ubi@unix.SRI.COM (Ron Ueberschaer) (10/28/88)
Does anybody out there use an Integral Personal
Computer (IPC)?
I've got one and need to know how much it will cost to
make it useful. Specifically, the software development
ROM (6 Mbytes HPUX and lots more on a chip) is something
we really need. After getting the "free" OS upgrade, I
found that our C compiler and BASIC interpreters (on
floppy discs) no longer work :-(. Compiling using a
single floppy drive was a pain, anyway.
Other items of interest are: hard disk, RAM expansion, and
a graphics terminal emulator. The hpgl plotter device (window)
is no substitue for a good graphics terminal emulator.
If there are any HP reps listening, is HP even supporting
the IPC? It's a great machine, but it needs some great
software.
--
"For every complex problem, --Ron Ueberschaer
there is a solution that SRI International Menlo Park, CA
is simple, neat, and wrong." ...!{hplabs,rutgers}!sri-unix!ubi
-- H. L. Mencken ubi@unix.sri.comjeffh@hpubvwa.HP.COM (Jeff Harrell) (10/30/88)
>Does anybody out there use an Integral Personal >Computer (IPC)? I do not currently use the IPC. But, I did for a couple of years and liked it!! >I've got one and need to know how much it will cost to >make it useful. Specifically, the software development >ROM (6 Mbytes HPUX and lots more on a chip) is something >we really need. The development ROM is (in my opinion) the saving grace of the IPC. I had 1.5 Mbytes of ram- 1 Mbyte is enough for most applications though. >Other items of interest are: hard disk, RAM expansion, and {...} I had a 10 Mbyte hard disk and a 1200 baud modem. Without the hard disk and development ROM the IPC is not much of a system. But, if you've got both, it's a good little HP-UX box. --- hpubvwa!hplsla!labjuh Jeff Harrell The opinions expressed are mine and not those of my boss, my wife, or my brother.