New toy, HP Apollo 4500, and it's broken...

From: R. Stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Mon Jun 15 12:39:12 1998

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Julian Richardson wrote:

> didn't these things need some sort of domain controller or something to
> boot? I remember playing around with one at the place where I used to
> work repairing old machines and it got a sensible display up but then
> refused to boot.

While the machine doesn't require the DOMAIN RING adapter to boot, often
large parts of the OS were installed on other machines in a scheme
something like a cross between NFS and SMB. This (and the lack of
privileged user passwords) is the biggest hurdle for prospective
used-Apollo buyers.

ok
r.
Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 12:39:12 BST