HP-HIL adapter

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Sat Feb 2 15:22:23 2002

On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:

> Will do; I don't remember spending much on them.

  Yay! I have stuff to trade, too.

> You want "mkrecovery". That will give you a bootable tape which can be
> used to restore your system to its current state. I'm not an HP-UX nerd,
> though, so check the man pages for caveats.

  Thanks. I don't have the HP/UX media, and I've got too many Linux
boxen, so I've been unwilling to risk hosing the install. Will
investigate.

> > Come to think of it, is the memory from a 720 compatible with the 735?
>
> That I can't answer, but offhand, I suspect the answer is, "not unless
> they're physically compatible." Not every 700-series system uses the
> 72-pin ECC RAM found in the 715, but more than that I couldn't tell you.

  They are physically compatible. But it's more like 72-INCH
modules.... Seriously, they're ~7-3/8" (187mm) long, and have a female
"foot" a la DECstation 5000/200 RAM. Looks like an overgrown IDE
connector.

        Doc
Received on Sat Feb 02 2002 - 15:22:23 GMT

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