mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt ) (09/05/86)
The following equipment is available for immediate sale:
Qty Item Description
--- ---- -----------
1 HP9816S PC (68000-based), 768kb(?), BASIC,
graphics option [ see below ]
1 Numonics 2300 Digitizer, 17"x32", .001" resolution,
16-button cursor, HP9816S software
2 HP150 PC (8 MHz 8088; runs MS-DOS), 256kb
1 HP150 PC (8 MHz 8088; runs MS-DOS), 512kb
3 HP9121D Dual 3-1/2" diskette drive for HP150
and/or HP9816S
1 HP9133XV 15mb winchester disk + 3-1/2" diskette
drive for HP150 (and HP9816S(?))
3 HP2392A Terminal (with second RS232 port)
1 HP2392A Terminal (with Centronics-compatible
parallel printer port)
2 HP2225A ThinkJet printer (HPIB interface)
1 HP2686A LaserJet printer (RS232 interface)
All items except for the first two are known to be in good working
condition. The HP9816S and the Numonics digitizer haven't been used
in a long time; they are believed to work, but are being sold on an
as-is basis. As a quick check, I've confirmed that the 9816 passes
its power-up self test, and reads in an operating system from disk.
It's not clear exactly how much memory the 9816 has. The sticker on
the outside implies that it has 256kb. However, the power-up memory
test announces that it finds 786272 bytes; a peculiar amount, since
786272 is 3*256*1024-160. Why the 160? Beats me ...
Since the 9816 has a 68000 inside it, I suppose it's possible that
someone with time to spare and some amount of wizardry might be able
to get one of the 68000-based versions of UNIX running on it, but I
have no idea how hard this would be, or whether it's even feasible.
HP asserts that UNIX can't run on the 9816, claiming that at least
a megabyte is required (our 9816 allegedly has the maximum that can
be put onto one). However, I'm not sure that I'm ready to believe
that there's no 68000-based UNIX around that will run on less than
a megabyte. HP does say that a hard disk can be put on the 9816.
For more information, or to submit an offer for any or all of the
above equipment, contact
Mark Bartelt
HSC Research Development Corporation
170 Elizabeth Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
416/598-5982
{utzoo,decvax,ihnp4}!sickkids!markmark@sickkids.UUCP (09/09/86)
Last week I posted a list of HP equipment that we're offering for sale.
If you have responded, and have NOT received a reply from me, please
re-send. At least one piece of mail (and possibly several) has/have
been dropped on the floor, due to the fact that one of the so-called
"intelligent" mailers out there somewhere is effecting the creation,
on our system, of uucp execute files which result in our mailer being
handed a destination it isn't able to deal with.
I've kludged around the problem at this end, so everything should be OK
from this point on. But please re-submit your offer(s) if you haven't
heard back from me via e-mail by the time you read this. Thanx.
Mark Bartelt
HSC Research Development Corporation
170 Elizabeth Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
416/598-5982
{utzoo,decvax,ihnp4}!sickkids!mark
PS: In the above uucp address, the three paths to sickkids are listed
in decreasing order of reliability. The problems at ihnp4 have been
discussed at length in another newsgroup. Mail through decvax tends
to be reliable most of the time, but often days (or even weeks) go by
when they don't connect to us at all. Your best bet is to find a path
to utzoo that doesn't use either of the other two. However, given that
recent crypto-intelligent mailers silently ignore your routing and pick
paths of their own, this may not be feasible ...