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Re: [EXT]: MPE-V/R
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Mike Loewen <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 4 Oct 2020 17:13:09 -0400
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On Sun, 4 Oct 2020, Frank McConnell wrote:

> On Oct 4, 2020, at 13:49, Mike Loewen wrote:
>>   I hope some of you experienced hands might know the answer to this. The
>> final release of MPE-V/R (E.01.00, R2548) from 1985 indicates support for the
>> Series II, III, 30 and 33. It's unclear if there were separate FOS tapes for
>> the II/III and 30/33: were there? Earlier MPE releases were numbered 32002 for
>> the II/III and 32033 for the 30/33. Is it possible that there was a single
>> R2548 FOS tape that could be cold loaded on both the II/III and 30/33?
>
> There were separate FOS tapes for Series II/III and Series 30/33.
>
> I think the Series 30/33 MPE V/R FOS tape is p/n 32033-10010, also R2548.
>
> -Frank McConnell

    I just found an artifact listing from the Computer History Museum that 
includes "HP3000 system FOS Format, V/R FOS tape, rev. 2548, 32033-11010, May 
5, 1987". Maybe this is the one for the 30/33. I'll check with Al Kossow.


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