORDER RIGID SHEETS TYPE SIZE UNIT PRICE ee 4 x 8x 1 8 S 73 70 Per Sheet 4x 8x 3 16 110 00 Per Sheet TYPE 1864 With Ground Cord and Snap Fasteners Specify 5 10 or 15 Ground Cord with order THICKNESS SIZE PRICE SHEET 18 24 x 32 18 70 1 8 q x8 77 70 Ground cords are available with megohm resistors at 2 00 additional charge SMART CHAR R by Stansbury i imes pa N a v v i lt a Q S m m er Their only bank is the
32. in cards with signal conditioning 2313B Analog I O Subsystems and Cards VO Extenders Add on Cabinet bays Local interface to HP 1000 eran Notes 1 Consult the M amp C Technical Data Book 5952 8506 and the 9603R 9611R Configuring Guide 5952 8507 for details concerning proper ordering of options 2 DAS utility library discussed next issue 3 Both the 9603R and 9611R include a communications interface for serial communication to an HP 1000 up to 3 Km 10000 ft via hardwired twisted pair cables Each has an option to replace the serial card with a local parallel microcircuit interface and 12 ft cable for higher throughput of I O located close to the computer Exhibit B Digital Hardware Options General Description Matrix Signal Outputs Conditioning Termination Typical Inputs Available Strips Application DSD Product Cross Ref to N J Description 91132A 69351B Voltage N A 4 outputs Provides voltages to the 69370A 60321A Regulator to back plane of D A s and 69421A voltage monitor card Card muitiprogrammer 91201A 69331A Digital Output 1 State 0 3V Provides digital output to instruments Card o State 4 5 gt 5V 12V solenoid drive ckts and solid state AC switches 91201A 001 69331A 072 1 State 4 5 5V 12V O State 0 3V Provides digital outp
33. ing procedure has been set up to expedite your request First submit a request for a special to your GSD Sales Development contact He will send you a firm special quotation with a part number for each subsystem or MPE II the price 300 per subsystem or MPE II and the SOURCE CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT The Agreement must be signed and returned to GSD Sales Development prior to the transmission of the order No source code products will be shipped until a signed copy of the license agreement is on file at GSD COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER For the special case of MPE C GSD will make both the source code and the internal documentation available on an as is basis for a combined price of 500 Although no source code license agreement will be required for MPE C Dave Sanders will write a personal letter to North American H R P i customers ordering MPE C source code explaining exactly P 3000 Runs Promis and Justice what they are getting and clearly defining the lack of HP By Bob Huffstetter GSD support for MPE C source code Outside North America Dave will contact the country sales manager and ask him to If you ve tried calling on law enforcement agencies or justice pass the information to customers requesting this special departments and haven t found the software to get through the door we may have found a solution for you There is an Note that in the case of modifications
34. n Changes By Bill MohriAMD Effective February 1 Larry Amsden will be joining Ben Holmes staff at CSG to take on responsibility for defining sales training for the CSG Sales force Larry has done an excellent job as AMD s Sales Development Manager for the last 2 years and am sure he will do equally well in his new assignment Replacing Larry as the Sales Development Manager will be Tom Freed Tom has recently been our Regional Sales En gineer Manager and has eight years of experience at AMD We are fortunate to have the benefit of Tom s background not only from his recent assignments with the traditional AMD products but also in measurement and control from the old days Also on the first of February Peter Palm will be joining us from Data Systems Division to assume the responsibility for the product management of the Measurement amp Control AMD MARKETING DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS amp O P D Landes MARKETING SUPPORT SALES D Lovlien T Freed Contracts Engineering Support Order Customer Regional Sales Program Training Development Tech Pub s Advertising Sales Pro motion Processing Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 DEVELOPMENT MARKETING MANAGER B Mohr 3 product line Peter s background at DSD includes both pro duct management and applications engineering assign ments and he has a keen interest in as well as experience with th
