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August 15, 1984

1. HP 2631B still available Harold Fast VCD The field has done a great job of moving our customers from the HP 2631B printer line to the 293X family The order rate for 263X printers has dropped to near zero At this point our parts inventory levels allow us to build more 263X printers We will continue to accept orders through August 1984 If you have an oppor tunity that involves more than two printers however check with VCD before making a commitment Some interfaces are in shorter supply than others ca COMPUTER NEWS 2 For HP Use Only py aip eaha bm aBa dA nm oer ise anc ina o Price Changes Computer groups price changes effective August 1 1984 These prices effective August 1 1984 appear on the Corporate Price List on that date available in your office Prices are US List unless otherwise noted Orders at old prices will be honored at the factories for 30 days or 60 days in the case of government quotes see exception III GSA after the effective date of an increase All quotations either verbal or written shall be made at the new prices upon the effective date of the new price list The customer should be notified that his order will be honored at the lower price if it is received within the 30 day grace period Price decreases are effective immediately and in house orders shipped 5 working days prior to the announced decrease date will be billed at the new lower price Old New Product No D
2. TRATEC distribution industry orientation available Richard Farace HP Fullerton TRATEC is a distribution industry orientation pro gram which takes approximately eight hours to com plete The materials consist of a videotape a course manual and a cassette tape The objectives of the pro gram are e To understand the distribution industry and how distributors benefit both manufacturers and customers e To identify the typical organization of a distribution company e To recognize the trade jargon and terminology used in the industry e To discuss key areas of concern to all distributors e To identify the functional processes integral toa distribution company including associated major activities and concerns The course is divided into five sections Industry Background Sales Order Entry Order Filling and Shipping Catalog Maintenance Pricing and Invoicing and Inventory Management These sections can be completed by self study or in a group workshop At the Fullerton office selected SRs from various dis tricts completed the program in a group workshop environment over a five week period one section per week two hours every Monday morning As the group proceeded through each section discussions of field experiences were shared and integrated into SFD 3000 s features and benefits At the completion of the program the group had a bet ter understanding of the distribution marketplace the concerns of distributo
3. For HP Field Personnel Worldwide August 15 1984 iil 11 Hl HA iil Ill yy d T Real Time Color Video IIIT AMAA HII lil i M IHH N JUSTINA AANA IAAI For HP Use Only Editor Jim Colosi Editorial Assistant Darleen Brettes Circulation Vol 9 No 19 Roster Administrator 408 864 5621 Computer News is published biweekly for Hewlett Packard field personnel to keep you informed of new HP products and services Please send address changes and subscription requests to Roster Administrator 49B2 Phone 408 864 5621 Address editorial correspondence to Computer News Hewlett Packard Company 46T Business Development Group 19055 Pruneridge Avenue Cupertino California 95014 USA COMSYS 4700 Phone 408 973 7654 Editor s Note The banner to the right shows the struc ture of the four major sectors in HP s new corporate organization CO Kees Real Time Color Vigeo Announcing real lime color tar the HP 1000 A Series Oh the Cover The HP 12065A color video interface gives your customers real time video output capabilities for the HP 1000 A Series computer family The product offers a high degree of on board intelligence to improve the speed and productivity of applica
4. for 250 retail outlets Previous system An HP 3000 Series 44 using financial software from Packaged Programs Ltd a large supplier of accounting packages Implementation time Three months Why the competition lost to HPFA In this par ticular sale the competition was not really considered The customer was convinced that HPFA would fit their requirements Due to their long experience with HP they decided to move away from foreign soft ware and at the same time upgrade to a Series 48 to gain more resources to cover their growing needs HP SR David Raymonde HP CSR Nick Earle For additional information on this customer please contact Mike Tupper at APO Germany 07031 142284 August 15 1984 HPFA Customer Profile 0000017 Mike Tupper APO Name Business type Manufacturer of farinaceous foods producing 100 000 tons yearly In addition approx imately 30 million individual packets of various dry and instant foods Geographic location There are five different loca tions in Germany one in Austria and one in France Size 150 million Reasons for purchasing HPFA e Flexibility Customizer RF IF User exits e Auditability e Standard application software Application of HPFA Have implemented six installations five in Germany and one in Austria containing HP General Ledger HP Accounts Payable HP Report Facility and HP Interface Facility Three of these installations have HP Accounts Receiva
5. for example a welding symbol menu can be added NOTE The memory requirement is 2 0M bytes minimum 2 5M bytes recommended The software management system is a central location where system resources such as mass storage directo ries application programs users and passwords are configured for ME CAD packages This software management system is delivered free of charge Exist ing drawing data will not be lost a conversion pro cedure is available If you need further assistance or information don t hesitate to contact me or any of us at BEO Marketing COMSYS HPB500 HP Draft becomes complete CAD CAM design system Ulrich Mahle EPD HP Draft HP s proprietary 2 D mechanical design and drafting package is now enhanced by the addition of links to major numerical control NC vendor packages This significant enhancement makes HP Draft a complete CAD CAM system CAP CAP Corp COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only 3 i f j 3 i d i F 4 i Technical Computers and Weber Systems are both well known NC system vendors that use the HP Series 200 equipment Links to their systems provide Series 200 users the ability to link product design directly to the manufacturing floor This capability provides one of the best price performance solutions available on the market HP Draft support personnel have been trained on the CAP CAP link and Weber training is scheduled for August New tr
6. 0 User s Guide for an introduction to BASIC rather than to Part II of the Model 216 BASIC Operating Manual which covers BASIC 2 0 BASIC 3 0 customers should still read the first eight chapters of the Model 216 BASIC Operating Manual for installation instructions BASIC 2 0 customers will continue to use the entire Model 216 BASIC Operat ing Manual for both installation information and an introduction to BASIC The new Model 216 unpacking instructions will advise users which manual s to use depending on their revision of BASIC The BASIC 3 0 User s Guide P N 98613 90040 is currently being distributed It can be ordered through CSO HP 98353A the new enhanced HP FE Spyros K Symeonidis BEO The new HP FE Finite Element product HP 98353A includes two different options Opt 200 and Opt 500 to replace the existing products HP 98352A and HP 98354A HP FE is a general purpose Finite Element system for linear structural and thermal analysis of 3 D solids and structures consisting of linear elastic materials with homogeneous isotropic and temperature inde pendent material properties The system is able to solve the majority of standard problems in structural mechanics and heat transfer analysis encountered in real mechanical electromechanical and civil engineering environ ments assuming small displacements and small strain theory and a linear elastic material model It is well suited for the analysis of medi
