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From: rer@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Rob Robason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP 9000/400 question
Message-ID: <5570464@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 9 Aug 90 19:25:28 GMT
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Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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William Smith concludes:
> Probably the 300 series will die soon.

This is incorrect.  There are still lots of uses for the 300 with it's
inherent strengths for which the 400 is not well suited.  At least one
of these is instrument control, which depends on the DIO/I backplane.
Others are applications requiring rack-mounted systems like work-cell
and imbedded controllers.  I'm sure the 300 will be around for a long
time.

It does seem as though the 400 is the way to go for a general purpose
UN*X based workstation though.

Rob "strictly my opinion" Robason