Doug,
At 01:09 AM 3/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I've had an HP IPC near the bottom of my wish list for a while, and I
>might be able to get one. The owner wasn't impressed with my first offer,
>but there may still be hope.
>
>Does anybody else have one of these?
Yeap, I have two of them. I love them.
> I've never actually seen one, but
Then go look at "
http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/hp9807.htm".
>the thought of an early portable Unix box appeals to me. I seem to
>remember they ran an early (1.0?) version of HP/UX on a 68K (?) from ROM
>(?).
Only a ****VERY*** minimal system was run out of the built-in ROM.
Usually HP-UX was run from an external hard drive or the built-in floppy
drive. There was a plug-in ROM available that contained a complete HP-UX
system. It was called the "Software Engineering ROM". It was optional and
VERY rare. Disk based BASIC was available for the IPC and was also
available in a plug-in ROM.
>
>Any additional info (and offers to give me one) appreciated.
Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha! Fat chance!
Joe
>
>BTW, I also saw a Mentor Graphics box today. It said something like
>series 400, model 425. I vaguely remember that Mentor sold rebadged
>Apollos with their CAD software. I was never crazy about Apollo Domain OS
>from a programmer's perspective, but I do remember it being fairly
>innovative/interesting at the time, so I'm thinking about getting the box.
>Attempts to talk me out of it are warmly welcomed.
>
>Thanks,
>Doug
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 08 1998 - 23:27:05 GMT