7. 2316 AT amp T Westinghouse Randy Englund ext 2885 General Electric Major OEM Program Dana Chamberlain ext 3689 Dan Vivoli ext 2446 Eastern Region Melanie Fox Mgr ext 2554 Rita Bernal Sec ext 2031 Baltimore Wash DC Alan Falk ext 2816 Philadelphia Rochester Lucia Mikasa ext 2211 New York Maria Biggs ext 2212 New England Chris Bego ext 2322 Southern Region Texas Lenny Alugas ext 2841 GA ALA NC SC VA TN Bill Leary ext 3686 FL LA OK Greg Pulliam ext 4077 Technical Sales Center Colorado Phone 303 226 3800 TELNET 226 XXXX COMSYS 4000 Jackye Churchill Mgr ext 2220 Dennis Vetter Reg Mgr ext 3605 Phil Farley Reg Mgr ext 3500 Maggie Fabrizius Sec ext 2600 Eastern Rochester Valley Forge Balt Wash DC Dave Mack ext 3820 Baltimore Wash DC Janet Beyers ext 2990 New England NY N Jersey Lee Reep ext 3330 Midwest East Central East Marcia Lubecki ext 3280 West Central West Scott Delp ext 3905 Southern Northwest Jim Haselmaier ext 3345 Southwest Northeast and Southeast Joe Armstrong ext 3455 Neely Central Bay South Bay Val Jermoluk ext 2930 Northwest Rocky Mountains Jim Sheppard ext 3880 L A temp Val Jermoluk ext 2930 Southwest temp Jim Sheppard ext 3880 Europe ICON Canada Rick Steffens ext 3905 COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only 23 Factory Contacts Personal Computer Sales Center National Accounts P
8. as well as union retirement benefits Previous system A manual system While checks were computer generated actual calculation of payroll was done manually Implementation time Under 2 months Competition Collier Jackson Why the competition lost to HP Pay e HP support HP s extensive network of trained SEs A means that support is provided locally In contrast Collier Jackson s support team is based at CJ head quarters in Florida HP s willingness to help make the product fit HP listened to the customer to determine all their needs HP helped the customer design a program to handle unique municipal tax laws HP Field Team HP SR Fred Ricles HP CSR Ed Hurry For additional information on this customer please contact Martha Linenburger at FSO 408 263 7500 ext 5049 August 15 1984 Business Computers HPFA Customer Profile 0000016 Mike Tupper APO Name Business type Retail do it yourself business Geographic location Holmes Chapel Cheshire England Size 50 000 000 Reasons for purchasing HPFA e Inflexibility of previous product e HP s high system flexibility e Customization capability e Use of HP IMAGE 3000 e Assist program Application of HPFA This customer purchased HP Accounts Payable HP Report Facility and HP Interface Facility HP General Ledger likely to follow this year The Accounts Payable is used for 450 000 invoices a year handling the purchasing requirements
9. day it can be structured to a two or four hour class The course materials include a printed copy of the student workbook and instructor notes a black white paper copy of the slides a lab disc a spook tape of the student workbook and instructor notes and a store tape of the slides workbook and notes August 16 the materials to teach Introducing 1 2 3 will be available on the PPL via HEART and SODA The cost at TAC is 121 59 Use product num ber 89907A If you have questions call Joanne Piziali TDC Marketing TELNET 773 6358 Lotus and 1 2 3 are trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation COMPUTER NEWS 7 For HP Use Only Personal Computers How to get a copy of HP EasyDesk Moe Rubenzahl PSD HP EasyDesk is a set of command files that work with DSN Link on the HP 150 and HP DeskManager on the HP 3000 See Introducing HP EasyDesk for the HP 150 by Moe Rubenzahl and Melanie Johnson in the July 15 issue of Computer News HP EasyDesk is free You may distribute EasyDesk to all HP customers And because it consists of DSN Link command files it is not a program you can easily modify it to fit a customer s special needs HPEASYDESK Upload HP 150 file to HPDeskManager Use f2 f3 and f4 to enter parameters then touch f1 to begin upload Filename B INVEN WKS Type ASCII Description August Inventory Report HP 150 HP 3009 HPDeskManager ddd Fai Dd DDD gt gt Pleas
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11. modules to allow for easier program structuring type safe separate compilation of program frag ments and a means of encapsulating program objects variable length strings and string operations including concatenation substring insert and delete conformant arrays from the ISO Pascal definition allowing a single routine to manipulate arrays of different sizes and or dimensions In addition we have also implemented several new capabilities that are extensions to the HP Standard Pascal definition such as e exception handling which allows users to process user and or run time errors e type coercion which enables the user to circumvent Pascal s strict type checking support for the symbolic debugger pdb other features ANY VAR parameter specifier ANYPTR type addr and sizeof functions and pro cedure function variables With this update Pascal 9000 500 fully implements the HP Standard with the exception of the enumer ated I O feature The Pascal 9000 500 enhancements will be released as enhancements to the Pascal 9000 500 compiler There will be no additional charge to Pascal 9000 500 customers who have software sup port contracts The enhancements are expected to be released with the 4 0 version of HP UX COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only Technical Computers HP Model 216 BASIC Operating Manual not for BASIC 3 0 John Bowte FSD HP Model 216 users who order BASIC 3 0 should refer to the new BASIC 3
12. used to collect data in the foundry environment GMH per sonnel will spend approximately eight man years developing the full potential of the system It is anticipated that the system will monitor nearly 600 data points around the foundry to alert the main tenance crew at GMH of deteriorating machinery per formance This will allow preventative maintenance outside production hours resulting in greater up time of equipment The sale was particularly significant for HP as it represents a breakthrough in a very competitive market A GMH spokesman said that the decision to go with HP was based not only on hardware and soft ware performance but also on HP s ability to offer unqualified support and extensive training during installation of the system which begins in July this year In a tight competitive situation the HP people convinced me of their commitment to making our system work he said An HP Installation Management Group has been es tablished to provide supervision of sub contractors and purchase of non HP equipment involved in the installation This group will ensure a successful implementation and establish a model reference site for PMC 1000 in Australia August 15 1984 HP 9OOO New enhancements to HP Pascal 9000 500 Darlene Yaplee CLL Several enhancements have been made to the HP Pas cal 9000 500 compiler which will provide powerful capabilities for your Pascal customers These enhancements include e
13. 17 August 15 1984 IN This Issue 18 Manufacturing HP divisions benefit from HP MM PM 3000 18 Office Systems TDP 3000 more than 1000 copies sold 19 Distribution HP SFD 3000 tested successfully on HP 2392A display terminal TRATEC distribution industry orientation available NETWORKS PERIPHERALS 2O Mass Storage Who needs an HP 9144A Megabyte Express program extended Telesciences uses HP 7978A to log phone calls HP 7970ER tape drive price reduced 21 Printers RS 232C interface for the ThinkJet printer planned New low price for ThinkJet printer paper HP 2631B still available PRICE CHANGES 22 Computer groups price changes effective August 1 1984 SUPPORT SUPPLIES 22 Supplies Personal computer binder and slipcover FACTORY CONTACTS 23 Factory contacts list COMPUTER NEWS 3 For HP Use Only Jade rt tens A Ee a intl mim i me i i IN a nl icin thi ed hi hn BAS A tel a ot o Marketing GENERAL Sales opportunities plentiful in CAD CAM industry Billie Abrams BDG With the availability of several world class mechani cal CAD CAM computer aided design computer aided manufacturing solutions from HP Plus Referenced Software Suppliers what is the market opportunity for HP The overall CAD CAM industry experienced a sub stantial growth rate of 45 in 1983 according to Data quest There were several primary causes of this high rate including e IBM s continued aggressive performance
14. 36 HP 1000 M E F Series interface 3 200 without cabinet 324 Initial master drive on Series IIIR 2 100 426 HP 3000 HP IB initial master 3 600 626 HP 1000 HP IB initial master 3 600 636 HP IB no cabinet 3 500 announcement after the first of the year While there is no question of the need there are technical difficulties which have not yet been resolved As with any R amp D project it is subject to schedule change or to cancellation Thank you for your support and your efforts New low price for ThinkJet printer paper Jim Kinney CSO CSO is happy to announce a price decrease in Think Jet printer paper This paper has been selected and manufactured to meet rigid HP quality standards Your customers will really see the difference between HP ink jet paper and other papers So to optimize the ThinkJet s print quality recommend HP ink jet printer papers US List Quantity price P N Description 1 2 boxes 48 ea 3 10 46 ea 11 24 44 ea 25 42 ea 1 2 boxes 50 ea 92261M Cut sheet 8 x 11 in paper Four individually wrapped 500 sheet packs 92261N Fanfold ink jet printing paper 2500 sheets per 3 10 48 ea box Microperforated 11 24 45 ea for clean neat 25 43 ea separation Final size is 84x 11 in CSO pays the freight These papers and other ThinkJet printer supplies can be ordered from CSO on our customer convenient toll free phone system See Support Supplies
