30 Jul
1998
30 Jul
'98
5:35 a.m.
Okay, so I picked up an HP 9000/345 (and a /310) and an HP-IB HD unit with
3 5.25" FH hard drives in it. And I've got an HP-IB cable. So, what else
do I need to get a unix-ish box up and running? Note, the HD was not
purchased from the same place as the 9000, so the chances of it having a
valid OS on it are slim.
I did come across the HP9000 FAQ, but it doesn't really address my situation.
As I understand it, I can run either HP-UX or NetBSD, of which the latter
is the more affordable option?
Affordable. NetBSD=free. NetBSD=legal. http://www.netbsd.org
Affordable. OpenBSD=free. OpenBSD=legal. http://www.openbsd.org
HP-UX for the 68k platform costs. I don't know how much HP will want.
The last version for the 68k was 9.x (I don't know how far into 9. it went.)
HP stopped supporting 9.07 last month. I don't know if they'd still
sell it.
If someone out there is charitable and has an old HP-UX cd that they
no longer use (i.e. the machine is gone) they might voluntarily send it to you.
(Not quite legal -- but HP probably won't know that you did that, would they).
Bill
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