35. n of about one part in a million 20 bits far exceeding any 2313B or 91000A capability Ask an Instruments Group salesman for help here 5 Replacements for the now obsolete 2402A DVM subsystems 2320A 2323A are called for The 3495A Scanner and 3455A DVM connected to the HP 1000 via HP IB solves many of these problems Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 In short the HP IB concept allows building a multitude of solutions with minimum configuration and integration hassles It is a strong selling feature for the HP 1000 Specials No matter how many standard products we provide for a M amp C solution we ll never have a total solution for all requirements When this occurs we look toward our specials engineering group for aid Special engineering requests can occur when 1 The customer has a requirement for customer furnished equipment CFE to be integrated to our systems 2 Our product specifications are extended by the customer s requirements where the solution is provided by specials engineering recommendations 3 Any request that deviates from the standard products that we offer such as different lengths of cables special racking etc 4 Any special software is to be written such as drivers utilities and or diagnostics The rule of thumb special content to any system order is to keep the cost of that content to less than 30 of the total cost of tne system Ideally we would prefer no specials at all and th
36. nalog capabilities last time We now want to cover the remainder of our measurement and control Capabilities these include digital I O HP IB standard interfaces and specials The attached matrix is similar to the analog one developed in the last issue of the newsletter This will provide you with a finger tip reference to our digital I O capabilities and along with the analog matrix will reduce the amount of effort required to ascertain our optional solution Digital O 91063A Digital O Subsystem and Stand Alone Interface Cards The HP 91063A Digital I O subsystem is in fact the HP 6940A that is built by our New Jersey Division Along with the 91140A Digital I O Extender HP 6941B there are provi sions to support up to 240 I O cards as described in the matrix The 91XXX cards are the ones chosen by CSG to be incorporated as standard I O cards to the 91063A 91140A Digital 1 O Subsystem There are many additional I O cards available from New Jersey that may also be of use to your customer And since they all work in the subsystem there is no reason why they can t be ordered But remember it remains the customers task to program each I O card properly Table 1 gives you some idea of the 91063A Capabilities Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 TABLE 1 CAPABILITIES Alphabetical Index A D Converter Alarm Detector Amplifier Control Analog Input Breadboard Cards Contact Monitoring Contact Outputs Counter
37. nd then transferred to Boise about three years ago After serving as our Marketing Services Manager Chuck decided to acquire more product knowledge by becoming our Data Center Manager He is about to complete his MBA at Boise State University Chuck will be supporting the Eastern and Southern Sales Regions Steve has joined HP from Illinois State University where he just received his MBA Prior to that Steve was an engineer at General Telephone Company in Illinois He received his B S E E at the University of Missouri Steve will be support ing the Canadian Sales Region Welcome aboard Chuck and Steve HP 2767 Encore By John Freeman Boise The 2767A line printer is again live and well and available from Boise We have been able to make a one time pur chase from Data Products Corp of 75 units during 1977 A Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 major portion of these units are committed this year so if you have customers interested in the 2767 give Boise a call When the 75 units are gone this time so will be the 2767 forever See the March Corporate Price List for new pricing 16 500 for 2767 17 150 for 12984A Discounts for 3000 Subsystems By Steve Richardson Boise The 7970 Mag Tape Drives and 2607A printers are dis countable when purchased as subsystems Although the latest version of the HP Purchase Agreement R10 76 does not show that these devices are discountable as 3000 subsystems they are Th
38. o date COUNTRY USA CANADA GERMANY SWISS DENMARK U K FINLAND AUSTRIA CB AGENCY ULL CSA VDE SEV DEMKO BSI El OVE CERTIFICATE MODEL 2640A C K N S Approved Approved 2640B Approved Approved z Plan Pian Plan Approved Approved Submitted Submittal Submittal Submittal Submitted in 677 in 677 in 677 2641A Approved Approved 7 Plan Plan Plan Approved Approved Submited Submittal Submittal Submittal Submitted in 6 77 in 677 in 677 2644A Approved Approved E _ _ 2645A Approved Approved A Plan Plan Plan Approved Approved Submitted Submittal Submittal Submittal Submitted in 677 in 6 77 in 6 77 2645S Approved Approved Plan Plan Plan Pian Plan Plan Submitta Submittal Submittal Submittal Submittal Submittal Submitted in 6 77 in 6 77 in 6 77 in 6 77 in 6 77 in 677 2645N Approved Approved Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Submitta Submittal Submitta Submittal Submitta Submittal Submittal in 6 77 in 6 77 in 6 77 in 677 in 6 77 in 6 77 in 6 77 2645R Approved Approved Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Submitta Submittal Submitta Submittal Submitta Submitta Submittal in 6 77 in 6 77 in 6 77 in 677 in 6 77 in 677 in 6 77 2645K Approved Approved Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Submitta Submittal Submitta Submittal Submitta Submitta Submittal in 677 in 677 in 6 77 in 677 in 677 in 6 77 in 6 77 2649A Approved Approved 4 Plan Plan Plan Approved Approved Submitted Submittal Submittal Submittal Submitted in 677 in 6