15. 5 Martha Linenburger FSO Business type Newspaper Geographic location Rocky Mountain area Size Circulation of 350 000 daily newspapers Reasons for purchasing HP Pay e HP name and reputation for reliability The customer has confidence in the HP name and prod ucts Knowing HP is standing behind the com pany s payroll application helps provide peace of mind Ability to accommodate varying union pay struc tures and benefits This newspaper has to deal with 23 different unions and associated pay plans a formidable task requiring the flexibility provided by HP Pay and its rate tables Short implementation time The customer had heard from other HP Pay users that the system could be installed with a minimal amount of fuss and bother COMPUTER NEWS 6 For HP Use Only e Report writer for user defined reports The customer requires a lot of specialized reports to track union data The HP Pay report writer helps make this possible Payroll proof report The ability to edit payroll prior to check runs is especially attractive given the com pany s complex union payroll Application of HP Pay The customer is interfac ing HP Pay to HP General Ledger using the HP Pay automated interface In addition the customer relies heavily upon HP Pay as a source of origination for union data interpretative reports are run against HP Pay time card data to determine the company s liability for overtime sick and vacation pay
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17. CP Health Care Products Operation HP Labs Corporate Manufacturing Corporate Engineering August 15 1984 HP Computer Museum www hpmuseum net For research and education purposes only Computer Museum MARKETING 4 General Sales opportunities plentiful in CAD CAM industry PERSONAL COMPUTERS 5 General HPCOACH Assistance Center news 6 Series TOO Introducing new HP Series 100 PC subscription services New training workshop for The Portable Lotus 1 2 3 course materials now available How to get a copy of HP EasyDesk Condor announces new enhanced version for the HP Touchscreen personal computer Ordering Graphwriter Basic Set HP 150 name changed TECHNICAL COMPUTERS 10 AP TOO Real time color video for the HP 1000 A Series HP PMC 1000 scores with GMH down under 11 AP OOO New enhancements to HP Pascal 9000 500 HP Model 216 BASIC Operating Manual not for BASIC 3 0 HP 98353A the new enhanced HP FE HP Design now on Shared Resource Management SRM HP Draft becomes complete CAD CAM design system Multi FORTH now joins HP Plus Referenced Software Large quantity packages of RAM boards now available ID PROM upgrade available BUSINESS COMPUTES 15 HP 38000 IBM System 34 conversion update Westinghouse Elevator Division rents an HP Series 30R 16 Financials HP Pay Customer Profile 0000005 HPFA Customer Profile 00000016 HPFA Customer Profile 000000
18. HP 9114A with the IBM PC in the September revision of the 9114A User s Manual HP peripherals and HP personal computers Not all HP peripherals are supported on HP personal computers Consult the latest set of HP personal computer data sheets for a list of supported periph erals Please don t disappoint your customers by referring customers to HPCOACH with non supported con figurations Sell only supported solutions and your customer will find HPCOACH to be an effective resource Context MBA ts a US registered trademark of Context Manage ment Systems VisiCalc is a US registered trademark of VisiCorp COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only 3 Personal Computers SERIES TOO Introducing new HP Series 100 PC subscription services Denise Gentry SDC Five new subscription services are now being imple mented to upgrade existing support of the Personal Computer Groups One major objective of the new ser vices is to provide support and sales personnel with newly released Series 100 S100 software as avail able for pre and post sales support New services T Subscription service number Subscription service description 5955 9889 Series 100 News English only 5955 9885 Series 100 PSR Support English version 5955 9887 Series 100 PWSR Support English version 5955 9886 Series 100 PCSE Support English version 5955 9888 Series 100 PC Center Support English version These serv
19. P 7970ER tape drive price reduced Que Dang FRD Effective September 1 1984 HP 7970ER tape drive prices will be decreased up to 25 off the remarketed list price This price reduction will help you close more deals when you need to bring the total cost of the system down in those price sensitive situations Remember remarketed peripherals when vour customer is considering dealing with a plug compati ble vendor or an HP broker Not only does HP offer the single vendor solution but also the low cost alter native Also our quick availability will help you re spond to your customer needs on a timely basis Details of the new prices and options available are as follows PRINTERS RS 232C interface for the ThinkJet printer planned Harold Fast VCD Customer acceptance of the ThinkJet printer has been fantastic and thanks to you demand continues to grow In the selling process probably the most fre quently asked question is When will you have an RS 232C interface In order to save you the time of calling the division with that question we d like to bring you up to date We recognize the demand There is an active R amp D project under way to develop an RS 232C interface If successful it will most likely result in a product August 15 1984 P N US List Option Description price 7970ER 1600 bpi Tape Drive lo boy 5 900 015 Adds 230 VAC 50 HZ operation 226 HP 1000 M E F Series interface 3 400 2
20. Series with the A 84 operating system All SRs have received introductory material the flyer data sheet and sales training manual Megabyte Express program extended Dave Gerhart DMD DMD has decided to offer a limited extension to the very successful Megabyte Express II program through the end of the 1984 fiscal year The program extension offers 72 hours or less delivery on our HP 7933 and 7935 disc drives at no extra charge Megabyte Express II has been extremely effective in satisfying our customers needs for more storage right away and in beating third party broker com petition To date we have shipped more than 350 disc drives under this program and every one has been received within 72 hours of receipt of the order COMPUTER NEWS 20 For HP Use Only Remember here s how to get your customers disc drives within 72 hours e Place a valid HEART order not system coordi nated for a 7933 or 7935 e Write Megabyte Express in the special instruc tions section on the order form Good luck in the second half of the year we hope the extension of this program will help you beat quota Telesciences uses HP 7978A to log phone calls Sandy Hansen GLD Telesciences has developed a system used by telephone companies to log telephone call data from communication switches Using an HP 1000 A Series processor and driver the system polls a number of remote communication switches and records th
21. aining material and data sheets are being produced to bring you up to date on the new HP Draft capabilities In addition HP is working with the NC vendors to develop joint customer seminars cover ing this CAD CAM system To help you sell HP Draft we have provided you with the following sales tools e HP Draft video with customer testimonial e 35mm slide presentation with storyboard These tools are available through Sarah Moya FSD COMSYS 4000 Christine Wieland Mueller BEO COMSYS B500 or your HP Draft AE Additional sup port services and information can be obtained from the BEO US support group at Fort Collins HP Draft can design manufacturing equipment for the factory floor such as this cigarette rolling machine designed on the HP Model 236 Multi FORTH now joins HP Plus Referenced Software Al Corbett 3PP Multi FORTH Version 1 03 P N 97030JA the pro gramming software from Creative Solutions Inc for the Series 200 Models 226 and 236 has been dis tributed by HP for several years Creative Solutions 4 COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only has come out with Version 2 00 a 32 bit implementa tion for the entire Series 200 which will be HP referenced and not HP distributed Because Version 1 03 is limited in system coverage Creative Solutions has asked that HP discontinue dis tributing it Therefore HP 97030JA was removed from the price list August 1 Creative Solutions will continue to
