Seconded! I don't think "helpful" comes close to describing his attitude! I think HP is a model for how classy a giant computer company can really be. Their attitude toward us home enthusiasts is, "well, we had the software ready for someone to use...why not send it out to hobbyists for free as well!" I could hardly believe that they not only offered me the full install set (full subsys tapes, everything), but then he's including extra system manuals and tips on avoiding installation pitfalls as well! I am absolutely blown away...thanks again, Stan... Cheers, Aaron On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Steve Robertson wrote: > On Tuesday, February 08, 2000 7:33 PM, Stan Sieler [SMTP:ss@allegro.com] > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If you have a Classic HP 3000 (any two-digit model #), > > and if you received the "Y2K Safe" release of MPE recently, > > and if you haven't installed it yet, > > I have some notes that you should find interesting. > > > > (If you didn't get your Y2K Safe MPE V (which was free!), > > email Allan Hertling at allan_hertling(a)hp.com) > > > > > > Thanks for the info Stan, > > I sent an email to Allan asking about the upgrade and he was EXTREMELY > helpful. My system (HP 3000/42 Classic) did not have any patches applied > for a very long time so, he's gonna send the whole package. The best part > is it's absolutely FREE! > > All in all, HP has been extremely helpful in providing upgrades for my

Hi Joe, According to my parts list, the 7963 is a 304meg HD.

from NASA.

know much about them. Were you thinking of picking the stuff up? Did you get any model numbers from the other stuff?

Cheers, Aaron On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Joe wrote: > Hi, > > I spotted a HP 3000 system 37 today in a scrap place. It has two HP 7963 > drives and a bunch of other stuff that I don't recognize. Can anyone tell > me something about them? > > Joe > > At 03:52 PM 2/15/00 -0800, you wrote: > >Seconded! I don't think "helpful" comes close to describing his attitude! > > > >I think HP is a model for how classy a giant computer company can really > >be. Their attitude toward us home enthusiasts is, "well, we had the > >software ready for someone to use...why not send it out to hobbyists for > >free as well!" I could hardly believe that they not only offered me the > >full install set (full subsys tapes, everything), but then he's including > >extra system manuals and tips on avoiding installation pitfalls as well! I > >am absolutely blown away...thanks again, Stan... > > > >Cheers, > > > >Aaron > > > >On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Steve Robertson wrote: > > > >> On Tuesday, February 08, 2000 7:33 PM, Stan Sieler

> >> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > If you have a Classic HP 3000 (any two-digit model #), > >> > and if you received the "Y2K Safe" release of MPE recently, > >> > and if you haven't installed it yet, > >> > I have some notes that you should find interesting. > >> > > >> > (If you didn't get your Y2K Safe MPE V (which was free!), > >> > email Allan Hertling at allan_hertling(a)hp.com) > >> > > >> > > >> > >> Thanks for the info Stan, > >> > >> I sent an email to Allan asking about the upgrade and he was EXTREMELY > >> helpful. My system (HP 3000/42 Classic) did not have any patches

> >> for a very long time so, he's gonna send the whole package. The best