On Fri, 11 Nov 1994 14:05:53 -0600 (CST) 
 Stephen Tedder <stedder@tulsix.utulsa.edu> wrote:

 > I have an HP 9000/310 with 3 Mbytes of RAM, the FPU board, 
 > and a 10 Mbyte 9153 disk drive. Currently Basic 5.1 is installed
 > on this turkey. It has the Rev A Boot ROM. 

Ugh - NetBSD won't go on a 310 - it has a 68010 CPU.

 > Is this configuration suitable to run NetBSD or should I consider
 > adding more RAM and a bigger disk drive? I believe this stuff
 > is readily available on the surplus market these days. The 310 can only 
 > be expanded to 7.5 Mbytes, would that be a comfortable amount
 > to run NetBSD? The 310 can also be upgraded to a 320 or 330--
 > would that be a more reasonable way to go?

I've run NetBSD on a 320 with 7.5M RAM.  That's the way you wanna go...

 > Finally, where is the current version of the HP 300 release 
 > located? I didn't see it at the Iowa State ftp site.

It's coming ``Real Soon Now.''

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