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1. Cris Foster 2904 Secretary Mark Beswetherick 3355 Frank Jackson 2643 Bob Blake 2512 OEM Neely So OEM East Europe End User Eastern Mike Cohn 2810 Dave Bunch 2072 Roselie Tobes 2964 OEM Southern End User ICON Canada OEM Neely North Jeff n Jim Williams e Gruneisen 2554 2151 Dennis Haar 3134 OEM Midwest amp Mideast OEM End User Canada j Southern OEM DEVELOPMENT Carlos John o Avila Trudeau s 2816 2056 OEM Development Training Manager Manager Sherry Fryhling 2873 Secretary Jim Anderson 2308 Ginny Pyle 3181 Melanie Fox 2645 OEM Development Training Secretary 18 Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 cu ES i res COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Joe Schoendorf 2165 Sales Development Manager Sherry Fryhling 2873 Secretary Greg Gillen 2026 ATS Manager Cindy Martinez 2108 Sandy Bettencourt 2585 Secretary Secretary Dave Dick Dave Hannebrink Crepeau Kline 3122 2032 2160 ATS Airforce ATS East South End User Eastern Army Navy
2. Bill Ralph Larry Kaiser Kenton Sanford 2514 3117 2241 End User Midwest ATS ATS SALES ADMINISTRATION amp Mideast Microwave Midwest ICON Doug Hanson 3138 Sales Admin Manager 4 Cris s Foster 2904 Dick Landes 2282 Contracts Manager Cindy Martinez 2108 Secretary Secretary George Fernandez 2110 Bill Fallon 2382 Sales Contracts Admin Steve Sandlin 2346 Contracts 19 TOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 Lower Prices for HP 1000 Computers and Computer Systems By Bill Eimore DSD The following adjustments have been made to HP 1000 Computers and Computer Systems which are in effect price reductions The adjustments are necessary to preserve proper price relationships among the various products and will be reflected on the June 1 Corporate Price List List Price Product Opt Number Current New June 1 2108M 7 950 7 425 2108M 014 2 850 3 300 2112M 014 4 700 5 250 2109E 014 2 850 3 300 2113E 014 4 700 5 250 2111F 014 3 250 4 250 2117F 014 5 500 6 500 2107A 014 3 100 3 800 2171A 014 3 100 3 800 2172A 014 3 100 3 800 2174A 014 3 100 3 800 2174B 014 3 100 3 800 2175A 014 3 500 4 750 2175B 014 3 500 4 750 2176A 014 4 700 5 250 2176B 014 4 700 5 250 2177A 014 5 500 6 5
3. TER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER M P EWSLETTER i June 1 1978 REINHARDT H FRANKFURT ELMUT HPSA the 7925 Disc Drive FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 COMPUTE T SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER DMD Announces the 7925 Disc Drive Page 4 DTD NEWS Division News Organizational Changes DTD Marketing nreisise kusine iiy E Hayes DTD 25 Product News BOISE NEWS Summagraphics Tablet Support Division News On the 2647A nn R Ferguson DTD 26 Marketing Growth uuauuuicirie B Murphy Boise 3 Sales Aids Neelyland Sales Development G Sherwood Boise 3 May 1 Yellow Price Guide E Grandjean DTD 26 DTD Computer Connections B SwifUDTD 26 DMD NEWS HP 2640 Compared to the HP 2645 W Brubaker DTD 27 Product News DMD s Remedy for your Big DiSComfort 0 00 c eee eee eee S Germain DMD 4 GSD NEWS Inside the 7925 cece eee S Germain DMD 6 Product News Little Known Facts About That i Distributed Processing Enhanced on the Controller Upgrade S Germain DMD 7 HP 3000 Series Il R Scott amp S Boot GSD 28 DMD Slashes Prices J Bolt DMD 7 Sales Aids 13013A Special Length Cables M Nilson DMD 7 New DS 3000 Customer Presentation Division News i Package see L Hartge
4. 823 CYLINDERS PER ORIVE CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY 9 DATA HEADS SERVO HEAD EAD PER DRIVE 34 SECTORS PER TRACK Ln NOTE A TRACK IS SELECTED NHEN ACYU NDE ANC A MEAD ARE SPECIFIED CYLINDER 822 CYLINDER 0 x comprised of seven discs The top and bottom discs provide physical protection for the five center data discs The five center discs provide nine data and one servo surface As shown in Figure 1 the disc drive accesses data with nine precision read write or data heads Precise head positioning and sector clocking information is obtained via the servo surface through a special read only head or simply the Servo head There are 822 cylinder positions that are accessible by the disc drive A total of 815 of these are used for data storage with the balance used as spares Each data cylinder consists of nine data tracks which are further subdivided into 64 physical data sectors When you combine all the above and the nominal recording density of 6250 bits per inch the net result is a data pack that holds 13 352 960 data bytes per surface not even con Sidering the eight spare tracks A Word About Performance From the accompanying chart you can see how the 7925 performance compares to the other members of the HP controiler compatible family Don t let the slower spindle speed of 2700 RPM s fool you the 7925 can still spit out data at the lightning rate of 7 5 megabits p
5. That particular 51 cm monitor has two switch selectable standards 625 and 750 lines You can also use it with a magnetoscope The obtained display is neat resolution contrast stability etc and the modification should not affect the reliability Now if your customer is a handy man we hereby give you the trick to modify a standard SONY PVM 200 locally and have a nice video monitor for 500 600 You just need one resistor two capacitors and a double pole double throw Switch FOR INTERNA USE ONLY COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSI ETTER 2 Capacitors replacing previous C617 4 7 nF qoc Ceramic 2 100V age m 4 8 nF Q 604 Q 603 o Baso Collector Capacitor disconnected ____ _ C 805 1 8 nF when TEES cartes selecting 1 Resistor added _ HP 3 4 7K 1 2 W 5 X SR705 625 lines HP264x t Power OFF before selecting e Don t forget to order also the 13254A video output interface 150 and the 13232L video cable 25 ft 75 or have the customer make the cable himself to the needed length What about getting one for your office to improve your demos shows open houses and courses Can Sell 3070B s Without Datacap By Peter Stuart HPG The answer is of course yes Furthermore the 30708 driver DVA 47 is compatible with RTE M RTE III as well as RTE IV While Datacap can certainly make your customers li
6. The 7925 announcement drops a new bomb on the recent HP DEC DG disc pricing battle Combined with these new price decreases you ve got fresh ammunition and the latest weapon You re in fine shape Corporate Pricing policy allows all orders in house prior to the price cut to be honored at the lower prices Contact your Sales Office Order Processing to insure that change orders are submitted 13013A Special Length Cables By Marc Nilson DMD In general all specials must be quoted individually by the factory prior to order However special lengths of the 13013A cables have proven to be a fairly common special so the following special lengths have been set up and can be quoted and ordered without contacting the factory 13013A H01 40 ft 13013A H02 50 ft 13013A HO3 25 ft 13013A H04 30 ft 13013A H06 9 ft Note The 13013A HO05 has been obsoleted The price for any of the 13013A special cables is 284 00 over and above the list price of the 13013A It is in HP s best interest to try to satisfy a customer s needs with standard options or existing specials If a customer must have a length that isn t covered by standard options or existing specials it is permissible to quote the above price but the factory must be contacted so a specials number can be assigned to that unique length FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY COMPUTERE j c Hoke Finds Another Hero By Steve Germain DMD Please join me in welcoming Terri Hu
7. Date Title and Description NEW AND REVISED HP 1000 COMPUTERS LITERATURE 5953 3006 4 78 HP 1000 Computers Now more ways than ever to match HP computing power to your applications 6 pp full color announcement flyer for new F Series Computers and RTE IV intended as low cost mailer NEW 5953 0894 3 78 HP 1000 Computers Hardware Data 92 pp B amp W data book that replaces 21 MX Computers Hardware Data except that data communications and instrumentation interfaces have been put into separate data books provides coverage on new F Series computers and new memory packages REVISION OF PREVIOUS DATA BOOK 5953 0896 3 78 HP 1000 Computers Selection and Configuration Guide effective May 1 1978 38 pp B amp W selection configuration and pricing guide that replaces 21MX Computers Selection and Configuration Guide provides coverage on new F Series computers and new memory packages in addition to new HP 1000 compatible peripherals interfaces RTE IV Software and new software support services REVISION OF PREVIOUS GUIDE NEW AND REVISED HP 1000 COMPUTER SYSTEMS LITERATURE 5953 3007 3 78 Announcing new computing power and new applications power for the HP 1000 Computer Systems family 6 pp full color announcement flyer for new HP 1000 Computer Systems with F Series computer RTE IV Graphics 1000 and multipoint terminal interfacing intended as low cost mailer NEW 5953 3001 3 78 HP 1000 Computer Systems Computational capability for science eng
8. program ars webu Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 ous Mese with t dan rmm pore 1978 32 de data base makkelijk toegankelijk ook voor met specialisten DES OwO OO NOME MOON e BEL verkl Um a NONNEN RAPORTIN QUERY helpt de gebruiker op de weg van nietszeggende cijfers naar bruikbare informatic ic Penedidheden vaar data han Managen vande u bar de FM AGE 3000 software Frenals de ap feon delukende informant QUERY Deve data base gehruikerstaal werkt on line en taat het opvragen van intorma uw eenvoudig regelen Maar Saat ook spontaan bivoorheeld een gesorteerd rapport verschijnen na aans raag vanaf de terminal Nieuwe hardware funkties voegen snelbeid en betrouwbaarheid toe De CNA van de HP 3000 blit op vole snelheid doorwerken Zelfs als er iets mis mocht gaan in een geheugen creut Het zelfcorrigerende geheugen vorrgeert automatisch en legt vast waar de tout optrad de CN F merkt vi niets van En wanneer de service technieus ven routine onderhoud verricht bekakt hii tevens het geheugen rapport en ver vangt zonodig het defecto erent De gebruiker behoelt er mets van te merken Het zeer snelle hallycleider geheugen maakt de CVE makkef s uitbreidbaar U kunt van PSK bytes geheugen tot SPRK bytes grogen De desccapacitett reikt van 50 fot 400 megabyles De snelle manier om meer te weten
9. 1600 1250 TODS III Disc Upgrade for 8542B and 8580B By Ralph Kenton DSD 2313B High High Speed Low Level Accuracy 12751A 12761A 12760A 3495 10 24V 10mV x 10mV 100mV to 800mV to 200mV to 1000V 80 dB 100 dB 115 dB 140 dB 10V 10V 200V 200V 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits 17 18 bits 5mV 5uV 5uV 1uV 09 33 to 14 33 to 14 004 10mV to 10V 800mV 10mV to 800mV 100mV 45 KHz 8 KHz 150 Hz 25 Hz 45 KHz 50 Hz 20 Hz 25 Hz Noise Noise Thermocouple None Filter Filter Isothermal 6 dBat 5Hz 6 dB at 75Hz Reference Junction 700 per channel 800 1150 1000 20 channels 3455 We are now offering a field upgrade package designed to eliminate the need for the DICOM cassette drive in the 8542 and 8580 systems BMMC will be reduced reliability vastly improved and best of all the full benefits of TODS III can now be shared by all users See the following pages for details MEER eme tt LN RN CAS INASuPIE R SW A Deme ML WZ Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 14 SQ INTE NAS JSE ONLY o TODS III Test Oriented Disc System for HP 8542B 910128 and HP 8580B Systems models 91013B HP 8542B Automatic Network Analyzer 100 MHz to 18 GHz Features e Greater throughput capability with high economic return Faster and easier program generation Faster summarization of data via data base manipulation General Description HP 8542
10. 1978 containing a Date Code of 1815 or earlier HP 7925 vs DEC RP 04 05 06 PRICE Kt PERFORMANCE HP gt 10 FASTER MAINTENANCE BMMC HP 89 vs OEC 220 t 100 200 300 400 600 CAPACITY M BYTES Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 5 HP 7925 vs DG 6061 PRICE Ks 8 5 PERFORMANCE HP 20 FASTER MAINTENANCE BMMC HP 88 ws DG 220 100 200 300 400 500 600 CAPACITY M BYTES FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER HP 7925 vs IBM 3340 3344 PRICE PERFORMANCE HP 7X FASTER MAINTENANCE BMMC _HP 89 es IBM 3340 897 18M 3344 8150 CAPACITY M BYTES Inside the 7925 By Steve GermainiDMD To the casual observer the 7925 looks identical to its other family member the 7920 The new 120 Mbyte high per formance disc drive is packaged in the same distinctive enclosure that s at home in both the data center or the office Unless your eyes are sharp and you notice the logo it isn t until you open the top cover that you see the differences Where The Additional Capacity Comes From Increasing the storage capacity nearly 2 2 times was accomplished by increasing the recording density and adding two additional data surfaces The 7925 disc pack is
