Hewlett-Packard HP-2000 Timeshared BASIC Systems
Feature Comparisons by TSB Version

Introduction Date

1969

1970

1971

1972

1972

1972

1974

1975

1975

System Level

2000

3000

3500

5000(1A) 6000(IB)

12549

Maximum User Space (words)

5120 Words

5120 Words

10240 Words

10240 Words

4192 Words

10240 Words

10240 Words

10240 Words

10240 Words

Maximum Number of Files

8

8

16

16

4

16

16

16

16

Maximum Number of Records/File

128

128

32767

32767

48

32767

32767

32767

32767

Maximum Number of Words/Rec

64

64

256

256

128

256

256

256

256

Programmable Functions

Terminal Lines

8

16

16

32

16

32

32

32

32

TIME

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

ENTER

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

COMMON

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CHAIN

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CHAIN with Statement number

X

X

X

X

X

X

CHAIN to $Library

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

PRINT USING (IMAGE)

X

X

X

X

X

X

BRK

X

X

X

X

X

ASSIGN

X

X

X

X

X

Restartable RND

X

X

X

X

X

X

SPACE

X

X

X

X

X

X

LINE

X

X

X

X

X

X

MES/ANN

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Floating Point Hardware

X

X

X

X

X

Disc-to-disc Transfers

X

High-Speed (30 cps) Terminals

X

X

X

X

X

DIR-subchannel

X

DISC-UP/DN

X

MOVE

X

X

X

X

X

PORT

X

X

X

X

X

SPEED

X

X

X

X

X

FAST/SLOW

X

X

X

MLOCK/MUNLOCK

X

HIBERNATE

X

X

X

X

X

X

STATUS

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

DISC (User Command)

X

X

X

X

X

CSAVE

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

XPUN

X

X

X

X

X

Line Printer

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Scheduler Routine

A

A

A

F

A

F

F

F

F

Multiplexer Routine

A

A

A

C'

C'

A

C'

C'

C'

HELLO

X

X

X

X

Disc Driver

A

A

C

C

E

C

F

Access

F

Loader

A

A

C

C

A

C

C

Access

C

GROUP

X

X

X

X

X

DUMP format

Disc

Disc

Disc

File

Disc

Disc

File

File

File

Sleep-To-Disc

X