Re: Anyone remember the HP 300 series?

From: Eirik Seim (eirik@mi.uib.no)
Date: 04/01/03 

From: Eirik Seim <eirik@mi.uib.no>
Date: 1 Apr 2003 10:12:18 GMT

On 1 Apr 2003 06:59:31 GMT, etienne1@attglobal.net wrote:
> Eirik Seim <eirik@mi.uib.no> wrote:
> > I've gotten this HP 385 (33MHz MC68040 CPU, 16 MB memory, two 7959S
> > [323 MB SCSI] and one 7957A [80 MB HPIB], if my sources are correct),
> > but I find no documentation on the hardware, like if and how I can
> > make the 98547A graphics board communicate with my A1097A monitor..
>
> > Before anyone asks me to upgrade, this is merely a recreational project
> > for people like me who miss those times when a reboot took all night,
> > and you could see the lights dim all over your neighborhood when the
> > disk drives started spinning.. :)
>
> I'd only recommend upgrading the A1097A (aka "kojak") or sticking with
> serial and/or network connections. The 380/385 is a great machine and
> damn near bulletproof. Mine (running NetBSD) has been faithfully
> serving as my internet gateway/firewall/mail handler for years.
>
> > I tried the old HP-Xterminal trick of pressing 0 at boot, but it
> > doesnt seem to do anything. I can see something on the monitor, but its
> > scrolling and looks really out of sync....
>
> Yup, cuz it is. :)
>
> 98547A -> fixed at 60Hz vertical
> A1097A -> fixed at 72Hz vertical

Thanks to you and everybody else who replied. It seems my former employee
might have one of those 98561-61604 DCA serial cables needed for console
access. I think I'll stick with that until I get the chance to replace my
A1097A with an A4033A or similar.

By the way, I'm considering running a more recent (and supported) OS on it,
most likely Net or OpenBSD. Any idea if it will boot from a SCSI CD-ROM?

- Eirik 

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