clarke.upenn@Udel-Relay@sri-unix (10/24/82)
From: Clarke Arnold <clarke.upenn@Udel-Relay>
How to get software for the HP3000:
1) Call an HP service center.
2) Ask for any number of hundreds of packages all of which are
supported by HP.
Similarities between an HP3000 and an 8008
1) none - next?
The HP3000 has Fortran, Pascal, APL, Cobol, ...
HP provides software to connect up to lazer printers. There are networks
of 3000s. The one that I worked on at HP had about 100 computers on the
network. The are many application programs for the 3000. (payroll
data bases, accounts recieveable, ...) This maybe why there are over
10,000 HP3000s in the world.
One of the best things about the 3000 is the service contract that
you can get from HP. They will support everything. HP will support
all hardware and software if everything is HP equipment. There is only
one other company that can make this claim and it is not DEC. DEC does
not have the Buss. software that HP does. Many Dec systems do not have
DEC drives.
As you may have guessed you touched a sore spot. I worked in HPs
3000 group for a year and found the system very usable. Please do not
make statements without the facts.
A new irrate info-micro list reader
Clarke Arnold