In article <[log in to unmask]> "Rudderow, Evan"
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 09:30:00 EST
>From: "Rudderow, Evan" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: HP4000? Ever heard of?
 
>Mike Mcgarry <[log in to unmask]> asked:
 
>>Someone recently told me that there was an HP4000 system.  It was
>>listed that they had HP3000 experience and that they also had
>>HP4000 experience.
>>
>>Has anyone heard of such a beast?  If so, what is/was it?
 
>I have!
 
>You know of the strengths the HP3000 possesses for business data processing,
>and you've probably heard of the real time features of the HP1000.  The
>HP4000 was a system that combined the features of both (i.e. 1000 + 3000 =
>4000).  It was designed for real-time business applications such as stock
>trading and automated tellers.  If I recall, only three were ever sold.
 
>;-)
 
> -- Evan
 
What is the background on this?  Why were only three sold?  My guess is that
that stellar marketing group at HP thought it best to keep it a secret, since
it appears that few people ever heard of this machine.  It sounds good to me,
since I have had to write programs on the the 3k to "simulate" real time
activity.  Do any of the mighty 3k's of present (980's, 992's) do real-time?
 
Sam A. DeLeese
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA  90024
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