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1. By Paul Storaasli GSD With the upgrade product for field installation of the HP 7910 disc in the HP 250 announced September 1 your dual and triple flexible disc HP 250 customers can upgrade to the Winchester hard disc installed in the system desk and trade in their old flexible disc drives if desired Product Number 45012U Price Includes 7910K disc 6 750 Installed Options 001 Return one 1 500 flexible disc drive 002 Return two flexible disc drives Availability Eight weeks Discounts Not purchase agree ment discountable Now a triple flexible disc based HP 250 customer can trade in two drives and pay only 3 750 for the Winchester disc Note that at least one flexible disc drive must remain in the HP 250 If desired two flexible disc drives can remain but there is no space in the tub for three flexible discs plus the 7910 the third flexible drive must be removed Some cus tomers will probably want to keep the dual flexible discs for diskette copy ing convenience added capacity or flexibility This upgrade can offer your customer increased benefits from their HP 250 systems Greater reliability 3 4 times more on line storage 2 3 times increase in throughput While the HP 250 program has taken off well this year the key to continued success is maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction by offering our current customers ongoing pro duct enhancements and upgrades Please review your HP 2
2. tic keys are interpreted as capitals When in this mode all shifted al phabetic keys are interpreted as lower case Non alphabetic keys are not af fected To leave this mode hit the caps key again On the other hand when the terminal has the caps lock function asserted the terminal will only generate tele type compatible codes Unshifted al phabetic keys produce their upper case equivalents The and gener ate and respectively The and are ignored This is also true of the 264X caps lock key This is all detailed on pages 4 6 of the new 2626A reference manual 18 Bob Watson DTD Manager Right congratulates George 2626A Remote Configuration By Jim Schrempp DTD Anyone who uses the 2626A will no doubt want to modify the window workspace configuration When doing this remotely through escape sequences the user needs to be aware of a few points Be sure that the execution of the escape sequences will not result in the total number of rows allocated exceeding the total available Be sure that window specifications do not overlap Before defining a window to the left of the vertical border the bor der must be positioned at a col umn gt 0 Before defining a win dow to the right of the vertical bor der the border must be positioned at a column lt 80 For more information see pages 2 15 of the 2626A reference manual For Internal Use Only
3. Ed Hop BDD A new software Catalogue for HP 9800 series desktop computers was sent to the technical sales force in Sep tember The catalogue includes all necessary information about HP software and third party software for use on HP 9800 series desktop com puters No need to call factory mar keting for software info it s all there in one binder info on software for Statistics EE mechanical engineer ing management science and other applications It s just what you need when answering a customer s first inquiry about the software part number pack title brief description minimum or most likely configura tion publication number of available literature and price Computer News October 15 1980 Business Computers BCG K TDP 3000 Update By David Townsend CSP The product tape for TDP 3000 Product No 36578A which in cludes the HP reference manual and a customer demo has been sent to all software coordinators this week SE training in Europe and the US will be complete by mid October As well as a good order rate for TDP 3000 we have had many field en quiries concerning our entry into the world of office automation I d like to respond to them highlight some as pects of the Field Training Manual and give you some additional indica tions of where best to sell TDP 3000 Read this article in conjunction with the FT M and Steve Zalewski s article on TDP 3000 on page 14 of the Sept 1 issue o
4. Hart Mark Creamer Frank Zuhde Gary Wessely Pete Watters John Conroy West Valley Kirk Hansen Bill Theisner John Helms Doug Ford Jeff Kurschner Pete Neuhaus Phil Hocking Jim McGregor Bruce Snyder Nate Yovina Harriett Bennett Airport Pam Odle Jim Jaskovsky Dick Peterson Randy Pfluger Bellevue John Renshaw Spokane Ludwig Schmidt Dan Kearns Wilsonville Steve Evans Boise Tom Linnen Lyle Bass John Abegg Bill FlaHavhan Jim Jensen Englewood For Internal Use Only Southern Sales Region DMs West Area Randy Foster Tulsa Jack Oliphant Dallas Roger Jones Ft Worth Hector deLeon Houston Tom Gulczynski San Antonio East Area Dan Gollahon Greensboro Mark Milford Atlanta Clark Macaulay Orlando Bob McCoy Huntsville SRs West Area Frank Simms Stanley Fields Roger Nielsen Tulsa Allyn Field Dave Lyons Lee White Jim Tucker Tom Clemons Giora Stein Alan Arnette Dallas Guy Collister Steve Beckner Barry Poff Ft Worth A J Berkeley Spec Hall New Orleans Billy Sumrall Joe Norton Dennis Lamb Mark Friedman Ed Kurtzer Don McKay Don Lutter Greg Bishop Orv Tulley Houston Luis Suarez Marty Rector Jim Cooper Payton Reynolds San Antonio East Area Niles Howard Jack Mathewson Van Duncan Greensboro John McLellan Columbia Bill McCarrick Sally Haas Bob Brancheau Atlanta Wayne Diehl Ron Cornett Fred Muniz Richmond Stan Shell Tampa Bubber Smith D
5. John Whitesell GSD A new HP 250 application software demo kit is now available for OEMs as well as HP sales offices It combines the FIN 250 OM 250 and MFG 250 demos and includes a set of diskettes that can be loaded onto either a 7906 based or 7910 based HP 250 system In addition to the files of run only programs on diskettes the demo kit also includes a Demo Quick Reference Guide for FIN 250 and OM 250 a set of demo instructions for MFG 250 and installation in structions The demo performs exactly the same operations as the FIN 250 OM 250 and MFG 250 products except for the Backup function Backup has been modified to permit easy reset ting of the demo data bases so demos can be given more quickly and conveniently 14 Order as P N 45184 60001 from GSD Price is 195 If being ordered for sales office use put Please Advise in the price field of the order The demo software requires version A 03 01 or greater of the HP 250 operating system Availability is three weeks ARO The demo kit also includes a cover sheet which contains the following information There is no HP support supplied for this demo kit beyond the documenta tion included herein Warranty is li mited to replacement of defective media The demo kit reflects the latest version of the FIN 250 OM 250 and MFG 250 products at the time the demo kit is purchased Users who previously purchased the demo kit corresponding to an ol
6. R as appropriate with option 33x must be used See table As of November 1 all orders must conform to these rules Noncon forming orders will be returned for correction Please help us minimize the number of change orders re quired by working closely with your local order coordinators veS aD eae ranean dct penn naan Site ana einai tie ab an ae cae ina it nen a eR ano tt lehman AS nao BR Rn Technical Computers Previous Products English French with options option option 9845B 800 810 no options 9845B with 800 810 printer opt 560 561 9845C 800 810 opt 001 9845C 800 810 opt 001 with 560 561 printer opt 9845T 800 810 no options 060 061 9845C 800 810 no options 060 061 9845B 800 810 opt 190 060 061 330 331 9845C 800 810 opt 190 060 061 330 331 98430A 330 331 98428A 330 331 98428R 330 331 Swedish Spanish German Katakana Finnish option option option option 820 830 840 850 820 830 840 850 561 561 541 or 540 561 820 830 840 850 820 830 840 850 561 561 541 or 540 561 820 830 840 850 061 061 041 or 040 061 820 830 840 850 061 061 041 or 040 061 820 830 840 850 061 061 041 or 040 061 330 332 330 330 820 830 840 850 061 061 041 or 040 061 330 332 330 330 330 332 330 330 330 332 330 330 330 332 330 330 When available Option as yet undecided and unavailable order English Not available in local language order English Are You Getting Keyboard By Chris
7. a keyboard for entering label information and a processor to handle the keyboard input At the same time the processor would drive one or more printers to print the labels Some buffering technique allowing the user to specify a new label series while another series was being printed was highly desirable We decided an HP 9825 would be the right machine as data can be entered using keyboard interrupts provided by the System Programming ROM and a printer can be driven using output buffers handled by the Ex tended I O ROM Data specifying a label series can be accepted from the keyboard continuously and buffered in the machine s memory until no longer required HP IB was the obvious printer inter face choice because it provides a proper hardware handshake RS 232C would have been an alternative but no hardware handshake is availa ble With the HP IB interface a printer could be driven at its maximum speed and no extra software was re quired to streamline data flow to a printer The Facit 4540 character Matrix printer was chosen because of its speed 250 characters per second 12 easily readable expanded characters ability to print in black and red and heavy duty A program was written that shows questions in the 9825 display accepts information from the keyboard main tains a log on the 9825 strip printer and drives up to three printers simul taneously There are two versions of the program One us
