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Quoting Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>:
>
> PCI runs on shared interrupts and seems fast enough to me.
Well, DIO-II maxes out at about 5MB/s :)
>
> HPIB disks? Can't say that I've seen a single one in my entire life.
They're lovely. I'm just saving them for those /500-machines as they
can only use HP-IB disks.
>
> >Depends if you want to use it for anything useful or not.
>
> I really can't imagine either system doing anything useful, since I'm
> essentially a UNIX hater, so that is of secondary importance. I just
> can't
> deal with HP-UX 10.something on the 822, it's so dreadfully slow, and
> then
> it's got binaries cluttered all over /etc for some very odd reason.
Well, gimme the 822 if it bothers you that much :-). Anyway, it's probably
possible to run HP-BASIC on it too but if I had to choose between HP-UX
and NetBSD I'd take NetBSD. I do have HP-UX on some machines tough.
> But then all that would require is a new crystal, right?
There are some conflicting rumors on the 385. Basically HP-UX and NetBSD
recognise the machine (380/385) via MMU_ID. This changes if you move
one of the wait-state jumpers near the processor (marked 33/25 or
something). I have a 25MHz 385.. Anyway, some reports say that a real
385 would be 33MHz and some say 40MHz.
> I don't suppose HP have got any hobbyist programme?
Not that I know of. You can shell out couple of thousand bucks on 9.1 or
contact someone with a lot of different HP-UX versions on CD or 9144 tape.
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jht
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Received on Sun May 20 2001 - 03:39:07 BST