Wilson Wong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>I recently received a Communicator 3000 MPE/iX-Express 2 manual.  The
>cover also refers to a Power Patch Tape C.50.02 and says based on General
>Release 5.0.  This communicator is very small (about 25 pages) and in
>Chapter 4 it tells you about ordering a customized subsys tape, a
>customized subsys tape with SLT and FOS, or the powerpatch tape only.
>The way I read this communicator was that the subsys tape is for LaserRX
>and the MOVER utility.  Since I was only interested in the powerpatch
>tape, I asked the engineer at the HP RC who I was working with on a
>related 5.0 software question and he said he is not aware of a 5.0
>powerpatch tape.
>
>So... did anyone else receive this communicator?  Is the subsys tape for
>Laser/RX and the MOVER utility only?  Most importantly, is there a
>powerpatch tape for 5.0???
 
I checked on this and the 5.0 POWERPATCH will be C.50.02 and it should
be orderable on or shortly after next Wednesday (4/26/95). Of course,
the reason for the mentioning of SLT, FOS, and SUBSYS tapes is that
the documentation is for an EXPRESS release of the 5.0 version of the
OS.
 
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                            --Pete Crosby
 
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