HP 735 Workstation fun. - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Dec 2005

John A. said:
...
  I just found an HP Apollo PA-RISC 735/125 (1992) in
very good condition.

 It's another example of HP's ridiculously clean under-the-hood design,
 and probably could almost be shown to industry outsiders as an object
 of art. </rant>

 I have to ask: Anyone have a copy of HP-UX that will run on this?
 I understand that NetBSD won't use the UltraSCSI and I like to keep
 the original configurations together anyway. 
There was a place on the net somewhere that was selling HP-UX 10.20 
install media for $30.  It'll take some time to dig it up since I 
purchased it years ago.  All you should have to pay for is the media.  I 
personally own a HP 715/100, and I was informed that even owning the 
machine was all that was required to use HP-UX (you didn't have to buy a 
license, ownership granted you the license).  So keep an eye out for the 
install media because you do not need to purchase a $700 license.

I think the last version to run on the 700 series was 10.20, but I may be 
mistaken.  eBay often has media for 11.0, but the price is astronomical. 
You might also consider a Debian linux  install.  I've loaded my 715/100 
up with Sarge (Debian 3.1) and it runs great, if a little slow.  Rock 
solid and stable, and all the 715 hardware is supported.  Not sure about 
the 735s.

-Jeff

jba at sdf.lonestar.org
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