28 Sep
2019
28 Sep
'19
4:26 p.m.
Lee writes:
This is a *very* nice entry-level HP3000/MPE system
based on PA-RISC
architecture. But one note - the 917 had the soldered TOD battery on the
motherboard, vs. the FRU TOD battery in the later 918. Not a reason to skip
if you are interested in this machine.
True, there's been some discussion of that over on HP3000-L.
IIRC, it's still possible to boot even if the battery is dead ...
boot to the ISL> prompt, run clkutil, set the date, then exit to ISL>,
then run 'START'.
Stan
28 Sep
28 Sep
5:40 p.m.
I've had two people contact me saying they're interested.
When the first one came in, I put him in contact with the guy who knows the
Vacaville HP3000 owner.
I let the second person know they were next on the list (had the second
come in before I attended to the first, I'd have sent both names over).
Does the list have a suggested etiquette for this?
thanks,
Stan
29 Sep
29 Sep
7:13 a.m.
On Sep 28, 2019, at 4:26 PM, Stan Sieler via cctech wrote:
IIRC, it's still possible to boot even if the
battery is dead ...
boot to the ISL> prompt, run clkutil, set the date, then exit to ISL>,
then run 'START'.
It wasn't in my case. I had to replace the DS1287.
http://www.typewritten.org/Projects/HP/3235a23957.html#7
ok
bear.
--
until further notice
7:48 a.m.
?3000-L? ? Is that another group?
On 29 Sep 2019, at 9:27 am, Stan Sieler via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
?Lee writes:
This is a *very* nice entry-level HP3000/MPE
system based on PA-RISC
architecture. But one note - the 917 had the soldered TOD battery on the
motherboard, vs. the FRU TOD battery in the later 918. Not a reason to skip
if you are interested in this machine.
True, there's been some discussion of that over on HP3000-L.
IIRC, it's still possible to boot even if the battery is dead ...
boot to the ISL> prompt, run clkutil, set the date, then exit to ISL>,
then run 'START'.
Stan 
3:15 p.m.
On Sep 29, 2019, at 7:48, David Collins wrote:
?3000-L? ? Is that another group?
Different from this one. HP3000-L at RAVEN.UTC.EDU, emphasis on the ?3000-L? part.
LISTSERV Web page with desciption and archives at
<https://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A0=HP3000-L>. Has been around longer than the
archives show, I think I?ve been subscribed from one address or another since the early
1990s.
-Frank McConnell
3:51 p.m.
Thanks!
On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 08:15, Frank McConnell <fmc at reanimators.org> wrote:
On Sep 29, 2019, at 7:48, David Collins wrote:
?3000-L? ? Is that another group?
Different from this one. HP3000-L at RAVEN.UTC.EDU, emphasis on the
?3000-L? part.
LISTSERV Web page with desciption and archives at <
https://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A0=HP3000-L>gt;. Has been around
longer than the archives show, I think I?ve been subscribed from one
address or another since the early 1990s.
-Frank McConnell
4:04 p.m.
HP3000-L is a mailing list for people using, or interested in, the HP 3000
computer from Hewlett-Packard.
Created when it was still on sale, now, it's an antique ... but there are a
lot of them out there being used by various companies.
One company I know has over one THOUSAND users log on every day.
At one point, HP3000-L and comp.sys.hp.mpe were mirrors of each other, but
I suspect the link between the two is long gone.
If you want to look at posts to it, or subscribe, or search it:
https://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A0=HP3000-L
There are about 340+ subscribers.
Note: HP3000-L may be going away in the near-medium future, probably to be
replaced by a google group.
(The site hosting hundreds of mailing lists is moving to a new server, new
listserv program, and is trying to
cull lists that no longer have a connection with their university, and
HP3000-L falls into that category.)
Stan
On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 7:48 AM David Collins <davidkcollins2 at gmail.com>
wrote:
?3000-L? ? Is that another group?
On 29 Sep 2019, at 9:27 am, Stan Sieler via
cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
?Lee writes:
> This is a *very* nice entry-level HP3000/MPE system based on PA-RISC
> architecture. But one note - the 917 had the soldered TOD battery on the
> motherboard, vs. the FRU TOD battery in the later 918. Not a reason to
skip
if you
are interested in this machine.
True, there's been some discussion of that over on HP3000-L.
IIRC, it's still possible to boot even if the battery is dead ...
boot to the ISL> prompt, run clkutil, set the date, then exit to ISL>,
then run 'START'.
Stan
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