11. GSD 28 Hoke Finds Another Hero S Germain DMD 8 Users Group Update R Manies GSD 29 Using COBOL A Guide for New Users of DSD NEWS HP 3000 Computer Systems S Martensen GSD 29 Product News General News RTE IV Hardware Upgrades E Isacson DSD 9 Selling to Newspapers What Successful Pre Requisites for RTE IV Hardware Salesmen Say nne B Klaas GSD 30 Upgrade Kits nr eid oee tian da E Isacson DSD 10 RTE IV Hardware Upgrades Questions And Answers nnen E Isacson DSD 10 HPG News New Instruments for HP ATS D Mabey DSD 10 Product News RTE IV On HP ATS nnen D Mabey DSD 13 Multidrop or Multipoint P Stuart HPG 33 HP ATS and GSA ss D Landes DSD 13 How Do I Punch A Badge P Stuart HPG 34 HP 1000 Analog Input Capabilities R Tobes DSD 14 The 40205A Does Not Exist P Stuar HPG 34 TODS III Disc Upgrade for Another Video Monitor for 264X s F Marc HPG 34 8542B and 8580B l ireren R Kenton DSD 14 Sales Aids Racking Service Removed from CPL J McCabe DSD 17 Can Sell 3070B s Without Datacap P Stuar HPG 35 Division News Purchase Agreements and the 3070B P Stuart HPG 35 DSD Sales Development J Schoendorf DSD 17 A First For Grenoble suse J Willett HPG 35 Sales Aids 3070B Field Training Manual J Willet HPG 35 Lower Prices f
12. HP 2026 and HP 1000 systems general network features and customer examples This presentation package includes two Instructors Guides and is available now Simply send your OS or HEART order to Bob Haii GSD for Part No 30000 90128 DS 3000 Customer Presentation at a price of 125 Watch the next issue of the CS Newsletter for news on a complete Distributed Data Processing Seminar coe gw Baus USE ONL SOMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Users Group Update By Ralph Manies GSD If you haven t already you will soon see a new Users Group brochure and application The HP General Systems Users Group what s happened to the HP 3000 Users Group On January 1st the HP 3000 Users Group incorporated as an independent non profit corporation in the State of California The name HP General Systems Users Group was chosen to provide for possible expansion of the Users Group to other related GSD product lines The incorporation of the Group is the first step in the Users Group Executive Board plans to bring users better services With the rapid growth of the HP 3000 user base it became evident that some framework for dedicated administrative services was necessary Membership processing invoicing and contributed library processing tasks have grown to the point where volunteer efforts cannot be expected to provide timely and professional services The incorporation by laws provide for an offi
13. TESTAID FASTRACE At present the 9415A Digital Test Unit and TESTAID FASTRACE software are not available on RTE IV If your customer needs this capability in his HP ATS system you must order the HP 1000 system with RTE III as follows Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 13 Minimum configuration 2171A 2172A Computer System 003 RTE III Software 014 Delete memory from base system 12786A Memory Module 128 Kbytes 92101A 020 BASIC 1000D Line Printer We are working towards offering these with RTE IV in the near future and will let you know as soon as possible HP ATS and GSA By Dick Landes DSD So you want to sell an HP ATS to the Government Have you tried the GSA approach One of the features of HP ATS is that it allows a Government customer to order an HP 1000 and most instruments under the appropriate GSA contracts This gives the customer the GSA discount and warranty on those products and makes it easier for the Government customer to place the order Consolidation racking and cabling configuration and system test and switching are not yet on a GSA schedule so they ll have to be purchased separately However this off schedule portion will probably be less than 100 000 which should greatly simplify getting that part of the order through Purchasing There are a few special procedures that will have to be followed to make it work These are outlined below a The GSA items should be transmitted to DSD just as
14. The manual part number is 32213 90003 and the price is 6 50 FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Selling to Newspapers What Successful alesmen Say By Barry KlaasiGSD Three HP salesmen who have profited from calling on newspapers tell you some of the important things they feel you should know about selling to newspapers Q What s the main reason HP won A PO gt o Our software They recognized MPE as a very powerful operating system which in conjunction with IMAGE QUERY could provide a capability at the time not available from other vendors Our ability to demonstrate a proven mature product primarily IMAGE QUERY Of significance was the number of HP 3000 s within newspaper properties performing the same application The enthusiasm of these reference accounts was very impressive along with our S E organization s ability to demonstrate to publisher and staff management personnel the database demonstration of an on line circulation subscriber system Unlike DEC and DG we approached the customer with the attitude that we didn t know for sure that we could do the job but we welcomed the opportunity to work with their staff to find out They saw this as a very professional approach We then used IDEA to prove our capabilities Also they thoroughly and objectively compared the competitors thus appre ciated our software advantages Q What were the majo
15. Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 24 SS SNS ENA AE Ow EE dd COMPUTER SYSTS AS NEWSLETTER Nea Nc m Organizational Changes DTD Marketing By Ed Hayes DTD One of the keys behind the success of the DTD product line has been strong product teams made up of Engineering Marketing and Manufacturing personnel As our product line continues to expand and have a greater impact on CSG it is timely to place more emphasis in Marketing to meet its product planning responsibility PRODUCT MARKETING Car Flock PRODUCT MARKETING Tom Anderson Sylvia Raumaker Sylvia Raumaker Mike Caldwell Dave Eicher Gary Enos Rich Ferguson Dave Goodreau Gene Lim John Gowan Bill Mitcheil Linda Nardin Dwayne Murray Del Roe TBH TBH SALES SUPPORT Steve Stark Soni Hogan Wendi Brubaker NSR L A Serge Daoust SSH Martin Gonzalez MSR W MSR E Eric Grandjean ICON CSR Tim Haney ESR North South Randy Norris NSR N Cal Bill Swift ESR Central Mike Tarens NSR San Diego amp 11 States Maurice Poizat D E Jacques Biard C E DATA TERMINALS MARKETING Ed Hayes GRENOBLE SALES SUPPORT Francis Marc Richard Frankin UK NL B DK Christian Graff S N CH SK Francis Marc F E BLOC MED To accomplish this we have organized Product Marketing to allow Tom Anderson to focus on our very successful alphanumeric product lines and data entry pr
16. configuration When specified at time of order these options will be configured in the disc software at no addi tional cost 001 18 GHz Operation 051 Power Meter 10 MHz 18 GHz 069 HP 6130C Digital Voltage Source 071 Additional Digital Voltage Source 090 HP 3450B Voltmeter 301 Transistor Bias Supply Any additional options not shown above will require a factory quote HEWLETT fy PACKARD Sales and service from 172 offices in 65 countries 1501 Page Mill Road Pate Ano Ca tora 94304 Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 Domestic U S A Prices 16 TODS II for HP 8580B Automatic Spectrum Analyzer Order HP 91013B Option KO1 Price 19 000 Price 2000 TODS III Upgrade Kit Credit for cassette unit trade in 230 VAC 50 Hz Operation The following options are used to specify your Current HP 8580B configuration When specified at time of order these options will be configured in the disc software at no addi tional charge 001 Four additional inputs 002 Four signal conditioning paths 007 Four additional inputs and four signal conditioning paths Multimode Detection Section Auxiliary IF Section 3 MHz BW HP 432C Power Meter Preselection Preampiification capability 0 5 2 GHz preselection preamplification 2 8 GHz preselection preamplification 8 18 GHz preselection preamplification Source control capability Source control unit Source Control Unit with four signal conditioning paths Synthesized
17. signal source capability 0 01 110 MHz Synthesized Signal Source 1 1300 MHz Synthesized Signal Source 1 2600 MHz Synthesized Signal Source HP 6130C Digital Voltage Source Additional Digital Voltage Source 260 HP 7970B Magnetic Tape Unit 400 ARS 400 Automatic Receiver System Any additional options not shown above will require a factory quote Option 710 No Charge 011 012 050 055 060 070 080 100 101 102 150 151 152 153 170 171 Copyright Hewlett Packard Company 1978 All rights reserved Reproduction of TODS IiI software programs without prior written permission from Hewlett Packard Company is strictly prohibited Printed in USA 3 78 5952 1499 POR INTERNAL USE ONLY COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Racking Service Removed from CPL By Jim McCabeiDSD Please take note that the 93723A racking service will be removed from the June 1st Corporate Price List The standard 93723A service applied only to paper tape systems and orders have fallen to only a few orders per month We will maintain the special racking service options for customers such as WECO If you have a big deal customer who needs the racking service ask us for a special quote DSD Sales Development By Joe SchoendorfiDSD DSD Sales Development JOE SCHOENDORF SALES DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Ext 2165 Sherry Fryhling Secretary Ext 2873 OEM OEM DEVELOPMENT Ext Ext e Carlos Avila Manager Acting 2816 Car
18. 00 2177B 014 5 500 6 500 yar ore gee o yon goo COM A EE IE en re ese Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 20 DSD Sales Promotion By Tom Freed DSD To give you an idea of the advertising plan for the second half of FY 78 DSD will have thirty two ad insertions placed on the HP 1000 product line and eighteen ad insertions in a combination HP 1000 3000 advertisement These ads will focus on Memory Price Reduction HP 1000 45 DisComputers DS 1000 HP 1000 3000 in the Manutacturng Company Ov JR Ey o All are in four color except the Memory Price Reduction Ad Also DSD product information will be in both Computer Advances and Measurement and Computation News In the PR area we are continuing to get application stories written and published by the Paul Purdom agency These articles describe how a particular company is using HP 1000 products to solve their problems In addition we are in the process of working with certain magazine editors to write exclusive articles on various DSD products such as the 2240 and HP ATS These articles are above and beyond the DSD sponsored Technical Article Program which is alive and functioning INTE NAL JSE ONLY REE EER MERE om COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER DATA SYSTEMS DIVISION CURRENT SALES AIDS 5 1 78 By Ted Proske IDSD Sales Literature Order from Corporate Literature Depot Literature Pub Stock No
19. 00 Computers and Computer Systems family including the new F Series computers the new HP 1000 Model 25 40 and 45 Computer Systems RTE IV and other related new products intended as an attractive comprehensive overview of the HP 1000 product line NEW 5953 3009 3 78 HP 1000 Computers and Systems Peripherals Data 52 pp B amp W data book that covers peripherals usable with HP 1000 Computers and Systems including measurement and control interfaces processor and subsystems and TV interface SPLIT OUT FROM PREVIOUS DATA BOOKS 5953 0816 3 78 HP 1000 Computers and Systems Distributed Systems and Communications Data 52 pp B amp W data book that covers DS 1000 software firmware and interfaces RJE 1000 CRT and printing terminals multipoint software and inter face and other data communications interfaces SPLIT OUT FROM PREVIOUS DATA BOOKS 5953 0801 2 78 HP 1000 Computers and Systems Mature software data 44 pp data book covering BCS RTE B RTE C and RTE II and other software that is available but out of the mainstream of ongoing development efforts and thus is not recom mended for new applications SPLIT OUT FROM PREVIOUS SOFTWARE DATA BOOK 5953 0861 3 78 HP 1000 Computers and Systems Active software data 64 pp B amp W data book that covers RTE IV GRAPHICS 1000 and other software except software pertaining to distributed systems and data communications that is in the mainstream of ongoing development and thus is recommended for new a
