HP3000 rescue in Missouri

Interested parties please respond to original poster: The 935 is definitely on topic as is some of the other stuff. Does anyone have an image of a HP2627A color console? I had not heard of this beast. From: Michael Gueterman <m_gueterman at editcorp.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp.mpe Subject: Office Cleanout! Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:00:48 -0700 Message-ID: <1180710048.105002.173340 at q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> Hello All! It's certainly been a while since I've looked in on the list/ newsgroup. Hope things are going well for everyone. Anyway, it's been so long since I've done any real HP3000 work I've decided to do some office cleaning and get rid of some old equipment. Most of this stuff works (or at least did when I shut off the power to them years ago :) but it's probably not economical to pack and ship. If you want it, you'll need to pick it up or I find someone to come and haul it away soon. The big one! HP3000 935, 2 cabinets with 3-4 eagle drives (I think one is dead if memory serves). This thing must weigh in at 1500 lbs plus! It has a couple of HPIB and one SCSI DAT drive. It does not have the SCSI boot firmware (sorry). I got this used myself several years ago and used it in the developers program so I don't have the MPE license for it. I'll also throw in the HP2627A color (Star Trek) color console! This is a package deal so no cherry picking (that's probably the only way someone may make the effort to get it :) Oh, there's also a HP9000 E55 in the same cabinet (had to stick it somewhere). Let's see, there's also a couple of A2094 monitors, a HP9000 712/60, a 2345A DTS, some comm equipment when we had our T1 line, and who knows what else is buried in the back (probably mostly trash). I also have some of the beige soft-bound manuals sitting on a shelf. I'm going to hang onto the 928 even though it's been powered off for over two years for sentimental reasons. I regret giving up my TRS-80 Level I system back in 1995 so some old stuff I'll keep :) I don't really expect that anyone will drive to mid-Missouri to get any of this, but wanted to offer it up before it finds it's way to an electronics recycler. It's just not worth it to me to package/ship anything so before someone says "Hey, I'll take blah blah blah if you can ship it", the answer is no. So, how is the "open sourcing" or at least the "prying of the source code from HP's hands" going for MPE? Regards, Michael L Gueterman Integrated Information Systems, Inc. --