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From: jbc@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Jeff Caldwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP 9000/700 ?
Message-ID: <48580010@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com>
Date: 4 Apr 91 02:12:38 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> Software availability is not an issue, since HP 9000 S800 binaries "should"
> run unmodified on HP9000 S700.  Unlike the IBM 6000 the Series 700 is
> compatable with the previous revision of the architecture, so there is a
> large body of software already available to run on the Series 700.  Note
> that you can run Series 800 binaries on a Series 700, you can not run
> Series 700 biniaries on a Series 800 (unless you cross-compile).

Yep.  HP's talking REAL compatibility here.  We're a company that 
makes sure our current customers are taken care of.  Of course, with 
these new machines, we don't mind bringing a few more customers from
under the sun :-)

> We took our large, sophisticated application over to the S700, and it ran
> like a charm.  We took our large, complex development environment, which
> includes many custom tools, over to the the HP 9000 S700, and it ran many
> times faster.

Glad to hear it.  I'm sure recompiling these with the 700 compilers will
show even a greater gain.

> nice box...

Thanks. 

		-Jeff Caldwell | HP California Language Lab