Hi Folks,
    The first HP3000(Series CX) used internally by HP(the Microwave
Semiconductor Division(MSD)/Opto Electronic Division(OED) on Page Mill Rd.
in Palo Alto) in 1974 replaced an IBM System 3/Mod 10 which was infested
with RPG(sorry...) and used 96 column cards. We migrated to SPL, Fortran,
Basic, and Cobol using Image and KSAM. KSAM was HP's version of IBM's ISAM.

       Eric Sand



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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Carly's Departure


Duane Percox wrote:

> Of course. But remember: perception is reality. The issue is
> that the product itself doesn't create a market. Take the HP 3000 as
> an example. No matter how good it was it was never marketed
> to the extent that IBM marketed inferior products. And don't
> use the as/400 as your guide here. Consider the following
> IBM products that existing during the run of the HP 3000:
>
> series 34, 36, 38

Think that was System 3, 34, 36, 38

> series 1 (a joke timesharing system)

Ah yes, interactive RPG.

> Only the series 38 even came close to achieving the technical
> features of the 3000.

And vice-versa; the old PROCMON.PUB.SYS (I think it was) was setup as a
"shell" for RPG programs in the port-your-system-34-to-our-3000 effort.

Actually ran across that once while consulting, decades ago...

Jeff

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