Curt Brimacomb wrote:
>
> Why after I have put on MPE/ix 5.0, powerpatch 3 and powerpatch 5 does the
> system still show this:
>
> RELEASE: C.50.00   MPE/iX HP31900 B.79.06   USER VERSION: C.50.00
>
> I thought it would be C.50.03 or C.50.05?
>
> TIA
>
 
I understand your confusion.  Let me refer you to the Interact
article I wrote -- it appears in the latest Interact magazine.
 
But to give you a reader's digest answer to your specific
question, HP delivers HP3000 software in a set of tapes:
 
   SLT:  System Load Tape (first tape used during your update)
   FOS:  Fundamental Operating Software (other "freebie" SW)
   SUBSYS:  The optional HP applications you've purchased
            (customized for each customer order), and
   POWERPATCH:  The integrated set of the latest generally
                released patches.
 
When we create a mainline (major) release, we revise all these
tapes.  When we create an Express, we revise only the SUBSYS and
the POWERPATCH tapes.  And when we create a Powerpatch, we only
revise the POWERPATCH tape.
 
The :SHOWME command reports the V.UU.FF of the mainline release,
in this case C.50.00 (the 5.0 Push); it also reports the V.UU.FF
of the MPE Operating System itself (B.79.06).
 
The installations of Expresses and/or Powerpatches do leave behind
results.  Take a look at the following files on your system:
 
       HPSWINFO.PUB.SYS
       PATCHAUD.PUB.SYS
 
Hope that helps.
 
 
 
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Jon Cohen
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