8. buffer without loss of data Hardware The receive hardware handshake al lows the 2675A to send a busy sig nal on the data terminal ready line CD for RS 232C 108 2 for CCiTT V 24 HP 1000 to 2675A Interface By Bill Becker VCD The HP 2675A cannot be used as the system console on the HP 1000 be cause the diagnostic tapes require a 264X terminal However the 2675A can be interfaced either directly or over telephone lines with the HP 1000 to perform a variety of functions These functions parallel those per formed by a 264X terminal where portability and printing are desirable The 2675A can be interfaced in one of three ways to the HP 1000 Hardwired to the HP 1000 using the 12966A Option 005 Asyn chronous Communications Inter face or the 12880A interface with the 13222C cable or the 12531D Option 001 Current Loop Terminal Interface with the 13222N cable Over telephone lines using an ex ternal modem This can be ac complished either with the 12966A Option 002 Asynchronous Com munications Interface with the 13222N cable or with the 12531D Option 002 Current Loop Terminal Interface with the 13222N cable Over telephone lines using modu lar phones with the terminal s op tional built in modem In this case the modular phone connection plugs directly into the back of the 2675A eliminating the need for any other modems or cables For Intemal Use Only Terminals HP 1000 L Series
9. for someone who al ready has an HP 3000 is low the cost of the software plus a letter quality printer Of course if your cus tomer is going to need extra terminals and memory to handle extra users then you shouldn t talk him out of it Where is an HP 3000 with TDP likely to be the best solution Where a customer has a requirement for a business computer which should also be able to produce tech nical reports manuals proposals legal documents form letters etc TDP is an extremely good solution because of its powerful functional capabilities There is no word processing applica tion that TDP 3000 cannot handle however the what you see is what you get key stroke interactive type of system is at its most attrac tive where the customer wants a vari ety of short letters produced by a typist How easy is it to learn TDP 3000 The demo on the production tape will give you a feel for this A novice could enter correct format print and keep a letter with just seven commands Obviously more time is required to take full advantage of the 120 or so commands To summarize adding command dri ven word processing to our existing capabilities on the HP 3000 is an extra feature that should help you sell in some situations where we could not previously compete Demonstrate the package involve your SE and set customer expectations correctly For intemal Use Only K 7910 Upgrades for HP 250 Update
10. inter face driver which are used to modify user requests and make them com patible with a specific device Technical Computers The user should be aware of the line protocol control sequences and handshaking used by the device The line protocol must match in order for two way communication to exist The HP 12792A interface card uses firmware on the card to accomplish ENQ ACK handshaking With hand shaking enabled data is transferred to a terminal device in blocks of 80 characters If handshaking is dis abled data is transmitted serially character by character to the terminal device The other type of handshaking is from terminal device to the Mux card This is accomplished using DC1 and DC2 handshaking DC1 and DC2 are used for CPU reception in block mode Devices using hardware hand shaking between the Multiplexer card and the device are not supported XON XOFF protocol and transmit handshaking which are controlled by the device rather than the interface are not supported The last consideration requires the user to determine if the terminal device can function using HP supplied drivers or if it will require a user written device driver Devices requiring specialized control need a user written device driver Support is then limited to the HP Interface Sup port Definition The 12792A Multiplexer is a very in telligent card which can be an ex tremely versatile tool for your cus tomers New Enhanc
11. see the press release which has been bulk mailed to your office call your DSD sales develop ment engineer and attend the XL NPT touring sales offices beginning November 5th Computer News October 15 1980 9895A Floppy Disc Not Supported on HP 1000 Models 20 amp 25 By Steve Pomeroy DSD The Greeley Division sales literature for the 9895A incorrectly states the 9895A is supported on the HP 1000 Model 20 and 25 systems These pro ducts employ RTE M a memory based operating system which has not been enhanced with the driver for or made compatible with the 9895A DSD is currently working on enhancements which will allow a 9895A on a memory based system The 9895A is supported on RTE IVB the disc based operating system used in the Model 40 and 45 systems The 9895A compatibility matrix should read 9895A Support on HP 1000 Op HP 1000 System Model 40 amp RTE IVB 45 System M E F Series Computer Model 20 amp RTE M Not Not 25 System Supported Supported M E F Series Computer Model 10 System L Series Computer Driver DVA32 Interface 12821A RTE L 12009A DD 30 DSD Product Availabilities By John Moss DSD To reduce inventory carrying costs and increase profits Data Systems Division has begun building to order many of our products in a continuous flow mode like an automobile as sembly line We are doing this so we can stock our inventories as raw parts rather than wor
12. the information has been collected and analyzed I will respond to you with the results Computer News October 15 1980 Sse RO TES oO RT SORE A CSV LO Technical Computers Field Sales Survey A General Information 1 2 3 Name and location Years in sales What types of applications are associated with your most successful F series sales For each competitive situation you comment on please include the following B Customer Information 1 2 3 4 5 Customer s problem application Price sensitivity Rank from 1 to 5 Customer s business Customer s performance requirements 1 very important 5 unimportant Major competitors bidding C Winning Situations a 1 1 What were the major reasons for making the sale Hardware capabilities which ones Software packages which ones HP 1000 system already in place Price or Price Performance Peripherals offered which ones Reliability Service What features or capabilities would the customer like to see in the future for an upgrade path Losing Situations What were the customer s major objections to the proposed HP offering Which capabilities of competitive offering most influenced the customer Was this a single vendor solution Was this a replacement upgrade sale or new application What capabil
13. to 2675A Inter face The HP 2675A can be used as the system console on the HP 1000 L Series because the diagnostic software can be loaded into memory from a 12012A 12024A Flexible Disc Subsystem In addition the 2675A can be used on the HP 1000 L Series to perform functions that are similar to those performed by a 2645A ter minal The 2675A can be interfaced in one of three ways to the HP 1000 L Series Hardwired to the computer using the 12005A Option 001 Asyn chronous Serial Interface with cable Over telephone lines using an ex ternal modem This is ac complished by using the 12005A Option 003 Asynchronous Serial Interface with a cable for connec tion to a US modem In addition a 13222N cable would be required at the 2675A end of the communica tion line Over telephone lines using modu lar phones with the terminal s op tional built in modem The modu lar phone connection plugs di rectly into the back of the 2675A 2675 Print Head Life By Web Augustine VCD In addition to printing 120 crisp clear characters per second the print head in the 2675 thermal print mechanism has been designed for a long life The head has been engineered for a minimum life of 35 million charac ters A high per cent of heads have been printing up to 100 million characters during reliability tests For a typical 2675 user this means a print head life of up to two years Replace ment when necessary is covered u
14. 50 installa tions for their upgrade requirements P S On a new order the 7910 is or dered as Option 012 on the base sys tem priced at 6 000 13 Business Computers CSD HP 3000 Honor Roll By Sheri Costa CSD HONOR ROLL AUGUST 1980 NAME OFFICE Jim Mercer Iowa City Don McAvoy King of Prussia Bill McElrath Rockville Art Monk Calgary Robert Morgan Calgary Peter Newhaus Airport Andrew Piekaeski Toronto Harlan Proehl Ed Quarnstrom Rolling Meadows Rolling Meadows Gerhard Schmid Calgary Ray Shanahan Paramus Stan Schell Tampa Ken Souza Lexington Larry Stewart Palo Alto Lee White Richardson NAME OFFICE Larry Auster UK Mike Alexander UK Frank Callahan Lexington Jim Cooper San Antonio Marya Daniels Fullerton Michel Dauvilliew France Martin Decre Baltimore John DeRoy Netherlands Dave Eggum St Paul Kai Evensen Milwaukee Sherry Hoff Manhattan Steve Jamison Richardson Jeff Kurschner N Hollywood Dennis Lamb Houston David Leicht Ft Lauderdale Greg Linder Cleveland Bemd Winnemoeller Germany HP 3000 PROGRAM OUTSTANDING SALES REP OF THE MONTH AUGUST 1980 This is to acknowledge that Harlan Proehl of our Rolling Meadows Office achieved the highest HP 3000 Order Performance for the month of August 1980 Congratulations from the entire HP 3000 Program EEEN Phatt koko HP 3000 Sales Manager HP 3000 Program Manager GSD New HP 250 Application Software Demo By
