BTW this machine runs the older (but still fun) MPE-V operating system on a 16-bit word
stack architecture. Probably circa-early 1980s era business mini-computer. Not second
generation PA-RISC 32-bit HP3000 architecture.
If you've ever wanted to have a stack machine, this is a pretty good example. Nice
small, albeit slow, HP3000.
Lee Courtney
--- On Thu, 3/19/09, Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu> wrote:
From: Josh Dersch <derschjo at mail.msu.edu>
Subject: Anyone looking for a HP Micro 3000 GX?
To: "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 12:31 AM
Hey all -- doing some more
cleaning.? I have an HP Micro 3000 GX, (model 32536AH)
I'm looking to offload.? I inherited this when I was in
high school from a business that was tossing it, and I
haven't done much with it since.? It looks like an
interesting machine, but I've got too many other things to
play with at the moment and figured there might be some
3000-series fanatic out there looking for a new toy (or just
parts...)
At one point it was booting some version/flavor of MPE but
in the past few years either the hard drive's gone bad, or
it's developed a few bad sectors.? It does pass all
power-on diagnostics, however.
It has an 157MB ESDI drive, some manner of cartridge tape
drive, 4MB of ram and 16 serial ports.? It's a smallish
(well, relatively speaking) tower-form-factor machine.
It's in pretty good shape, but it's missing a few screws on
the back panel from when I took it apart when I was 16 and
lost a few.? (Man do you ever have to take a lot of
screws out to get inside this thing!)
Anyone interested in this?? I can't ship it (please
don't ask!) as it's way too heavy (must weigh 90lbs) but
I'll happily drive a bit to meet someone halfway.? This
is located in the Seattle, WA area.? Drop me a line...
Thanks,
Josh