39. olume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 21 This program should get us a better recognition in the mar ket aS a major computer system manufacturer and as a force in distributed processing In each ad we are asking readers to look in the white pages and call their HP sales office for immediate action This should result in direct sales leads that you can qualify on the spot We are also asking prospects to write to our factory market ing managers to pull high quality letter head leads There will also be bingo cards from the Computer Electronic trades for your use In this issue we have reproduced the first ad for Business Week of 2 21 Please note that this ad is written for the computer amateur and neophyte Contrast this ad Catch 22 with The Missing Link ver sion in Computerworld 1 31 issue to see how we have adapted the same message for the Computer Pro The next ad in the series is directed at the EDP manager his boss and the inhouse EDP users It s headline is Computer Paralysis and its message is that If your big computer gets overloaded HP can relieve the pressure without sacrific ing centralized control The ad then offers HP alternatives 1000 2000 3000 Systems plus RJE and source data entry equipment There is still more in the mill but we will tell you about that in another issue COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER The Computer Catch 22 Wh
40. ose orders keep them coming Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 20 COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSI ETT By Tom Casalegno CSG The New FY1977 Computer Systems Group Advertising Campaign began with an insertion in the January 26 issue of the The Wall Street Journal and the January 31 issue of Computerworld The campaign will continue in the Business Week issue of February 21 and the March issue of Fortune You will also see ads this year in Datarnation Computer Design Electronic Design and Electronic News Business Week will carry CSG ads 10 times this year Corpo rate ads will appear separately in Business Week The Wall Street Journal will carry 12 ads during the year and Com puterworld are you ready will carry 27 ad insertions in 1977 Electronic News will have 18 CSG insertions and Datamation will have 13 insertions This campaign is directed at top management and middle management via the business publications and at the com puter pro via the Computer Electronic trade magazines and press The ads are designed to provide readership with an intelli gent and informative discussion of Customer Prospect prob lems real or perceived and HP s ability to solve these problems with products expertise and HP people In other words the ads talk to the marketplace in terms of marketplace needs rather than in terms of product features you see we do listen to what the field says V
41. pment of new data entry terminals such as the 3070A and 3071A To fulfill these time and accuracy requirements the best method is to capture the information on fine right at the point where it has been created Such a method is called ON LINE SOURCE DATA CAPTURE The HP 3070A is designed to best meet the criteria of such a data collection system and this series of articles will de scribe how this is achieved However would like to strengthen the importance of two factors e First more than likely the users have little if any com puter knowledge and therefore the device these indi viduals use should be simply operated e Secondly as the users are frequently scattered so should the data entry terminals be scattered at convenient loca tions Therefore in addition to the price of the terminal we should consider the cost of connecting the terminal to the system which often counts as much as the terminal itself The 3070A s and an HP 1000 the best system for captur ing source data See you in the next issue Se HP SO O PROFLE Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 COMPANY PRIVATE HP Computer Museum www hpmuseum net For research and education purposes only we ew eS aS I WS YY ee I ISI yu i i _ fai a ssl Hi tt al se Hl Ml Digital Instrumentation HPIB Specials Systems Solutions What s Available By Dave Hannebrink amp Dave Hendrix DSD We talked about our a
42. ption is specified then the software item will not be integrated with the HP 1000 and the software will be ship ped on paper tape Ordering Loader ROM s for E Series Computers By David Carver DSD All E Series computers have a combination 7900 7905 loader ROM as a standard item This means that customers do not need to order 12992A 7900 loader ROM nor 12992B 7905 loader ROM with any E Series computer We have received several orders which have included an apparently useless 12992A or 12992B Please check this detail on your E Series orders The E Series Field Training Manual has complete configuration information Program of the Month By Jim BridgesiDSD Starting with this issue we will highlight one program from the Contributed Library per month not per issue of the Newsletter At times one or more contributed programs have been a factor in influencing a sale The purpose of the Program of the Month is to publicize those programs which have already helped make a sale or to announce those new programs which the factory feels could be valuable sales tools We will need your help in identifying the super programs Start sending in your nomination for Program of the Month today The benefit for you is that you may be able to make use of the gems that others have found But it won t work unless you are willing to share your experience There s no form to fill out just tell us why you think the program de