20. 1012B amp 91013B TODS III Test Oriented Disc System for 8542B and 8580B Systems 2 pp B amp W data sheet 5952 8510 9 76 92821A 8500 Series Systems 8542B 8580B 8500A Software Subscription Service 1 p B amp W data sheet 5952 8509 9 76 91016A 17A 18A Field Support Kits for 8542A 8580B 8500A Systems 4 pp B amp W data sheet OTHER LITERATURE 5953 0881 9 77 29402B System Cabinet data sheet 4 pp Video Tapes order from Division 0700 Bldg 18 Palo Alto Atten e Chris Bonetti with an IOS at 30 per tape NOTE These videotapes are for HP use only although they can be shown to customers they must not be sold or given away Issue Tape No Date Title Description 90030 822 12 73 9700 Distributed Systems 90289 7 74 HP s new 21MX Computer Series 90309 10 74 HP 9600 Real Time BASIC Measurement and Control Systems amp 90360 4 75 HP 9700 Application U S Department of Interior 90557 8 76 The 21MX as HP IB Controller 90650 10 77 DS 1000 NOTE The following additional video tapes comprise an in depth series on the topic of manufacturing control and as such may be useful in supporting sales of HP Computer Systems and IMAGE into manufacturing control applications Customers must obtain these tapes by contacting Mather amp Plossl Inc P O Box 32490 Decatur Georgia 30032 90701 9 77 An overview of manufacturing control for the manager 90702 9 77 The system of manufacturing control 90703 9 77 Ordering techniques 90704 9 77 Ma
21. 33 9 77 Organizing for results 90734 9 77 Traps to avoid 90735 9 77 Techniques of record accuracy 90736 9 77 Coping with the real problems 90737 9 77 Manufacturing control in the small plant 90738 9 77 Manufacturing control the last frontier for profits Slide Kits order from Division 22 Bldg 42U Cupertino Atten Sylvia Cohen with a Heart order only at the cost per slide kit noted below i Issue Rev Transfer Kit No Date Media Cost Title Description BS 10 11 77 Overheads 40 00 DS 1000 Pitch BS 12 4 78 35 mm 100 00 HP 1000 Seminar 220 slides 7 DSD Pocket Guide NOTE The DSD Pocket Guide is provided free of charge for use by FEs SEs RSMs DMs System analysts and Staff Engineers who need a compact in the field price reference aid It is not available to other HP or non HP people and must be used with caution because it contains little or no information on prerequisites The information in the Pocket Guide augmented by more data on prerequisites and configuration considerations is provided in the following sales literature pieces literature numbers are listed in the literature section HP 1000 Computer Systems Configuration and Site Preparation Guide e HP 1000 Computers Selection and Configuration Guide Measurement and Control Peripherals 9603R 9611R Configuration Guide e 2240A Measurement and Control Processor Configuration Guide 1 SENE adeb REE Agt amp IS ON 7
22. 929 4 76 HP Journal Articles on 21MX Processors Microprogramming Software 64 pp of HP Journal article reprints 5953 0835 9 76 21MX E Series microprogrammable processor port application note 16 pp one color 5953 0836 9 76 21MX E Series microprogram conversion application note 8 pp one color 5953 0890 12 76 Unravelling the mystery of user microprogramming 16 pp reprint of three part article by Bob Frankenberg in June July and September 1976 issues of mini micro systems magazine HP IB MINICOMPUTER LITERATURE 5952 1584 5 76 The Real Time HP IB Minicomputer A powerful controller for HP s instrument family 8 pp full color brochure 5952 1688 3 77 HP 1000 Computer Systems The Hewlett Packard Interface Bus A versatile interconnect system for instruments and controller General Information 12 pp one color adapted and updated from 1977 HP Catalog 5952 1578 5 76 AN201 1 Automatic Q A Evaluation of Precision Res stors 4 pp one color HP IB Minicomputer application note 5952 9932 5 76 AN201 2 Measuring Differential Non Linearity of VCO 4 pp one color HP IB Minicomputer application note 5952 1686 10 76 AN201 3 Multiple Station Electronic Test System 4 pp one color HP IB Minicomputer application note 5953 0864 7 77 AN201 4 Performance Evaluation of HP IB using RTE Operating Systems 16 pp B amp W HP IB application note 5953 0863 11 77 AN201 6 Computer Interconnections A choice of ways to link HP 1000 Computer Systems to HP 9825A Desktop Com
23. B Automatic Network Analyzers and HP 8580B Au tomatic Spectrum Analyzers presently using the cassette operating system can be converted to the TODS III Test Oriented Disc System With the power and convenience of the TODS III disc operating system you can enhance the capabilities of your HP 8542B or HP 8580B system Direct benefits are High density random access storage on fixed and re movable disc platters Shorter access times for programs or data Semi automatic batch compilation of FORTRAN programs Higher up time reduced maintenance costs Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 15 Ordering Information 3 78 HP 8580B Automatic Spectrum Analyzer 10 kHz to 18 GHz The TODS III field upgrade kits also include software to assist the user in transferring his cassette based application programs onto disc cartridge Thus when your system is updated to the TODS III disc operating system dependence upon the cassette operating system is completely elimi nated Option KO1 provides a price credit for trade in of the cassette drive unit when purchasing the TODS II upgrade kit In addition to the initial savings the user will also realize considerable savings in maintenance costs for his system Installation of the TODS III operating system can be com pleted in one day Prerequisites To be updated to TODS III HP 8542B and HP 85808 systems must have 32K words core memory interactive graphics capability and advanced programming o
24. GSD A new two color spiral bound manual similar to the Using Files guide has just been printed It leads COBOL programmers step by step through the process of developing a COBOL program on the HP 3000 The guide begins by describing how to create and modify source code providing examples such as the following creating and editing a source file creating and using an Editor USE file to format a 264x terminal screen with COBOL column headings creating a copy library in an MPE or KSAM file and creating the source programs that use it A section on compiling includes examples of compiling to check syntax and compiling while using a copy library and a maintenance file USL s RL s SL s and other Segmenter mysteries are described with examples showing you how to examine and manipulate their contents The guide illustrates methods of preparing and running programs using these libraries Other examples show you how to request and interpret a load map adjust the size of data areas e perform file operations such as using variable length records passing a file number to an SPL program and using special forms on the line printer Examples in the last section illustrate debugging They show you how to examine and modify locations in the data stack using PMAP s LMAP s and either the SETDUMP command or interactive DEBUG commands MPE operating system file system and COBOL terms are defined in a glossary
25. OUP 11000 Wolfe Road Cupertino California 95014 USA o STEN R Bob Lindsay CS Group Editor T S LILLIAN BLANKINSHIP BOISE Editor CHUCK ULFERS BOISE Technical Editor Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 36 MI OLEN MORAIN CSD Editor TOM LAUHON CSD Technical Editor BARBARA SHAPEL DMD Editor BOB HOKE DMD Technical Editor az ER SANDY BETTENCOURT DSD Editor JOE SCHOENDORF DSD Technical Editor SONI HOGAN DTD Editor STEVE STARK DTD Technical Editor LIANA CLAYMORE FCD Editor MIKE CHONLE FCD Technical Editor APRIL KILPATRICK GSD Editor CAROLYN MORRIS GSD Technical Editor CATHERINE CLAY HPG Editor PIERRE ARDICHVILI HPG Technical Editor IQ L7 SE ONLY
26. T SUMMARY If separate HP 1000 shipment Option 006 is not ordered use M Total A as the base price below 2 3 Base Price 4 10 0fBasePrnce 500 Consolidation Units 5 Round down Consolidation Units to the nearest whole number 6 and enter result on 93282A OTY column line 1 below 7 8 9 Addendum A Instr Totals gt Y Totals Addendum A 4 25 78 Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 11 FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY COMPUTER SYSTEMS N WSLETTER INTEGRATION SERVICES WORKSHEET ADDENDUM A HP 93282A Service HP 93283A Service MA HP 93285A HP 93285B Opt 003 Mati Engr Units Engr Units instrument and Required Options Req d Req d Req d Instr Tota instr Total Instr Total HP 3325A Synthesizer HP 8016 Word Generator 001 HP IB HP 8160A Pulse Generator HP 12674B Slide Out Shelf HP 12675B Fixed Shelf 1 Bay HP 12676B Fixed Shelf 2 Bay HP 59303A D A Converter HP 59308A Timing Generator NOTE 120 VAC 60 Hz versions listed above 240 VAC 50 Hz options must be specified TOTAL A TOTAL B TOTAL C TOTAL D TRANSFER ALL TOTALS TO INTEGRATION SERVICES SUMMARY PAGE Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 12 2034 IN TIE NA USE ONLY IET OC EI n M M COMPUT R SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER RTE IV On HP ATS By Da
27. agraphics Digitizing Tablet As a reminder this driver is implemented as a BASIC language program This means that you must load the BASIC Interpreter in the 2647A and execute the driver program The model numbers that we support from Summagraphics are listed below It is the ID 2 series that provides BCD output to the 2647A Please see the following table for the different sizes of tablets and the associated model numbers One note You must purchase the IF IEEE General Purpose Interface and cable from Summagraphics to hook up the ID 2 series tablets ID 2 BCD OUTPUT CONTROLLER STYLUS 11 With Tablet 11 x 11 2 400 14 With Tablet 14 x 14 2 800 17 With Tablet 11 x 17 2 800 20 With Tablet 20 x 20 2 900 24 With Tablet 24 x 24 3 700 30 With Tablet 28 x 30 3 800 36 With Tablet 24 x 36 3 800 140 With Tablet 30 x 40 4 300 48 With Tablet 36 x 48 4 600 60 With Tablet 42 x 60 6 000 11 48 With Dual Tablets 36 x 48 amp 11 x 11 5 200 11 60 With Dual Tablets 42 x 60 amp 11 x 11 6 600 May 1 Yellow Price Guide By Eric GrandjeaniDTD 5 5 PRICE LIST 5 5 5 TITTIES 2 5 ATA TERMINA na Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 ferret ce edu A new yellow colored DTD Price Guide has been mailed to you and hopefully you have received it by now The highlight of th
28. attitude and his solid understanding of our products and how they are applied Please join me in wishing both John and Chuck success in their new roles In an effort to keep you informed as to our overall organization an updated Boise Field Communication Guide will be sent to each of you shortly Neelyland Sales Development By Gary Sherwood Boise Steve Richardson who has supported Neely for the last two years has decided to broaden his HP experience He is therefore leaving Sales Development and taking a position in Product Marketing He should be a valuable asset to that group having received your inputs for the last two years To take Steve s place in our group we have hired a person who recently worked in our Dallas Sales Office am pleased to announce that Thad Webster is our new Regional Sales Engineer Thad will be taking over support of Southern Neely including Englewood and Salt Lake City as they move under the jurisdiction of Dennis McGinn will be providing support once again for Northern Neely We both look forward to helping you to be successful with your commitment to sell Boise products Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 3 FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Some DMD s Remedy For Your Big DISComfort By Steve Germain DMD Feeling DISCouraged because you can only quote up to 400 Megabytes Have you got the ol third party DISContent because when you walk out smiling you see
