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Chapter 2 SYSTEM INFORMATION
Introducing the HP 3000 Series 960
by Maria Molinos
Commercial Systems Division
The HP 3000 Series 960 is an extension to the high-end HP 3000 Series 950
platform. The Series 960 is a Series 955 Processor with increased cache
size and PDC changes required to support additional cache. A ROM on
Power System Monitor (PSM) assembly will be replaced to provide
additional time to flush the additional data cache during power failure.
The HP 3000 Series 960 offers an upward path for accounts who can benefit
from greater throughput than is available on the Series 955. For the
installed base, the Series 960 provides an upgrade path for Series 70,
Series 950 and Series 955 users with heavily loaded systems. The
performance increase of the Series 960 is primarily targeted for
interactive, mixed interactive and batch, and multibatch. For new
accounts the Series 960 can be used for even larger commercial data
processing applications and for more compute-intensive commercial
applications.
SERIES 960 FEATURES
The HP 3000 Series 960 includes:
* Extension to the high-end performance range by 30 to 40 percent (this
is over twice the performance of the HP 3000 Series 950 and up to
four times the performance of the Series 70)
* Field upgradable from either the HP 3000 Series 950 or the Series 955
* Aggressively priced; also, the HP 3000 Series 955 price has been
reduced to ensure that it is consistent with the price/performance of
the HP 3000 Series 960
SERIES 960 OPTIONS
P/N DESCRIPTION
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A1130A HP 3000 Series 960 Preconfigured system with 128 MByte of memory, MPE XL
FOS, Allbase/XL, and System Dictionary/XL.
A1132A HP 3000 Series 960 Field Upgrade from the HP 3000 Series 950. Consists
of a two-board set (one processor assembly and one Processor-Dependent
Hardware assembly) with 640 MByte of memory.
A1133A HP 3000 Series 960 Field upgrade from the HP 3000 Series 955. Consists
of a two-board set (one processor assembly and one Processor-Dependent
Hardware assembly) with 32 Mbyte of memory. Also included is a Power
System Monitor ROM.
A1136A HP 3000 Series 960 Unconfigured system with 128 Mbyte of memory. Does
not include software.
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
A minimum of 128 Mbyte of main memory is required. A second Memory
Controller (A1130A) will be required to increase memory beyond 128 Mbyte.
The maximum main memory supported will be 256 Mbyte at System Release.
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
The Series 960 will be supported on the Commercial System XL Release 2.0
(A.30.00 and later).
NOTE The HP 3000 Series 960 was first introduced and supported on XL
Release 1.2 (A.22.00).