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HP
1000 A
-
Series A990
manufacturing release
Last month, the new
HP
1000
A
-
Series high
-
end processor family,
HP
1000 A990, was released to man
-
ufacturing.
This
family provides you
with
CPU performance that
is
twice
that of the current
HP
1000 A900.
The
HF'
1000 A990
is
the first
HP
1000 processor release since the
A400 in 1986 and the
ht high
-
end
processor addition since the A900
in
1983.
The
HF'
1000 A990
is
plug compat
-
ible and allows you to leverage
erdsting hardware investments
without high incremental costs,
preserves software investments
without high conversion cost and
time, adds new functionality,
integrates new and existing appli
-
cations, and maximizes system
performance while reducing
downtime.
A pre
-
release program was insti
-
tuted several months ago that
allowed you to evaluate the
HP
1000
A990 in your own facilities under
speci6c conditions.
This
program
will
be extended until at least the
end of October 1992. For more
information, contact your
HP
representative.
HP DAT backup solutions
now support HP 1000
A
-
Series systems
Hewlett
-
Pac kard announces the
support of the
HP
Series 6400
Model 2000
(P/N C1520B) 2.0
-
Gbyte
digtal-audio tape (DAT) drive on
the
HP
1000 A
-
Series system.
Introduced as a standalone product
in January 1992,
this
small com
-
puter standard interface (SCSI)
tape
dnve
is
fully supported under
HP
RTE
-
A using Revision 5.25 of the
SCSI interface driver
IDQ35 and the
tape device driver
DDQ24.
This
product functionally
is
identi
-
cal to the existing
HP
Series 6400
Model
1300WS 1.SGbyte DAT
drives that also are supported under
HP RTE
-
A. Unlike the
HF'
Series
6400 Model
1300WS, the
Model 2000 uses 90
-
meter
(2.0
-
Gbyte) DDS cassettes in
addition to existing 60
-
meter DDS
cassettes only. The
HP
Series 6400
Model
1300WS drives use 60
-
meter
DDS cassettes only.
The
HP
Series 6400 Models 2000
and
1300s can boot and load
devices
as
well
as
archive and
backup devices. The
HP
Series 6400
Model
1300H
is
only supported
as
an archivalhackup device.
AU
software for the
HP
1000
is
avail
-
able on DDS tape by ordering media
Option
AAH
when purchasing
software. For more
information,
contact your
HP
representative.
HP 1000 A
-
Series A990
Option 910 for upgrade
The
HP
1000 A990 12990C
Option 910
is
on the February 1992
HP
Price List.
This
option provides
users who upgrade from the
HP
1000 A900 to the new A990
the option of obtaining an
edge-
connector version of the upgrade
board in place of the pin
-
andsocket
type that
is
typically supplied.
M
option still allows you the upgrade
credit and requires the return of
your existing HP
1000 A900 board
set. For more mformation, contact
your
HP
representative.
HP
Computer
lipdate,
hiarc11
1992