James writes:

...
>  All of my socket programming for the 3000 has been done entirely on the
> 3000.  Compiled with CCXL and linked either to an XL or an executable
> binary.
...

Sorry 'bout that ... I should have pointed out to HP3000-L that
the "HP Sockets" that Srivathsa mentioned is not, repeat: *NOT*
in any way associated with "sockets" as most of us know them.

Before Berkekey sockets were adopted by HP-UX and MPE/iX, there
was....

    "Sockets for Software Integration"
a product from HP, which ran on the 9000 and 3000.

It was apparently ahead of its time, since it wasn't a market success.
Ironically, IBM saw it, liked it, took the idea and made a wild
success with a similar product (whose name escapes me at the moment).

HP's product was saddled with a *terrible* name, as most people who
heard it thought it had something to do with Berkely sockets.

HP's Sockets product allowed a customer to paste two applications
together, even if they were on different machines and had never
heard of each other.  Really pretty neat.

Stan (my wife worked on the procuct) Sieler