22. alker PSD Touchscreen personal computer users who own Con dor 1 or Condor 3 will be happy to learn they can order the new enhanced version of the Condor Database Management System This popular data base management product allows you to automate a wide range of information management needs Two ver sions of Condor are offered Condor 1 is a low cost start up system for users with simple data base needs Condor 3 isa more powerful relational data base system for users with more sophisticated needs Condor enhancements Condor has been improved with a number of major enhancements making the product even easier than ever to use Data files created under the current ver sion of Condor are compatible with version 2 11 and can be easily transferred New features include e New improved User s and Reference Guide e Condor 3 ona single disc August 15 1984 e New two screen data entry form e Expanded 65 534 record limit e Up to 18 decimal places in numeric fields e New INSERT mode during data entry e Enhancements to the COMPUTE command COMPUTE now supports a WHERE condition a Up to eight computations are now allowed within a single command Global field value replacement e In String search capability added Availability The Update Kit 45416 63002 will be available August 1 for Condor 3 owners HP 150 only and September 1 for Condor 1 owners HP 150 only Orders for the Condor 1 update 45415 63002 will
23. ations include process control computer aided test and computer aided manufacturing Using color video with one or more types of operator input devices such as touchscreen can provide a high degree of user friendliness and flexibility for less money than tradi tional custom consoles When coupled with an output accessory like the HP 27201A speech output module color video displays can dramatically increase your customer s productivity COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only 1O It is easy to get your customer started or upgraded to the HP 12065A to take advantage of its speed and flexibility The Graphics 1000 II package contains generic commands that are used by many graphics peripherals for more efficient software development For your customers that want a complete integrated HP solution you can offer them the HP 12065A color video interface the HP 13279B high resolution 19 monitor and the HF 92841A Graphics 1000 I Device Independent Graphics Library DGL For your price sensitive customers that run lean and mean sell the competition killer price of the 12065A and match it with a low price RS 343 monitor The HP 12065A color video interface will support five monitors per interface This gives your customer the advantage of driving the same picture to five different locations The benefit is that this capability is per formed with one 12065A saving your customer money and I O slots in the HP 1000 A Series co
24. ble Additionally this customer has an HP 250 in their Strassburg office Previous system Honeywell Bull 66 DPS with various incompatible terminals Implementation time six months Why the competition lost to HPFA HP provided a complete solution to the customer s problems with both hardware and software Customer quote Report facility allows effective decentralized on line management reporting Cost benefits by centralized software support HP SR Rainer Hampel HP CSR Raimund Hummel For additional information on this customer please contact Mike Tupper at APO Germany 07031 142284 COMPUTER NEWS 7 For HP Use Only Business Computers MANUFACTURING HP divisions benefit from HP MM PM 3000 Mike Morel MPD and Julie Owens BDG HP is considered one of the premier manufacturing companies in the world Did you know that HP Materials Management 3000 and Production Manage ment 3000 play a major role in this manufacturing excellence Today 27 divisions have installed these systems and six are in the process of implementing see chart The systems that have been implemented are the same systems that we market IBM does not even use modified version of MAPICS in its operations Your customers can buy the tools that have helped HP become a success If you want to use one of these operations as a reference please contact your manufacturing applications sales center contact to make the arrangements If you
25. cessories media furniture and software Location United States California United Kingdom France Belgium Luxembourg Switzerland Italy West Germany The Netherlands South Africa Canada Toronto Local Ontario Quebec British Columbia Other Provinces Sweden Telephone Number 800 538 8787 408 738 4133 0734 792868 0734 792959 6 928 32 64 02 762 32 00 057 31 22 54 or 31 2259 02 92 36 91 06 54831 07031 142829 07031 223133 020 470639 802 5111 53 7954 28 4178 416 671 8383 1 800 268 6982 1 800 387 3417 11 2 800 387 3154 1 800 387 3154 08 7502027 08 7502028 ra August 15 1984 Commercial Sales Center Phone 408 725 8111 TELNET 125 XXXX COMSYS 4700 Ross Hunt Mgr TBH Sec Neely Region Greg Mihran Mgr Chere Andre Sec South Bay Area TBH Central Area Brad Fortier Major Accounts Bill Franklin Rocky Mt Area 3rd Party Accts Roger LeMay M A Southwest and LA Art Price M A Central South Steve Schield Los Angeles Area Mark Wong Northwest Area Ed Enos Southwest Area Lou Jeraci Midwest Region Ross Hunt acting Katie Barrett Sec West Area Brenda Greeley Major Accounts Vince Maggiore West Area Sandra Jeung Central Area Annette Smith Major Accts TBH East Area M A Gary Sharon East Area Pam Emery Southern Region Willie Austin Mgr TBH Sec Raleigh Diane Barton Atlanta Sid Deshpande West Area TBH Gulf Area TBH San
26. d and the new services After Sep tember 1 material will be distributed only to sub scribers of the new services Software Distribution Center SDC Santa Clara assists the systems engineering administrator with the conversion process SDC will flag the old 100 subscription services as non active This means that no new contract entries will be allowed to the old ser vices It also provides the SEA with a means to iden tify subscribers of the old services who have not con verted to the new services Action can then be taken to update the subscriber s contract WordStar and MailMerge are US registered trademarks of MicroPro International Corporation Lotus and 1 2 3 are US trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation VisiCalc is a US registered trademark of VisiCorp Multiplan is a US registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Condor is a US trademark of Condor Computer Corporation dBASE II is a US trademark of Ashton Tate New training workshop for The Portable Joanne Piziali PSD Geting Started With The Portable is a new eight hour workshop designed for novice computer users The course covers the following topics e HP software support e General terminology the keyboard memory con figuration and peripherals e Using PAM Personal Application Manager to configure the system start applications and man age files e Writing and saving memos MemoMaker e Using the b
27. e Strong momentum from such turnkey companies as Intergraph The significant number of turnkey niche com panies that recorded outstanding increases in revenues particularly those focusing on CAE in electronic industry Based on continued expansion of capital spending plans the 1984 order rate could exceed 50 compared to 1983 according to Prudential Bache Securities The mechanical segment of the CAD CAM market accounted for 1 billion with an annual growth rate of 50 The projected revenues for 1984 are 1 5 billion growing to 5 billion in 1988 This presents a tremen dous opportunity for the mechanical CAD CAM vendors Several trends are emerging that will likely change the CAD CAM industry According to ITM a Wellesley Hills MA CAD CAM consultant prices for both turnkey systems and workstations will substan tially decrease over the next several years In addition there will be dramatic increases in the sales of intelligent engineering workstations which will impact all the vendors in the industry Those vendors that do not offer a lower priced engineering worksta tion by early 1985 are seen at a competitive disadvan tage The mechanical segment is one area where important growth of workstations is expected 4 COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only Another trend ts toward more fully integrated open systems which is changing the power structure in the CAD CAM industry Hardware will likely be domi nated by the computer compa
