[parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Richard Muratti]

Hi,

I have the opportunity to acquire a HP3000 928LX server
and would like to know if it is supported.

Thanks
Rick

Re: [parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Richard Muratti wrote:

> I have the opportunity to acquire a HP3000 928LX server
> and would like to know if it is supported.

HP3000 systems are not PA-RISC systems. They use the Motorola 68000 CPU
and you chould check the 68000 oport effort wether or not the unit may run
linux.

Hugo.

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Re: [parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909011730100.20806-100000@bastion.nl3155vj16.vande
rkooij.org>you write:
  > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Richard Muratti wrote:
  > 
  > > I have the opportunity to acquire a HP3000 928LX server
  > > and would like to know if it is supported.
  > 
  > HP3000 systems are not PA-RISC systems. They use the Motorola 68000 CPU
  > and you chould check the 68000 oport effort wether or not the unit may run
  > linux.
Newer HP3000s are PA systems.

jeff

Re: [parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Kirk Bresniker]

| On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Richard Muratti wrote:
| 
| > I have the opportunity to acquire a HP3000 928LX server
| > and would like to know if it is supported.
| 
| HP3000 systems are not PA-RISC systems. They use the Motorola 68000 CPU
| and you chould check the 68000 oport effort wether or not the unit may run
| linux.
| 
| Hugo.

What?! The HP3000 systems are indeed PA-RISC. In fact, while there 
have been 68k HP-UX workstations the HP3000 have always had an
HP-designed architecture, first the 'classic' HP300 architecture
followed by PA-RISC.

As far as the 928LX, it is a PA-7100LC system, but features
HP-PB based I/O. I do not believe that anyone is working on
on this I/O architecture. 

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Re: [parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Kirk Bresniker wrote:

> | On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Richard Muratti wrote:
> | 
> | > I have the opportunity to acquire a HP3000 928LX server
> | > and would like to know if it is supported.
> | 
> | HP3000 systems are not PA-RISC systems. They use the Motorola 68000 CPU
> | and you chould check the 68000 oport effort wether or not the unit may run
> | linux.
> 
> What?! The HP3000 systems are indeed PA-RISC. In fact, while there 
> have been 68k HP-UX workstations the HP3000 have always had an
> HP-designed architecture, first the 'classic' HP300 architecture
> followed by PA-RISC.

How odd. Not quite what people told me around here.

Hugo.

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Re: [parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Grant Grundler]

Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Richard Muratti wrote:
> 
> > I have the opportunity to acquire a HP3000 928LX server
> > and would like to know if it is supported.
> 
> HP3000 systems are not PA-RISC systems. They use the Motorola 68000 CPU
> and you chould check the 68000 oport effort wether or not the unit may run
> linux.

[ I associate "HP3000" with the MPE products from CSY division]

I can't speak for HP3000 products more than 5 years old.
But recent HP3000 products are definitely PA-RISC.
Firmware is different but many of the platform components
are the same as K and T class machines.

grant

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Re: [parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Stan Sieler]

Re:

> > > I have the opportunity to acquire a HP3000 928LX server
> > > and would like to know if it is supported.
> > 
> > HP3000 systems are not PA-RISC systems. They use the Motorola 68000 CPU
...
> Firmware is different but many of the platform components
> are the same as K and T class machines.


The HP 3000/928 is a PA-RISC system (48 MHz PA7100LC (PCX-L)),
with HP-PB I/O (2 slots), 64 KB of integrated cache, floating point
co-processor, and a max memory of 512 MB.

It's 100% identical to the HP 9000 E25 (2-slot HP-PB model).

The firmware is 100% identical, AFAIK.

You could probably trade the HP 3000 for an E25 and get money back.

BTW, the "Classic HP 3000" models (those with a two-digit model number)
are 16-bit CISC, not Motorola.  All HP 3000s with a 3 digit model
number (e.g., 928) are PA-RISC.

If Linux is ever supported on an HP 9000 E25 (or any E## model), then
it will also run on an HP 3000 9x8 model.

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Re: [parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Mark Klein]

At 05:31 PM 9/1/99 +0200, Hugo van der Kooij wrote:

>HP3000 systems are not PA-RISC systems. They use the Motorola 68000 CPU
>and you chould check the 68000 oport effort wether or not the unit may run
>linux.

I think you're confusing the HP9000 300 series ... these are the Motorola
based machines. The HP3000 928LX is a PA 1.1 based machine, but is
not PCI.
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Re: [parisc-linux] HP3000 928LX Support?

[Richard Muratti]

Thanks for the info guys.

Rick