On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 04:17:34PM -0800, Frank McConnell wrote:
>
> None of the above. It's older, non-streaming, and it uses tension arms.
>
Okay, actually the 7974 uses tension arms too, I just got mine
running (at least to the point of loading the tape).
>
> No idea, but it's interesting to see that the 9000/550 also had the
> number 9050.
Yep, it "simplifies" web searches, 9000/550, 9050, 9000 Series 500 etc..
I'm trying to scan most of the docs that I have an Apple Scanner I bought
for $2 recently. I just have to figure out a way to get from
tiffs -> single page postscript -> multipage PS -> PDF. Adobe
Acrobat does this automatically but I don't have the money to buy it
for that purpose alone. I'm currently stuck on the single page-> multipage
conversion:)
>
> hp20001.jpg is an HP 2114 minicomputer.
>
> hp20002.jpg is a 21MX mini of some sort. I'm away from my manuals so
> can't easily tell which series.
>
> hp3kcons.jpg pictures an HP 2647F that was sold with an HP 3000 series
> 64/68/70 for use as its console. I'm thinking that for about the first year
> of shipments of the 3000/64, the 2647F did not have the "hp3000" plate
> on the front, just the usual 2647F plate.
Thanks for the info! I was given a really brief tour (a couple of hours) and
these guys had *so* much stuff! The one in ibmhex.jpg was recognized as an
IBM 3850 Mass Storage System.
I really ought to get started on the 3000-series.
>
> > --
> > Jarkko Teppo | Lahjoita HP 7933:n levypakka hyv??n kotiin!
>
> ObUglyAmerican: what are you saying about the 7933?
>
> When I first saw one, in 1982, I thought "wow, it's so big!". Imagine
> my surprise when a new cow-orker saw a 7935 at Wollongong in 1995 or
> so and said about the same thing. I had been thinking about the
> capacity: 404MB was pretty impressive for a washing-machine drive back
> in 1982. He was clearly thinking about the size, and comparing it
> with 540MB drives then popular in desktop Wintel PCs.
"Donate HP 7933 disk platters to a good home". The drive I have is
a bit picky, sometimes it comes up and sometimes it just gives up in the
spin-up phase. It also has some bad blocks, I think. I did have a lot of
fun hauling it, as I normally get a lot of help when loading the stuff but
as usual I was unloading it alone (not the lack of friends, but the lack
of a big truck. I had a 7933, 7935, two 550's and all this with
a Toyota Carina II). When I was unloading it with the help of some
improvised ramps it suddenly decided to run over my toes. I don't remember
the weight of the 7933 but it is between 150 and 200 kg (I think).
So, I've been trying to get "new" disk platters or a complete drive but
they're pretty hard to come by. And I'm *not* going to ship one from the
USA:=)
Oh yes, you can see a lot of 7925's (which are similar to 7933) in
Terminator 2 at the place that was blown up (Cyberdyne ?).
--
Jarkko Teppo | Lahjoita HP 7933:n levypakka hyv??n kotiin!
jate_at_uwasa.fi |
:wq! |
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