Got the HP9k system booted! was: New find & HP-UX p/w?

[Joe R.]

At 11:18 PM 4/18/05 -0400, you wrote:
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>Another important question is whether this machine can be made y2k 
>compliant? 

   I'm pretty certain that it is, even the HP 9836 (aka 9000 236) was Y2K
compliant. (the battery backup and clock were optional).

I had to replace the 3V lithium coin cell on the main CPU board 
>and the machine prompted for a date/time upon bootup. Wouldn't take 
>anything above 99 so I set it at 95, exactly 10 years in the past. Date 
>entry is in the form of MMDDhhmm[yy]. When 05 is entered for yy the date 
>always displays as 1970. Seems 70 to 99 only work.

   That's interesting! Maybe it's NOY Y2K compliant. I'll try to look and
see if I have a manual for this machine that covers the clock. What model
exactly is it?

   Joe

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>The EEPROM firmware (chip location U47) on my machine is part number 
>1818-5062 and *may* be the latest version. Upon startup the machine 
>announces: "BOOTROM   Rev. 2.0   29 Nov 90". I make that version assumption 
>by believing the firmware upgrade required on this website:
>http://www.blobulent.com:16080/hp300/upgrade/hp380.html  would be pretty 
>much the last version released since the webpage had been made some years 
>after my machine (ca 1991) was made. Looks like we're SOL, but that needs 
>to be confirmed by the 9000/300 experts out there.
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>That upgrade to a 380 looks tempting as my machine is just the one they're 
>talking about. Very simple, except for the compilation of a new kernel in 
>Step 1. I'm primarily a hardware guy. But, I'd need to use the machine 
>frequently to really justify messing around with the upgrade.
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>Thanks for the help again!
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>Regards,   Chris F.
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>NNNN
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