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From: al@cs.strath.ac.uk (Alan Lorimer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Anyone familiar w/ HP9000 series 520?
Message-ID: <4253@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 9 Jul 90 16:17:14 GMT
References: <1990Jun27.215251.9406@sunstone.idbsu.edu> <7540057@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM>
Reply-To: al@cs.strath.ac.uk
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Scotland.
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In article <7540057@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM> fritz@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Gary Fritz) writes:
-> We were just given an HP9000 series 520, 3 processors, 8Mg memory,
-> HP7937 disc drive, with HP-UX (uname -a says 5.21 B?), ... something
-> called Network Services/9000 (with things like NFT??), and a HP27125A
-> Interface card (it says ethernet and IEEE802.3).
-
-Yow.  Let me dust some cobwebs out of the ol' grey matter and see if
-I can remember anything about this.  Warning:  I haven't seen one of 
-these beasties in about 6 years; caveat emptor.
-
-
-Bottom line:  if my foggy memory is correct, you probably can't connect
-your 520 to TCP/IP systems without an investment, and possibly not at all.
-You'll have to use UUCP to transfer files to/from the 520.  (Which might
-require the purchase or begging of an RS-232 card.)  You won't be able 

If you are really interested in resurrecting this machine I have a
current and transferrable licence for the WIN/9000 TCP/IP product for
this machine. It will run with the above ethernet card and give you
FTP, TELNET and SENDMAIL.

The software seems to work quite well, and I can supply you with a
the software and the licence. We no longer have the machine since we
traded it up to an 825, but the licence is valid for another 7 years.

I've got a number (3 I think) of 8 port Serial Cards which are also up
for grabs to *anyone* who makes a reasonable ( i.e. almost any ) offer for
them.

Alan
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