8 Oct
2001
8 Oct
'01
11:46 p.m.
At 10:18 PM 10/8/01 -0400, Zach wrote:
The HP 9000/380 machines uses a 9 pin RS-232 cable for
console access, make
certain you are not connecting to parallel. I have one of them, it has to
be one of the sturdiest desktop machines I own.
Zach
I must second that. The 300 series in general were built to last.
And the HD enclosures such as the 660S (SCSI) or 7963B (HPIB) were
also built like tanks.
Pictures here for those who haven't seen these
machines (apache running on an hp380). Take
a look at the 370 in its rack as well:
http://nazas.autonoma.edu.co/hp660s_1.jpg
http://nazas.autonoma.edu.co/hp660s_back.jpg
http://nazas.autonoma.edu.co/hp660s_inside.jpg
http://nazas.autonoma.edu.co/hp7963b.jpg
http://nazas.autonoma.edu.co/hp370rack.jpg
carlos.
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