43. r connecting special instrumentation and digital O to the HP 1000 HP IB Solutions The ease in which HP IB permits interfacing instumentation with the HP 1000 makes it a powerful solution to many automated test and data acquisition problems There are now over 60 HP devices over 140 counting other vendors products that conform to the HP IB IEEE 488 1975 standard These include stimulus 8660A Synthesized Signal Generator etc measurement 3490A Multimeter 3495A Scanner 59303A DAC etc display 59304A Numeric Display and hard copy 9871A Printer devices The list grows every month and will continue to show more diversity e g mass storage devices as time goes on Of course only one card the 59310B is needed to interface the HP 1000 with any HP IB device or cluster How does HP IB enhance our instrumentation capabilities HP IB solutions should be considered when 1 A flexible modular system i e one that can be configured disassembled and reconfigured easily for new applications is needed 2 Multiple station dedicated testing is required and or convenient on line test modification is needed 3 System plans include the need to add M amp C hardware capability easily without worry of incompatibility or interference with current HP IB clusters andor other system activity 4 High resolution or special measurement requirements exclude our other M amp C hardware For example the 3455A DVM has resolutio
44. rporate Price WASTE nnani test E ARa D Carver DSD 11 Ordering HP 1000 Software F Jackson DSD 11 Ordering Loader ROM s For E Series COMPULETS sft er mpura 2a D Carver DSD 12 Sales Aids Program of the Month Error On Fiche 9640A ERTEAN J Bridges DSD 12 Absinth Seite aee Ney M Fowle DSD 12 Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 DTD News Division News DTD Cracks the Whip Product News Product Safety at DTD 264X CRT on RSTS Systems Ask Your Terminal Sales Aids They Are Here PPLE E Grandjean DTD 16 Service News Static Discharge Prevention R Ferguson DTD 13 E Grandjean DTD 14 M Kehoe SSR 15 E Grandjean DTD 15 E Churka DTD 16 HPG News Product News 2640 Family Produced at Grenoble _ F Marc HPG 17 GSD News Product News KSAM Introduced Jan 24 1977 R Edwards GSD 18 RPG Enhanced for KSAM 3000 R Edwards GSD 18 Source Code for HP 3000 Systems ee _ R Edwards amp D Sanders GSD 19 Sales Aids HP 3000 Runs PROMIS and JUSTICE vorcnivgpaode B Huffstetter GSD 20 Division News Growth Change in GSD Sales Development D Barkley GSD 20 CSG News New CSG Ad Campaign The Latest on Software Contracts T Casalegno CSG 21 F SommeriCSD 24 COMPANY PRIVATE a COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Marketing Department Organizatio
45. s 3 The following RPG enhancements have been made to make KSAM files as easy to use as regular MPE files a The DSNAME feature has been extended to include KSAM files This feature allows a way for a KSAM RSAM or IMAGE file to be specified more than once each with a different file name and each referencing the file named in the DSNAME record using the same file number e g only one set of currency pointers are kept b File system files including KSAM can now be locked and unlocked through RPG c RSAM files should be indicated as such by coding an S in column 32 of the File specification Full details on using KSAM files with RPG are contained in the second edition of RPG Reference Manual Part Number 32104 90001 available March 1977 Source Code for HP 3000 Systems By Rich Edwards and Dave Sanders GSD As you are probably aware source code is not included in any of our standard software products There are several legitimate reasons why 3000 customers may want source code to the MPE operating system or a subsystem 1 The customer may want to interface new devices to the HP 3000 that are not available from HP 2 The customer may want to study system or compiler design especially at universities 3 In some cases the law requires government agencies to archive software in order to be independent of possibly failing vendors Source code is a particular concern to the management team at GSD beca