28. e bill ing data on 4 magnetic tape Then the tape is transported to a Central Data Collection site where it is fed into a large mainframe computer for customer invoicing and generating management reports Telesciences needed a high density high capacity tape drive to interface to their system They had been working with the HP 7970B E but with 300 000 call records hour the tape reels had to be changed 10 to 12 times per day Valuable data worth thousands of dollars was recorded on each tape so drive reliability and data integrity were also key concerns When the low cost 6250 HP 7978A was introduced Tom Mon tella SR from the Paramus sales office realized that the new drive filled the bill on all accounts Two SEs Paul Jones and Chuck Cairns worked closely with Telescience programmers to develop utilities to integrate the HP 7978A into their system The resulting state of the art Telesciences system made up in part with the new tape drive requires only three to four reel changes per day and far less opera tor time a better solution for Telesciences and a satisfied customer for Tom Montella The message is clear The new HP 7978A is OEM able with HP IB systems If you have a customer who could use this tape drive in a system application and would like to discuss it call your Sales Center Contact or call Connie Doster in Greeley Division Product Marketing at 303 350 4386 August 15 1984 Networks Peritonerals H
29. e specify the local HP 150 filename e g B MYFILE EXT the HPDeskManager item description and the file type ASCII BINARY using f2 f3 and f4 Then press fi to begin upload HPDESK gt _ Start Enter Enter ASCII 18 10 System Brief Help Exit Upload Filename Descrptn BINARY Options Made Upload um Pad 9 54 How to get HP EasyDesk e The best source for most HP employees is the internal HP DeskManager network Simply send a request to EasyDesk Request HPD600 TR note that EasyDesk is one word and we will send you installable files e We have sent a copy to all office CSRs for the benefit of offices that are not yet connected to the internal DeskManager network e A downloadable copy has been placed on Compu Serve a public data network e It will also be available through Interex the Users Group 8 COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only A commitment to personal computer integration HP EasyDesk is part of Hewlett Packard s commit ment to leadership in tying personal computers port able and minicomputers together to improve produc tivity and ease of use Please send questions to EasyDesk Request HPD600 TR or to Hewlett Packard Personal Soft ware Division 3410 Central Expressway Santa Clara CA 95051 Attention Personal Computer Integration Center Your comments are always welcome Condor announces new enhanced version for the HP Touchscreen personal computer Chris W
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31. er 1 1984 POD PCG will be removing the HP 150 designation from all our literature and advertising ca COMPUTER NEWS 9 For HP Use Only o Technical Computers HP 1OOO Real time color video for the HP 1000 A Series Duncan Campbell RND Introducing the exciting new HP 12065A color video interface for the HP 1000 A Series computer family This product has been designed to meet the needs of the Computer Aided Manufacturing marketplace Within this market segment a clear and persistent demand has been demonstrated for a moderate resolution high speed aggressively priced color video monitor interface The HP 12065A color video inter face delivers on all these requirements With the color video card you will gain the competitive edge to win those HP 1000 A Series sales HP 12065A color video highlights e Graphics 1000 II compatible e Delivers Red Green Blue RGB RS 343 video output 512 x 512 pixel resolution for 1 x 1 aspect ratio displays 576 x 455 pixel resolution for 4 x 3 aspect ratio displays 16 colors selected from a palette of 4096 or 8 colors selected from a palette of 4096 with character overlay Real time video output High speed polygon area fill Independent blink control of each color Scrolling capability e Two accessory RS 232C ports for keyboards touchscreens joysticks and mice The advantage of the color video interface is that it is a window into your application Typical applic
32. escription Price Price HP 11C Ady Prog Scientific Calculator 90 75 132321 Dir Conn 422 Cable 80 9 o Suoport Suoplies SUPPLIES Personal computer binder and slipcover Russ Gordon CSO This new binder is perfect for a second set of The Portable manuals the HP Series 100 Communicator as a replacement for damaged Series 100 binders or storage for Series 80 manual updates Each binder includes a slipcover and holds up to 14 of 544 x 8 three ring documentation Order P N 5958 0209 US list price 15 Quantity discounts available Your customers can order this item directly over the CSO direct phone lines 2 COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only Old New Price Price 13260C Async Multi Comm 550 530 HP 41CV Prog Calculator with Memory 275 225 98150B Program Dev Kit 580 610 98360M RPU HP DRAFT 0 8 400 98611A H00 RCS 98X6BASC RAM 50 15 98611A 800 SMS 98X6BASC RAM 20 15 98611A V42 5 Flexible Disc 5 98611A V43 5 Ext Flexible Disc 5 0 98611A W42 5 Flexible Disc 5 0 98611A W43 5 Ext Flexible Disc 5 0 98628A Data Comm 608 485 98670A 500 SMS HPUX 260 SGL 40 55 98670A VO0 AD SYS HPUX 200S 25 40 98680A S00 SMS HPUX 200 M 50 65 98680A V00 AD SYS HPUX 200M 30 45 98691 A Datacomm Interface 725 650 99110B HO00 RCS Semicon Prod 1 100 800 99946T CSS For WSFORM 0 amp 99946V EXT CSS WSFORM 3 3 ra CSO DIRECT ORDER CSO Fast Phones the easy direct way for customers to order supplies ac
33. ess of TDP reflects the need of many com panies for a powerful text editor and formatter to create manuals and larger documents These com panies are now beginning to realize the importance of the high quality of production that laser printing with its graphics capabilities can give them Standard word processors are not designed for this sort of work but TDP is ideally suited to more complex formatting requirements An important new feature of TDP is its ability to accept raster files from the HP 26096 digital camera now it is possible to include images created by the camera in your TDP document The quality of graphics input can now match the high quality of the laser printers Sales of TDP are currently running at over 25a month With the powerful integration that TDP can now offer of graphics complex formatting and the high quality of the laser printers there are good reasons why this should continue to be the case DISTRIBUTION HP SFD 3000 tested successfully on HP 2392A display terminal Paul Sievers IRO SFD 3000 System for Distributors has been tested successfully on the new HP 2392A display terminal with 8K memory All releases of both SFD 3000 and OM 3000 Order Management will thus work on these new low cost terminals What does this mean Now we can reduce the cost of a system tc our customers by providing them with a state of the art terminal at a considerable savings August 15 1984 Business Computers
34. he CAD CAM market with the combination of our price perfor mance workstations a must in this market our world class mechanical solutions another must and a premier technical sales force Success in the ME market is dependent on focusing our efforts on fully integrated solutions listening to the needs of end users and continuing to offer the right solutions ta August 15 1984 GENERAL HPCOACH Assistance Center news Bruce Woolpert PSD The following information will help you to explain HP s personal computer telephone support If you have any questions or feedback regarding HPCOACH support please contact Peter Shaw COMSYS D600 Please make a special note of HPCOACH s support of non HP equipment configurations Please make sure that everyone in your organization and customers are aware of this information in advance Hours of operation 6 a m to 6 p m Pacific Time Telephone number 800 HPCOACH 800 472 6224 Response time four hour call back User base HP Personal Computer Owners Customers first priority HP Personal Computer Owners Employees second priority Field Technical Support contact division on line support Support description end user post sale e HP Series 80 and Series 100 Personal Computer Systems a Application software that HP markets either developed by HP or ISV software distributed by HP Programmer language support but does not include lengthy applica
