On 2021-09-13 9:21 p.m., Larkin Nickle via cctalk wrote:
Hey all,
????According to
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/hp/9000_200/9000-200_periphSupp_Dec8…
(see PDF page 2), it seems as if HP-UX 5.1 should work on the
9000/217.
http://hparchive.com/Catalogs/HP-Catalog-1986.pdf also seems
to confirm this (PDF page 71 under Series 200 Bundled Systems, it's
mentioned that the Model 217 can run single-user HP-UX). However,
there seems to be conflicted information based on people that I've
talked to and the hpmuseum page with a copy of HP-UX 5.1 whether it
should work at all, whether 5.1 is a unified release where the boot
floppy should work on both series 200 and 300, or whether there's
another boot floppy for series 200 which apparently has not been
archived.
????I recently obtained a Model 217 and would like to know if anyone
has more info on this, the two people that I know of that have tried
it get a hang on boot.
Thanks,
Larkin
It would seem likely that there is a separate boot diskette for 200
series machines that so far no one has found a copy of.? The only thing
I succeeded in booting the 5.1 that is available on
hpmuseum.net is a
310.? I tried booting it on a 9920 with a 68010 processor card and got
the same result it posts the starting message and then hangs.
Paul.