15. By Joe Hess DSD The most commonly requested fea ture on the L Series has been ex panded memory capabilities DSD has completed a nine month lab pro ject which produced the expanded memory XL ahead of schedule This new product set allows A two board microcomputer with 512 Kbytes of memory Upgrade of existing L Series to mapped memory capability through a CPU upgrade kit 200 and new memory controller boards L Series computers running up to 256 concurrent user programs with up to 64 Kbyte partitions How It Works These new L Series features are ob tained by implementing mapping in structions which allow two new memory controllers to manipulate memory maps like other HP 1000s One of these memory controllers is loaded with 64 K RAMs so that it con tains 512 Kbytes of memory in addi tion to the mapped memory logic A new operating system RTE XL uses the mapped memory hardware to make the L Series into a true multi user multi tasking machine The overall system has been designed to allow I O to have direct memory ac cess to any section of memory In general terms RTE XL expands RTE L to a true multi user system but stops short of providing the session monitor and batch proces sing Capabilities of RTE IVB It also supports data and program areas up to 64 Kbytes in size What Does This Do For Me It makes the L Series a 16 bit microcomputer second to none in terms of hardware and softw
16. CRT life Atilt stand included with the 1311 and 1310 These improvements give HP custom ers the most advanced CRT for the demands of computer graphics When used with HP s broad compu ter line the user has the best high performance graphics products avail able 21 Backtalk p 2 m Hamm anmn 22 Final results of the Winner s Circle Sales contest are now in Winners are DMs whose districts were 110 of quota or better for the three month contest period June August and individual SRs who were 120 of quota or better for the three month period Neely Sales Region DMs Ron Westergren Jack Caffey John Knopp Santa Clara Bill Little El Paso George Inglehart Joe OBrien West Valley Len Souza Airport SRs Fred London Bob McMahan Harper Thorpe Palo Alto Rocky McGee Hawaii Larry Stewart Dennis McDonnell Dick Judd Mike O Reilly Jim Sherriff George Workman John Trudeau Roselie Tobes Jim Nelson Ralph Okada Bob Claycomb Les Flammer Carl Schulenberg Bob Taylor Santa Clara Ed Etzel Don Grind Sacramento Marya Daniels Ed Savarese Bill Howard San Diego Jim Hilliard Phoenix Bob Littlefield Gary Cooper Tucson Ralph Kotoski Albuquerque Chris Smith Dave Hendrix John Linebaugh El Paso Mark Verbofsky Gary Thomas Rick Tessitore Darryl Boom Roy Baker Carl Penrod Steve Kreidman Steve Hillyer Bob Woolbert Virginia Colwell Fullerton Alex Caravajal John DiFonzo Tom
17. Colorado Springs Todays mini desktop and microcomputer users are turning increasingly to graphic displays for Meaningful output of their processed information The technology in these digital computers is sufficient to accommodate the complex processing for detailed graphical outputs In the past computer system designers have used versions of their alphanumeric electromagnetic ras ter displays for graphic displays Although these are bright they do not have pleasing straight lines relying instead on constructing a line with a series of discontinuous dots These displays lack the resolution and writing rates necessary to display graphics not much more complex pictures than bar graphs or pie charts Computer News October 15 1980 To accommodate more complex graphics system designers turned to two rather expensive display devices The first uses an electromagnetic CRT in a vector drawing mode This allows for bright straight lines but the unit is limited in writing speed decreased picture complexity and has large power requirements heat fans and lowered reliability The second method uses a storage type display This method allows for straight lines adequate resolution and a great deal of picture complex ity The picture however is very dim takes a good deal of time to draw must be entirely redrawn when a change is made and cannot show mo tion or rotation of views limited in teractivity
18. For October 15 1980 Evolution of HP Memory mons TTEA e 5 e orret TTSS r rr AAC nett tritis inane p o 16k Ea Ms 8 Boards By RAMs 6 Boards yeh Core 6 Boar as For Internal Use Only HP Computer Museum www hpmuseum net For research and education purposes only On the Cover Sandy Metz of Data Systems Di vision holds the division s two board 1 2 megabyte micro 6 computer In front of her is an historic evolution of HP memory From L to R are three stacks of 13 memory boards each consisting of 1 2 megabyte eight boards using 16K RAMs 16 boards 13 using 4K RAMs and the 96 boards it took to hit a 1 2 megabyte when HP used core memory Article begins on page 6 9 22 3 13 18 20 22 October 15 1980 Vol 5 No 23 Accelerate 80 K Expanded Memory for L Series Joe Hess DSD K TDP 3000 Update David Townsend CsP K 7910 Upgrades for HP 250 Update Pau Storaasli GSD Important New 9845 Ordering Procedures Susanne Cochran DCD As of November 1 all orders for 9845B T C should include default keyboard and printer options Winner s Circle Final Results The names of the DM and SR winners in this three month sales contest are listed Sections In This Issue Computer Marketing Technical Computers Business Computers Terminals Peripherals D Backtalk For Intemal Use Only Computer News October 15 1980 4 10 In This Issue Co
19. P Avoid these pitfalls by setting the customer s expectations early in the sales cycle resolving support issues immediately so they do not impinge upon other aspects of the sale and determining what HP s support capabilities are in a particular area and relating them realistically to your customer The resources that allow you to determine HP support capabilities on a worldwide basis are Corporate Travel Guide includes maps which define the location travel area and certain support capabilities of HP Service Responsible Offices SROs worldwide for all sales disciplines Available from your local service manager CSD Support Services Data Book details CSD Support Services both hardware and software and contains a complete listing of all HP Training Centers Field Repair Centers and SROs both subsidiaries and dis tributors CSD Sales Development the interface between CSD and the field sales force Responsibilities include on line sales support development of special support plans coordina tion of major account support and communication of worldwide sup port capabilities CSD can provide specific information on support prog rams offered by each office as well as the hardware by software products those offices support Also available is the most current listing of SROs their support uplift factors hours of cover age and response times If the Travel Guide and Data Book do not provide you wit
20. Price Configuration Guide Art Monk ISD New HP 300 Workstation Upgrades Ken Filcoff BGD HP 300 Users Meet Mike Barlow First RJE 250 Installation in Europe Paul Mayr amp Edmund Bernardi For Intemal Use Only 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 22 RJE Link Between HP 3000 amp 9845T Tested Karl Heinz Weiss amp Helmut Schaefer DTD Top DTD Salesman Rich Ferguson Caps Lock vs Caps Mode Jim Schrempp 2626A Remote Configuration Jim Schrempp SEO CEO Help from DTD Jim Schrempp HPG Using Your Local Language on a 2631B Printer Michel Bart Vancouver 2675A Datacom Handshakes Brodie Keast HP 1000 to 2675A Interface Bill Becker 2675 Print Head Life Web Augustine Boise How Does the 2619A Stack Up Ron Whiteleather Boise s Specials Engineering Tom Mills Greeley Improved Disc Drive for HP 250 Rosemary Kramer Colorado Springs X Y Displays Improved for Graphics Market Joe Hunter Backtalk Winner s Circle Final Results Computer Marketing csD Line Conditioning Made Easy By Jay Friedman CSD CSD is often asked whether its new HP 35030A Power Line Conditioner is an isolation transformer or a vol tage regulator This unit combines many of the characteristics of both to combat a range of power problems An isolation transformer has no di rect current path between its primary and secondary windings and als
21. SEO CEO Help from DTD By Jim Schrempp DTD If you d like an easy way to keep your reference library up to data or assem ble new libraries for new SEs and CEs DTD has the answer As mentioned in Computer News June 15 80 issue there is now a ter minal subscription service available through SDC If you are signed up you will receive new materials such as Manuals Demo Tapes Games Tapes Service Notes etc DTD s other new helpers are SE and CE Starter Kits These kits contain enough man uals on terminals printers and plot ters to give every new CE and SE a good start toward a working reference library To subscribe to the distribution ser vice TWX Jeff Nagle at COMSYS 5600 for an order form Be sure to get on the appropriate service SE 5955 6049 CE 5955 6050 TSE 5955 6051 To order an SE or CE Starter Kit submit a HEART I2 Order Override for SE Kit 5955 6039 CE Kit 5955 6040 Supply Division 5006 Price Please Advise Computer News October 15 1980 HPG Using Your Local Language on a 2631B Printer By Michel Bart HPG You have ordered option 009 ex tended Roman character set to get the print out in your own local lan guage on a 2631B connected to a 9835A B 9845B an HP 250 or an HP 300 You are right But these systems use bit 8 mode to select the secondary character set and Shift in Shift out mode is default on the 2631B So to make the printer compatible with these systems
22. Stumbough DCD Did you receive your September October 80 Keyboard Using the ROSTER Data base mailing distri bution this issue of Kevboard was mailed to all the US and Canadian sales field personnel RSMs AMs DMs SSRs SRs If you know your name is listed in the ROSTER Data base in one of these categories but you did not receive your Keyboard please advise Chris Stumbough DCD 303 226 3800 ext 2235 If you are a new hire or for some other reason your name has not been added to the ROSTER Data base dis 10 tribution and you wish to receive Keyboard please contact Francine Tarmina CMG 408 996 9383 Our goal is to have Keyboard au tomatically sent to everyone in the US and Canadian 02 sales force and to those who have account responsibil ity that includes HP technical com puters We want to keep you up to date In addition to SRs Keyboard is distri buted to other miscellaneous intra corporate personnel not represented by the categories above If you wish to be added to this list contact Chris at the above number For Intemal Use Only New 9825T Mass Storage ROM By Larry Inman DCD The 9825T can now support the new 9895 Flexible Disc Memory With the recent introduction of the 98228A 9895 9885 Flexible Disc Drive ROM the 9825T can take advantage of the 9895 s increased mass storage capacity Major features of the new 98228A ROM are It supports both 9885 and 9895 flexible d
23. With these limited methods is there a More advantageous solution There certainly is It s an HP 1300 Series X Y Display using electrostatic deflection For Internal Use Only Peripherals The electrostatic CRTs use a vector drawing technique Available in sizes of 14 to 21 these displays provide bright straight high resolution vec tors Their high writing speeds allow detailed and complex pictures Dis plays can also show motion and rota tion for operator interactivity To further enhance the capabilities of these products the large screen pro ducts HP 1311 10 17 and 21 are undergoing improvements as B models The first B version displays are the 1311B 14 and the recently announced 1310B 19 Typical B model improvements are A new flat faced optical quality glass contrast filter that does not diffuse the CRT trace This dramatically improves observed trace quality and display contrast An entirely new CRT that boosts the quality area to full screen Ex ceptional edge and corner focus is obtained A new contrast control that en hances display performance with the 1350A Graphics Translator This was Option 057 on the A model A beefed up high voltage power supply that increases focus and brightness stability with changes in Z axis drive and or picture com plexity A regulated CRT filament con tributing substantially to
24. ales development For intemal Use Only When Can I Get One The November CPL will have the new XL products with an eight week availability There are limited amounts of pro ducts available sooner so contact your sales development engineer if you need an XL to close a deal What if my Customer Already has an L Series Existing L Series computers can be upgraded by purchasing either mem ory controller with Opt 001 This op tion includes a kit which upgrades a 12001A CPU to a 12001B CPU by plugging three parts into sockets on the board This same upgrade sup ports other new CPU features such as D S support of the virtua front panel feature of the L Series In the future only 12001B CPUs will be shipped with L Series computers so that fu ture upgrades will not need this kit Marketing the XL The XL has more memory capability than any other LSI based processor from a minicomputer vendor and the two board 512 Kb micro is the first in the industry These features successfully position the XL against the DEC PDP 11 23 and Data General MP200 with only 256 Kb and 64 Kb memory capabilities respectively The XL also allows an L Series user to grow his application upward through longer program length and planned additions of feature products The 512 Kb board set has microcomputer size and flexibility with the software support and low development cost of a full up minicomputer For more info
25. am 350 12820 Reinforced Concrete Column 350 12830 Flat Slab Analysis amp Design 500 12840 Steel Beam Design 250 12850 Steel Column Design 300 12860 Composite Steel Beam 250 12870 Pre Stressed Concrete Beam 600 12880 Dynamic Load Analysis 400 12890 Footing Design 500 12900 Section Properties 150 12910 Job Cost Accounting 2 000 These programs will continue to be available from Computerized Structural Design CS DI in Milwaukee the original developer of this software for HP They have purchased the rights and will actively promote sell and support this software as part of our new third party software supplier program They are anxious to continue an active role in the structural market and welcome your inquiries for help on promotional programs Software program information from CSDI will be distributed in the November update to the new DCD Software Catalog CSDI will also continue to support those customers who have pur chased HP structural programs Please contact PL96 Sales Support if you need help We will also discontinue the following software programs Part number Description Effective Date 09845 14350 Clinical Lab Library Aug 1 80 10850 Payroll Nov 1 80 10860 Inventory Nov 1 80 Clin Lab applications for the System 45 will be handled through our OEM program in the future If you have any questions about Clin Lab Software availability please contact DCD Dave Deane The Payroll and Inventory progra
26. are capabilities It provides a low cost multi user L Series system which is able to run the products HP customers like It gives the L Series a state of the art multi user operating system which supports modular driver structure concurrent I O proces sing easy interchange of generated operating systems and automatic enabling of the system map when an interrupt occurs The ability to enhance the perfor mance of the L Series by reduction of the disc swapping overhead through added memory Pricing amp Product Structure The two memory controllers the 128Kb 12002A board and 512 Kbyte 12002B boards sell for 2 800 and 12 000 respectively The 12003A 128Kb array board sells for 2 500 and connects to the 12002A board through one of a set of connectors to allow 256 384 and 512 Kbyte XL configurations The 12002A board provides 128 Kb 2103LK board sets and 2103L box computer installations when ordered as Opt 011 to these products for 1 500 over the price of an unmapped computer The same option is available on L Series systems for 1 700 and adds RTE XL in place of RTE L The 512 Kbyte controller is available on boards boxes and systems as Opt 012 for 11 000 The base product for RTE XL 92071A lists at 3 000 and the other XL software products are priced accordingly higher than their RTE L counterparts For more pricing information prior to receiving the November CPL please contact DSD s
27. cing high level personnel in the firm to participate in our 10 day HP 250 training course Berlin Printer Hamburg 9 Lines 2400 baud Munich Computer News October 15 1980 RJE Link Between HP 3000 amp 9845T Tested By Karl Heinz Weiss amp Helmut Schaefer BDD Business Computers Because of an increasing number of questions from the field about desktop operation with RJE 3000 we tested the following modes 1A 264X HP 3000 III 1 Hardwired Full duplex 9600 bit s 1A Desktop config 9845T 98046B Emulator RJE 45 ROMs 98417A 98418A TX Clock provided by 98046B HP 3000 config Series III INP Emulator RJE 3000 30222A cable for Series III 264X terminal on ATC MUX 2400 bps RJE 3000 Subsystems RJE 45 1B Desktop config 1B Same as above but 98046B Opt 001 HP 3000 111 264X HP 3000 config Same as above additional modem eliminator cable 30225 60003 et 9845T 30225 60003 980468 eA p Opt 001 30222A Modem Eliminator Cable 2 264X HP 3000 11 Modem 60011 Re yee Opt 001 2400 Baud Modems Results Both hardwired and modem connections were used for file transfer in both directions using ASCII and EBCDIC codes and 2780 and 3780 emulators All combinations worked perfectly There must be an operator or stream or control file on both sides to be able to communicate In the three test phases the RJE 3000 emulator needs more operato
