9 Apr
2001
9 Apr
'01
12:28 a.m.
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 01:14:39PM -0500, Joe wrote:
Cool. Doesit work? That makes three that I know of including my
half-dead one.
I have two 550's and I know of one 550 more in Finland. The 550 is in a
HP-minirack case (like 9144 with height doubled), has two temperature
controlled fans in the front, PSU modules on left, processor, memory and
IOP stack behind the fans and CIO slots on the back. The one I'm playing
around with has three CPUs, 8MB memory, one IOP and four 8-port muxes +
an additional HP-IB bus. It was possible (reading from the docs) to add
a second IOP and use a CIO extender to a second cab for IO.
The second machine doesn't want to boot, halts with "Fever finstrates than
expected". I really haven't had the time to investigate yet.
In a few months I'll get the machine to a reasonable state with 7935 HD +
7933 HD + 7974A 9-track and a 35401 changer.
I know the 500-series is rare (r@r3 L00K!) but I'd like to know about the
number of systems sold.
Oh yes, if someone wants to give me a few 7933/7925s I might consider a
trade for the problematic one (considering shipping; this would apply to
Finland/Sweden/Europe unless you're really rich:)
I just love the 500-series, especially after seeing the CPU boards:)
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jht