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From: anthony@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Lawrence Anthony)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP 9000 s 700 questions ????
Keywords: CD-ROM, ANSI, C, DDS, DAT
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.101235.28728@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 11 Apr 91 10:12:35 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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I have a few questions regarding the 700 series workstations from HP:

1. What is the capacity of the 3.5" floppy drive unit (A1984A)?  1.4 MB?
Does it have the capability to read/write MS-DOS/Macintosh diskettes?

2. Doesn't the base HPUX operating system come with a C compiler?  If so,
how is it different from the C/ANSI C compiler (B2413A) offered as a
separate layered product?  If not, how does one recompile the kernel?
What is the motivation behind marketing the C/ANSI C compiler separately
at list price of $1,500?

3. We have a half-height DDS DAT drive from Wangtek which we hope to use
with the 700 series workstation.  Should we expect problems reading the
HP DAT distribution tapes on our third-party DAT drive?  How about booting
off a bootable DAT tape on our third-party DAT drive?

4. What is the format of the documentation on CD-ROM (B2355A #0BC)?  Are
they in nroff/troff format?  Would it be possible to generate nice-looking
hardcopies from the CD-ROM documentation on our postscript laser printer.
Will I still have access to the usual online man pages in /usr/man if I
choose not to purchase the above option?

Any answers/guesses/suggestions/advice to the above concerns would be
greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Lawrence Anthony
lza@ulysses.caltech.edu