Part number for VMS 7.3-2

I have a customer that needs to get the media for VMS 7.3-2 (Alpha). However, HP is telling them that they can do nothing without a part number. Anyone have that handy? The part number for the latest 7.3-2 layered product distribution would be handy, too... Thanks! --Stan Quayle Quayle Consulting Inc. ---------- Stanley F. Quayle, P.E. N8SQ Toll free: 1-888-I-LUV-VAX 8572 North Spring Ct., Pickerington, OH 43147 USA stan-at-stanq-dot-com http://www.stanq.com/charon-vax.html "OpenVMS, when downtime is not an option"

"Stanley F. Quayle" wrote: > > I have a customer that needs to get the media for VMS 7.3-2 (Alpha). > However, HP is telling them that they can do nothing without a part > number. Anyone have that handy? > > The part number for the latest 7.3-2 layered product distribution > would be handy, too... *Heart-felt Sigh* Y'know, it's a sad commentary when a vendor can't even lookup its own part numbers... Isn't that why EDP came about in the first place? -- David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems http://www.djesys.com/ Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page http://www.djesys.com/vms/market/ Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/ Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/ Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/

In article <4690BCA4.32596.2C453881@squayle.insight.rr.com>, "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com> writes: > I have a customer that needs to get the media for VMS 7.3-2 (Alpha). > However, HP is telling them that they can do nothing without a part > number. Anyone have that handy? > Doesn't it seem odd that HP can't figure out the part number for their own product? Image trying to by a used Camaro and having a Chevy dealer ask you what the part number is? I know if I go to one of several stores the store will find the part number for the ink for my HP printer. I guess VMS just isn't ink.

Bob Koehler wrote: > In article <4690BCA4.32596.2C453881@squayle.insight.rr.com>, "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com> writes: > >>I have a customer that needs to get the media for VMS 7.3-2 (Alpha). >>However, HP is telling them that they can do nothing without a part >>number. Anyone have that handy? >> > Doesn't it seem odd that HP can't figure out the part number for > their own product? > > Image trying to by a used Camaro and having a Chevy dealer ask you > what the part number is? I had that happen with a Pontiac Phoenix. Apparently some of the parts are different based on the serial number in the VIN and this was not in the parts guide. For the AC/FAN switch, one of the contacts was normally open for some set of VINS and for others normally closed. The parts department was unwilling to locate the correct part. I ended up installing a 12 volt relay to get the car working again, as that was the only GM parts depot with in any reasonable driving distance. > I know if I go to one of several stores the store will find the part > number for the ink for my HP printer. I guess VMS just isn't ink. I had to go to several stores to find ink for my HP Deskjet 540, several of them had lookup tables that were missing that printer. A few may have carried it for a different model as one of their FAX machines used the same cartridge. It looks like I will be scrapping the printer though, as the black ink cartridge was priced at about $40, and I think I will save up for a color laser printer instead, as I am having more problems with ink cartridges going bad than I am with having them run out, and I have heard that the color lasers do not have that issue. The problem is finding competitive pricing on different color laser printers that supports PostScript, Network, and possibly duplex right out of the box. At the local stores, I can only find one model that admits to all of that, and I would prefer to have some choices. -John wb8tyw@qsl.network Personal Opinion Only

should be QA-MT1AA-H8 That was the part number we used to order 7.3-2 Of course, they may be shipping V8.3 under that PN now but methinks this one is correct David "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com> wrote in message news:4690BCA4.32596.2C453881@squayle.insight.rr.com... >I have a customer that needs to get the media for VMS 7.3-2 (Alpha). > However, HP is telling them that they can do nothing without a part > number. Anyone have that handy? > > The part number for the latest 7.3-2 layered product distribution > would be handy, too... > > Thanks! > > --Stan Quayle > Quayle Consulting Inc. > > ---------- > Stanley F. Quayle, P.E. N8SQ Toll free: 1-888-I-LUV-VAX > 8572 North Spring Ct., Pickerington, OH 43147 USA > stan-at-stanq-dot-com http://www.stanq.com/charon-vax.html > "OpenVMS, when downtime is not an option" > >

QA-03XAA-H8 This should be the layered products cdrom kit About 7 CD package I believe David "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com> wrote in message news:4690BCA4.32596.2C453881@squayle.insight.rr.com... >I have a customer that needs to get the media for VMS 7.3-2 (Alpha). > However, HP is telling them that they can do nothing without a part > number. Anyone have that handy? > > The part number for the latest 7.3-2 layered product distribution > would be handy, too... > > Thanks! > > --Stan Quayle > Quayle Consulting Inc. > > ---------- > Stanley F. Quayle, P.E. N8SQ Toll free: 1-888-I-LUV-VAX > 8572 North Spring Ct., Pickerington, OH 43147 USA > stan-at-stanq-dot-com http://www.stanq.com/charon-vax.html > "OpenVMS, when downtime is not an option" > >

In article <_Yqki.23199$Fc.3426@attbi_s21>, "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw@qsl.network> writes: > > I had that happen with a Pontiac Phoenix. Apparently some of the parts > are different based on the serial number in the VIN and this was not in > the parts guide. Having the VIN for certain parts has been around for a long time. There might be no other way for your parts department to know which part you need. But you didn't need the part number to buy the whole car, did you? If the OP had a system and needed a serial number dependent part, that would be different. He's trying to buy the whole VMS.

In article <YEl5C1VfIzlY@eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote: > In article <_Yqki.23199$Fc.3426@attbi_s21>, "John E. Malmberg" > <wb8tyw@qsl.network> writes: > > > > I had that happen with a Pontiac Phoenix. Apparently some of the parts > > are different based on the serial number in the VIN and this was not in > > the parts guide. I had a similar problem with a 1970s British car. It turned out that mine was in a run of 6 cars during a change of gearbox from one model to another, which had different oil pipes. It was only because I had worked for a vehicle importer that I knew to prompt the dealer to look the details up on their microfiches. > Having the VIN for certain parts has been around for a long time. > There might be no other way for your parts department to know which > part you need. Prior to the 1980s, when ordering car parts for a British car, you just needed the year of manufacture. For Japanese or European cars, you quickly learned to visit a parts department armed with the engine and chassis number (later know as the VIN). > But you didn't need the part number to buy the whole > car, did you? > > If the OP had a system and needed a serial number dependent part, > that would be different. He's trying to buy the whole VMS. But "the whole of VMS" on what media? -- Paul Sture

In article <paul.sture.nospam-7911F2.19573910072007@mac.sture.ch>, "P. Sture" <paul.sture.nospam@hispeed.ch> writes: > > I had a similar problem with a 1970s British car. It turned out that > mine was in a run of 6 cars during a change of gearbox from one model to > another, which had different oil pipes. It was only because I had worked > for a vehicle importer that I knew to prompt the dealer to look the > details up on their microfiches. Reminds me of my 1973 VW Type 311. They changed the brakes and a lot of catalogs simply stopped listing at 1972. Fortunately a mechanic had told me that they used the same brake pads on the 1974 Dasher, which replaced the 311.