28. der version of the software products and later want the most recent version will need to re purchase the Demo Kit For Internal Use Only RJE 250 Needs Hard Disc or 64K By Paul Storassli GSD When RJE 250 is run on a system with only 32 Kbytes of user memory software overlays are required This means the software disc must remain on line for the duration of RJE 250 operation Due to media wear a flexi ble disc should not be used for this The customer must choose to use a hard disc for software or to order memory to provide a 64 Kbyte user area This requirement will help en sure a reliable product and a satisfied customer Computer News October 15 1980 Business Computers FIN 250 amp OM 250 Performance Data By John Whitesell GSD To help you better discuss with prospects the performance characteristics of FIN 250 and OM 250 the HP 250 Lab has tested several FIN and OM functions as described below All of these test results assume that the operator perform ing the actions is highly trained on both the HP 250 system and the application The FIN 250 testing on both the 7906 based and 7910 based configuration was performed by the same person executing the same sequence of actions So the comparison of these end results for the 7906 and 7910 based systems is parti cularly useful The chart below highlights the major functions tested The times recorded to perform the various functions are stated as mi
29. ements for ATLAS8S 1000 From LEXICO By Dawson Mabey DSD The following ATLAS 1000 News from LEXICO provides the latest up date on new enhancements to their ATLAS for the HP 1000 If your cus tomers want more information have them contact Al Rogers Product Manager LEXICO Enterprises Inc Applications Support Division 1200 112th Ave N E Suite C 179 Bellevue Washington 98004 206 455 0743 ATLAS 1000 News Digital ATLAS 1000 Digital ATLAS is now available from LEXICO for the HP 9415A or the DTS 70 30 day delivery LEXICO announced Digital ATLAS 1000 92111D the second enhance ment to the ATLAS 1000 Compiler at the Boston ATE show in June Digital ATLAS 1000 is a superset of the existing ATLAS 1000 Compiler so present users can easily upgrade without changing existing ATLAS programs Digital test patterns for the ATLAS program can be generated either manually or automatically with TESTAID II DTS 70 board probing and fault isolation can be performed by the use of the ATLAS statement PERFORM fastrace EXTERNAL In addition a Digital ATLAS Program mers Guide and Digital ATLAS train ing are included with the 92111D Software Support Service Another product announced at the Boston ATE show was a Software Support Service for all ATLAS 1000 products This product is similar to HP s Customer Support Service but For Internal Use Only includes two weeks of training In ad dition to two
30. erating Software Amigo 300 Operating System Sys tem Utilities and IMAGE 300 User Manual Set Installation Ordering Information 31031B HP 300 Workstation 47 500 Upgrade to Model 20 Includes products listed above plus dual 7920 s 31031C HP 300 Workstation 60 000 Upgrade to model 30 Includes products listed above plus dual 7925 s BGD HP 300 Users Meet By Mike Barlow BGD Twenty HP 300 end users and OEMs from Germany Finland Denmark UK and Holland gathered at BGD July 31 August 1 for the first HP 300 European Users meeting The agenda included 20 minute pre sentations from three users work shop topics of Design of Application Software for Multiple Users In stallation Planning and Perfor mance Optimisation and discussion of HP 300 support services and R amp D priorities HP speakers Alan Nonnenberg Fred Gibbons and Mike Barlow described where the HP 300 fits into the com mercial product line and the new features added to the HP 300 in Operating System A 04 leaving users confident that A 04 and subsequent releases are enhancing the HP 300 as an upgrade to System 32 RPG users while offering new features to exist ing BASIC language users A full report of session contents has been mailed to all European SEs and third party specialists Further copies can be obtained from your BGD sales development contact 16 First RJE 250 Installation in Europe By Paul Mayr am
31. es printers in a nonpredictable way i e the operator cannot control which series of labels is printed on which printer The other version asks the operator to specify the printer to be used for a label series unless of course there is only one printer The limit of three printers is arbitrary Using an I O expander the number could easily be increased Since we want all three printers to be driven simultaneously three output transfers must be possible at the same time The output buffering used in combi nation with the buffers in the printers allows a true continuous process Provided keyboard entry is done quickly or the series of labels is long the program keeps three printers going without interruption At the same time it allows more keyboard entry to take place with each label series entered being printed as soon as a or the selected printer becomes free For Internal Use Only This configuration has now been tested for about two years and re cently an order was received for 45 HP 9825Bs with Systems Program ming ROMs and interfaces Next the customer wants to consider connecting the 9825 to an HP 3000 computer to allow complete automa tic price label printing Rather than getting label specifications through keyboard entries the HP 3000 will send the relevant data to the 9825 which in turn will print a label series For more information contact me at HP Amsterdam New Software Catalogue By
32. ey Improved Disc Drive for HP 250 By Rosemary Kramer Greelev The HP 250 business computers coming off the line now feature the reliability of the 9895A Flexible Disc Memory The new 9895 K the built in version of the stand alone de vice replaces the 7902A Drive The 9895 a double sided double density mass storage device has set an impressive track record since its introduction in July Manufactured by Control Data this drive has a sta ble head design offering improved storage capacity and reliability The drive combined with the new double sided media 92195 assures hassle free performance for the HP business computer user Note of caution The 9164 0100 media used on the 7902 drive will wear out prematurely if used on the 9895K Do Not Use The drives are manufactured by two different com panies 9895 CDC Shugart 7902 and use two different head designs Any data on the old discs should be copied to the new The new media however is compatible with both the 7902 and the 9895 and may be used interchangeably The new media 92195 also offers a lower error rate and much longer wear life Supplied through several vendors the 92195 quality media is now available off the shelf Computer News October 15 1980 Colorado Springs 5 The B version displays feature an optical glass faceplate for improved display presentations X Y Displays Improved for Graphics Market By Joe Hunter
33. f Computer News and you should get a good feel for our market Is TDP 3000 the same as all other word processors There is confusion on this point There are two very broad areas into which text and word processors can be divided 1 The what you see is what you get or key stroke interac tive variety which is often the kind referred to by end users when they say word processor With this type all editing and formatting is per formed on the screen from the keyboard These capabilities are planned for HP word processors in FY 81 This easy and quick to learn type of word processor is primarily aimed at secretarial users 2 TDP 3000 is a command driven delayed formatting system The formatting commands that an operator enters are only executed when the work is printed The exception to this is the TDP SCREEN command which allows utilization of screen editing capabilities on our block mode termi nals This type is most often used by anyone including secretaries who has long or complicated documents to prepare or for documents that re quire a lot of revision Computer News October 15 1980 How competitive are we Compared to other command driven packages we are in front The format ting commands are very powerful and the table creation mathematical ex pression handling built in calculator automatic hyphenation and security features are all very attractive Also our entry price
34. h the necessary information contact CSD Sales Development Computer News October 15 1980 Computer Marketing cso New Media Storage Cabinets By Fran Jeffries CSO Computer Supplies Operation has now added media storate cabinets to complement the terminal tables sta tic control mats and copy holders we already offer The Autumn Computer Supplies Catalog 5953 2450 offers two attrac tive cabinets for convenient storage and security for media documenta tion and supplies Storage features shelf locations etc have been op timized for the broadest range of re quirements after careful consultation with many HP users ranging from those with smaller desktop cornput ers and related instrumentation sys tems to those with complete HP 3000 computer system installations Both cabinets have roll up doors which can be locked to keep valuable media program listings and supplies safe and secure Computer News October 15 1980 These attractive cabinets are in stock and ready for immediate shipment with all shelves and hanger bars al ready installed inside Have vour cus tomers order For Intemal Use Only HP 92172A 119 5 cm 47 in high 790 ea HP 92172B 180 cm 71 in high 950 ea P S These cabinets are also available from CSO for internal HP use at low TAC prices Ask us for details Technical Computers DSD K Expanded Memory for L Series