35. hone 408 725 8111 TELNET 125 XXXX COMSYS 2410 John Kemper Mgr ext Cindy Martin Sec ext Eastern Baltimore Wash Area Philadelphia Rochester Area Canada Gene Lee ext Eastern New England Area Eastern New York Area Harry Uy ext Midwest East Area Farhang Oshidary ext Midwest West amp Central Area Karl Darr ext Neely Eric Grandjean ext Southern Laura Simpson ext 4327 4325 3108 4302 2090 4484 2084 4488 Domestic Retail Sales Center Phone 408 257 7000 TELNET 125 XXXX COMSYS 2200 Jeff Cox Mgr ext Gayle Shinseki Sec ext Eastern Southern Mark Priestley Mgr ext Louise Hart Sec ext Eastern Lexington Valley Forge Stan Anderson ext Rockville Debbie Crouse ext New York Mary Malneritch ext Southern Gulf West Louise Collot ext East Jim Fuller ext Midwest Neely Midwest Central West Bill Mitchell ext East West Janice Liu ext Neely South Bay Liz Aust ext Central Jeff Nagle ext Airport Northwest Hal Jones ext Fullerton Rocky Mountain Tina Luskey ext HEWLETT PACKARD ca 2263 2021 2186 2037 2265 4182 2258 2874 2291 2306 2948 2189 2243 2947 2197 NE oNieeons HELMUT R FURT CREGION HQ HPGR R300 7 International Sales Center Finance amp Remarketing Division Phone 408 725 8111 Phone 408 738 8858 TELNET 125 XXXX TELNET 720 XXXX COMSYS 4701 COMSYS C100 Rich Phillips Mgr
36. ices will provide the subscriber with the English version of the software and text written in the English language Each country is putting together subscription services for its localized software and updates Details of these services will be available soon Distribution of the English version of the soft ware will not be limited to North America If you are outside North America and sign up for one of the above services you ll receive the English version The News service P N 5995 9889 currently written only in English will be distributed worldwide 6 COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only The matrix below shows how materials distributed among subscription services You will Comm SSB All other Supt distrib Sign Guides Core Non core Non core uted AN other Operating applica data Non core data applica notes aystem tions comm language base tions 5955 9889 X News 5955 9885 X X X PSR 5955 9887 X X X X PWSR 5955 9886 X X X X X X PCSE 5955 9888 X X X X X X X PC CTR anaa e News subscription service provides documentation material for support personnel who do not need personal copies of the soft ware and manuals but do need information on PC products Some examples are the Series 100 Communicator SSB Support Guides and Merlin PSD newsletter Manuals are not included in this service They come with the appropriate software products e The following are Core Application soft
37. mputer HP will also support the monitor 250 feet away from the host with RG59 U cable or even up to 500 feet away from the host with RG11 U cable The advan tage is that the monitor is placed strategically where it is required by the application The benefit will be increased productivity for your customer Merchandising literature will be arriving in your sales office this month In this package there will be the 12065A data sheet that will provide the technical description and technical specifications for your customers P N 5953 5012 We will also provide a short 12065A field training manual covering the market product positioning and the competition P N 5953 5013 Availability 8 week delivery US List price Product September 1 CPL 12065A Color Video Interface with card video output cables and Video Reference and Installation Manual Option 001 RS 232 Input Cables August 15 1984 N Technical Computers HP PMC 1000 scores with GMH down under Gwen Welsh HP Melbourne An Australian factory automation taskforce recently set up at HP s Melbourne Office has recorded its first major success The taskforce which combines the talents of both the 01 and 02 sales forces has received an order from General Motors Holden s for the supply and installation of PMC Process Monitoring and Control 1000 The order includes PMC 1000 running on an HP Model 29 with 26 terminals Two 2250s are
38. nies with the overriding force being IBM The software aspect will probably still be dominated by turnkey CAD CAM companies whose strength are applications and a migration path from system to system Finally a strong marketing and distribution channel is increasingly important as is a large installed base First Boston Corporation conducted a 1984 CAE survey to ask specific questions on critical future issues of the CAE CAD CAM industry The 30 return included responses from most of the major companies and opinion makers in the industry The major survey results are listed below e Budget approvals and spending expectations can support 50 order growth The average budget increase is 65 which is attributed largely to the installed base without new customers Industry penetration remains very low around 10 even at large companies The average num ber of workstations per site rose from 7 in 1982 to 11 in 1983 There is still no evidence of any significant trend away from turnkey vendors who have held steady at around 60 Applications are the most important reason for choosing a vendor The principal application of CAD CAM is still mechanical e Over half of the users will require solid modeling needing both boundary and constructive represen tation on around 25 of the parts designed So what does all this mean to HP and more specifically to the technical SRs We have the oppor tunity to become a major force in t
39. not be taken until September 1 All regular product and update orders processed after the above dates will include version 2 11 of Condor 3 and Condor 1 Condor is a US trademark of Condor Computer Corporation Ordering Graphwriter Basic Set Marilyn Ruel PSD In Graphwriter Basic Set now available for the HP 150 Computer News July 1 1984 the P N and price for this software package for the HP Touch screen Computer was omitted To order Graphwriter Basic Set order P N 45484A Price 395 Graphwriter Basic Set is a registered trademark of Graphic Com munications Inc August 15 1984 Personal Computers HP 150 name changed Ralph White POD On September 1 1984 the flexible and hard disc HP 150s will be renamed Touchscreen and Touchscreen MAX respectively These names make it easier to differentiate the flexible and hard disc systems in our literature and advertising The names are easy to remember and recognize and pro vide customers with a friendly image of the product This action is consistent with the naming of other PC products such as The Portable ThinkJet printer LaserJet printer etc e The HP 150 dual flexible disc will be named Hewlett Packard Touchscreen Personal Com puter or Touchscreen for short e The HP 150 15M byte hard disc system will be named Hewlett Packard Touchscreen MAX Per sonal Computer or Touchscreen MAX for short On Septemb
40. nts Colorado Tech Ctr Colorado Springs CO Cs Logic Systems Colorado Springs CO Engineering Tools PM 3000 Divisions Installed Division Location Product Computer Support Roseville CA Board Repair Data Systems Cupertino CA Fabrication Ft Collins Systems Ft Collins CO Computers Grenoble Grenoble France Terminals Network Measurement Santa Rosa CA Instruments Stanford Park Palo Alto CA Instruments Implementing Division Location Product New Jersey Rockaway NJ Instruments OFFICE SYSTEMS TDP 3000 more than 1000 copies sold Steve Wright OPD The one thousandth copy of TDP Text and Docu ment Processor was sold in April 1984 followed by higher sales in May than at any other point since June last year Despite a number of newer word processing products TDP is still more than holding its own sales for the first two quarters of this year have been higher than sales for the same period last year TDP s link with laser printers has been the main con tributor to its success allowing the powerful format ting of TDP to link in easily with the graphics capabilities of the HP 2680A and the HP 2688A TDP only supports the 2687A printer as a 2608A which means that super and subscript or plug in cartridges are not supported This makes it a com petitive tool that is now used extensively both by Hewlett Packard and by many of our HP 3000 customers August 15 1984 a The succ
41. odify and enhance their shop floor control package as well as train their personnel While the purchase decision was being evaluated SR Geoff Grant of Paramus NJ pro posed a rental system to allow Westinghouse to immediately begin the project The customer saw the immediate benefits of the HP 3000 Series 30R rental and decided to try it According to Geoff the following contributed to this rental success e Price the month to month rental system was indeed the lowest cost alternative to going to an outside software consultant Flexibility the month to month rental term offered the customer the most flexibility in getting a head start in the development of the software package Availability the timeframe allocated for this project was three to four months and our quick availability helped in the rental decision Compatibility software developed on the Series 30R will be carried over to a more powerful HP 3000 system when completed COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only 5 ainat tala Se arta bn na can th ent ent ahai aaia lada aeai ata Business Computers e Excellent data communications software certain data will be uploaded to Westinghouse s IBM mainframe using DSN software It is worth noting that this rental success has subse quently uplifted Westinghouse to the Series 48 purchase Also in this issue How to get a copy of HP EasyDesk 8 FINANCIALS HP Pay Customer Profile 000000
