3 Oct
2011
3 Oct
'11
8:26 p.m.
FOR SALE: HP-2000A minicomputer from 1969
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1. *I* do not own it, just helping the owner.
2. Located in Santa Ana, CA (south of LA)
3. An early time-sharing systems, includes the world?s first 16-bit minicomputer, the HP
2116A.
4. Serial number 0156B.
5. They are asking for just 10% of it's original cost, OBO.
6. Contact me if interested. Must pick-up, no delivery.
7. There are also ASR-33, ASR-35, and ASR-45 terminals.
See some photos here:
(500K image size) -
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a.jpg
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-small.jpg
(750K image) -
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-hd.jpg
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-hd-small.jpg
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-open.jpg
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-cards.jpg
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-config.jpg
3 Oct
3 Oct
8:44 p.m.
On Oct 3, 2011 8:30 PM, "steven stengel" <tosteve at yahoo.com> wrote:
FOR SALE: HP-2000A minicomputer from 1969
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Very cool. So what was the original cost? hp.museum.net lists a $22000
figure without configuration specifics.
8:46 p.m.
On Oct 3, 2011 8:30 PM, "steven stengel"
<tosteve at yahoo.com> wrote:
figure
without configuration specifics.
Sorry. Meant http://www.hpmuseum.net/
FOR SALE: HP-2000A minicomputer from 1969
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Very cool. So what was the original cost? hp.museum.net lists a $22000 
9:38 p.m.
On 2011 Oct 3, at 8:46 PM, Glen Slick wrote:
This page says 90,500$ for a 2000A system, although that seems like a
lot for the 1969 version:
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=411
Not much core in a 2116A to be running a timeshared system.
Can't see what the unit under the CPU is - memory expander? disc
controller?
On Oct 3, 2011
8:30 PM, "steven stengel" <tosteve at yahoo.com> wrote:
figure
without configuration specifics.
Sorry. Meant http://www.hpmuseum.net/
FOR SALE: HP-2000A minicomputer from 1969
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Very cool. So what was the original cost? hp.museum.net lists a $22000 
9:03 p.m.
On 10/3/2011 8:26 PM, steven stengel wrote:
FOR SALE: HP-2000A minicomputer from 1969
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-hd.jpg
What is in the gas tank ? That picture
scares me. That looks like more
Manhattan Project surplus than a computer. Very cool though.
9:26 p.m.
On 2011 Oct 3, at 9:03 PM, leaknoil wrote:
On 10/3/2011 8:26 PM, steven stengel wrote:
I'd guess it's something fairly innocuous like CO2 to pressurise the
disc chamber, either or both for head flying height or to keep dust
out, or gas bearings perhaps (?)
Not very often that discs or drums are seen for the early HP 211x
machines.
One would need the software to make it an HP 2000 system, or one can
hope it's still on disc.
FOR SALE: HP-2000A minicomputer from 1969
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-hd.jpg
What is in the gas tank ? That
picture scares me. That looks like more
Manhattan Project surplus than a computer. Very cool though. 
4 Oct
4 Oct
4:11 a.m.
What is in the gas tank ? That picture
scares me. That looks like more
Manhattan Project surplus than a computer. Very cool though.
That is where the brain is stored, suspended in white blood...It was
originally transparent, but HP changed to an opaque enclosure because it
drawn too much attention :)
4:53 a.m.
What is in the gas tank ? That picture scares me. That looks like more
Manhattan Project surplus than a computer. Very cool though.
That is where the brain is stored, suspended in white blood...It was
originally transparent, but HP changed to an opaque enclosure because it
drawn too much attention :)
5:12 a.m.
E. Groenenberg wrote:
Apparently, the gas tank is part of a NOx kit for extra power....
There's a speed dial on the front that goes all the way up to 11.
What is in the gas tank ? That picture
scares me. That looks like more
Manhattan Project surplus than a computer. Very cool though.
That is where the
brain is stored, suspended in white blood...It was
originally transparent, but HP changed to an opaque enclosure because it
drawn too much attention :)
11:24 a.m.
The gas bottle by the hard drive said "Helium" on it - very weird. It seems
unlikely that the hard drive is Helium-tight. For cooling?
--- On Mon, 10/3/11, leaknoil <leaknoil at gmail.com> wrote:
From: leaknoil <leaknoil at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: HP-2000A minicomputer from 1969
To: "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, October 3, 2011, 9:03 PM
On 10/3/2011 8:26 PM, steven stengel
wrote:
FOR SALE: HP-2000A minicomputer from 1969
http://oldcomputers.net/temp/hp-2000a-hd.jpg
What is in the gas tank ? That
picture scares me. That
looks like more
Manhattan Project surplus than a computer. Very cool
though.
11:58 a.m.
On 4 Oct 2011 at 11:24, steven stengel wrote:
The gas bottle by the hard drive said
"Helium" on it - very weird. It
seems unlikely that the hard drive is Helium-tight. For cooling?
Pretty much. Helium has been used with magnetic drums at least since
the 1950s. It has a relatively high heat transfer coefficient and so
reduces localized heating between the drum and stationary heads.
--Chuck
1:49 p.m.
On Tue, 4 Oct 2011, steven stengel wrote:
The gas bottle by the hard drive said
"Helium" on it - very weird. It seems unlikely that the hard drive is
Helium-tight. For cooling?
The original hard disk on the Air Force AN/FYQ-93 (based on a Hughes
H5118ME central computer and four HMP-1116 peripheral processors) used a
similar setup. One of the preventive maintenance tasks was to
check the pressure and pump function.
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
7 Oct
7 Oct
6:27 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
If that message ended up on a motor car mailing list, it would get soem
very odd comments...
Actually, if I had answered the question, it would have read something like:
"What is in the gas tank ?"
"Gas."
Peace... Sridhar
What is in the gas tank ?
helium
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