35. hiladelphia AA Tony Lepone Susan Kienzle Richard Coogan Kyriakos Papademetriou KoP Tech Marsha Mirman Russ Dodd Don McAvoy Carl Nessen Philadelphia Comm Cliff Falcon Jim Banisch Baltimore Comm Don Bacastow Washington Comm Ted Buis Jim Stefancic Bill Bures Ray Weber Dan Selario Baltimore Washington Tech Mal Wiseman Bob Watson Rob Kirkland Govt DOD Midwest Sales Region DMs Dan Branda Indianapolis John Malone Rolling Meadows Bill Payne Cleveland Ron Stevenson Rolling Meadows Computer News October 15 1980 For Intermal Use Only SRs Bob Berlon Jerry Reinker Dayton Joe Kail Cincinnati Harry Elston Mike Naughton Roger Biery John Hughes Greg Graham Keith Obenchain Indianapolis John Burich Hank Potts Louisville Ed Case Greg Raquet Grand Rapids Al Walker Farmington Hills Ed Quanstrom Rolling Meadows Harlan Proehi Bloomington Dick Peake Columbus Rich Dixon Bhuck Boeauff Greg Linder Jim Leath Cleveland Tom Cooper Toledo Frank Trenery St Louis Kai Evenson Milwaukee Jim Mercer Rod Cerkoney Iowa City Dave Eggum Wayne Quehl Edna Slavin Wayne Husby St Paul Gil Daughtrey Kansas City Steve Weiber Adam Butkus Howard Boyd John Hammond Pittsburgh Barry Humphrey Tom Henshaw Rolling Meadows Canada DMs Coriway Reimer Calgary Dan McLean London Mark Matoza Toronto SRs Western Area Leo Cizek Vancouver Paul Rew Art Monk Ron Lim Doug Clark B
36. isc drives Bootstraps are no longer required on the disc as is the case with the 98217A 9825A 9885 ROM all the code now resides within the 98228A The 9825T can support multiple devices on the 9895 s HP IB chan nel Disc commands are identical to those available in the old 98217A ROM providing easy 9825 9885 to 9825T 9895 system conversions This new 9895 capability provides a good mechanism to leverage upgrade kit sales Because the 9825T is the only version that can support the 9895 9825A S B customers will have to upgrade their machines to the 9825T configuration to use the 98228A ROM Once more the 98251F upgrades the 9825A or S to a 9825T memory configuration and the 98252F upgrades the 9825B to a 98257 The 98228A is priced at 500 US Delivery is currently six weeks Computer News October 15 1980 N Technical Computers Discontinued Structural Software By John Oster DCD In line with our Computer Groups strategy to concentrate on manufacturing applications we plan to discontinue offering Structural Engineering software as an HP product Effective November 1 80 the following programs will no longer be available from DCD Part Number Description Price 09845 12750 Continuous Frame Analysis 450 12760 Beam Span Analysis 250 12770 Multi Story Frame 700 12780 General Frame Analysis 700 12790 Truss Analysis 600 12800 Space Frame Analysis 3 000 12810 Reinforced Concrete Be
37. ities do you feel would have made our offering more viable pee mah nm Sm eh nC cs mh ebm pm mn a sem lh Computer News October 15 1980 For Internal Use Only DCD Important New 9845 Ordering Procedures By Susanne Cochran DCD As of November 1 all orders for 9845B T C will need to include de fault keyboard and printer options We are changing the procedure be cause a the current procedure is confusing especially as we add new enhancements to the 9845 b current billings for printer options on the T are not always accurate c we need to clarify our production scheduling The inconvenience caused by adding these options to every order will be greatly outweighed by improved effi ciency of the entire system The new ordering procedure is sum marized in the following table If your customers want to order some different combinations of keyboards and data base management this sys tem of ordering allows you to switch combinations of options to suit the situation General Rules to Remember Always specify keyboard options using 800 for standard ASCII Specify all printer options when included free in the system lie 9845T 9845C 9845B option 190 using 06x and 04x option numbers For charge printers use 56x and 54x options Specify DBM option on 9845B op tion 190 and 9845C option 190 using the mainframe option 33x which is no charge For all other customers 98430A or 98428A
38. ition these tests were per formed in a lab environment and testing in a particular user s environ ment may not generate the same results Where performance is a major factor the prospect should perform his own testing For more details on this performance data please contact HP 250 Sales Development New HP 250 Price Configuration Guide By Art Monk GSD Hot off the press is a new HP 250 Configuration Guide and Price Sheet The new guide acts primarily as a configuration planner and will be very easy for your customer to under stand The separate US price sheet will simplify the update process and help ensure future availability of this brochure combination The new liter ature numbers are HP 250 Config uration Guide 5953 3427 HP 250 Price Sheet 5953 3428 Please note All current backorders for the present Price Configuration Guide 5953 3423D which is now obsolete will be filled with the new version of this brochure ISD New HP 300 Workstation Upgrades By Ken Filcoff ISD Do you have customers with HP 300 Workstations that would like to up grade to the new HP 300 Model 20 dual 7920 based or Model 30 dual 7925 based Well enough of you asked for these products that we have put them on the October 1 price list Both upgrades include the following ICF 25A Processor 256 Kbytes of Error Correcting Main Memory 1 Mbyte Flexible Disc Drive 15 Business Computers Fundamental Op
39. k in process or finished goods which contain sub stantial value added Computer News October 15 1980 Technical Computers Why you should care is that we have had to adjust the availabilities of some of our products to reflect the length of time it actually takes to build them The standard avail abilities we are shooting for are Hardware Weeks Systems 9 CPU Boxes CPU Boards Mainframe Plugins Memory Products Cabinets Software A B X Suffix Products E M R Y Suffix Products Diagnostics Firmware AAAA N wre eA N While we are making every effort to meet these standard availabilities for all products we feel that it is most important for you to be able to prop erly set your customers expectations and for us to meet them Con sequently products which for one reason or another cannot meet the standard availabilities will be listed at whatever their actual availability is In short you should continue to use the Corporate Availability Schedule The Co ordinated Delivery Program is not affected by these changes co ordinated products will continue to be shipped with systems as in the past These standard availabilities apply only to products built by DSD 2200 and do not affect PL65 products supplied by Roseville 5200 Greno ble 6300 or YHP 3300 For Internal Use Only Connecting New Mux to Other Devices By Randy Englund amp Gary Brunell DSD In addition to supporting HP termi nals
40. l Editor Francis Marc San Diego Editor Mary Zoeller Technical Editor Scott McClendon Vancouver Editor Lynne DiVittorio Technical Editor Gary Peck L HEWLETT PACKARD 3
41. mputer geMuscum csD Line Conditioning Made Easy Jay Friedman 35030A Data Sheet Available Jay Friedman Maintenance on Non HP Equipment Chris Kryzan Setting Customer Support Expectations David Garcia cso New Media Storage Cabinets Fran Jeffries DSD Expanded Memory for L Series Joe Hess 9895A Floppy Disc Not Supported on HP 1000 Models 20 amp 25 Steve Pomeroy DSD Product Availabilities John Moss Connecting New Mux to Other Devices Randy Englund amp Gary Brunell New Enhancements for ATLAS 1000 From LEXICO Dawson Mabey Planning for Future High Performance Markets Margaret Mykland DCD Important New 9845 Ordering Procedures Susanne Cochran Are You Getting Keyboard Chris Stumbough New 9825T Mass Storage ROM Larry Inman Computer News October 15 1980 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 Discontinued Structural Software John Oster 9030 Benchmark amp Performance Clarification Charles Reese BDD 9825 Used for Printing Price Labels Jaap Vegter New Software Catalogue Ed Hop BCG TDP 3000 Update David Townsend 7910 Upgrades for HP 250 Update Paul Storaasli csD HP 3000 Honor Roll Sheri Costa GSD New HP 250 Application Software Demo John Whitesell RJE 250 Needs Hard Disc or 64K Paul Storassli FIN 250 amp OM 250 Performance Data John Whitesell New HP 250
42. ms will be available as unsupported software through our Exchange Library Anyone interested can purchase these programs for 25 cash in advance Please consult your Software Catalog for ordering details There will be similar announcements soon on 9815 and 9825 software prog rams Until then if you have any questions please contact DCD Computer News October 15 1980 For Intemal Use Only 9030 Benchmark amp Periormance Clarification By Charles Reese DCD Due to misleading field literature there is confusion about the 9030 Measurement and Control Proces sor s performance Page 2 of the Model 9030 Technical Supplement includes an erroneous graph por traying the 9845T as having superior throughput performance to the 9825 As product histories suggest the 9825 will have superior throughput performance in any configuration with the 9030 No matter which desktop is selected as the 9030 controller the desktop will invariably have to wait for the 2240 processor to transmit requested data because the 2240 architecture does not permit data transmission to begin until all requests included in the command string have been exe cuted Thus for applications where the desktop communicates only with the 2240 processor and no other peripherals desktop performance is not significant to system throughput For this reason the 9835A with its CRT and computational features is recommended as the premier 9030 controller Application
