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From: ken@hpclkms.HP.COM (Kenneth Sumrall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Which IPC ROM version is newer?
Message-ID: <1340023@hpclkms.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Jul 88 22:29:54 GMT
Organization: HP NSG/ISD Computer Language Lab
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Sorry to post this again, but the STUPID NOTES INTERFACE they force me to use
here tricked me into replying to a basenote, not starting a new one.  So, in
the interest of getting more readership, I post again.
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Hi there!  (  (c) Peter Gabriel :-) )

     I have a choice of two HP IPC's that I can take home, and in evaluating
which one was better, I compared the ROM revision numbers.  One of the ROM's 
was part number 00095-60006, Rev. A.  The other ROM was part number 82991A,
Rel. 5.0.   I don't know how to compare releases with revisions, or numbers
with letters, so I want to know which ROM is newer.  (I am inclined to think
that the Rel. 5.0 is newer, but I want to be sure)  

     Also, a program on the System Disk (Rel. 1.0.0) that comes with the IPC
called prep_sys is supposed to fix a bug in the disk handler, and a few other
small bugs.  This program works on the Rev. A ROM, but not on the Rel. 5.0 
ROM.  (The error message is wrong ROM version)  Does this mean that Rel. 5.0
fixed this bug? 

    Now for my final question.  I heard a rumor about a ROM upgrade that put
the csh and some other programs in the ROM.  Is this true? If so, where can
I get it  (i.e., what is the part number)  Thanks in advance!

Kenneth Sumrall
ken%hpclkms@hplabs.hp.com

P.S.  In case you don't know, IPC stands for Integral Personal Computer.
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