anthony@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Lawrence Anthony) (04/13/91)
I posted this earlier but did not obtain any responses. Any answers, however incomplete, would be welcome. 1. What is the capacity of the 3.5" floppy drive unit (A1984A)? 1.4 MB? Does it have the capability to read/write MS-DOS/Macintosh diskettes? 2. Doesn't the base HPUX operating system come with a C compiler? If so, how is it different from the C/ANSI C compiler (B2413A) offered as a separate layered product? If not, how does one recompile the kernel? What is the motivation behind marketing the C/ANSI C compiler separately at list price of $1,500? 3. We have a half-height DDS DAT drive from Wangtek which we hope to use with the 700 series workstation. Should we expect problems reading the HP DAT distribution tapes on our third-party DAT drive? How about booting off a bootable DAT tape on our third-party DAT drive? 4. What is the format of the documentation on CD-ROM (B2355A #0BC)? Are they in nroff/troff format? Would it be possible to generate nice-looking hardcopies from the CD-ROM documentation on our postscript laser printer. Will I still have access to the usual online man pages in /usr/man if I choose not to purchase the above option? Any answers/guesses/suggestions/advice to the above concerns would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Lawrence Anthony lza@tybalt.caltech.edu
steve-t@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Taylor) (04/15/91)
In /comp.sys.hp/ anthony@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Lawrence Anthony) / asks: | 2. Doesn't the base HPUX operating system come with a C compiler? Yes. | If so, how is it different from the C/ANSI C compiler (B2413A) offered as a | separate layered product? It's not ANSI C, doesn't generate debug info, other C development tools are missing (I think this means things like lint, but what I'm reading doesn't specify), it may not do optimization. | If not, how does one recompile the kernel? It is sufficient to build a kernel, and for other routine (non-programming) tasks. Regards, Steve taylor NOT A STATEMENT, OFFICIAL OR OTHERWISE, OF THE HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY.
jaapv@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Jaap Vegter AEO) (04/16/91)
> I posted this earlier but did not obtain any responses.
Strange, I did see answers to many of your questions (by Bob Niland of HP)
immedeately following your earlier posting.
Greetings, Jaap Vegter, Hewlett-Packard Netherlands.