29. c can only increase as our system owners enjoy the benefits of improved system uptime performance reliability and greater support Voiume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 4 No Scrimping On Performance When it comes to performance the 7925 outshines the best of them 5 mS track to track and 25 mS average random access times make the 7925 one of the highest performing random access mass storage devices in the industry In order to keep the 7925 compatible with the new family controller the spindle speed was reduced to 2700 RPM resulting in an average latency of 11 1 mS Early indications are that even with the media rotating at a slower rate the high recording density of 166 8K bits per track and the increased capacity cylinder allows for significant improvement in system throughput Better Than The Best Time will tell but it looks as if the reliability of the 7925 will be as good as that of the highly successful 7920 maybe even better Many electrical and mechanical changes were in corporated in addition to the increases in capacity Rede sign of the carriage subsystem along with enhancements in the read write path servo and drive control subsystems have allowed considerable improvement in error rate per formance Some Disc Controllers Will Need To Be Upgraded Customers desiring to expand their existing disc storage capabilities with the 7925 will need to upgrade their 13037B 30229A disc controllers Compatibility with
30. ce of Executive Secretary This office will provide the day to day admini Strative support necessary to provide timely services and provide a focal point to effectively coordinate member volunteer efforts Current plans call for implementation of the Executive Secretary office this summer Plans are also underway to increase the content and coverage of the Journal consolidate and update the Contributed Library and to have a quality International Meeting Denver Colorado October 30th to November 3rd To introduce new customers to the Users Group HP will send a brochure and application form to the software contact on the S1 order and have the brochure and application form available at HP 3000 introductory training courses Additional copies will also be distributed to SE s Note The brochure is not HP literature i e itis produced and paid for by the Users Group If you have a customer who would like a copy of the new brochure application send me a Comgram and l Il have the Users Group send a copy Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 29 On behalf of the Executive Board of the Users Group Id like to pass on a thank you for your support of the Users Group The Board is dedicated to making the HP General Systems Users Group the standard in the industry and making your customers more successful in their use of HP 3000 Systems Using COBOL A Guide for New Users of HP 3000 Computer Systems By Sandy Martenseni
31. d determine the new components required and their availability and perform the installation To summarize there are indeed two ways to update a computer to run RTE IV The first bears a fixed price and is guaranteed The second may be more economica but entails greater risk for both you and your customer Remember as simple as we try to make our computers they are still complex and there are many many ways for things to go wrong Our objective is customer satisfaction The upgrade kits are designed and priced to ensure it FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY o an ETTER Pre Requisites for RTE IV Hardware Upgrade Kits By Eric Isacson DSD 92852E and 92852M are products designed to update computers They should not be used to acquire components Or accessories not already present in the computer Thus you should not depend on them to configure as opposed to update your computer for RTE IV If your customer plans to receive exchange credit and thereby pay only 2000 net for 92852E or M he must return a complete set of kit contents to HP We will withhold exchange credit if the kit returned to DSD does not contain a complete set of components The computer configuration required to run RTE IV is specified on the RTE IV data sheet These components should be installed in the computer before the upgrade kit We strongly recommend that the upgrade kit be installed as a complete set of components This is because it is tes
32. d Sequential Se Method ponpe T input swaps YR 5 output SW aps for opkald ul en hel sene rolaterede kartoteker Denne evne ul at jonglere med batch og on hine opgaver tillader Mor DEL Data Entrs I brary ger det let or Dem at udvible nye programmer p yep aon medens maskinen k r Demat arbejde med mangt andre tormunad ver de eksisterende Og med de mest anvendte Prog AMVETS onenierede trans Home proe OBOL RPG ut ORTRAN BASIC ASSEMPET R samt fa stort udvalg af ur rermmaler ger Apr kan De sme PRESS de programmer Der eabsomhed detiet at opdatere data og sulle foresp f bv beh ver fer og De far aperte rapper um Nartuclt lager get Dem en n sten ulbegrenset program pa en let tgene sp rmterminal st relse det Kode og data opbevares pa magnetplader 1 hoved De beh ver ikke vente p st rre Merhge papirudshnfter uhand p n anden egenskab sum Liters Kun fm des pa st rre anker et fedkorreke amm nons fue yommelsen Hrs et eds v HP serucete shave en statusrapport of udskifte h ftede kredsl b Det er let at udbygge Vort hasissystem sd det passer Dem Vi fremsuller wh magnet plader of bandstationef terminaler Tineke vere og andet VO dataudstyr Det betyder vest ar vi kan give Dem vn hurtg Saghy ndi Sen ee pacn hviikensom helst enhed 1 systemet Det beh ver ikke at vart enge f r De har en HP 3000 dei kan det hele fremfo
33. ders an HP 3000 and it ships from GSD after June 1 1978 you ve got no problem the controller is already upgraded On the other hand if you order a 7925S for a system that was shipped before June 1 you ll need to order the Option 250 for 500 If you have any doubts check the board configuration in the 13037 30229A disc controller The correct complement should consist of cc Minimum Acceptable Description Part Number Date Code ECC ROM 13037 60024 Device Controller 13037 60028 Microprocessor 13037 60001 C 1640 DMD Slashes Prices By Jon Bolt DMD GET SET The good book preaches moderation in all things but DMD just can t hold back With the announcement of the 7925 comes price decreases on the 7906 and 7920 as well as the 7920 disc pack 133944 That s a lot of horsepower to handle Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 These price reductions represent decreases between 5 and 8 for add on discs and savings in excess of 14 on 7920 media Let s take a look at these cuts Old Price June 1 Price 7920M 17 500 17 000 7920S 14 000 13 000 7906S 10 500 10 000 7906SR 9 500 9 000 13394A 700 600 Note that the 7920S is now 13 000 and both OEM and End User discountabie This drop eliminates the need for the Multi Spindle Package 133954 which has been taken off the Corporate Price List No more traumas when explaining to customers that the 13395A is not OEM discountable
34. e May NPT Tours was of course the new 2647A inteligent Graphic Terminal The discount policy section was also modified to reflect the new CSG Discount Policy however we are happy to announce that our quantity five 5 terminal discount of 8 will remain available The only restriction is that it will apply only to single orders of 264X only terminals No leverage no mix with 263X is allowed to get that 8 discount The crosspoint is quantity 14 If you have a mix of 264X and 263X and you are using quantity leverage then you should apply the normal discount schedule as pubiished starting at 4 for quantities 5 7 Again DTD gives you and your customer a very attractive low quantity discount for 274X only terminal orders We hope everyone will take advantage of this Thank you for your orders DTD Computer Connections By Bill Swift DTD The long awaited brief on computer connections is now ready for mailing In addition to documenting hookups to 40 computers it also includes an introductory section with general information on connecting to foreign CPU s It would be impossible to show all the variations in hardware and software that you may encounter but these applications cover the most general cases We want to thank all the field personnel who contributed time and information in helping us prepare this brief As we gather further information we ll be updating the brief to make it more complete The last five pages of
35. er second As for the additional latency early indications are that system perfor mance will be even better with the big disc With more Sectors per track than the 7920 more data passes under a given head before an additional seek is required Thus greater system throughput is achieved despite the slower speed UPPER AND LOWER PROTECTIVE DISCS DIRECTION DF ROTATION TOP VIEW 7925 HEAD MEDIA DIAGRAM Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 POR INTESNAL USE ONLY COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER The 7925 Performance In Perspective 7906 7920 7925 Data Bytes Per Sector 256 256 256 Sectors per Track 48 48 64 Tracks per Surface 400 800 814 815 Surfaces per Drive 3 5 9 Formatted Capacity MBytes 19 50 121 Transfer Rate Megabits Sec 75 75 75 Spindle Speed RPM 3600 3600 2700 Average Seek Time 25 25 27 milliseconds Average Latency Time mS 8 33 833 11 1 Rotational Positioning Sensing Yes Yes Yes Track Density Tracks per inch 192 384 384 384 6 Bit Density Bits per inch 4682 4682 6250 Cylinder Address Bits 10 10 10 Sector Address Bits 6 6 6 Head Address Bits 2 3 4 Drives per Controller 8 8 8 Daisy chained Height inches 153 4 325 32 5 Width inches 19 19 65 19 65 Depth inches 27 7 8 32 32 Weight Pounds 162 350 355 Fixed Disc Surface Little Known Facts About That Controller Upgrade By Steve Germain DMD It s really very simple If your customer or
36. ervices and products for automatic testing 12 pp two color brochure 5952 8532 1 78 HP ATS Automatic Test Systems Integration Services Configuration Gu de 30 pp B amp W 5952 8531 1 78 93282A through 93285A and 92426A Integration Services for Automatic Test Systems 6 pp B amp W data sheet 5952 8525 8 77 9411A Switch Controller 2 pp B amp W data sheet 5952 8526 8 77 9412A Modular Switch 8 pp B amp W data sheet 5952 8527 8 77 9413A VHF Switch 4 pp B amp W data sheet 5952 8528 8 77 9414A Matrix Switch 8 pp B amp W data sheet 5952 8524 1 78 9415A Digital Test Unit 8 pp B amp W data sheet 5952 8530 8 77 HP Switch Products and Digital Test Products Configuration Guide 20 pp B amp W Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 22 FOR INTERNA JSE ONLY ne M COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Literature Pub Stock No Date Title and Description MICROWAVE ANALYZER SYSTEMS LITERATURE e 5952 1460 6 74 HP 85428 Automatic Network Analyzer 14 pp two color brochure 5952 1463 9 74 HP 8542B Performance Verification Data 4 pp one color 5952 8538 10 77 HP 8542C Automatic Network Analyzer Ordering Information 2 pp B amp W 5952 1488 11 75 HP 8580B Automatic Spectrum Analyzer for Component and Subsystem Test 16 pp two color brochure 5952 1498 6 76 HP 8580B Automatic Spectrum Analyzer Performance Verification Data 6 pp one color 5952 8539 10 77 HP 8580C Automatic Spectrum Analyzer Ordering Information 2 pp B amp W 5952 1499 3 78 9
37. fe much easier there is no reason to prevent you selling 3070B s without Datacap Indeed for some applications particularly those using HP IB devices Datacap is not the best solution for the customer DSD s Applications Group can advise you on the suitability of Datacap for your applications but in the meantime sell those terminals Purchase Agreements and the 3070B By Peter StuartiIHPG When you start to discuss that volume sale of 3070B s with your customer and turn to your new CSG Purchase Agreement to find out what discounts apply do not be too dismayed to find that the 3070B does not appear on the R4 78 edition Simply apply the same rules as for the 3070A which is shown and you will have no problems The 3070X for both versions will appear on the R7 78 edition in the U S and shortly thereafter in Europe The 3070 is listed with an asterisk since we feel OEM s should be encouraged to develop applications based on the HP 1000 and multiple 3070 terminals Note that the asterisk also indicates that no installation is included and the warranty is 30 days return to HP Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 35 A First For Grenoble By John Willett HPG He D Wlett Packard s ate nerfassungsterminaj HP 3070 HEW LETT lp PACKARD B Here in Grenoble we are modestly claiming a first in CSG At the introduction of our new 3070B Data Capture Data Retrieval Terminal we already had a German version of the brochure a
