FW: HP2000/Access - benchmarks

From: ed sharpe <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
Date: Sat Jan 24 00:07:42 2004

sluth was for the hp 3000 and came with the opp sys as I remember.....

I have seen mention of a program called SLUTH for disc drives, but my
impression was that it was a 3rd party program, not HP. HP always wanted you
to use their diagnostics to format the drive (plus, Access can format a pack
all by itself
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From: "Jay West" <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
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Subject: Re: FW: HP2000/Access - benchmarks


> > Yes, GMU had an HP 2000 ACCESS system with 21MX-E processors,
>
> Are you sure it was 21MX-E and not 21MX-M? Just curious!
>
> > 7920 disc (50
> > MB of which the ACCESS operating system could only address the first 33
> > MB), 32K WORDS of RAM in each processor, 32 MUX ports, SYNC card (for
> RJE),
> > 7970 1600 BPI tape, and an HP 2640B terminal as the console.
>
> My full 2000/Access config is 2100A cpu w/32K, 2100S cpu w/32K, 7906 drive
> (20mb, 15mb usable cause access sees it as a 7905), 7900A drive (10mb) 16
> Mux ports, Sync card for RJE, 7970 1600 bpi tape, 2748b paper tape punch,
> 2895b paper tape reader, 7261 optical card reader, and 2610 printer :) The
> 7261 and 2610 haven't been refurbed yet though. I hope to switch from 2100
> cpus to 21MX-E's at some point.
>
> > I was the system manager for the GMU HP 2000 from its delivery in
August,
> > 1978 until I left GMU in January, 1984
>
> If you are ever in St. Louis, stop by and you can reminisce and boot
Access
> up :)
>
> > I used the source code and manuals to
> > patch the ACCESS OS we used.
>
> I have a whole list of patches for 2000E, mostly with regards to terminal
> handling (accepting 80 column lines instead of 72 max), baud rates, etc.
>
> >Was the 21MX-E twice as fast? Three
> > times as fast? I can't say - too many years have gone by.
>
> Remember, there are like three different kinds of memory you can put in an
> E, each one up the line is a fair amount faster. So, how fast the E is
> depends on which of those memory types is installed.
>
> > If I remember correctly, a
> > disc diagnostic/utility program (which I think was called SLUTH) was
used
> > to configure the drive.
>
> I have seen mention of a program called SLUTH for disc drives, but my
> impression was that it was a 3rd party program, not HP. HP always wanted
you
> to use their diagnostics to format the drive (plus, Access can format a
pack
> all by itself).
>
> > Question: How are the 7905 and 7906 discs you are using formatted?
> The 7905/06 drives can be formatted with quite a few different utilities,
> most notably either the 13037/790x diagnostic, or via Access itself.
>
> > John
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> >
> >
>
>
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