From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from seal.surfnet.fi (mail.surfnet.fi [194.137.58.13]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 976D5482A for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 23:20:15 -0600 (MDT) Received: from IDOEKE3 (eke-breakwater.surfnet.fi [194.215.74.2]) by seal.surfnet.fi (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f735KDv18575 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:20:13 +0300 Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Linux on R947X? To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Message-ID: From: robert.holmberg@idobath.com Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:13:25 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: Stan Sieler wrote: >> I believe we are talking about a 947RX which is the MPe equivalent of the >> G30. > Yes. Checking the label of the box, yes. My memory must have failed me.. :) It is running MPe/iX, but I'm not touching it. Maybe I shouldn't be, but VMS and SCO-Unix have left me scared to death of vendor-specific OSes. > And, of course, you're giving up a lot more turning an HP 3000 into a Linux > box than you are when turning an HP 9000 into a Linux box :-) Yes, the only time its been down in the last three years was a month ago when the serverroom cooing failed and the power was cut when the temperatute rose too much. I seriously wonder if the W2K servers supposed to replace it will even get close to this kind of reliability. > Seriously, if he has a 947RX, he might be able to resell it. If we won't be able to use it after it goes out of production service this fall, this would be the general idea, yes. Who would be buying and what should they be paying? > As far as selling a 922? It's a very old HP 3000, and has little or no > market value :( (By "little or no", I mean: you'll be lucky to sell it for $50.) I know it isn't exactly worth its weight in anything else than sweat (carrying it), but how about the sex appeal? That must count for something! :-) Robert.