Glen wrote: > > "Although HP 3000 users did not hear HP promise a 64-bit > implementation on a PA-8000 chip, [Harry] Sterling said > the matter is still under investigation." > > In the HP 3000 Advisor, in response to the question > > "Future introductions will include new mid-range servers > based on the powerful new PA-8000 processor as well as > a high-end Corporate Business Server." These are two different issues. HP has said that they will release future HP3000 models based on the PA8000 series of PA-RISC 2.0 chips. They have *not* said whether the operating system will be changed to make use of the 64bit features of these chips. Without these changes it's just like 16bit DOS running on a 32bit Pentium CPU. Sure it's faster, but it's probably half the speed it could be and you still are stuck with all the old limitations. G.