How would I get an account on Invent3k? It would be nice to just try it out before buying my own HP3000. -- Manny Bhuta Randolph, NJ USA "Richard Gambrell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:9p4jaf02gf6@enews2.newsguy.com... > You may be able to get an account on Invent3k, HP's public development hp 3000, > and avoid buying a machine until your sure of what your needs are. > > Richard > > Manny Bhuta wrote: > > > > I have not worked on MPE for over a decade. So, I am quite unfamiliar with the > > current capabilities of MPE. I am considering buying an A500 system to develop > > a software in the form of mostly several routines. I want to use only flat and > > KSAM files, no Image or other databases. I would like user to use a browser > > like MS Internet Explorer as an interface to my system and I have no idea how to > > do this. Can anyone answer the following questions? > > > > 1. How difficult it would be to write a server application on HP3000 that will > > receive commands from the browser and send data back to the browser? Is a > > software package available to facilitate this task? > > > > 2. Do I need any other hardware and/or software? > > > > 3. I can get an A500 HPUX unit at a very good price. Does HP sell a kit to > > convert this to MPE? If it does, any idea on its cost? I believe that the MPE > > filesystem is much better suited to my application. Hence, I am inclined to > > write it for MPE platform rather than Unix. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > -- > > Manny Bhuta > > Randolph, NJ USA > > > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * > > -- > Richard L Gambrell, Senior Information Technology Consultant and > Director of Computing Systems and Networks > Information Technology Division, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga > Fax: 423-755-4150 Support Help-Desk: 423-755-4000 > Direct phone: 423-755-5316 ITD Business Office: 423-757-1755 > Mobile (urgent): 423-432-5122 Main UTC: 423-755-4111 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *