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From: anthony@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Lawrence Anthony)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: some specific questions re: HP 9000 series 700
Keywords: CD-ROM, ANSI, C, DDS, DAT
Message-ID: <1991Apr13.011000.9813@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 13 Apr 91 01:10:00 GMT
References: <1991Apr11.101235.28728@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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I posted this earlier but did not obtain any responses.  Any answers,
however incomplete, would be welcome.

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@tybalt.caltech.edu