Chapter 11 Product Release History
The following provides information on the currently supported Commercial
Systems MPE/iX releases and products. Included are the MPE/iX release or
SUBSYS VUF and a list of products introduced. It also provides
information on significant changes made to a release.
MPE/iX Product Releases
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| | | Date Code |
| Release | SUBSYS | | Product(s) Introduced/Added |
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| B.40.00 | | R3217 | MPE/iX Release 4.0 (Core Software Release)1 |
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| | | | Token Ring 3000/iX Network Link (HPJ2167A) |
| | | | NCS Runtime (HP36961A) |
| | | | HP 5000 Model F100 (HPC2753A) |
| | | | HP GlancePlus Pak (HPB2953A) |
| | | | Support of HP-FL disks/disk array devices: |
| | | | HPC2252B, HPC2252HA, HPC2254B, HPC2254HA |
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| | B.40.02 | R3337 | MPE/iX Release 4.0 Express 1 |
| | B.40.03 | | |
| | | | IMAGE/SQL (HP36385) |
| | | | ALLBASE SQL ASM (HP30368) |
| | | | ALLBASE/NET (HP30604) |
| | | | ALLBASE/XL HPSQL (HP36216) |
| | | | HP Sockets/iX (HP92616) |
| | | | HP GlancePLUS (B1787B) |
| | | | Perf Collector XL (B1794B) |
| | | | Info. Access SQL/XL (ACCESSQL) |
| | | | Support of HP7980S and HP7980SX |
| | | | SCSI Tape Drives |
| | | | HP 3000 Series 980/400 |
| | | | HP 3000 Series 990DX, 992DX/200, |
| | | | 992DX/300, 992DX/400 |
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| | | | MPE/iX Release 4.0 Express 2 |
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| | | | No new products |
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Table 11-0. MPE/iX Product Releases (cont.)
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| | | Date Code |
| Release | SUBSYS | | Product(s) Introduced/Added |
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| B.40.00 | B.40.04 | R3412 | MPE/iX Release 4.0 Express 3 |
| | B.40.05 | R3427 | |
| | | | NetWare for the HP 3000 (HP32020) |
| | | | HP/File Library (B3614A) |
| | | | HP Schedule (B3617A) |
| | | | OpenDESK Intrinsics (B3618A) |
| | | | HPDeskmon (B3619A) |
| | | | HP Open DeskManager (B3604A) |
| | | | HP Open DeskManagerPLUS (B3605A) |
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| | | | MPE/iX Release 4.0 Express 4 |
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| | | | Transact/iX (HP30138) |
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| C.45.00 | | R3249 | MPE/iX Release 4.5 (Major Software Release)2 |
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| | | | Curses Library (B2477A) |
| | | | HP OpenView Console (B3118A) |
| | | | MPE/iX Developer's Kit (36340A) |
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| X.50.20 | X.50.24 | R3404 | MPE/iX Release 5.0 (Major Software Release)2 |
| | | R3440 | |
| | | | Threshold Manager (B3474A) |
| | | | HPINSTAL/iX (B3159A) |
| | | | CD Extensions for MPE/iX (B3683A) |
| | | | ALLBASE/REPLICATE (2494B) |
| | | | AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000 (J2244A) |
| | | | ACT API 4.0 (32077A) |
| | | | C2 Security Monitor (B3175A) |
| | | | FDDI 3000/iX Network Link (J2245A) |
| | | | SNA/Token Ring Link/iX (J2249A) |
| | | | NetWare v3.11 for the HP 3000 (32020B) |
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| | | | MPE/iX-Express 1 based on Limited Release 5.0 |
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| | | | Fast/Wide SCSI Adapter (2869A) |
| | | | Fast/Wide SCSI Disk 2GB x1 (C3550T-R Option 002) |
| | | | Fast/Wide SCSI Disk 2GB x2 (C3551T-R Option 002) |
| | | | Fast/Wide SCSI Disk 2GB Upgrade Kit (C3554U) |
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Table 11-0. MPE/iX Product Releases (cont.)
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| | | Date Code |
| Release | SUBSYS | | Product(s) Introduced/Added |
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| C.50.00 | C.50.02 | R3504 | MPE/iX Release 5.0 (Core Software Release)1 |
| | C.50.03 | R3513 | |
| | | R3538 | Workload Manager (B3879AA) |
| | | | Shared Globals |
| | | | ARPA Bundling |
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| | | | MPE/iX-Express 2 based on General Release 5.0 |
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| | | | MOVER Utility |
| | | | Information Access SQL/iX |
| | | | LASERRX/MPE |
| | | | ALLBASE/4GL Developer and Runtime |
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| | | | MPE/iX-Express 3 based on General Release 5.0 |
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| | | | Information Access Server/iX |
| | | | Symbolic Debug/iX |
| | | | ALLBASE/SQL G.1 |
| | | | IMAGE/SQL G.1 |
| | | | New Systems: |
| | | | HP 3000 Series 969KS/x00 (x = 1 through 4) |
| | | | HP 3000 Series 996/80, 996/x00 (x = 1 through 8) |
| | | | New SCSI Disks: |
| | | | ST31200N (1Gb Single-Ended) |
| | | | ST31230N (1Gb Single-Ended, Low Profile) |
| | | | ST32550N (2Gb Single-Ended) |
| | | | ST15150N (4Gb Single-Ended) |
| | | | ST32550W (2Gb Fast/Wide) |
| | | | ST15150W (4Gb Fast/Wide) |
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Table 11-0. MPE/iX Product Releases (cont.)
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| | | Date Code |
| Release | SUBSYS | | Product(s) Introduced/Added |
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| C.55.00 | | R3628 | MPE/iX Release 5.5 (Major Software Release)2 |
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| | | | HP Loader Dependent Libraries |
| | | | Subsystem Dump Facility |
| | | | HP Stage/iX |
| | | | HP Patch/iX |
| | | | TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 True-Online Backup |
| | | | HP Optical Disk Libraries: |
| | | | C1150B - 40GB |
| | | | C1160B - 80GB |
| | | | C1170B - 100GB |
| | | | TCP/IP Network Printer Support |
| | | | Telnet/iX Server |
| | | | DTS/TIO Dynamic Configuration |
| | | | Online System Device Configuration |
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1. As of MPE/iX Release 5.5, the naming convention for Core Software
Releases will be known as Platform Software Releases.
2. As of MPE/iX Release 5.5, the naming convention for Major Software
Releases will be known as Non-Platform Software Releases.