> Now how old is that particular family
> member? 

Pre-XA architecture, circa 1989 or so. 

> Of course the obvious question is one of, "What system was this HP05
> running on?".

Can't say who, but the hardware was a real 3090-400J. They had a deal with IBM 
for $$$ to supply enough spare parts to rebuild the system from the concrete up 
if necessary until they could get the replacement system certified. They had 
two spare machines for parts. 

-- db

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