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Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400

From Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer@gsi.de>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apollo
Subject Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400
Date 2011-06-05 23:04 +0200
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supervinx schrieb:
> Il Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:35:01 +0200, Michael Kraemer ha scritto:
> 
> 
>>supervinx schrieb:
>>
>>>Can you confirm that an HP 9000/400 can run Domain OS ? Since I can
>>>grab some Series 400 from HP, I could boot my 3500 from network...
>>>One of the 400 I saw has the same net interface of my 3500 ...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The series 400 is worth to be rescued on its own. If it's not for
>>Domain, you can run at least HP-UX on it, up to version 9.1, which is
>>even Y2K safe.
> 
> 
> I've rescued a bunch of them, 

that's laudable.

> some with no RAM and 68040, some others 
> full.

040's occasionally appear at $AUCTIONHOUSE,
even Freescale still had them in their price list
last time I checked.
RAM is rather difficult to obtain since it's very special.

> One of them has no graphic option and the HD labeled "OK Domain", but 
> can't obtain anything from the RS-232 port or the optional DB9 serial 
> port.
> I can hear HD activity, like and ordinary boot, LEDs are OK, but can't 
> talk with the console :(

I think DomainOS really wants a Domain keyboard.
If you just want to check whether the machine is still good,
swap the gfx board from another machine.
Then at least some console messages should appear.

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Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400 supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2011-05-21 19:38 +0000
  Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400 PacoLinux <paco.linux@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 13:27 -0700
    Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400 supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2011-05-23 21:57 +0000
  Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400 Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer@gsi.de> - 2011-06-04 03:35 +0200
    Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400 supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2011-06-05 12:36 +0000
      Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400 Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer@gsi.de> - 2011-06-05 23:04 +0200
        Re: 3500 - HP 9000/400 supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2011-06-05 23:32 +0000

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