Bill <william_at_seniorsix.org> wrote:
> I don't know if this classifies as a classic, but I am trying to work
> wonders with an HP Vectra 5/90 XU. Hewlett Packard is less than worthless
> for support . . . is there a list for vintage HPs or can anyone here help??
No, it doesn't qualify. The rule is supposed to be "computers 10
years old and older", and even then some of us think IBM PC clones
(especially the semi-proprietary ones like HP Vectras) are mostly
more frustrating than interesting.
But I'm feeling kindly disposed tonight, so I will point out that HP
has a web site. I have no idea what you're trying to do but maybe
there is something there to help you do it, or at least tell you
why it's a bad idea to do it with a Vectra.
Starting from
http://www.hp.com/ I click on "support", then (on the
resulting page) "business pc's" (sic; apparently HP's new standard web
page design discourages the use of upper case alphabetic characters)
because HP uses the Vectra brand name for business PCs and some other
name(s) for home PCs. That gets me to a form where I can "enter
product name & number" so I key in "Vectra 5/90 XU".
That gets me to
http://www.support.vectra.hp.com/vectrasupport/level1/home.html .
There's a "Select a model" pull-down menu where I select "hp
vectra xu 5/xx" which takes me to
http://www.support.vectra.hp.com/vectrasupport/indexes/Driver24.html ,
which has links to drivers and other software for that model. It also
has a link to a "technical notes" page with some documentation,
http://www.support.vectra.hp.com/vectrasupport/indexes/Document24.html .
If that's not enough rope, try Usenet groups comp.sys.hp.hardware
and/or comp.sys.hp.misc -- there are some folks there who are familiar
with 1995's Vectra.
-Frank McConnell
Received on Sun Sep 24 2000 - 02:06:33 BST