42. rs and the benefits and features of SFD 3000 and how it fits in the distribution industry ra COMPUTER NEWS 9 For HP Use Only At mnai acta ste rtm De sean ai aaa AA kk SR ok Bam enn tinge ik hn nin a ve ance eran etc ECS ene LEAE E D EPA EEE OEO EAE Llib i o Networks Peripherals MASS STORAGE Who needs an HP 9144A Sandy Hansen GLD The new HP 9144A 4 tape cartridge fits a niche that previously has been unfilled In particular customers with 10 15M byte Winchesters on technical worksta tions have not had a product specifically matched to the disc and have had to use multiple floppies for backup As a result valuable data often went unprotected for lack of a convenient low cost solu tion Now the stand alone HP 9144A satisfies the need Using just one 16 8M byte cartridge and a special tape utility a customer can back up an entire system in eight minutes Be sure to target these customers for an HP 9144A e A new HP 9000 customer whose system includes an HP 9133XV or HP 9134XV The HP 9144A should be part of every solution e An HP 9000 installed base customer with a 10 or 15M byte Winchester should be using backup for his system There is an existing installed base of about 36 000 9133 34 Winchesters and these are all candidates for the new cartridge drive The HP 9144A is currently supported on the HP 9000 Series 200 BASIC Pascal and HP UX and Series 500 HP UX and the HP 1000 A
43. s of mid July we completed 15 sites and feel very confident about the quality of the product We have also signed up half a dozen System Conversion Specialists SCSs who verify the technical quality of the product Now it s time to aggressively promote Transform 3000 and beat IBM The physical conversions of the software from the S 34 to the HP 3000 are going faster and smoother than anticipated The conversions are averaging five days of SE consulting Remember this represents more than five calendar days as the customer will be working on the conversion while the SE is not on site The most challenging part of the conversion is chang ing the customer s mindset The HP 3000 is a much more sophisticated system than the S 34 and the customer needs to be made aware of the additional capabilities of the HP 3000 Performance is another issue we have been looking at In all but one case the HP 3000 has outperformed the S 34 When benchmarking against the S 34 the HP 3000 really shines in a multi user interactive environment The more you load the system the more the HP 3000 differentiates itself from the S 34 The Performance Center needs more benchmark informa tion on the S 34 and S 36 Remember you and your SE can get The Portable for your efforts The System Conversion Specialist SCS program is getting very popular The SCS program training manual can be ordered by P N 99943A via a HEART override The price is 5 000 Produc
44. support 1 03 Multi FORTH inquiries should be sent to Creative Solutions Inc 4701 Ran dolph Road 12 Rockville MD 20852 phone 301 984 0262 Multt FORTH is a trademark of Creative Systems Inc Large quantity packages of RAM boards now available Yoshio Kano FSD Your OEM and VEU customers will be glad to know that the RAM boards for the HP Series 200 computers are now available in large quantity packages The new 1M byte board is available in a 50 count package and the 4M byte board is available in a 100 count package Product numbers and prices are Size Quantity P N US List FBF price 4M byte 100 98256Q 79 000 78 300 1M byte 50 98257P 204 000 202 200 ID PROM upgrade available Kelly Hall FSD FSD is offering an upgrade package for customers with older HP 9816A S computers who need an ID PROM for software protection Customers using the 09816 66510 and 09816 66512 processor boards can buy this upgrade instead of an 09816 66513 14 pro cessor board for a savings of 1 500 This ID PROM will allow users to run popular software packages such as HP TechWriter and HP EGS 200 on the 9816 The part number for the ID PROM upgrade ordered through FSD COMSYS 4000 is 98143P The price is 150 ra August 15 1984 HP 3000 IBM System 34 conversion update Jim Pinsky CMG HP Transform 3000 the IBM S 34 to HP 3000 con version utilities is gathering significant momentum A
45. t Line 79 Supplying Division E300 Marketing Division E3 Sales Force 09 ID Code 46 Order on a separate section not eligible for coordinated delivery program The next training class will be scheduled for August 28 30 1984 in Cupertino CA Space is very limited so we would prefer only one person per SCS company Another class is tentatively scheduled for early October August 15 1984 o Business Computers There have been some questions about the SCS pro gram The SCS program is not limited to two SCS companies per area If an SCS is qualified and we have room in our training classes they are welcome Remember that they must successfully complete the Transform 3000 class to be able to deliver the prod uct The one year Response Center Support listed for 2 400 needs to be clarified We will pay RCS for the Language Support 3000 Category 99081B C00 Productivity Tools 3000 Category 99082B C00 Conversion Utilities 99940A S00 Procedure Monitor 99941A S00 and RPG com piler 32104A S00 Consider having an SE join the local 34 users group It s a good way to make contacts and spread the HP name in the S 34 user community To override HEART follow instructions in the OP Field Documentation Westinghouse Elevator Division rents an HP Series 30R Que Dang FRD Randolph Westinghouse Electric Corporation was in the evaluation process of adding an HP 3000 Series 48 system This system was needed to m
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47. thin the mechanical engineering environment expect design and analysis to be the pri mary function of aCAD CAM system Our user friendly easy to learn FE software linked to CAD systems certainly meets today s and tomorrow s market demand and undoubtedly addresses a high sales potential application area To order the new HP FE software please quote HP 98353A Opt 200 runs on Series 200 Models 20 26 36A C Opt 500 runs on Series 500 Models 20AS S B C The software price is 14 000 The recommended system price is Series 200 Model 36A 36 140 Series 500 Model 20AS 62 400 If you want to read more about HP FE a new techni cal description is available P N 5953 4347 August 15 1984 Technical Computers HP Design now on Shared Resource Management SRM Joe Nowakowski BEO For ICON and Europe Only A new revision of HP Design a 2 D mechanical design software package has finally arrived and performs better and more reliably than ever HP Design Revi sion 4 0 is now available the first shipments took place on July 20 ICON and Europe only The main new features are e Supports high resolution 1024 x 780 19 monitor e Supports low cost 9020A system e SRM configuration is now fully supportable no plotter spooling Plugs into a software management system for a multi user multi workstation ME CAD environment e ANSI tolerancing Configurable drawing parameters paper format User definable symbols
48. tion development assis tance or consulting Supported tested and documented peripheral and system configurations a Getting started assistance for new users having trouble getting their systems installed e Support for Context MBA and VisiCalc on HP 9816 All other 9816 and Series 200 support is pro vided by the field support organization through available support contracts August 15 1984 o Personal Computers Limitations e Support for programmer environment software products While HPCOACH does provide limited support for programming languages callers are referred to field PC SEs for lengthy consulting and software development assistance All other pro grammer products for example The Portable and the Touchscreen personal computer programmer s tools product are supported by the PC SE organization and not by HPCOACH Support for peripheral and instrument configura tions We depend on HP divisions to test periph eral and instrument configurations We do not have access to the wide range of peripherals that a customer may want to connect to an HP personal computer or the wide range of non HP personal computers that might be used with an HP printer or plotter We must limit our support to configura tions that have been tested by the responsible hard ware divisions Documented peripheral configurations e Disc drives Greeley Division will include a sec tion describing connection and use of the
