Hewlett-Packard Co has extended its HP 9000 Series 800 Unix RISC family downwards with the launch of the entry-level, multi-user Model 815S, which comes in at $14,900 while providing 85% of the performance of the current Model 825S computer at 60% of the price. It comes with two serial ports, 8Mb main memory and a 16 user licence for the HP-UX implementation of Unix System V.2; a fully bundled system for 16 users will be $29,500, with Precision Architecture CPU, 8Mb memory, 300Mb disk drive, a tape cartridge system, 18 serial ports and a 16-user HP-UX licence with the operating system pre-loaded on the disk. Both versions are planned to ship worldwide in September. Calera Recognition Systems Inc, Santa Clara, California has won an agreement under which Hewlett-Packard will distribute its TrueScan Model S document recognition product through its dealers in the US and Canada, either separately or with the HP ScanJet Plus scanner.
