HP 3000 No More (now HP2000 thread)

From: Bob Brown <bbrown_at_harper.cc.il.us>
Date: Thu Nov 15 10:16:51 2001

Will your 2000 emulator be able to run ACCESS BASIC and truly emulate
a timeshare system? That would be awsome!

-Bob

>1) I'm suprised Bob Supnik had a negative response from HP on the 2000
>stuff, since they DID in fact make the source code for HP2000/TSB available
>(for a fee, but nontheless), even before they end-of-lifed the O/S.
>
>2) Someone mentioned to me privately about an emulator for the 3000,
>thinking it might be hard. It's probably not that hard for the 3000. I am
>writing a 2100/21MX emulator that supports multiple cpus, any number of
>interface card and firmware add-in (software) modules, etc. from scratch.
>It's probably 2/3rds complete, somewhat functional, and really didn't take
>that long. Unless there is something terribly unique about the 3000
>architecture (which I know zilch about), I can't imagine it would be that
>hard.
>
>3) The story I'm getting from HP on the 3000 migration path, is Unix Unix
>Unix. However, since I seem to be one of the few on the list who really
>LIKES unix, perhaps I'm in the minority in thinking that this isn't a bad
>thing.
>
>Jay West
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
>To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 3:29 PM
>Subject: RE: HP 3000 No More
>
>
> > > According to the press release, they want you to migrate to 9000's or
> > > their PC servers products.
> > >
> > > As for MPE on other platforms.. tempting. They should open source the
> > > whole damn thing. That would be an *interesting* read.
> >
> > fat chance. A group tried to liberate Domain/OS, which they didn't
> > even write, to no avail... I think Bob Supnik had the same response
> > from them regarding the HP2000/2100 software.
> >
> > Suits. Can't live with 'em, probably couldn't live without 'em.
> >
> > -dq
> >

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