[log in to unmask] 2/16/98 said:
     > 9000!  What happened to the "configuration tool" for the 3000?
     > Anybody seen it?

     and John Hornberger replied:
     Try the following URL:
     http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpwebcat/frame_compare.pl/hp3ks

     <[log in to unmask]> on 2/19/98 replied:

  >  John,
  >  That is the 'Comparison Tool'. The HP3000 'Configuration Tool' seems to
  >  have disappeared. Compare the HP9000 'Configuration Tool' at URL:
  >  http://www.hp.com/hpwebcat/ch_hp9ks.html
  >  I wonder if low usage of the Configuration Tool was used as the reason to
  >  stop maintenance. I'm starting to learn how big corporations think ;-)
  >  Best Regards
  >  Fred Metcalf
  >  Hewlett-Packard, Cape Town, South Africa

     Fred,

     My mistake! You and Joe are absolutely right.  The "Configuration
     Tool" for the HP3000 is gone!  My guess as to why it went away is that
     'the powers to be' don't want the buyer to know what the asking price
     for their machine is.  That way, they can charge whatever the market
     will bear at any given time ;)

     Just my "conspiracy theory",

     John Hornberger
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     P.S.  I said it and not my company!!