[net.micro] Questions on new IBM and HP scientific machines

bobb (11/23/82)

Does anyone have any information regarding the Instrument Computer System
recently announced by IBM (ad in December issue of Scientific American)?
Specifically,

     1. What is included in the base price? How much are the printer
        and other options?

     2. What operating system is used? Is it proprietary?

     3. Can disks (programs and or data) be exchanged with the IBM PC?

     4. Are the GPIB and RS-232 interfaces easy to program?

     5. Does the system "know" PLOT-10 graphics?

Also, does anyone have answers to the same questions applied to the new HP
9000 system?

Reply to me and I will summarize (including information received from IBM and
HP) to the net.

      Bob Bales
      Tektronix