38. h are not active uses up to 10 of CPU time One interrupt to CPU per message block at least one interrupt per character As can be seen each type of connection and protocol has its own advantages and disadvantages Clearly today the choice of connection method and protocol is dictated by your customer s Choice of terminals However you may be sure that we at Grenoble are actively working to provide you with a choice so that within the next year you will be able to have the best of both worlds How Do I Punch A Badge By Peter StuartiHPG The photo above shows Catherine Clay our group s Secretary before she started to punch 100 badges for the NPT Tour The hat is our rare and famous Taste success with PL 69 trophy awarded to all salesmen who sell more than 1 million terminals Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 34 During the recent NPT Tour alot of you asked how to punch badges We know at least one sales office which now faces a large repair bill after trying to pass our sample badges through an IBM 029 card punch The photo illustrates a simple hand operated plastic badge punch which both Boise and Grenoble now possess Each time we receive an order for the 40200 Opt G89 the demo carrying case see May 1st issue of the CS Newsletter we will supply you with about 10 badges punched with HP 3070B Since it is hand operated and our fingers are already starting to fray at the ends please do not ask for pu
39. hei to determine suitability This oe r success will impress the IS sincere m and will probably be uni nique a do a th e among the ve orough objective heb Urge them to En computer der kun er ul patch korsel er mationer som De behover lige nu p en skaermter kun en halv computer Derfor udskifter flere og flere minal eller en linieskriver kan De f dagens salg deres sma batch systemer med Hewlett Packard lagerstatus kundestruktur torsendelsespapirer op 3000 V den computer der kan h ndtere l nnings datering af tilgodehavender og prognoser N sten lister kontoforing hovedbogholdert og andre Op enhver virksomhed fra fabrikation Og distribution gaver med store datam ngder P samme tidspunkt til detailhandel og forlag beh ver opdaterede infor piver HP 3000 H Dem umiddelbar adgang til infor mationer med jeblikkeligt varsel Adskillige egenskaber placeret yp ana ren Masse for Sie Jageret udskiftes kun de n dvendige moduler En anden fordelagtige J gem beber som vert meget avancerede A nngssystem der Nan ber egenskab er IMAGE WU vor om attende Data Base Manages hand en kolossal athejdsm ngde forbavsende hurtigt a vr tog ment programme Vt ter am endelit Lore spar gelse spoke QUI RY et checks pA maskinens arbejde behandlede den mgen tor et ver giver ler adgang tl Kartote ker med veribicerede data De kan ogs hand 2 280 und imi roinstrub ore centi denheden 14 lagers bruge KSAM tReve
40. ineering and industry 16 pp full color brochure that relates HP 1000 Computer Systems especially the Model 45 System to use in computational applications discusses eight applications NEW 5953 3002 3 78 HP 1000 Computer Systems For factory data acquisition measurement and control 16 pp full color brochure that relates HP 1000 Computer Systems to industrial measurement and control applications discusses six applications measurement and control capabilities and DS 1000 NEW 5953 0869 2 78 Distributed Systems 1000 An advanced next generation network communications package for HP 1000 Computer Systems 16 pp 2 color brochure REVISED FROM PREVIOUS BROCHURE TO INCORPORATE RTE IV 5953 0897 3 78 HP 1000 Computer Systems Technical Data 52 pp B amp W data book that replaces previous HP 1000 Systems data book provides coverage of new systems peripheral accessories distributed systems and software data sheets are in separate data books REVISION OF PREVIOUS DATA BOOK 5953 0898 5 78 HP 1000 Computer Systems Configuration and Site Preparation Guide 38 pp B amp W configuration pricing and site preparation guide provides coverage of new systems peripherals interfaces software and software support products REVISION OF PREVIOUS GUIDE NEW AND REVISED HP 1000 COMPUTERS AND SYSTEMS LITERATURE 5953 3005 3 78 The HP 1000 family Advanced computing power for manufacturing and engineering 40 pp full color brochure covering the entire HP 10
41. itten exactly as if the database were local regardless of the database location This means that any IMAGE program now running will work on a remote database without changing any of the code Application users may subsequently run the program without knowing specifically where the database resides Users and programmers alike are not required to deal with network configurations or communications protocol In addition to RDBA data compression and process to process communication for BASIC and COBOL programs are now a standard part of DS 3000 Data compression can be invoked between any two HP 3000 processors equipped with DS 3000 Intersystems communications connections may be accomplished via modems at up to 9600 bits per second or through coaxial cable at up to 2 5 million bits per second The compression algorithm reduces any three or more repeating characters and on certain types of ASCII character files can result in up to an 80 reduction in transmitted size Typical ASCII files are reduced about 40 Compression can be invoked for any type of file binary EBCDIC or ASCII although the greatest efficiencies are realized with ASCII records and modem link transfers COBOL and BASIC program to program communications is a new extension to the existing capability provided for FORTRAN and SPL This enables COBOL and BASIC Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 application routines running simultaneously in separate computers to commu
42. ituations where the replaced boards cannot be returned to DSD In these cases the exchange credit is not available The customer is always free to purchase the upgrade kit at list price However he may find it more attractive to simply pur chase a new computer New Instruments for HP ATS By Dawson Mabey DSD Five new instruments are now available with HP ATS Integration Services They are included on the Integration Services Worksheet Addendum A on the next page and include HP 3325A Synthesizer HP 8016A Word Generator HP 8160A Pulse Generator HP 59303A D A Converter HP 59308A Timing Generator Make extra copies of Addendum A and use these in con junction with the HP ATS Integration Services Configuration Guide The addendum is treated like any other worksheet in the guide On the reverse side of the addendum is a new Worksheet Summary table which includes a new line for Addendum A This summary replaces the one on Page 27 of the configuring guide Also note the list of corrections for the current configuring guide Although minor in nature we hope the errors havent caused you any problems Look for more instruments to be added to the HP ATS in the near future Contact your RSE if your customer needs an HP IB instrument not listed SE ONLY Ju O c mU Z e Vi JU jen f C GW COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER HP ATS INTEGRATION SERVICES ADDENDUM A The Addend
43. los Avila Manager 2816 Mark Beswetherick Neely South 3355 Jim Anderson 2308 Mike Cohn Southem 2810 Sherry Fryhling Secretary 2873 Dennis Haar Midwest amp Mideast 3134 Frank Jackson East Europe 2643 Roselie Tobes Neely North 2964 Jeff Williams Canada 2554 Sales Administration Cris Foster Secretary 2904 Ext End User Doug Hanson Manager 3138 George Fernandez 2110 o Ext Cris Foster Secretary 2904 Don Rowe Manager 2552 Bob Blake Eastern 2512 Dave Bunch ICON Canada 2072 oy Jim Gruneisen Southern 2151 Training Dave Hannebrink Eastern 3122 Ext Rich Held Neely 2316 6 Bill Kaiser Midwest amp Mideast 2514 Jonn ideal M BRUST za Mark Fogerty 2516 Melanie Fox 2645 gt Ginny Pyle Secretary 3181 Sandy Bettencourt Secretary 2585 y ry Automatic Test Systems ATS contracts Ext Ext Greg Gillen Manager 2026 Dick Landes Manager 2282 Dick Crepeau East South 2032 Bill Fallon 2382 Harry Haayer Neely 2418 Steve Sandlin 2346 Ralph Kenton Microwave 3117 Cindy Martinez Secretary 2108 Dave Kline Airforce 2160 Andy Mills Army Navy 2177 Larry Sanford MidwestICON 2241 Cindy Martinez Secretary 2108 Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 17 FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY HP Computer Museum www hpmuseum net For research and education purposes only COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Sales Development May 1978 END USER Carlos Avila 2816 OEM Manager Acting
44. nched badges for everyone in your sales office Instead you could consider buying yourselves a model 2620 Hand Punch from Wright Line Worcester Massachussetts The price is about 600 Contact Alic in Boise or myself in Grenoble if you are considering this If the demand is big enough we will try to fix up a special discount The 40205A Does Not Exist By Peter Stuart HPG Unfortunately when preparing the Data Sheet and Field Sales Training Manual for the 3070B we gave a product reference number to the pack of 10 keyboard definition labels However to make them easier to order as a consumable item we decided after we had gone to print that the pack of 10 labels should have a 10 digit part number and be orderable from CSD Please note therefore that the 40205A does not exist and instead you should order a 03070 60011 Price 2 The user manual will refer to the correct number If anyone needs spare labels quickly for demonstration purposes send a telex to Grenoble and we wil mail you a handful Another Video Monitor for the 264X s At A Price Your Customer Can Afford By Francis Marc HPG Many thanks to Claude Rocourt and Xavier Durand from HP Orsay for the good job done finding and promoting this solution Europe can buy a SONY PVM 200 CE with a special HP 264X compatible option for about 700 from a French supplier the Video Department of TITANIA address 24 Rue de Chateaudun 75009 PARIS phone 01 878 58 51
45. ne terminal actually had data to transmit or receive Note if all terminals were active the throughput would be 56 x 15 840 ch sec The 2645 Multipoint protocol is optimized for transmission of message blocks The data communications line is dedicated to a specific active terminal for up to one second at a time This could of course mean that if 30 terminals were active in a worst case situation data from the thirtieth terminal might wait 30 seconds before being transmitted to the system FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Note at 9600 baud the throughput is about 900 chysec similar to the Grenoble Multidrop protocol Note that this is the worst case and tests show that in typical applications delays of only one or two seconds are encountered The table below summarizes these protocol based differences Multidrop Multipoint Known throughput Re sponse at each terminal Efficient for large number of active terminals with short data blocks No provision for Group polling Not an industry standard Very specialized interface required Polling terminals which are not active causes no interrupts Processing data from an active terminal involves Depends upon total traffic from all terminals Most efficient for terminals with long data blocks Priority line permits groups of terminals to be polled to gether and reply one after the other Similar to industry standards Polling terminals whic
46. nicate directly with each other The programs may be written in different languages For example a COBOL accounting routine resident on an HP 3000 can communicate with a BASIC program on a remote HP 3000 or a machine controller routine written in FORTRAN on an HP 1000 The good news to your customers is that there is no additional charge for any of these new enhancements Customers who already have DS 3000 will receive the software updates with the next MIT release New customers will receive the enhancements as part of IMAGE and DS 3000 when they buy These enhancements continue to emphasize HP s commitment to the distributed processing marketplace New DS 3000 Customer Presentation Package By Larry Hartge GSD Been waiting for an extensive in depth presentation of materials on DS 3000 They re now available Richard Scott has just completed a new and quite comprehensive DS 3000 overhead slide presentation targeted for a more technical audience And this presentation package comes complete with a comprehensive Instructor s Guide to help you give a superb presentation There are eighty five overheads and a complete presenta tion would take over two hours The package has been Segmented so that you can tailor a shorter presentation to customer s individual interest The topics covered include remote command processing remote file access remote database access program to program communication the interfacing of
