Stan likes his 918DX.....  but:

> The HPSWINFO file shows:
>   C5506 P3

> So...is that Powerpatch 3, or Powerpatch 6?  #$%^& ARGH! #$%^&

If it means anything except PowerPatch 6, I say something is broke:

When I installed 5.5 PP4 back in Jan 1998, our HPSWINFO said:
POWERPATCH TAPE VUF:
C5504 P4

When I installed 5.5 PP5 in Aug '98, addition to HPSWINFO was:
POWERPATCH TAPE VUF:
C5505 P9

And now when I do:
:showvar hpversion
HPVERSION = C.55.05

(yes, we are still on 5.5 PP5;  and being very careful NOT to do
a DBUTIL ERASE anywhere until we install 6.0 at the end of '98).

Note that "Px" suffix in HPSWINFO goes from P4 -> P9 -> P3
as you go from PP4 -> PP5 -> PP6 (assuming of course that
Stan really *does* have PP6).  Only wild guess I can make is that
the "Px" suffix is some kind of HP internal build revision for each
PowerPatch....  only HP knows for sure (well.... *maybe* they can
decipher their own numbering scheme(s))....

Ken Sletten