In a message dated 96-02-16 10:57:00 EST, [log in to unmask] (Ron Seybold)
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>A. No. I'd rather work with those companies individually, to try to come up
>with a kind of deal that would let them have that kind of capability at the
>lowest cost possible. If we tried to use a Unix workstation as a platform,
>there's no NIO bus for us to have I/O with, so we'd have to write all new
>I/O drivers for the peripherals that would be integrated in the box. We'd
>have to leverage an existing box. It would be a huge investment for a very
>small payback. I don't think the cost of the development platform is an
>issue.
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>Jame said:
>>I realize that it wouldn't be a huge market for Hewlett-Packard.
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>And that seems to be precisely the problem. HP wants to leverage 9000
>workstation hardware if they do this, and they don't think the cost of the
>3000 is an inhibitor to porting. Developers, if you're out there, tell them
>otherwise.
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I have a standing order for a small (read portable) HP3000 in the $5k-$10k
range.  I ordered it last Fall at a meeting at HP.  I have not received an
order confirmation as of yet :-).
 
Kind regards,
 
Denys. . .