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complex or controversial, an electronic discussion may start among several
people—providing you with a group consensus.
HP products are covered on CompuServe in forums operated by independent
consultants. The NetServer section of the HPPC forum is visited regularly by HP
employees and a group of knowledgeable and friendly NetServer users. Libraries
are maintained that contain newsletters, technical articles, drivers, and other
software modules. Enter “GO HPPC” to reach the HP Systems Forum.
There are CompuServe forums covering most hardware and software
manufacturers. In addition to the HPPC forum, some other forums of interest
to HP NetServer owners include those for Banyan
®
, IBM
®
OS/2, Intel,
HP Peripherals, Lotus
®
, Microsoft Windows NT
®
, Novell
®
, Oracle
®
, SCO,
and Sybase
®
.
See “Joining CompuServe,” at the end of this chapter, to open a CompuServe
account (with a free introductory membership and free usage credit).
World Wide Web and Internet FTP
HP has a home page on the Internet World Wide Web specifically for the HP
NetServer
http: //www.hp.com:
80/netserver/support/news_main.html
You can also download NetServer files from HP via Internet FTP by entering the
following:
address: ftp: //ftp.netserver.hp.com
logon: anonymous
password: <your e-mail address>
Bulletin Board System
The HP NetServer Support BBS is for downloading only. Messages containing
support questions may be left in the HPPC forum on CompuServe.
The HP NetServer Support BBS has eight lines. The telecommunications
specifications are:
• 300/1200/2400/9600/14400 baud
• 103/212/V22bis/HST/V32/V32bis/V42 bis/MNP standards
• No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit (N,8,1)
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