Re: Trying to figure out whether a model is supported/maybe sometime/never

"Rod Whitworth" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I know very little about the hp9000 and friends. They ran hpUX and they are
> physically large for the resources  inside. That's about it.
> 
> I have looked at hppa and hp300 pages and I don't know where I should see the
> model that a friend has in his  office.
> He is trying to find a suitable boat on which to use it as an anchor and I
> thought thet it might just run OpenBSD.
> 
> It does have hp9000 on the front but his description was that it is:
> D230
> PA7200LC
> 128 RAM
> 4G DAT
> 2X 4GB HDD
> 100 BaseT card
> 
> Delivered May 97
> (was $43K AUD)
> 
> Does that mean anything to categorize it?
> 
> Just looking at it I could easily imagine that it could exceed 25kg but it
> isn't where I coulld easily pick it up to  check.
> 
> Should I get it or forget it? (I am a hardware guy so collectables tend to
> cluster around and I have nothing like this)
> 
> Thanks,
> Rod.
> PS I didn't figure it was worth bothering the list with a subscription for
> what may be a one-off so please CC me.

Dx20 and Dx30 models are listed on hppa.html.
Also http://www.openpa.net/systems/index.html.
Just try it.