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HP 1000 A-Series A990 manufacturing release

Last month, the new HP 1000 A-Series high-end processor family, HP 1000A990, was released to man- ufacturing. This family provides you with CPU performance that is twice that of the current HP 1000A900. The HF' 1000A990 is the first

HP 1000processor release since the A400 in 1986 and the h t high-end processor addition since the A900 in 1983.

The HF' 1000A990 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-releaseprogram 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 supportHP 1000 A-Series systems

Hewlett-Packard announces the support of the HP Series 6400 Model 2000 (P/N C1520B) 2.0-Gbyte digtal-audio tape (DAT) drive on the HP 1000A-Series system. Introduced as a standalone product in January 1992,thissmall com- puter standard interface (SCSI) tape dnve is fully supported under HP RTE-A using Revision 5.25 of the SCSI interface driver IDQ35and 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 1300WSdrives use 60-meter DDS cassettes only.

The HP Series 6400 Models 2000 and 1300scan boot and load devices as well as archive and backup devices. The HP Series 6400 Model 1300His only supported as an archivalhackup device. AU software for the HP 1000is 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 1000A990 12990C

Option 910 is on the February 1992 HP Price List. This option provides users who upgrade from the

HP 1000A900 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 1000A900 board set. For more mformation,contact your HP representative.

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