HP 9000 520

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sun Apr 8 10:38:08 2001

At 07:51 AM 4/7/01 -0700, Sellam wrote:

>
>
>I fell in nerd love with Frank McConnell's 9000/520 the very first time I
>saw it (he brought it to VCF 1.0 to exhibit, working and all). I always
>wanted one, and thanks to Jim Willing who brought one down from the hills
>for me last year, I now have one :) It is truly a unique beast (and I
>mean "beast" for real...the thing looks like a big hulking PC on
>steroids).
>
>Have you fired yours up yet Joe? I haven't had time to play with mine yet
>:(
>

Sellam,

   I tried to fire mine up but it has problems. It powers up and tries to
read the floppy drive then the power supply shuts down. I haven't had time
to trouble shoot it yet. FWIW the guy that went to the Goddard SFC auction
didn't get the two 9000/520s that were there. He said they were too big and
too heavy and he would have had to leave somethingelse that he wanted more
behind in order to bring them back so he didn't bother. I'll try to find
out who got them. If I do, I'll post a message on the list and perhaps
someone else can pick them up.

    Joe
Received on Sun Apr 08 2001 - 10:38:08 BST