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- From: markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Mark Bixby)
- Subject: Re: HP-3000/MPE/HP-UX Box
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- Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA
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- Date: 15 Dec 92 17:14:17 GMT
- References: <1gg1hlINN23q@lucy.cs.widener.edu> <1992Dec14.154831.2685@cognos.com> <1608@hcshh.hcs.de>
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- In article <1608@hcshh.hcs.de> hm@hcshh.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) writes:
- >Hmm - on any 3000/9xx if seen so far, you can run HP-UX (i.e. the support tape
- >is HP-UX-based ..) but you can't run MPE on every HP9000/8xx - this is just
- >because there are some boards in some 8xx'es that are not (fully) supported
- >by MPE.
- >
- >This implies that you don't have to buy new hardware when you decide to
- >migrate from MPE to HP-UX.
-
- We're running MPE on a 980/100 for our current production system. Over the
- next couple of years, we'll be migrating to a new HPUX-based system. When the
- time comes to "pull the plug" on MPE, we'll pay a fee to HP to come out and
- change some ROMs on the PDC board, plus change the nameplate on the SPU
- cabinet, and voila, we'll be a Series 800.
-
- I've never seen this conversion fee listed on any price guide, but the ability
- does exist to go from Series 900 to Series 800. Ask your local HP staff for
- details.
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