47. non GSA HP ATS instrument orders are currently trans mitted to DSD We hope to change this next year b Since the entire system will be delivered from DSD and the delivery schedule will be determined by the overall system schedule the normal GSA delivery require ments won t apply Therefore the GSA orders should state Delivery to be at the same time as specified in P O The non GSA order c Freight to destination will be free for the HP 1000 as provided in Schedule K However freight to destination for GSA items not manufactured at DSD will be an added cost which will be added to the non GSA quote d HP ATS systems are normally shipped padded van without the external packaging specified in GSA con tracts Therefore the GSA orders should state These items may be packaged and packed in the same manner as P O The non GSA order The latter should specify packaging and packing suitable for padded van shipment e Customer buy off at the factory is an additional charge option on HP ATS HP 93284A Option 008 If the customer wants it we ll be glad to do it and provide a DD250 This will require a statement on the GSA orders that Final Inspection and Acceptance will take place at DSD in conjunction with P O The non GSA order FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER If the customer is happy with normal sell off at time of installation at his facility the normal GSA provi
48. nsidered as an economical insurance policy for RTE IV compatibility It is true that a computer may be updated on a component by component basis For computers of very recent man ufacture or for very large OEM s this may be more economi cal However it has a number of drawbacks which you should consider before selling it to your customer First determining the new components needed requires disas sembling the computer to the point where the CPU board may be removed This requires removing the computer from the rack removing top and bottom covers all O and mem ory boards FAB or FFP base instructions etc Once the CPU and other boards have been inspected they must be reinstalled This process requires one to two hours for an experienced 21MX technician If you or your cusomer try it it may take longer And if you make errors in reassembly you ll have to add the repair time Next you ll have to order the components and make sure you get the latest revision ver sions Most should be readily available However our efforts to ensure availability are concentrated on the kits 92852E and 92852M rather than on individual components Of course if you re only short a few components you can prob ably expedite them with a few phone calls or perhaps borrow Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 them from another computer somewhere Next the compo nents must be installed This is a repeat of the one to two hour disassembly and reassembly proce
49. oducts and Carl Flock will move from Sales Development to focus on our growing graphics line Steve Stark has accepted the position of Sales Development Manager and will use his talent to continue DTD s commitment to the best field sales support of any CSG division These three seasoned DTD Marketing people will give our product line the expanded marketing attention the future calls for and help insure DTD will provide CSG a continued flow of quality products to support Hewlett Packard computer business objectives Sylvia Raumaker ORDER PROCESSING Larry Roth Soni Hogan Leatha Dixon Factories CSR Kathy Dull ESR Marta Kiss HPSA ICON John Loveless Lead Loans Scheduler Returns Kathy Richards Billings Printers Nancy Sanchez Scheduler Loans Returns Cintra Sharp Data Entry Jessica Swanson NSR Gary Traynor MSR SSR Verdel Van Bergen Lead Stats A R SALES SUPPORT Matsuji Tezuka PRODUCT SUPPORT Jim Elliott Hideki Gushima Larry Bricker Gail Crowther Hal Sindler Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 Du s m M AAA OO FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY Vil i 4 m Summagraphics Tablet Support on the 2647A By Rich Ferguson DTD In addition to all the great and fantastic features of the 2647A that we discussed during the NPT Tours last month we also mentioned that a driver will be available for the Summ
50. or HP 1000 Computers and Computer Systems essas B Elmore DSD 20 DSD Sales Promotion sn T Freed DSD 20 CSG NEWS Data Systems Division Current CSG News Sales Aids zt 2t sioe st taie sacle T Proske DSD 21 Factory Visit to Tapei Telephone B Chan HPT 36 Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 2 FOR INE SIN EY USE ON Y en COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Marketing Growth By Bill Murphy Boise Ongoing growth within the Boise Marketing organization has necessitated changes which have resulted in opportunities for different and expanded responsibilities for individuals within our group Effective immediately John Whitesell will assume the role of Marketing Communications Manager having full responsibility for all advertising and sales promotion activities In addition I ve asked John to take on the added role of Sales Training Coordinator Our Division s activities in both of these areas have expanded greatly in the recent past It is fortunate that we have an individua with John s experience and background to assign to this key role Taking John s place as Sales Development Manager will be Chuck Ulfers Currently Regional Sales Development Manager for the East and South Chuck has had previous Boise experience as Data Center Manager giving him an extremely strong user oriented background I think those of you who have worked with Chuck before will testify to his positive can do
51. over deze helangrilke stap vooruit in computer technologie biedt de coupon Vil m in en stuur m naar Hewett Packard Benelus N V van Heuven Goed hartaan 12 Amstelveen Tel 020472021 Naam kunkie Bedrijt Instelling Adres Telefoon C 7 10 HEWLETT i PACKARD 7 TACOROPLT iS NEWSLI EEV Een fi Titi FLYER Multidrop or Multipoint By Peter StuartiHPG Within HP we now have two methods of simply connecting multiple terminals to an HP 1000 System The first which we have been calling Multidrop is based on the Grenoble Serial Link and uses a protocol based on the HP IB This Multidrop supports both the 3070A and 3070B i Multipoint is the second method now introduced Similar to the industry standard Bisynchronous protocol Multipoint supports 2645 and 2648 terminals In both cases the method of connection provides a convenient low cost way of linking terminals to the system Multidrop and Multipoint both provide significant savings to customers in cabling costs use of I O slots and more efficient use of central processor time What then are the differences To answer this question we need to separate the physical hardware characteristics from the metaphysical software characteristics Physically the Grenoble Serial Link consists of a shielded two wire twisted pair cable Terminals and the computer are connected onto it via passi
52. pplications SPLIT OUT FROM PREVIOUS SOFTWARE DATA BOOK SOFTWARE LITERATURE 5952 9939 5 76 IMAGE 1000 Data base management software for HP 1000 Computer Systems 8 pp full color brochure 5952 9950 9 76 IMAGE 1000 Performance brief 8 pp 2 color discussion of IMAGE 1000 performance testing for throughput and response 5953 0813 7177 HP 1000 Computer Systems Building an Inventory Control Data Base Application Note 212 1 16 pp 2 color 5953 0814 4 77 HP 1000 Computer Systems Building an Order Processing Data Base Application Note 212 2 18 pp B amp W 5952 5531 1 77 The Mini s Impact on Data Base Management Systems 8 pp reprint of November 1976 mini micro systems magazine articles on HP 1000 Computer Systems and IMAGE 1000 5952 1615 3 76 Process Control Software Review 8 pp reprint of Instrumentation Technology article by Van Diehl Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 21 FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY WEE LEEN RAD Pee GEMS TER Literature Pub Stock No Date Title and Description DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS LITERATURE 5953 0883 10 77 Hewlett Packard Distributed Systems Networks 12 pp full color fold open brochure covering Hewlett Packard s Distributed Systems Networks philosophy and its application to interconnection of HP 1000 HP 3000 and HP 2026 Systems 5952 9949 9 76 Network techniques for Multiple Minicomputers 4 pp reprint of article by Dave Borton COMPUTERS ACCESSORIES INTERFACES AND SUBSYSTEMS LITERATURE 5952 9
53. ption Those systems without these required prerequisites can be updated with special add ons Contact your local HP field sales office for further information FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY items Supplied The TODS II field upgrade kit provides the following items and services Advanced programming option materials for disc operation Test oriented disc system software TODS III Cartridge disc memory with power supply 2 47 million words capacity Paper tape reader Cassette to disc transfer software tools 56 inch cabinet with separate power cable and on off control Documentation Field installation One day training on site Software Configuration The TODS III disc software is configured at the factory to reflect the standard factory input output configuration for both the base system and most standard options Orders must specify the standard options to be configured as shown in the Ordering informa tion Note the TODS III configuration does not include the cassette unit Ordering Information The ordering information for TODS III field upgrade kits for HP 8542B and 8580B systems are specified in the following paragraphs TODS III for HP 8542B Automatic Network Analyzer Order HP 910128 Option KO1 TODS IIl Upgrade Kit Credit for cassette unit trade in 230 VAC 50 Hz Operation Price 19 000 Price 2000 Option 710 No Charge The following options are used to specify your current HP 8452B
54. puters 22 pp B amp W HP IB Application note 5953 3004 3 78 AN201 7 HP 1000 HP IB High performance software for the HP 3455A 3495A subsystem 4 pp two color HP IB application note NEW MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL PRODUCTS LITERATURE 5952 5530 6 77 HP 1000 Computer Systems Affordable power to help increase productivity in the real time world of mesure ment and control Measurement and Control Specifier 6 pp two color brochure 5952 8506 4 77 Measurement and Control Peripherals Technical Data 56 pp B amp W data book covering 9603R 9611R 2313B 91000A 91063A and other measurement and control interfaces and related software 5952 8541 6 77 HP 2240A Measurement and Control Processor An intelligent analog digital subsystem to simplify product test and equipment control 6 pp full color brochure 5952 8542 4 78 HP 2240A Measurement and Control Processor Technical Data 48 pp B amp W data book REVISION OF PREVIOUS DATA BOOK 5952 8543 4 78 HP 2240A Measurement and Control Processor Configuration Guide 18 pp B amp W REVISION OF PREVIOUS GUIDE 1 5952 8544 4 78 HP 2240A Measurement and Control Processor Measurement and Control Examples Applicataion Note 224 1 24 pp B amp W REVISION OF PREVIOUS AN224 1 5952 8546 4 78 HP 2240A Measurement and Control Processor Signal Conditioning HP 22914A Breadboard Card Application Note 224 2 8 pp B amp W AUTOMATIC TEST SYSTEMS LITERATURE 5952 8545 1 78 HP ATS Automatic Test Systems Systems s
55. r concerns of the customer Flexibility ease of design and implementation future directions support committment Ease of use of the system continued committment to develop the HP 3000 product line further financial stability of the company Total price for multiple systems over 18 months was a major concern Without selling futures a visit to GSD and the Computer Systems Group helpec them feel Q comfortable about the trend towards lower prices and the expected long term improvements in price A performance What capability was the newspaper looking for Hardware operating system compilers available and database management system A general purpose commercial system strong in terminal orientation database management but also with traditional D P capability They wanted to offload their on line circulation and classified systems to small computers presently on 360 65 and add these capabilities at two other newspapers Were looking for database COBOL terminal capabilities Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 30 PO PO 20 Who title wise did you have to sell The publisher was definitely the individual that had the final decision plus he requested the V E U agreement The major decision maker at Corporate was the MIS director One paper was singled out to do the evaluation and a task force formed The Corporate DP Manager With his help and a visit to GSD DTD and Computer Sy
