With all this talk about HP stuff... I have the chance to get ahold of one of the HP Ethernet network trace units... it is something like an HP9273 (I'll have to check)... It has a 5" Green monitor, flip-down keyboard in the cover, AUI port. It can boot from 3.5" floppy or internal hard disk (which may be 20 or so MB...) I think it uses a 68020 processor (?). Can this boot something other than the HP network analysis software? Are there any development tools which someone can get ahold of which can be used to write software for it? I know I can use it on my home network... but it would be a neat hack to also be able to develop software for it (maybe see if a unix port is possible...) If anyone can identify it from my somewhat scattered description, great... if not, I'll get the info and ask again... Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+