16 Nov
2000
16 Nov
'00
9:16 p.m.
Hello!
I have a couple of HP related questions. I started thinking about these
while I was scanning all the 9000/500 docs that I have and in HP 27110B
HP-IB card manuals I saw a sentence similar to this "..supported in all
HP computers with CIO bus..".
1. Which machines had the CIO bus ? I know of 9K/550, 520 and at least some
version of the bus in some 800-series machines.
2. I know about 200/300/400/500/700/800-series but what is 9000/600 which
I've seen in a couple of manuals.
3. Is the HP 7970 tape drive vacuum column or one of these newer streaming
devices (like the 7974A).
And extra bonus-points for the person who recognizes the app in the cover
of the HP 9000 550 manual at
http://www.tec.puv.fi/~s99137/kuvat/cover.gif
And a couple of low-quality "recognize the peripheral"-pics at:
http://www.tec.puv.fi/~s99137/kuvat/uudet/ (none of those are mine, btw.)
Particularly cipher.jpg, HP2000[12].jpg, nauha.jpg, hp3kcons.jpg.
TIA,
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Jarkko Teppo | Lahjoita HP 7933:n levypakka hyv??n kotiin!
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17 Nov
17 Nov
10:26 a.m.
1. Which machines had the CIO bus ? I know of 9K/550,
520 and at least some
version of the bus in some 800-series machines.
2. I know about 200/300/400/500/700/800-series but what is 9000/600 which
I've seen in a couple of manuals.
Some old HP 3000/9xx models had CIO bus: 925, 935, 950, 955, 960, 980.
(Possibly 930, too)
3. Is the HP 7970 tape drive vacuum column or one of
these newer streaming
devices (like the 7974A).
No...Hp 7970 is real old. No vacuum, no streaming.
A 6xx might be a special marketing version of an 8xx computer, but I
can't recall for sure.
Here are three 9000 6xx models (from /usr/lib/sched.models on HP-UX),
all are PA-RISC 1.0:
600
635
645
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
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19 Nov
19 Nov
7:35 p.m.
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 04:26:44PM -0800, Stan Sieler wrote:
OK, I just checked from www.sieler.com/hpdisk.txt that there were
two models, E and B. I have a 7974A and a 7979A but is the 7978
similar (physically) to a 7979A ?
Does anybody have any pictures of the 7970 models ?
Some old HP 3000/9xx models had CIO bus: 925, 935, 950, 955, 960, 980.
(Possibly 930, too)
Good to know, I'll look out for those. When (IF) I find one I have to learn
MPE though.. I've only ever seen three 3000-series machines, one was a
micro 98 or something like that and one was one of the saddest computers
I've ever seen. It used to hold a library application until it was obsoleted.
The disks were destroyed in the name of security but apparently the person
assigned to doing this dirty deed got a bit carried away and removed
*every single card* in the machine and either broke them in half or hit
a screwdriver through the chips.
It must have taken a long time because the destruction was very thorough.
The only thing that wasn't broken was the rack and I'm sure they tried to
break that too. After all, it could have been magically holding all the
secret data via transdimensional submagnetic resonance. I think the pieces
are still gathering cobwebs..
I can understand destroying the disks (barely..) but that was just too much.
3. Is the HP
7970 tape drive vacuum column or one of these newer streaming
devices (like the 7974A).
No...Hp 7970 is real old. No vacuum, no streaming.
A 6xx might be a special marketing version of an 8xx
computer, but I
can't recall for sure.
Here are three 9000 6xx models (from /usr/lib/sched.models on HP-UX),
all are PA-RISC 1.0:
600
635
645
They seem to be pretty rare. I'll have to start looking.
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