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Feature Comparisons by TSB Version



Feature

2000A

2000B

2000C

2000C'

2000E

2000F and TSC (2)

2000F'

2000G ACCESS  1A (1)

System 1B

Introduction Date

1969

1970

1971

1972

1972

1972

1974

1975

1977
CPU  MAIN 2116A 2116B/C 2116B/C 2116B/C 2100S

2100MX or 2100 series

 2100 series or 21MX with identical IOP

2100 series or 21MX with identical IOP

 21MX-E for both
IOP 2114A/B 2114A/B 2114A/B 21MX or 2100 series

System Level (tape field)

n/v

n/v

n/v

2000

n/v

3000 (TSC=12549)

3500

 5000

6000 (1812)
Multiplexor 12584A 12584A 12584B 12920A 12920A 12920A 12920A 12920A 12920C
12584C
Supported Drums 2773A, 2774A, 2775A 2773A, 2774A, 2775A, 2766A 2773A, 2774A, 2766A 2773A, 2774A, 2776A, 2766A TBD

2766

(opt 002 and

003 only)

 2766

(opt 002 and
003 only)		 None None
Supported Discs None 2770A-01, 2771A, 2771A-01  2870A, 2883A 7900, 7905, 2883A 7900 7900, 2883 7900, 7905, 7920 7900, 7905,  2883

7900, 7905, 7920, 2883/4

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
IOP Software Version   B/C B/C C'/F   C'/F C'/F ACCESS ACCESS

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

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

 

 

 

 

SANCTIFY

 

 

X

X

 

X

 

 

 


(1) The HP 2000G TSB system was the HP-internal name of the HP 2000 Access system, follow-on to the HP-2000F TSB system.  Reference: HP Field Sales newsletter, Data Systems Newsletter, Volume 2, No. 7, February 1, 1975
(2) Time Share Corp. (TSC) is a reseller of modified HP-2000F' TSB.