HP 9000 520

From: Innfogra_at_aol.com <(Innfogra_at_aol.com)>
Date: Sat Apr 7 11:09:34 2001

In a message dated 4/7/01 7:16:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
rigdonj_at_intellistar.net writes:

> 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 got one shortly before my auction. It was like an overgrown 9845 It was
larger and heavier IIRC. and sharper corners. It was one of the first 32 bit
integrated workstations. Advertised as a mainframe on the desktop in 1985.
Ran HP-UX.. Came with either a B&W or color monitor, 512K byte Ram and a 5
1/4 floppy. You could add a 10 meg HD, internal I think. The 9000 520 also
cost $30,000 to $50,000 in 1985.

Mine had two HPIB channels. I tried to get it hooked up before the sale but
wasn't able to. A local listmember bought it so it is still within the CC
list family. It is the only one of those I ever found.

Paxton
Portland, OR
Received on Sat Apr 07 2001 - 11:09:34 BST