Hi all,

Some recent feedback CSY has received is that there
are still many customers who are not aware that in MPE/iX
release 6.5 HP-IB and FiberLink (FL) devices will not be
supported.  CSY is trying to reach as many customers as
possible to minimize surprises when 6.5 is installed.

Also, I have a script on Jazz that reads your IO
configuration file and reports all HP-IB and FL devices.
CSY recommends that you run this script to ensure you
are "HP-IB safe" before you update to 6.5. Please see
http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/scripts/hpib.txt .

Here is some output from the above script on three boxes:

(1)
*** HP-IB and FL device checker for 5.0 and later MPE/iX systems ***

  HP-IB Device Adapter at path 16.0.  Card ID: HP27113A
     16.0.3        TAPE    HP7980A

        === S U M M A R Y ===

         1  HP-IB Device Adapters
         0  FiberLink Device Adapters
         1  HP-IB and/or FL devices

(2)
*** HP-IB and FL device checker for 5.0 and later MPE/iX systems ***

  FL Device Adapter at path 16.  Card ID: HP28616A
     16.1          DISC    HPC2251S
     16.2          DISC    HPC2251S

  HP-IB Device Adapter at path 24.0.  Card ID: HP27113A
     (no devices for this DAM)

  HP-IB Device Adapter at path 8.0.  Card ID: HP27113A
     (no devices for this DAM)

        === S U M M A R Y ===

         2  HP-IB Device Adapters
         1  FiberLink Device Adapters
         2  HP-IB and/or FL devices

(3)
*** HP-IB and FL device checker for 5.0 and later MPE/iX systems ***

        === S U M M A R Y ===

         0  HP-IB Device Adapters
         0  FiberLink Device Adapters
         0  HP-IB and/or FL devices


Regards,
Jeff Vance, CSY