Subject: Re: Free 300 going (from comp.sys.hp.hardware)
To: None <blairw@zeus.triadnewton.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-hp300
Date: 04/22/1999 17:21:04
  I just *love* what some people say about older hardware.  I've got a '340
sitting here that I'm making a couple hundred dollars a month on.  Useless,
right? ;)

  *snicker*

           -Dave McGuire

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Peter Radcliffe wrote:
>Email _him_, not me.
>
>> From: William Blair Wagner <blairw@triadnewton.com>
>> Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.hpux,comp.sys.hp.misc
>> [1] Old HP 9000/300 for free - you want it?
>> Date: Thu Apr 22 19:07:03 EDT 1999
>> To: hpux-admin mailing-list <hpux-admin@dutchworks.nl>
>> 
>> Hi Gang,
>> 
>> Listen, this is not a joke.  I have a very old (1985) HP 9000/300 model 350
>> workstation. Its a relick!  Its likely useless for anyone other than ant antique
>> collector, but I thought I'd see if anyone wanted it or parts of it before I
>> throw it all in the trash.  It has the following parts / features:
>> 
>> Workstation Cabinet: HP 9000/300 model 330 (1985)
>> 1) Mainboard has BNC Ethernet connection, 9-pin rs232 connection, RCA sound mono
>> connection, HP-HIL connection, and an HP-IB connection
>> 2) HP98547A HiRes Color Bitmapped video board with 64 colors ,6 planes of
>> display memory, and the 3 R-G-B connectors
>> 3) HP98628A Datacomm board (I think for an external modem or something)
>> 
>> External Cabinet: HP 9153B
>> 1) 20MB hard disc drive
>> 2) 3.5" removable diskette
>> 3) HP-IB interface
>> 
>> Monitor:
>> HP 98785A 17" (made by Sony in 1989) R-G-B monitor (very nice!)
>> 
>> Keyboard and Mouse included too.
>> 
>> It has HP Basic loaded (that's the OS), not HP-UX.
>> 
>> I'll give this to anyone who wants to come get it, or pay for shipping. Like I
>> said, I dont expect anyone to want this, but you never know!
>> 
>> Please email me if your interested, I wont be checking the news groups for
>> replies.
>> 
>> 
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>> : blairw@triadnewton.com                                             :
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