HP & Compaq

From: Stan Sieler <sieler_at_allegro.com>
Date: Tue Sep 4 16:08:14 2001

re:
> > Hopefully HP won't say, "Digital? whats that? Oh, that must be legacy
> > stuff.... we don't handle that anymore" I hope they make alot of stuff
> > availble online, plus keep VMS going.
...
> Last I heard, they were *still* making and selling
> HP3000 systems.

Yes...on essentially the same hardware platforms that HP-UX is on.
(I.e., just as modern).

Further, they announced (a year or more ago?) that MPE/iX would
be on IA-64 ... just like HP-UX.

OTOH, yes, you *will* get "what's that" ... about Digital,
VAX, VMS, *or* MPE, 3000 :(

Stan Sieler sieler_at_allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
Received on Tue Sep 04 2001 - 16:08:14 BST