56. r en com puter som udf rer barch k rsel men sikke kan handtere on hne opgaver tal derfor med Hewlett Packard f r De anskalier Dem et endnu MOE system som HP 3000 HEWLETT hp PACKARD Datavern 52 3460 Birkerod Tell 02 81 66 40 Wavervej B600 Silkeborg Teu 06182 7 56 V olume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 31 FOR INT ERNAL US E ONLY COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLET Y S TER De computer die er niet was De HP 3000 vult het gat tussen de kleine bedrijfscomputeren degrotecentrale computer Fot voor kort was het cen probleem het gat tussen de hleme bedrijkcomputer en de Massteke grote computer te vullen Voor kleme tot middelgrote bedrijven was de mvesternng voor een grotere computer vadh te hoog De behoetten groeiden echter wel Lip to date infor Make ala minute informatie en dageliikse verwerking van programma s zun daur ven goed voorbeeld van Hewlett Packard komt aan deze behoclien tegemoet Met de HEP 3000 een krachtig uruverseet systeem dat een groot dental programmas simultaan han verwerken De capacitor van ven groot systeem voor de pris van een mini compter De oplossing is een veelzijdig bedrijfssysteem Het unieke bedrijfssvsteem van de HEP 3000 maakt het mogelijk dat ver sehillende gebruikers met verschillende programmirs op een gemakkelijke wise de computerfunkties kunnen benutten Perwal de comp
57. rst to our on line Marketing support staff Terr l is a recent graduate from Brigham Young University where he obtained both his B S and M S in Mechanical Engineering A native of Burley Idaho Terri should really feel at home here in beautiful downtown Boise Terril is a welcome addition to our lean and mean Product Management staff His educational background and previous work experience with high technology firms will definitely strengthen our ability to bring you top notch support in our electro mechanical product line Terril eagerly awaits his baptism under fire so please give him a call at extension 2641 Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 gt Vv FOR INTERNAL USE ON EET M LZ COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER RTE IV Hardware Upgrades By Eric Isacson DSD 92852E and 92852M are the products we offer customers who wish to run RTE IV on computers which do not meet the serial number prefix requirements specified in the RTE IV data sheet They contain all the components anyone might need to update their computer to run RTE IV In addition they include installation by an HP CE at the customer s facility Most importantly the products are guaranteed to make the computer compatible with RTE IV Thus for a fixed price the customer gets a simple straightforward minimum risk way to be sure that RTE IV will run on his computers The update kit should be co
58. sions will apply For the non GSA part the Purchase Order should specify that successful completion of the SFT on site is the determinant If GSA is the way your customer wants to go please indicate it on the Configuring Guide you send in When the Guide is HP 1000 Analog Input Capabilities By Roselie TobesiDSD okayed and returned to you we ll include any additional terms and conditions that may be needed for your particular requirement GSA s a neat way to lock up a lot of money in an HP ATS order for the Government Take advantage of it We ll look forward to helping you any way we can There have been several requests to show where the 2240 s new low level analog input card HP 22915A fits into our current offerings The following table should help in clearing up any questions A technical note with further 22915A application details is in the mail to you HP 1000 Analog Input Capabilities Low 2240A Cost Midrange Multiplexer 91000A 22900A 22915A 20mV Signal Range 10 24V 10V to 10V Common Mode Rejection 80 dB 80 dB 80 dB Common Mode Voltage 10V 10V 10 5V Resolution 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits LSB 5mV 5mV 10uV Accuracy 1 05 5 to 06 9ofs VoLSB 10V 10V 20mV to 10V Scan Rate 20 KHz 20 KHz 20 KHz Sample Rate 20 KHz 20 KHz 20 KHz 20V diode T 30V diode X protection IC Signal Conditioning None protection Resistor amp filter pads Multiplexer Price 16 Diff Channels 1600
59. ss reviewed above This time however you have to plug in the ROM s in the correct locations and orientations and you have to set the jumpers on the new accessory boards This information is available someplace in the instruction manuals of course Once you get it all put back together and re installed in the cabinet you cross your fingers and hope it works It s late Friday afternoon 85 miles from your office and your customer is going to use the computer to run a test over the weekend on which his next promotion depends Good luck If it doesn t work you can of course call out the CE as soon as he s available He ll only charge the customer his normai rates Hopefully he ll have any parts needed along with him In spite of the drawbacks the piecemeal approach may be more attractive in certain situations Each must be handled individually however on a strictly time and materials basis It will be extremely difficult to quote a fixed price before ordering since each computer will have to be handled on an individual basis We will normally recommend that the determination of what new components are required be done by an HP CE since only he is fully qualified to do the disassembly and reassembly required The CE organization is being advised as to the component requirements for RTE IV If you want to sell the piecemeal approach to RTE IV updating we strongly recommend that you consult your CE He will have to estimate the time require
60. stems Group his boss Executive VP over all newspaper operations was sold with relative ease The President rubber stamped the VP s decision What was the toughest part of the sale Getting an audience with the publisher sent a letter to the publisher to get an audience After seven days called and asked for an appointment After about a 1 1 2 hour meeting it was all downhill because he immediately wanted a demo The toughest part of the sale from the customer standpoint was the sheer amount of time involved to do evaluation What impressed them about HP was the availability of a machine to do a demo on Apparently the other vendors did not have one readily available Convincing the customer that the extra value received by doing business with HP and using the HP 3000 was indeed worth the extra initial costs involved Who were the competition DEC Data General and IBM DEC 11 70 DG Eclipse IBM System 3 DEC Data General What are the prime applications On line circulation subscriber on line customer update and billing advertising promotions for market surveys and financial management systems Convert from their present systems the general accounting functions presently running and implement an on line circulation system at all the properties This is presently a key application at most newspapers On line circulation and on line classified What one thing would you like
61. ted at DSD as a set running under RTE IV Furthermore jumpers on memory and accessory boards have been set as re quired by RTE IV Therefore the chances of something going wrong are minimized by installing the upgrades as a set of components This is not to say that replacing an individual component or board may cause HTE IV not to function Indeed such replacements must take place to maintain the computer Our testing the upgrade kit as a set of compo nents running under RTE IV and our recommendation that it be installed as a set are done simply to maximize the prob ability that the upgrade and RTE IV installation will be smooth and trouble free The upgrade involves tampering with the very heart of the computer We don t want to take any more chances than necessary that something might go wrong RTE IV Hardware Upgrades Questions and Answers By Eric IsacsoniDSD Q Do I O Extenders need to be updated A No Q Do DCPC boards in I O extenders need to be updated A No Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 a TETTE ERI rrr mn 10 Q What if my customer wants to keep some of the com ponents removed from his computer during the upgrade A He is certainly free to do so However he will be in voiced for the full list price of the kit 5715 for 92852E or 5860 for 92852M domestic U S Q What if the replaced boards cannot be returned to DSD in Cupertino due to export regulations or otherwise A There may be some s
62. terial requirements planning mechanics part 90705 9 77 Material requirements planning mechanics part II 90706 9 77 Material requirements planning applications 90707 9 77 Material requirements planning enhancements 90708 9 77 Material requirements planning problems 90709 9 77 Material requirements planning financial applications 90710 9 77 The master production schedule Development 90711 9 77 Master production schedule uses 90711 9 77 Forecasting techniques 90713 9 77 Managing the forecast Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 23 FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY EE EE COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER 91714 9 77 Lot sizing determining when more of an item should be ordered and how much 91715 9 77 Developing bills of material 91716 9 77 Structuring bills of material 91717 9 77 The lead time syndrome 91718 9 77 Capacity planning 91719 9 77 Capacity control 91720 9 77 Safety stock time and capacity 91721 9 77 Selecting scheduling and loading work 90722 9 77 Shop floor control 90723 9 77 Designing and implementing systems 90724 9 77 Return on the system investment 90725 9 77 Making manufacturing control effective 90726 9 77 Record accuracy 90727 9 77 Essentials of inventory management 90728 9 77 Practical considerations in inventory management 90729 9 77 Establishing the business plan 90730 9 77 Making enough with less in process 90731 9 77 Making the right things 90732 9 77 The real handles on manufacturing 907
63. the family controller was retained by increasing the capabilities of critical Formatter Separater circuitry contained on the Device Controller PCA HP 3000 s shipped after June 1 will support the 7925 without modification Existing systems will need the upgrade which may be purchased with the first add on drive as on Option 250 see ordering information More details can be found in the accompanying article How To Get One Or Several The 7925 is available in two basic flavors The 7925M is the Master disc which includes the 13037 family controller The 79258 is the add on drive that includes all you need except the controller Both disc products are aggressively priced at 21 000 and 17 000 respectively with an availability of 14 weeks USE ONLY POR INTERNAS M t e COMPUT R SYSTEMS NEWSI P ER We are anticipating a flurry of orders for the 7925 so for a short period of time we will have to limit coordinated shipment requests to a maximum of one 7925 add on per System If you need more than one 7925 system disc and one 7925 add on we ll be glad to take your order for the extras but we will have to book them at the 7925 availability Add on requirements for existing systems can be ordered directly from us at the 14 week availability don t forget about the controller upgrade If you need a 7925 in a hurry we have a plan for you
64. the brief contain sample forms to use in documenting your connections As you find new configurations for the terminals please send us the information and we ll include it in our next edition We ll be mailing you your copy of DTD COMPUTER CONNECTIONS this week FOR INTERNAL JSE ONLY t i F E COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER HP 2640 Compared to the HP 2645 By Wendi Brubaker DTD Both the 2640 and the 2645 have been out in the field for a long time but this might be a good time to review the differences between them Sales situations come up all of the time where dollars are a major decision criteria Just be sure you tell your customer what capabilities will be missing with the 2640B MAX BAUD RATE DISPLAY MEMORY SIZE MULTIPOINT BUFFER COMMUNICATIONS FORMS CAPABILITY EDITING BLOCK MODE TAPE CARTRIDGES USER PROGRAMMABLE SOFT KEYS OPTION SLOTS PRINTER SUPPORT Read Device Control Sections in Reference Manuals DATA SHEET REFERENCE MANUAL 2400 at 1200 baud or above handshaking may be needed 1K Standard expandable to 8K Point to point RS232 Current loop Yes Yes Yes DC1 DC2 handshaking No NO 2 Slots can be expended by 5 slots 13240A Serial Parallel Can only dump display memory Limited support of printers Literature 5952 9965 Part 02640 90110 9600 at 4800 ba
