Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

[Stan Sieler via cctalk]

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 
wrote:

> “3000-L” ?  Is that another group?
>
>
>
> > On 29 Sep 2019, at 9:27 am, Stan Sieler via cctalk <
> cctalk@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
>

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

[David Collins via cctalk]

Thanks!

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 08:15, Frank McConnell  wrote:

> On Sep 29, 2019, at 7:48, David Collins wrote:
> > “3000-L” ?  Is that another group?
>
> Different from this one.  hp300...@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
>
>

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

[Frank McConnell via cctalk]

On Sep 29, 2019, at 7:48, David Collins wrote:
> “3000-L” ?  Is that another group?

Different from this one.  hp300...@raven.utc.edu, emphasis on the “3000-L” part.

LISTSERV Web page with desciption and archives at 
.  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

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

[r.stricklin via cctalk]

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

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

[David Collins via cctalk]

“3000-L” ?  Is that another group?



> On 29 Sep 2019, at 9:27 am, Stan Sieler via cctalk  
> 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

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

[Stan Sieler via cctalk]

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

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

[Stan Sieler via cctalk]

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

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

[Lee Courtney via cctalk]

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.

Lee C.

On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 3:01 PM Stan Sieler via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A friend tells me that there is a Hewlett-Packard HP3000/917LX available in
> Vacaville (no word as to price, but I suspect it's free ... the owner wants
> it to go to a good home).  Reportedly running, with additional "mini-tower"
> (PC size or less) of external disks, a DTC (Distributed Terminal
> Controller, lets you have up to 32 RS232 terminals attached (depending upon
> model of DTC)), and an external tape drive (probably DDS, but I don't know
> for sure).
>
> If interested, email me at sie...@allegro.com and I'll put you in touch
> with
> the friend of the Vacaville guy.
>
> thanks,
>
> Stan
>


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