jmorton@iris.berkeley.edu (08/25/86)
Does anyone have an HP Integral? I never hear or read any mention of this machine in the micro literature - seems it has never caught on. Topics of interest to me: - programs in the public domain - info. & details for porting stuff to the Integral - HP BASIC usage & syntax - means of using other peripherals than HP's (e.g. hard disk, modem) - anything cheap that will plug into the HPIB port - rumors & gossip - Is Interex worth it for the Integral user? - Is there anyone at HP who uses one & answers questions? Your help is greatly appreciated! reply any old way to: John Morton 1168 Etcheverry Hall Univ. of Calif. Berkeley 94720 Internet: jmorton%iris@berkeley.edu UUCP: ucbvax!iris!jmorton
rer@hpfclj.HP.COM (Rob Robason) (08/30/86)
> Does anyone have an HP Integral? I never hear or read any mention of > this machine in the micro literature - seems it has never caught on. I don't own one, but have played around with it a little. > - programs in the public domain > - info. & details for porting stuff to the Integral The latest version has a system V kernel in ROM. AT&T oriented (i.e. not sockets) code should port trivially. HP has a technical software catalog that lists many of the 3rd Party software available. Your local HP sales office should be able to tell you how to get one. > - HP BASIC usage & syntax Same as the HP 85, if you know about that. REALLY nice, with real-time instrument control; almost as nice as the HP200/300 (9836), but not as fast. > - means of using other peripherals than HP's (e.g. hard disk, modem) RS 232 is available, no SCSI I/F. > - anything cheap that will plug into the HPIB port How cheap? > - Is there anyone at HP who uses one & answers questions? Me. There was a really nice write up in the March '85 UNIX/World when it was introduced (with System III). Rob Robason, HP SSO (Systems Software Operation), Fort Collins (hplabs|ihnp4|hpfcse|csu-cs|hpbbn)!hpfcla!rer
karen@hp-pcd.UUCP (karen) (09/02/86)
Most of the original software team for the Integral and the people who continue to support it read this notefile. If you have specific questions, try posting them. Someone should be able to answer them. However, you will get support alot faster and surer if you contact your dealer or sales rep. It is nice to see some notes regarding the Integral (good and bad - at least it is being used :-)). Also, if there are any Integral users out there who are still using the Sys III roms, get the Sys V roms. We fixed some bugs and added some new features. It's free, but there is a time limit on getting it. I am afraid I don't know when we will stop offering it. Karen Helt Hewlett-Packard Company Corvallis Workstation Operation hp-pcd!karen
ken@hp-pcd.UUCP (ken) (09/03/86)
> /***** hpcvlo:net.micro.hp / jade!jmorton / 4:49 pm Aug 24, 1986*/ > Does anyone have an HP Integral? yes. > Topics of interest to me: > - programs in the public domain > - info. & details for porting stuff to the Integral > - rumors & gossip > - Is there anyone at HP who uses one & answers questions? In reverse order. I am at HP in Corvallis. Many of us here are glad to answer questions. As an HP employee I cannot begin/spread rumors about the Integral, but I would love to hear your gossip. The single best source of info. for the programmer is an HP product: The Integral Programmer's Documentation, Part #82865J. It is bundled into the C compiler for the Integral or available separately. Though most people find porting is easy. The Integral OS is essentially SYS V. (I hope you have the HP-UX release 5.0 OS. It is made available FREE to any customer who purchased the original HP-UX 1.0.0 OS. See your copyright window at power up for release info). Note also if you purchased the C compiler way back when this document was not available then you may not be aware of its existance. You may also not be aware of the cdb debugger that is now shipped with the Pascal, FORTRAN, and C compilers. There are many programs in the public domain. I know of at least 6 discs full of freeware that are available to users. Are you looking for something in particular? Games? Kermit? ??? -Ken Bronstein hp-pcd!ken (503) 757-2000 P.S. More specific questions will allow me to better yield helpful specific answers.
aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP (09/10/86)
> Most of the original software team for the Integral and the > people who continue to support it read this notefile. > It is nice to see some notes regarding the Integral (good and > bad - at least it is being used :-)). > > Karen Helt My question about the Integral, and I don't mean to embarass anyone or be unkind, is: what went wrong? Why didn't the Integral take off? I remember how excited I was when it came out, but I was short on cash then; now that I have the money, it seems that it would be silly to buy a machine that nobody else buys. Are people like me, who would like a portable UNIX machine, so rare? If you want to respond, please e-mail -- I rarely read net.micro.hp Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana. USEnet: ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew 1101 E. University, Urbana, IL 61801 ARPAnet: aglew@gswd-vms