43. nder stand service agreements 19 Peripherals Boise How Does the 2619A Stack Up By Ron Whiteleather Boise The HP 2619A is a successful product for Boise Division We have just com pleted our first year of shipments and have been working closely with our vendor Data Printer Corporation who builds this printer for HP to im prove the total product During this year we have learned a lot about 2619A customers and their ex pectations regarding paper stacking Most customers realize the limita tions of a high speed printer without a power stacker They either allow for the times when the printer does not stack output or purchase one of the commercially available power stackers The fact that line printers in the class of the 2613A 2617A and 2619A do not stack paper dependably under all conditions is a de facto industry standard We have not specifically stated in our data sheets for these printers that they may not under all circumstances stack paper reliably however it must be explained to a potential customer that these possi ble short comings exist If a cus tomer s expectations are adequately set prior to the order then he she is likely to be more satisfied with the entire system We are continuing our efforts to im prove the quality and reliability of our products Also support on additional systems is being planned for system printers Together this will help you to continue selling the bes
44. nutes seconds 7906 7910 Percent Function based based Variance Accounts Receivable Add New Invoice 1 34 2 00 22 Add Customer 0 41 0 52 21 Add Credit Memo 0 54 1 03 14 Modify Credit Memo 0 27 0 34 21 Add Cash Activity 0 15 0 22 32 Add Customer Ship To s 0 25 0 29 14 Add Tax Locations 0 10 0 11 9 Post 195 transactions 33 26 37 05 9 Accounts Payable Add Purchase Invoice 1 17 1 17 0 Modify Purchase Invoice 0 35 0 43 19 Add Vendor 0 50 0 50 0 Add Debit Memo 0 22 0 22 0 Hold Payment Report 0 06 0 06 0 Print Check 0 07 0 07 0 General Ledger Add Entity 0 20 0 21 5 Enter standard transaction 0 26 0 26 0 Enter reversing transaction 0 30 0 30 0 Print Balance Sheet Normal 0 04 0 05 20 Print account balances 0 06 0 06 0 Print detailed cost account report 0 54 1 01 11 Order Entry Enter 20 orders 2 line items 36 36 45 47 20 Release 20 orders 6 40 11 40 43 Print 20 picking lists 4 02 4 27 13 Inventory Control Post 450 inventory items 15 44 24 01 34 Add 20 product codes 3 57 4 13 6 Sales Analysis Daily Sales Report 5 02 5 11 3 Post 340 transactions 11 14 14 44 24 As the chart shows moving from the 7910 based system to the 7906 based system will on the average improve application performance by 20 25 However as the chart also shows the improvement will vary considerably depending on the particular function being executed due to the number of disc accesses etc Computer News October 15 1980 For Intemal Use Only In add
45. o provides for the attenuation of noise Such devices are incorporated into many HP computer systems such as the HP 3000 Series III and 33 as well as the HP 1000 L series Voltage reg ulators on the other hand provide for a constant output voltage within a specified input range The 35030A also ties the secondary to ground to provide a non floating reference for the connected system components CSD s new product therefore pro vides effective noise suppression as well as protection against short and long term voltage fluctuations This device will be of value when power problems such as transients caused by lightning or heavy equipment may affect a system s performance The HP 35030A should be recommended as an effective solution for the HP 3000 Series 30 in such instances 35030A Data Sheet Available By Jay Friedman CSD A new data sheet PN 5953 3322 describing the features of CSD s HP 35030A Power Line Conditioner is now available and orderable It de scribes this efficient and easy to in stall unit which provides not only immunity from power disturbances but also the voltage regulation neces sary to keep a system running during transient short term sags and surges as well as long term brownouts Thoroughly tested with the HP 3000 Series 30 this inexpensive HP supported power treatment product is an ideal solution to many power problems for these systems Watch Computer News for compatibility test results
46. ob Morgan Gerhard Schmid Calgary Dean Kagawa Bill Jones Edmonton Eastern amp Central Areas Pierre Pelletier Phil Hoffman Irene Sobel Montreal Andrew Piekarski Bob Morency Frank Switt Walt Kuryliak Toronto Mark Rukowski London Ray Fisher Ottawa lan Menzies Dartmouth KING OF KOCHESTEL aOR Oa Ane OF at sales a AA STAKES RACE ex a a PTTL Led dola At ESR King of Prussia office frontrunners in the King of Rochester Quarter Sales Stakes Race attracted attention 23 Hewlett Packard Computer Marketing Group 19320 Pruneridge Avenue Cupertino Califomia 95014 USA RETNHAROT HELMui CM Group Editor Kerin Henderson PSA Circulation Francine Tarmina Boise Editor Sue Brault Technical Editor Linda Crozier BCG Editor Sheri Costa includes GSD CSD amp ISD Technical Editor Tom Stokes BDD Editor Dave Arrowsmith Technical Editor Brigitte Almaschi BGD Editor Stephanie Brown Technical Editor Geoff Kirk CSD Editor Carolyn Stewart Technical Editor Olen Morain CSO Editor Fran Jeffries Technical Editor Carl Anderson DCD Editor Chris Stumbough Technical Editor Al Sperry DMD Editor Cathy Salinas Technial Editor Steve Germain DSD Editor Pat Kooyer Technical Editor Orrin Mahoney Roseville John Streeter Grenoble Dave Borton YHP Yoshie Hashima DTD Editor Patty Opper Technical Editor Carl Flock Greeley Editor Rosemary Kramer Technical Editor Al Herder HPG Editor Blandine Genin Technica
47. oug Lyda Vince Wojteczko Orlando Dick Folga Pensacola Marilyn Gibson David Leicht Ft Lauderdale Bob Dewitt Dave Bunch Huntsville Pierre Naggiar Bob Simpson Knoxville Eastern Sales Region DMs Dilip Mathur Boston Commercial Bob Johnson Connecticut Technical Ange Colucci Manhattan North Comm Sandy Effron Manhattan South Comm Arnie Tuber King of Prussia Tech Bob Bryer Len Matlaw Baltimore Washington Tech Don McClure Govt DOD Computer News October 15 1980 Backtalk ESRB Rockville office s imaginative representation of Chesapeake Bay depicted sailboats districts and life preservers individual SRs on their way to the Winner s Circle SRs Steve Patterson Lexington AA Bill Dinan Roy Kuphal Lexington Tech Ed Sorgi Ken Souza Rich McNabb Joe Vavricka Frank Callahan Sue Foley Boston Comm Mike Cohn Bill Kaiser Connecticut Gen Maureen Caudill Jerry Mason Connecticut Tech Ken Howard Paul Barrella Long Island Gen Charlie Kessler Ray Shanahan Alan Maggio Manhattan N C Sherry Hoff Ric Ammon John Riche Manhattan S C Joe Mangano Paramus N AA Mike Shope Mark Kolansky Nancy Bruun Paramus S AA Tom Montella Ken Birmingham Jim Eisert Paramus Tech Joe Pirozzi Paramus Comm Tom Papson New Brunswick AA John Bowley Rochester Gen Charles Klayman Rex Kesser Dick Dienna King of Prussia AA Carmen Marchionni Len Wisniewski Ken Rossi Gene Colalongo P
48. p Edmund Bernardi HP Boeblingen The Boeblingen sales office has suc cessfully installed the first RJE 250 application in Europe The application was completed in August at Germany s largest insur ance company Nine HP 250 systems are connected to three centrally lo cated IBM 3033 mainframes via RJE 250 The HP 250 systems are located in the firm s offices throughout Ger many These offices or advertising service bureaus gather and main tain mailing lists of potential clients The mailing data base is maintained on the HP 250 and includes the prospective client s name age address and profession Through RJE 250 the HP 250 sys tems access the central mainframes which store actuarial tables for cal For Internal Use Only Stuttgart culating life insurance policies These calculations require a very complex data base The data is then transferred via the RJE 250 to the HP 250 system in the office where a contract is printed and mailed to potential clients The customer is highly satisfied and is an excellent reference installation for our HP 250 and RJE 250 We attribute our success in getting the order and satisfying the customer to a comfortable RJE method an excellent installation and sup port plan complete customer support ser vices OS RJE ASI special RJE operator training at the customer site excellent support from the BGD marketing group and convin
