At 10:03 AM 9/1/2000 -0400, Eric Bender wrote:
>But they don't. I guess Interex tries with the HPWorld Directory but, in
>the final analysis, it contains references to relatively few products.
>Individual vendors obviously try to inform the marketplace of their
>products but how effective an approach is that? Once upon a time, back in
>the days of the HP2000 (early '70's), HP maintained and distributed a
>central directory of all known apps which would run on its computers.
>Working then for a school board in Quebec, we were able to easily obtain
>info from the directory concerning the variety of educational applications
>available to us; with the help of HP, we acquired a package from a

try http://www.triolet.com/HPVend/hpvend.html

or the mirror at http://www.3k.com/directory/hpvend.html

Also, anyone wanting additions or changes can email me directly with the
details.

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