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Uew from HP Iewlett Packard has introuced a personal computer eatming high-resolution interated 80-column text-andraphics display, Basic progamming and memory from ‘ZK-bytes to 544K-bytes. The HP-87 is part of the eries 80 family and uses existng software. A plug-in W/M nodule allows CPiM programs o be run. Attachable peripher1s include a graphics plotter. The computer will be availble from HP’s personal comiuter dealers, with a recomtrended price of &1,650. The ‘Sweetlips’ plotter is an ntelligent small-format pen ilotter for use with personal omputers. It features twohighcapability, :olour resolution plotting and plottim : speed of 15 inches/second. I :osts &969.

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HP has added to its range of :eal-time computers with the ’ of the A600 2mnouncement ull-function microcomputer md the A700 minicomputer, 30th featuring performance in :xcess of one million instrucSoftware 1:ions per second. offered includes networking, management and ’database graphics software. (Literature

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Enquiry

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Packard,

King

Winnersh,

Wokingham,

Tel: (0734)

HewlettStreet

78774.)

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The Trend DTA l-30 is a microprocessor controlled data transmission analyser. It has been developed to meet the needs of manufacturers and users of data communications equipment, engineers for insitu fault diagnosis and programmers for software debugging and performance analysis. The Trend Mini-Tester 100 is a handheld data communications tester. The tester has a 32 character LCD display for test test messages, parameters, input data and test results. Beech Estate, Wycombe, HP10

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Knaves

Loudwater,

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Boosted basic The programs for the Omnix 16-bit microcomputer are written in Trans-Basic, in Omnix-

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which supports real-time, interactive and batch processing concurrently. The two 16-bit computers are designed to support up to live or nine local users in a distributed network. The other three are superminis, of which the top end machine has a main memory expandable to 28 megabytes. The Plexus is a 16bzt minicomputer.

Hertford

House,

Denham

Way,

(7ross,

Rickmansworth,

WD3

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Maple Herts (0923) 0

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specific version of Basic. The language has additional verbs for input and output functions, and makes for simpler handling If screens and data records in 1iles. The Omnix, launched by Computer Automation, is timed at the small business lser, having a connectivity of rp to eight video terminals. 3mnix will be available :hroughout Europe from 150 appointed franchisees. (Com-

Support for Unix 1Keen Computers is to be the ;ole UK distributor for the Unix-based Plexus P/40, a 16-bit minicomputer. The Plexus P/40 allows for .tp to four megabytes of mem)ry, and supports disc, tape, :erminal and printer interfaces. A configuration of 5 12 K-bytes If memory, 72 megabytes of disc storage, a tape unit and eight serial lines would cost about &30,000. Keen has prepared a range of proven applications software packages to run under Unix, and believe that the operating system offers a good environment for developing applications from scratch where required. (Keen Computers, 5 Giltspur

Street,

Tel: 01-236

London

5682.)

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Same operating system Five new computers have been launched by Norsk Data, from 16-bit machines to 32-bit superminis. All the machines use the same operating system,

The common software environment allows programs to be developed on a central ND supermini system, and distributed to the Satellite 16-bit machines. A network of Satellites and central systems can be implemented using Norsk Data’s communications protocol, or X25. The Satellites can run simultaneous links both to other ND computers and to mainframes. Programs can be written in Cobol, Pascal, Fortran and Basic. Prices for the Satellites start at E17,OOO. Superminis range from f80,OOO. (Norsk Data, Nord

House,

Newbury, 1NU.

Pelican

Berkshire

Tel: (0635)

Lane, RG13

3146.5.)

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