49. r inter action than the desktop Computer News October 15 1980 2 Modem Half duplex 2400 bit s Desktop config Same as 1B TX Clock provided by modem HP 3000 config Series III SSLC 30055 60011 synch SSLC cable terminal as above Comment The modem connection to the HP 3000 Series 30 33 is also possible but was not tested here Use the INP hardware instead The RJE 3000 has no automatic receive mode and instead needs commands such as RJIN RJOUT to go into transmit receive mode In addition the operator is ex pected to send EOT through the RJEOD command For other RJE 3000 commands refer to the HP 3000 Communications handbook For desktops refer to the bin der provided with the 2780 3780 RJE terminal emulator software P N 09835 10190 09845 10190 For Intemal Use Only 17 Terminals DTD Top DTD Salesman By Rich Ferguson DTD George Workman from the Neely Santa Clara Sales Office has received DTD s special Top Salesman Award for 1975 1980 During that time George sold the most DTD dollar vol ume of any SR worldwide What did George receive A million dollars of course in chips Caps Lock vs Caps Mode By Jim Schrempp DTD Have you ever noticed that the 262X keyboard caps mode does not work exactly like the caps lock function Well you re right Toggling the caps mode by hitting the caps key once puts the terminal in a mode where all unshifted alphabe
50. s that require mass stor age peripherals and fast throughput can increase system throughput by a factor of three by using the 9825 For these applications the 9825 is re commended if the customer is satis fied with substituting HPL for BASIC Regardless of the 9030 configuration selected fast throughput is not a fea ture of the machine But although the throughput is slow the 2240 can exe cute requests within one command string faster than any other HP front end And the easy programmability and portability of the 9030 make it an ideal solution for organizations which deal in research and development of process control systems In this mechanical environment where component response times are slow the 9030 throughput is fully com patible with customer needs 11 Technical Computers BDD 9825 Used for Printing Price Labels By Jaap Vegter HP Amsterdam An unusual 9825 application that shows the versatility of this main frame has led to the sale of 45 units About two years ago a large chain of stores in the Netherlands asked HP to provide a solution to their price label printing problems The firm was then using electromechanical devices that had to be set manually to produce the required four or five numbers on each label When a series of labels was finished new adjustments had to be made before the next series could be printed a time consuming and labor intensive process The solution was to have
51. select 8 bit mode by sending the following escape sequence to the 2631B Esc amp k 11 page 3 6 of the 2630B Family Reference Manual Vancouver 2675A Datacom Handshakes By Brodie Keast VCD The HP 2675A must be configured for some type of receiving handshake at baud rates of 1200 baud or higher There are several handshakes avail able which can be used by the 2675A to control the pace at which data is sent from the host computer They are ENQ ACK ENQ ACK means ENQUIRY ACKNOWLEDGE handshake With this protocol the host computer uses an ASCII ENQ character control E to signify that it is ready to transmit a block of data and the 2675A triggers the data transmission with an ASCII ACK character control F when the 2675A s I O buffer is empty and ready to receive more characters Note that this is an HP protocol and may not be available on all computer systems The largest block of data sent between handshakes should not be greater than 96 characters XON XOFF This handshake protocol allows the 2675A to signal the host computer to stop sending data and to resume Computer News October 15 1980 sending data as the input buffer empties Note that the XON signal is represented by a DC1 control Q and the XOFF character is represented by a DC3 control S character transmis sion Once an XOFF signal has been sent to the host computer the 2675A will continue to accept an additional 48 characters in an overflow
52. t total solu tions HP 20 Boise s Specials Engineering By Tom Mills Boise Boise Division offers HP customers a way to handle unique product mod ifications through its Specials En gineering Department On occasion customers want to change our pro ducts to more effectively address their requirements In fact there have been instances where the sale of one or more systems was contingent upon Specials Engineering s ability to make a requested modification What kinds of specials are developed by this group Kel Winters manager Henry Hickey and John Kook pro nounced cook are quick to point out that projects undertaken seem to be limited only by customers imagi nations Examples include printers designed to operate at 50 000 feet of altitude automatically skipping a line on every print job and printing Arabic text right to left as it is read More mundane specials include extra long cables special paint and logos and unique character sets If you have a customer requesting a special modification of our printers or tape drives notify your regional Sales Development contact Each re quest is considered on an individual basis as to business potential and en gineering feasibility and if approved a price quotation is provided for the customer s approval before develop ment begins So don t give up if a customer has an unusual request give us a call For Intemal Use Only Greel
53. the new 12792A Multiplexer subsystem may be used in conjunc tion with other HP or non HP devices What are the requirements and con siderations for these devices to be connected to the Mux A prerequisite for HP support is the device must be hardwired into a di rect connection not through au xiliary subchannels asynchronous bit serial environment To connect a device to the 12792A interface three items need to be examined Interface Support Definition Handshaking Driver considerations HP s Interface Support Definition for the 12792A Mux includes Electrical The HP 12792A provides connection for two twisted pair data lines per channel The electrical specifications of the data lines are RS 423A which is backwards com patible with RS 232C Line Speeds The 12792A transmits and receives data simultaneously on any combination of channels from 50 to 19200 baud provided that the aggregate throughput of 76800 baud total for all eight channels is not ex ceeded User Data Reproduction Character size may be specified from five to eight bits per character not including an optional parity bit Character Insertion Deletion To support the broadest range of de vices the HP 12792A may be confi gured to pass all user data in both directions Character handshakes re quired by devices may be inserted or deleted from user data with a user written device driver Device drivers are simply subroutines of the
54. weeks of training this Service includes phone in consulting updates to the compiler Template Library and documentation as well as a monthly newsletter Now through December 80 LEXICO is offering a special six month version of the Software Maintenance Service which includes one week of training for half the price 2 500 of the regular Maintenance Service Two weeks of training are included if purchased with a compiler product an up grade to Digital counts Also included in this special offer is upgrade from HP RTE IVA ATLAS to LEXICO RTE IVB ATLAS normally 2 000 Planning for Future High Performance Markets By Margaret Mykland DSD As anew Product Marketing Engineer at DSD my responsibilities are re lated to future high performance HP 1000 processors As HP s link to our customers and their needs I would like to hear your comments about the nature of competitive situations in which you have won or lost sales of the F series in particular I am also interested in what new processor fea tures or capabilities would lead to in cremental sales for you This informa tion should provide the necessary in sight into the marketplace to direct and position our future offerings I look forward to hearing from all of you and working together in the fu ture The following questionnaire details areas of primary interest Please copy complete and return it to me at DSD 11000 Wolfe Rd Cupertino Ca 95014 As soon as
55. with other products List price for the 35030A is 1 350 First ship ments are scheduled for the end of October Maintenance on Non HP Equipment By Chris Kryzan CSD CSD has received a number of re quests for HP maintenance on other vendors products Usually these are foreign devices attached to HP com puter systems and in some instances products which are now OEM d by HP e g Data Products 2619 printer Our policy has long been to service only those products which are man ufactured or OEM d by HP and which therefore have a total support pro gram in place HP s commitment to reliability and ease of service are just two factors influencing this decision Servicing other vendors equipment over which we have no quality control would not be in keeping with HP s commitment to its customers In situations such as this it s wise to point out the wide range of HP hardware offerings to the customer This one vendor solution results in increased customer satisfaction Setting Customer Support Expectations By David Garcia CSD Involved in closing a deal where sys tems are to be installed in remote areas Are you sure of HP s support capabilities You may find that our support capabilities at the locations are limited or non existent For Internal Use Only When support is not discussed until late in the sales cycle misunder standings can occur The result unhappy customers and embarrass ment for H
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