HP 9000 520

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Apr 7 11:32:22 2001

On Sat, 7 Apr 2001 Innfogra_at_aol.com wrote:

> 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.

This is the one I ended up with (Jim bought it and then sold it to me :)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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