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Q. In the 918DX program HP is only
offering the Series 918. When
can we expect the full range to be
available? The 918DX provides
no advancement over 917LX in performance,
This in underpowered
for COBOL compiles on MPE/iX 5.0 and 5.5.
Your compile times increased
sevenfold compared to 4.0.
Roy Breslawski: Right now, there
are no plans to do a developers’
bundle on anything other than the
918DX. If we saw significant
demand for that it’s something
we could look into, but I, at this
point, hesitate to promise that
anything will come beyond that.
Jim Sartain: Does anybody know if
increasing the memory would
make a big difference in terms of
performance?
Ken Nutsford: It doesn’t make
any difference for COBOL compiles.
Joe Geiser: Actually, in the 5.5
the memory command is increased.
The base 918 comes with 64
megabytes of memory which is about
as useful as udders on a bull. 128
is the minimum, as far as I’m
concerned and as far as a lot of
other people are concerned for
5.5 to do any type of serious
development compilations, client
server development –
especially if you're running a client server
development shop and you’re
running multiple listeners at the
same time.
Ken Nutsford: When this scheme was
initially announced it was
applied across the range, as I understood
it. I’m very disappointed
that it’s only on the 918 and HP is
not making it available on
the faster boxes. If it was available with
a 968, we’d place an
order now.
Roy Breslawski: Would I would
like to offer is if people do have
a need for a high-end box for a
developers bundle, let us know.
Frankly, we just haven’t had
that many requests for it. If there
are a lot of needs for it and we
haven’t heard about it, please
let us know so we can address it.
Adrian den Hartog: 128 megabytes is
available. The standard box
is 64 but you can order 128. That
means the price does go up a
little bit, but we’re
virtually giving the box away already for
$7,077 as a base system. So
applying the additional memory is,
I think, a pretty good option.
HP’s Jeff Vance: On the 918DX,
our primary goal, beyond everything
else, was to make the box cheap.
You can still get a 52 percent
discount on additional memory
through the SPP if you want more
than 64 meg. We tried to come in
with the cheapest price for a
system that we thought you could do
MPE development on. That was
the goal that the people on 3000-L
and the people that we worked
with said was more important than
anything else. We succeeded,
I think, for purchase price with
that goal. We have room to improve
on rent or lease. And the support
issue, I think, is still pretty
large. But at least the purchase
price part of it has been successful,
I think.
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