49. tions See story beginning on page 10 P COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only MARKETING amp INTERNATIONAL SECTOR US Field Operations European Operations Intercontinental Operations Major Accounts Marketing Corporate Marketing MIC Marketing Information Center FRD Systems Finance Remarketing Division CSO Computer Support Division ISD Instrument Support Division CSO Computer Supplies Operation IPO Instrument Products Operation CPC Corporate Parts Center MEASUREMENT DESIGN amp MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS SECTOR Microwave amp Communications Group MCG Microwave amp Communications Group SPD Stanford Park Division NMD Network Measurements Division SAD Signal Analysis Division SPK Spokane Division CID Colorado Telecommunications Division QTD Queensferry Telecommunications Division Electronic Instruments Group EIG Electronic Instruments Group NJD New Jersey Division SDD San Diego Division SCD Santa Clara Division BID Boeblingen Instrument Division YID YHP Instrument Division CD Integrated Circuits Division Design Systems Group DSG Design Systems Group FSD Fort Collins Systems Division LSD Logic Systems Division COL Colorado Springs Division BCD Boeblingen Computer Division LSID Lake Stevens Instrument Division EPD Engineering Productivity Division Manufacturing Systems Group M Manufacturing Systems Group DSD Data Systems Division MPD Manufacturing Productivity Division LID Loveland Instrum
50. uilt in electronic discs e Dialing an information service August 15 1984 e Connecting The Portable to a desktop e An overview of the 1 2 3 program The course materials include a printed copy of the student workbook instructor notes and a black white paper copy of the slides as well as a lab disc a spook tape of the student workbook and instructor notes and a store tape of the slides student workbook and instructor notes The Getting Started With The Portable materials are now available The cost at TAC is 117 98 They can be ordered via HEART or SODA using product number 89908A If you have questions please call Joanne Piziali TDC Marketing TELNET 773 6358 1 2 3 ts a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation Lotus 1 2 3 course materials now available Joanne Piziali PSD The Training Development Center at PSD has developed an introductory workshop entitled Introducing 1 2 3 Now you can introduce your customers to 1 2 3 on both the HP Touchscreen personal computer and The Portable This workshop is an introduction to 1 2 3 and will enable the student to make basic use of some major 1 2 3 capabilities The hands on exercises use practi cal business applications such as profit spreadsheets and inventory data bases The modular design of the course allows the instruc tor to customize the workshop to fit the needs of the students Although designed as an eight hour training
51. um sized problems with a maximum of about 12 000 degrees of freedom 2 COMPUTER NEWS For HP Use Only Solving finite element problems at the engineer s desk with HP FE from Hewlett Packard using a 32 bit N computer poy The analytical capabilities can be summarized as follows e Linear stress analysis e Linear modal and dynamic analysis e Linear heat transfer analysis An interactive and fully automatic 3 D mesh genera tor for all element types is now available to create Finite Element models It generates meshes automat ically and displays them for checking and interactive modification HP FE provides an interactive graphics program to help the user to display and check the model in the most convenient way The program permits the rapid plotting of the model data on the screen plotter or printer Total or selective model plotting based on independently chosen element groups arbitrary view ing direction for 3 D models hidden line and hidden surface removal zooming shrinking 3 D shading and boundary presentation are just some of the plotting capabilities Furthermore HP FE offers efficient output and graphic output facilities for optimal flexible and quick results interpretation Plotting options include N deformed structure plotting stress and isothermal contour plots mode shape plotting and displacement velocity and acceleration histograms August 15 1984 By the use of a comprehensi
52. ve element library and efficient computational techniques the standard numerical algorithms are used HP FE offers the same accuracy and many of the facilities available in the larger mainframe based Finite Element packages but on a powerful and inexpensive desktop computer with more interactivity and an attractive user friendly interface A link from the HP Draft and HP Design systems is now available allowing the transfer of geometrical data from these CAD systems to the control file of the mesh generator This new link from HP Draft and HP Design to HP FE is the first step towards an inte grated CAD solution The new user interface capabilities automatic model generation and optimization dramatically reduce the engineer s time and therefore the costs involved in a typical Finite Element analysis and achieve an overall saving of about 40 The new dynamic analysis capabilities significantly extend the application range of the package into the area of structural dynamics The new HP FE is a powerful but extremely simple analysis tool for the design engineer not necessarily familiar with Finite Element techniques it is also a complementary system for the FE specialist Moreover it satisfies the current needs for inexpen sive and easy to use desktop solutions According to market research studies the predomi nant application anticipated for new CAD CAM systems is design and analysis More than half of each industrial group wi
53. ware products WordStar Lotus 1 2 3 BPI General Accounting MailMerge VisiCalc PCF MemoMaker Multiplan Condor 20 3 dBASE II BASIC Picture Perfect Fin Calc Graphics and DSN Link This software has been sent to dealers and is the most popular of the distributed software e All Other Distributed Applications consists of all the HP dis tributed software not included in the other categories HP listed software is not included e PC Center subscription service which includes all HP dis tributed software is expected to cost approximately 2 000 per year It is recommended that this service be ordered only as needed e All new and updated software is distributed in a kit with manuals e For a product not sent to you automatically you may borrow a copy from your PC center or order the product from PCDO These changes affect Application Engineering Organization AEO subscription services CE and TSE services are unchanged August 15 1984 Personal Computers How to sign up You may sign up for these services with your Area Systems Engineering Administrator SEA one 100 subscription service per contract For multiple copies of a single service sign up for multiple contracts Once you have signed up for the new service delete old 100 subscriptions P N 5751 5748 PICS and 5957 3685 SE Series 100 SS you may have From now until Stptember 1 material will be distributed against the ol
54. would like a simple introduction to MRP systems write or call Oliver Wight Limited Publications Inc P O Box 278 Williston VT 05495 800 343 0625 They will send you a free copy of Executive s Guide to Successful MRPII MM 3000 Divisions Installed Division Location Product Boeblingen Gen Sys Boeblingen Germany Computers Corp TLC Palo Alto CA Export Duties Computer Support Rsvle_ Roseville CA Board Repair Computer Systems Rsvle Roseville CA Computers Ft Collins Systems Ft Collins CO Computers Guadalajara Guadalajara Mexico Computers HP Bristol Bristol England Disc Drives HP Labs Palo Alto CA R amp D Instrument Support Mountain View CA Software Distrib Lake Stevens Instrument Lake Stevens WA Instruments New Jersey Rockaway NJ Power Supplies Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Terminals Roseville Terminals Roseville CA Terminals Santa Clara Santa Clara CA Instruments Santa Clara Tech Ctr Santa Clara CA ICs Santa Clara CA Software Distrib Sunnyvale CA Computer Remktg Systems Technology Ft Collins CO ICs Grenoble Soft Dist Grenoble France Software Distrib Optical Communications Palo Alto CA LED Personal Software Sunnyvale CA Software Distrib Software Distrib Ctr Systems Remarketing COMPUTER NEWS 8 For HP Use Only Implementing Division Location Product Computer Systems SC Santa Clara CA Computers HP Malaysia Penang Malaysia LED Assemble Stanford Park Palo Alto CA Instrume

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