65. them slink in behind you Or are you just plain DISComposed because of the DISCord created DISCussing storage with a DISCerning customer who has DISCovered HP s big DISC solution Well then don t be DISCourteous don t DISCount the rumor DISContinue your DISComfort and DISClose to your DISCriminating customer that the BIG DISC long awaited is HERE NOW Hewlett Packard blasted through the capacity barrier June 1 as Disc Memory Division announced the newest member of its controller compatible family of disc drives the 7925 Boasting over 120 Megabytes per spindle up to 0 96 Gigabytes of HP formatted storage capacity can now be supported by a single 13037 disc controller That s nearly 2V2 times the capacity of its forerunner the 7920 7925 shipments are well under way The HP 3000 will be the first major user of the big disc with system shipments expected to start later in the month The 7925 will be completely compatible with MPE and only slight modifications wil be necessary to support the drive on Systems shipped prior to June 1 1978 DMD with the 7925 continues its commitment to keep our Systems super competitive As with the 7920 introduction we have pushed the price MB to an all time low With the outstanding reliabiltiy of the 7925 we can offer a BMMC that has our competitors feeling extremely DISComforted We can show that not only does a 7925 cost less to buy but it costs less to own And the joys of owning an HP dis
66. to tell the rest of the HP salesforce about selling to newspapers Reference sell very aggressively We have a proven cost effective solution Demonstrate IMAGE QUERY to all levels of manage ment particularly the publisher If you haven t sold to newspapers before contact GSD Sales Development or a marketing representative who has and get some insight into the general management philosophy of newspaper publishers We need to aggressively market our product at the Corporate level and the various properties owned by chains Most papers are heavy RPG users stress our ease of conversion A System 3 Model 15 was fully converted in one week e EN mI xh QS INT Basn USE ONLY CC COMPUTER S EA NS R NEWSLETTER Ls A 1130 FORTRA N Look f means of conversion or them as we have an excellent ment from man It is import the be i ly vendors We can ci ant to note th st machine avail cite the HP 3000 variety o at we have a standa y ilable to allow as y of equipment at newspapers e rd system them to convert e 3000 i e System 3 M TAA MENACE UA This gives FON 115 GA Bonn Bod flexibili an excellent selli epee Medea sos ility not just at ee TT n ut at any Use refer i rences in their industry Also don t say sure large multi di dimensional cor i poration with ED P equip we can do it Instead tion with thei offer our res eir ource interest in t
67. too A limited quantity of 7925 s will be available for delivery within the initial 14 week availability period These have been allocated to each sales region so see your DM for details on how to get one If you ve got any questions or if we can help you in any way don t hesitate to give us a call 7925 Ordering Matrix Master 7925M 7924M 015 7925M 100 Disc Drive 7925 7925 015 7925 Controller 13037B 13037 015 13037 100 Multi Unit Cable 13013A 001 5 13013A 001 5 13013A 001 5 Data Cable 13213A 10 13213A 10 13213A 10 Data Pack 13356A 13356A 13356A List Price 21 000 N C 800 Add On 7925S 7925S 001 7925S 015 7925S 250 Disc Drive 7925 7925 7925 015 7925 Controller mE Multi Unit Cable 13013A 003 8 13013A 002 18 13013A 003 8 13013A 003 8 Data Cable 13213A 002 50 13213A 001 25 13213A 002 50 13213A 002 50 Data Pack 13356A 13356A 13356A 13356A Controller PCA 13037A 60028 List Price 17 000 N C N C 500 NOTES 1 Option 100 is for factory integration of the 12745A HP IB Adapter Kit 2 Option 001 substitutes longer data and Multi Unit cables to facilitate field installation of the first disc drive on a System 3000 HP Series Il which previously had no disc drives installed 3 Option 250 is required to upgrade the 13037B Disc Controller to support the first 7925 added to an existing disc sub system This option is only required for upgrading controllers shipped prior to June 1
68. ud or above handshaking may be needed 4K Standard expandable to 12K can use up to 16K Point to point RS232 Current loop Multipoint Asynchronous Synchronous Yes Alpha checks Numeric checks Alphanumeric checks Transmit Only fields Yes Adjustable margins Character wraparound Yes DC1 DC2 handshaking DC1 DC3 handshaking available as a special Optional Yes 7 Slots Serial parallel Supports generalized escape sequences Can send data directly to printer allowing 780 character lines Data logging capability and more Literature 5952 9963 Part 02645 90005 Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 27 USE ONILY POR INTERNAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER Distributed Processing Enhanced on the HP 3000 Series Il By Richard Scott amp Sam BootiGSD Another stride ahead of the competition DS 3000 has been enhanced with remote database access improved program to program facilities and data compression Remote database access RDBA provides access to databases located on remote systems from a terminal or a program running on a local system Running a program in the remote system is not required Databases are created accessed and maintained using the IMAGE 3000 database management system Using IMAGE 3000 in conjunction with the new DS 3000 package local programmers may write application code in a high level language which accesses remote databases These programs are wr
69. um A Worksheet lists new products that are now available as part of HP ATS Automatic Test System This worksheet may be used with the HP ATS Integration Services Configuration Guide The summary below may be used instead of that shown in the Configuration Guide Pg 27 when the addendum is used CONFIGURATION GUIDE CORRECTIONS Please note the following corrections to the HP ATS Integration Services Configuring Guide 5952 8532D 1 78 Pg 13 The HP 9415A DTU includes one I O card A separate I O card need not be ordered Pg 15 Both 2645A and 2648A CRT Terminals require 13260B Ext Commun Card instead of 13260A version Pg 22 Table 2 5 Other I O Requirements for non HP IB Instruments Should read See Table 3 Pg 23 Table 3 9415A 001 002 003 008 009 010 011 use no 1 0 slots I O card is in 9415A mainframe Note 6 6227B 6228B require only 3 each 6940B slots instead of 8 each Pg 26 European Orders If the HP 1000 system is ordered from Data Systems Division as part of 93284A Configuration System Test Service it is subject to the 10 consolidation charge option 006 is not required If the HP 1000 system is ordered from Grenoble 93284A option 006 is required not subject to 10 consolidation CONSOLIDATION UNITS CALCULATION If 93284A Option 006 Separate HP 1000 shipment is ordered enter Instr Total A as the base price tor the Consolidation Units Caiculatton below INTEGRATION SERVICES WORKSHEE
70. uter een groot aantal taken verricht kunnen verschilende gebruikers met de computer werken op umehare basis via terminals direkt otwel op afstand via de telefoon Hot systeem heeft een virtueel geheu gen waardoor uitgebreide programmers verwerkt worden in een relatiet klem testelijk geheugen gebied U kunt programma s ontwikkelen op een terme nal gebruuk makend van de interaktieve EDEEOR en vervolgens die program ma s onveranderd aan het werk zetten m de batehmode of direkt aan de terminal De HP 3000 bedi COBOL RPGH FORTRAN BASIC APL en SPE de op ALGOL gelijkende Systems Program ming Language Data Base Management een extra grote computer voordeel De DBM software voor dit systeem IM AGE 300 geeft u de mogelijkheden cen data base te onlwikkelen en te managen En de eenvoudige op Engels hikende informatie taal QUER Y maakt Bedrij De HP OQDO serie ry onl wikkekt om gelijk midi barchwerk Acmbeden en multi teemoinal on fine werk te versn ten Hot lere ISK hes e E redhat ter 2968 test Model staat watt ROR v model 6 heen rech een Jour ho ms nvethand eenheut en ven CR E scherm bars software secmngen sproblemen van formaat ondergebracht in een mini computer Alle voor het sisteem henodmde onderdelen wor den door Hewlett Packard geleverd Like gewenst dan pareeng kan geschie door toer oes Vm Te drukker kaartfe punches terms des gt tapes en meer eeheueen gt
71. vailable You can obtain copies of this brochure order No 5953 0119 German from Amstelveen We hope to have a French version available soon If you have any PL 69 literature problems we are here to help you 3070B Field Training Manual By John Willett HPG Did you get your own copy of the Field Training Manual for the 3070B Data Capture Data Retrieval Terminal during our recent NPT Tour If not then please contact me at Grenoble and shall be pleased to send you a copy The 30708 data sheet and brochure are available from your office FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY TPES ATENA Al OXIA y amp zi u aX NA NEW March 1978 was an exciting month for Bob Chipman of DSD The picture shows Bob s visit to the Taipei Telephone Directory Assistance System of the Taiwan Telecommuni cations and Telephone Administration The system services Factory Visit to Taipei Telephone more than two million telephone subscribers in Taipei City En By Bon Chan HPT The purpose of his visit was to install the special communications driver for the customers dedicated dis tributed network and the microcoded subroutine for the symbolic character display Bob had never been in this part of the world before Besides adjusting himself to this new environment he was very enthusiastic and helpful to the customer He surely achieved the objective customer satisfaction HEWLETT PACKARD COMPUTER SYSTEMS GR
72. ve no electronics junction boxes The Multipoint system consists of an 8 wire shielded cable and requires the signals to be amplified by each terminal before transmission to the next The following table summarizes the physical differences Volume 3 Number 14 June 1 1978 33 Two wire 6000 ft total length Can have terminals located anywhere Eight wire 16 000 ft total length Maximum distance be tween terminals 2000 ft Up to 56 terminals Up to 32 terminals May not be used with modems Up to 25 000 bits sec May be used with modems Up to 9600 bits sec Comparing the protocols of Multidrop on the 3070A B and the 2645 multipoint is much more difficult since they are each optimized for different tasks The Grenoble Multidrop protocol is based on a serialized version of the HP IB Each character is handshaken be fore the next is transmitted The protocol provides a fixed and known data communications overhead to all terminals regardless of the amount of data being transmitted to or from any one terminal Using the now well known formula of 25000 Data rate at each terminal 61 N x 28 where N number of terminals installed we can calculate that for 56 terminals installed the transfer rate at each terminal is fixed at 15 HP IB characters sec with a maximum delay of about 100 mS between being available to start of transmission This would be true even if only o
73. wson Mabey DSD 3 HP ATS Automatic Test Systems are now available with RTE IV software When ordering HP 93284A Configuration System Test Service the minimum HP 1000 Computer Sys tem is HP 2176A B Computer System 128 Kbyes HP 92101A 020 BASIC 1000D on minicartridge Line Printer see below The following options are also available Opt 002 Additional Cabinet for magnetic tape Opt 008 HP 2648A Graphics Terminal instead of 2645A The HP 2177A B may also be substituted for the HP 2176A B Optional peripherals are listed below Only those items specifically shown are supported by HP 93284A Configuration System Test Service Selection should be in accordance with HP 1000 Configuration Guide procedures 1 Additional CRT Terminals a 2640B CRT Terminal 020 Ext Async Commun 12966A 001 Interface b 2645A CRT Terminal 030 Delete Std Comm Card 13260B Ext Comm Card 12966A 001 Interface c 2648A Graphics Terminal 13260B 003 Ext Comm Card 12966A 001 Interface 2 12979B I O Extender 3 Additional Memory see HP 1000 Config Guide 4 Line Printers a 2613A Line Printer w Opt 100 b 2617A Line Printer w Opt 100 c 2618A Line Printer w Opt 100 d 12987A Line Printer 26074 e 12996A Page Printer 9866A 5 Additonal Disc Drives requires 2176A 77A with Opt 002 7906SR 020 Additional Disc Drive 6 Magnetic Tape requires 2176A 77A with Opt 002 79708 Mag Tape with Opt 236 HP 9415A

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