[parisc-linux] Reasonable price for a 735/99

[parisc-linux] Reasonable price for a 735/99

[Christian R Molls]

Sorry, this question is probably off-topic as it is hardware related,
but since a great PA-RISC linux presentation at our last LUG meeting in
Cologne, I have been looking for a cheap HP box here in Germany, which
does not seem to be easy; one of the offers is below.

Could somebody tell me what would be a reasonable prize for the
following box:

HP 735-99 w 96 MB RAM
HP A2091 graphics accelerator
2 x 1 GB Fast-SCSI disk drive
SCSI CD-ROM, floppy drive, SCSI disk drive
HP keyboard and mouse
10 MBit NIC w transceiver
SCSI: SCSI-II Interface (5 Mbytes per Second) Fast-Wide SCSI-II
Interface (20 Mbytes per second) 
HP-UX 10.20 installed

Any caveats? What about the graphics? Can I use a standard SVGA monitor?

Best Regards,
Chris

Re: [parisc-linux] Reasonable price for a 735/99

[John David Anglin]

> Could somebody tell me what would be a reasonable prize for the
> following box:
> 
> HP 735-99 w 96 MB RAM
> HP A2091 graphics accelerator
> 2 x 1 GB Fast-SCSI disk drive
> SCSI CD-ROM, floppy drive, SCSI disk drive
> HP keyboard and mouse
> 10 MBit NIC w transceiver
> SCSI: SCSI-II Interface (5 Mbytes per Second) Fast-Wide SCSI-II
> Interface (20 Mbytes per second) 
> HP-UX 10.20 installed
> 
> Any caveats? What about the graphics? Can I use a standard SVGA monitor?

I have one.  It probably cost about $30,000 US new.  Depreciate factor
of 2 per year.  This yields about $60.  I wouldn't pay more than for
150 MHz PC.  Machine is reliable but parts are expensive.

The FW interface is differential and drives are somewhat more expensive.
I have had no problem with Seagate's.  I had some system stability problems
until recently with 10.20.  I have been religiously patching and finally
a few months ago some patch fixed the problem (not sure which one).  
I thought the problem was with the scsi driver because I have quite a
few drives but this may only have been the symptom.  This of course is
not an issue if you want to run parisc-linux!

Dave
-- 
J. David Anglin                                  dave.anglin@nrc.ca
National Research Council of Canada              (613) 990-0752 (FAX: 952-6605)

Re: [parisc-linux] Reasonable price for a 735/99

[Sandy Harris]

> > Could somebody tell me what would be a reasonable prize for the
> > following box:
> >
> > HP 735-99 w 96 MB RAM
> > ...

In the last year I've bought:		Canadian $

	16 bare 712/60s, 128 meg	$ 50 each
	 (no disk, keyboard, monitor, ...)

	715/100, 256 meg		$100
		keyboard & mouse	$ 25
		20" HP monitor		$ 50

	735, 300-odd meg, small drive	$ 35

The last was sheer luck, at a surplus dealer who wasn't sure what it
was. I think the others are good but reasonable prices.

Anyone in the Ottawa area, there are more of these and various old
Suns as well. Mail me off-list if you need vendor contact info.