46. spectively Last but certainly by no means least would like to welcome Sue Alves to the Marketing Department Sue has come to us from her previous position as the Materials Manager s Sec retary Sue will be helping me keep track of the six man ager s reporting to me while assuming the position of my Secretary I m sure you all join me in wishing Sue Jim Tom Peter and Paul the best of luck in their new assignments Sales Aid By Tom Freed AMD Recent sales of AMD products to the companies listed below could help you penetrate sister organizations in your Sales Region For more information contact your RSE 9571 Hendrix New Hampshire VADIC 2 ea California Rockwell International M O D Israel Actron California Institut Fur Fernmeldetecknic GMBH See Volume 1 No 9 of CS Newsletter for prior sales 8542 ITT Nutley TV AACHEN GMBH 8580 Ford Aerospace LMSC 9500 Bosch GMBH Northern Telecom McDonnell Douglas 4 each 9580 Lear Siegler Boeing SAAB Sweden Collins Radio Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 COMPANY PRIVATE COMPUTER SYST IMS NEWSI ST TER Chuck Ulfers and Steve Davis Join Sales Team By John Whitesell Boise We are very pleased that Chuck Ulfers and Steve Davis are joining the Boise Division Sales Development team Chuck started with HP at the Mountain View Division later joined the Data Systems Division a
47. use 1 With it the customer can modify his system making it very difficult or impossible for our service and support people to keep his system operating satisfactorily 2 We currently have no way of providing the customer with professional training up to date documentation or any other kind of assistance he may require to use the source code successfully 3 If source code were generally and inexpensively available some customers could use this vehicle as an inexpensive way to acquire our unbundled software such as IMAGE Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 19 We recognize however that there are some customer situations where source code is necessary in order for the customer to use his computer for the purpose for which it was acquired In order to deal with these special situations we have set up a specials procedure which hopefully will meet this need In the case of all HP 3000 software except MPE C for Pre Series Il systems discussed below a new SOURCE CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT with the customer will be required This agreement is designed to protect the customer by informing him of the limitations under which GSD is providing source code to him The main points of the agreement are 1 HP will not provide any of the following in connection with the source code covered by the Agreement a Maintenance b Support c Updates or information concerning updates and d Documentation 2 The customer may
48. ut to instruments solenoid drive ckts and solid state AC switches Digital Output Card 91202A 69431A 069 Direct Digital 1 State 0 BV Input O State 2 gt 5V Used to read data from digital instr switches C s contacts and other digital data sources 91202A 001 69431A 070 Direct Digital 1 State 0 1V Input O State 6514V Used to read data from digital instr switches IC s contacts and other digital data sources j i 91202A 002 69431A 073 Direct Digital 1 State 2 5V No No Used to read data from digital instr switches Input Q State 0 8V IC s contacts and other digital data sources 91203A 69430A 069 Isolated Digital 1 State 0 4V 12 N A No Yes Uses in tests or process requiring digital Input O State 3 5 6V signal isolation 91203A 001 69430A 073 Isolated Digital 1 State 3 5 6V 12 N A No No Uses in tests or process requiring digital Input O State 05 4V signal isolation oe a r oe ___ 91203A 002 69430A 086 Isolated Digital 1 State 0 4V 12 N A No No Uses in tests or process requiring digital Input O State 25 50V signal isolation E Minbpang tam haves wee a ects pektoamia ot EE 91203A 003 69430A 089 Isolated Digital 1 State 25 50V 12 N A No Yes Uses in tests or process requiring digital Input O State 0 4V signal isolation 91204A 6933
49. was instigated to allow eld add on ease of ordering Pius it provides the advantage of easily ordering signal conditioning where required Volume 2 Number 7 February 15 1977 10 COMPANY PRIVATE SwF Y BSA SY11 SMS NEWSLETTER Analog M amp C Article Clarifications By Dave Hannebrink amp Dave HendrixiDSD We have reprinted the M amp C decision tree for clarity purposes Please replace the original decision tree in the February 1 Newsletter with this one M amp C DECISION TREE c HP IB DVM MEASUREMENT APPLICATION Special Consult Factory 91000A 20 kHz max Note Cost trade off between 91000A and 2313B is 32 S E chan nels or 16 diff channels 2313B 91000A cost channel expandability 2313B speed etc play part in HP IB decision i Special Consult Factory ly INPUT VOLTAGE R RESOLUTION HP IB DVM IS SPEED C OF CHANNELS Special Consult Factory 2313B 2198 same as HP IB sa a S E Reference page 7 of February 1 Newsletter just a couple of We have therefore removed the 2123A from the Corporate changes Price List Customers who still need this product should order it by the pieces as follows 1 For the 91225A under I O range should read 2100A Computer with 2 5MA to 100mA 2100A 016 16K Memory 12895A DMA 2 Footnote 1 should read 12960A 7900 Subsystem Note that some cards have two product numbers the 91X
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