On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Joe wrote:
> FWIW I do consider the 9000 520 an odd machine. Perhaps unusual
> would be a better term. I've been collecting HP computers for a good
> number of years and I've never seen one before. I found (and bought)
> one a couple of weeks ago. Before that the only person that I know of
> that actually had one was Frank McConnell. My research indicates that
> there were a lot 520s used by the US navy and some of it's
> subcontractors but few elsewhere. Even my contacts at HP tell me that
> the 520 was problematic and was very late getting into production and
> was a commercail failure. Despite the large number of them used by the
> US Navy, very few managed to get into the surplus market. I couldn't
> find a single surplus dealer that had one or that even knew what they
> were.
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 Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Sat Apr 07 2001 - 09:51:44 BST