HP 9000

From: Stan Sieler <ss_at_allegro.com>
Date: Mon Jan 22 13:58:30 2001

Re: HP 9000/822

> Last night, at the user group, we tried to fire up an old HP 9000/822 (I
> trust this falls inside the classic frame?)

Yes

> Unfortunately, the key has
> been lost somewhere along to road, so we had to hotwire it (is this the
> correct term?).

Yes :)

> HP-UX and various monitors, so we have no idea what all the error codes at
> the front panel might mean.

I don't have a manual for the 8x2, but I do have info for
8x0, 8x5 (which preceded it), and 8x7 (which followed it),
so if you post/email the error codes I could look them up in those
manuals...they're fairly likely to be the same.

> Also, where do we connect a console? We've got
> two serial muxes at the back, as well as ethernet, but that's all the I/O
> we've been able to find.

I don't have an 8x2 (or 3000/9x2) to look at...earlier systems
required a cable to a mux panel, and slot 0 (or a slot labelled "console")
was where you had to plug in the console. On the 8x7 and 9x7 systems,
there's a dedicated console port (and you don't use a mux panel).

I'll ask a friend with one if he can shed any light on this.

Once found, you'll need either an HP terminal or
a computer running an HP terminal emulator. Don't try to get away with
something else ... it simply won't work well. (Some special messages
are sent with special HP-only escape sequences.) There's a free
emulator or two wandering around the net. One's "zebra", at
http://www.coastal.net.au/~ewan/
and one's xhpterm. The latter is at ftp://ftp.telamon.com/freevt3k/


Stan Sieler sieler_at_allegro.com
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Received on Mon Jan 22 2001 - 13:58:30 GMT

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