Thanks, the 700 series is a 710. One of the first ones I think. We were early adopters in those days. I'm sure it would make a good router or something. Cheers anyway, Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: Live Wire To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 3:43 PM Subject: Re: HP9000 Workstations I actually still use some 700 series (735) and C180's at work. The 735's make nice XTerminals and the C180's are good for software testing since you can run 9.x - 11i on them safely. I'm no expert on the subject at all, but I can tell you they are usable in a work environment. The 300's on the other hand, if they don't qualify by age, they certainly should by physical design :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Adrian Manise To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 2:27 AM Subject: HP9000 Workstations Hi Folks, Please forgive my ignorance in this respect, but are HP9000 series 300 and 700 workstations considered classic computers yet. The ones I'm thinking of were new around about 1992, and are pretty well complete - although the owner can't get them to boot now. You might have seen my list of stuff I posted here last week - same stuff. I thought I'd better make a posting asking a bit more about their classic status now - since I didn't get a single expression of interest in the equipment. Are they desirable at all - or just old boxes? The lack of interest might have been because I stated thet they were uk based, do any other Brits subscribe to this list? So many questions, so little time.... Seriously, if anyone can spare a few minutes to steer me in the right direction on getting rid of these things I'd really appreciate it. Many thanks Adrian Manise

Thanks very much. I like the binary dinosaurs bit - sums up precisely how I feel ;-) I get the feeling these things are going to cost money to get rid of rather than be of any use to anyone. Never mind. It's worth taking a moment to think, though, that these things represent about ?32k of 1992 money. A friend of mine still works for an HP VAR(which I also used to work at around that time) and recently had a clearout of their stocks and spares. When they'd finished filling two large skips full of old cream boxes, the reckoned that there was about ?2 Million worth of gear at the original sale values sitting out in the car park. The moral is - put the damned things to work early!! Cheers folks Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Witchy" <witchy(a)binarydinosaurs.co.uk> To: <cctech(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:41 AM Subject: RE: HP9000 Workstations and of OK. I they 'taken-with-old-digital-camera-in-poor-light' http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/hp/hpapollo.jpg.