On Friday 24 August 2001 22:52, you wrote: > howdy all. > > Through a quirk of fate I have the possibility of getting my mits on a > HP9000/800 g40. > > I don't exactly know what that is aside from a cluster of parts roughly the > size of a refridgerator. > > Does anyone know if it's worth the hassle of lugging the thing up two > flights of stairs to try to get linux to run on it? I have zero > experience with this type of equipment and don't really know what sort of > processor memory or whatever is in it. > > I'm pretty sure its a Risc processor with working harddrives. Beyond that > I'm not sure about Mhz or anything. > > Anyone ever play with one of these? If its what I think it is you could run HP-UX (assuming its loaded) until HP (or who ever is building it) finishes the Linux port for it. I had some experience with an HP9000 several years ago but I don't remember the sub-model. The drives are most likely some variation on SCSI. When I was working on one of these I had just started using Linux and used a Linux workstation as an X-terminal for the HP-UX system. It worked well. (I did it in early 1996) Have fun! -- Jack Ungerleider jack at jacku.com