22 Jan
2001
22 Jan
'01
3:43 a.m.
Last night, at the user group, we tried to fire up an old HP 9000/822 (I
trust this falls inside the classic frame?). Unfortunately, the key has
been lost somewhere along to road, so we had to hotwire it (is this the
correct term?). We have two large sets of manuals, but they only cover
HP-UX and various monitors, so we have no idea what all the error codes at
the front panel might mean. Also, where do we connect a console? We've got
two serial muxes at the back, as well as ethernet, but that's all the I/O
we've been able to find.
Any pointers to useful beginners' HP?
22 Jan
22 Jan
12:43 p.m.
Hi Iggy.
Try docs.hp.com, till some months ago they still have old stuff there. If
you could not find anything, I can try to find some info for you (I work
for HP).
Regards.
-- Original Message --
Last night, at the user group, we tried to fire up an
old HP 9000/822 (I
trust this falls inside the classic frame?). Unfortunately, the key has
been lost somewhere along to road, so we had to hotwire it (is this the
correct term?). We have two large sets of manuals, but they only cover
HP-UX and various monitors, so we have no idea what all the error codes
at
the front panel might mean. Also, where do we connect a console? We've
got
two serial muxes at the back, as well as ethernet, but
that's all the I/O
we've been able to find.
Any pointers to useful beginners' HP?
1:58 p.m.
Re: HP 9000/822
Last night, at the user group, we tried to fire up an
old HP 9000/822 (I
trust this falls inside the classic frame?)
Yes
Unfortunately, the key has
been lost somewhere along to road, so we had to hotwire it (is this the
correct term?).
Yes :)
HP-UX and various monitors, so we have no idea what
all the error codes at
the front panel might mean.
I don't have a manual for the 8x2, but I do have info for
8x0, 8x5 (which preceded it), and 8x7 (which followed it),
so if you post/email the error codes I could look them up in those
manuals...they're fairly likely to be the same.
Also, where do we connect a console? We've got
two serial muxes at the back, as well as ethernet, but that's all the I/O
we've been able to find.
I don't have an 8x2 (or 3000/9x2) to look at...earlier systems
required a cable to a mux panel, and slot 0 (or a slot labelled "console")
was where you had to plug in the console. On the 8x7 and 9x7 systems,
there's a dedicated console port (and you don't use a mux panel).
I'll ask a friend with one if he can shed any light on this.
Once found, you'll need either an HP terminal or
a computer running an HP terminal emulator. Don't try to get away with
something else ... it simply won't work well. (Some special messages
are sent with special HP-only escape sequences.) There's a free
emulator or two wandering around the net. One's "zebra", at
http://www.coastal.net.au/~ewan/
and one's xhpterm. The latter is at ftp://ftp.telamon.com/freevt3k/
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
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