rridge@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ross Ridge) (01/15/89)
In article <5570094@hpfcdc.HP.COM> rml@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Lenk) writes: >> Does anybody know if the file "/etc/csh.login" is suported by the HP 9000 >> Series 200 csh? > >If you mean series 300, yes. If you actually mean series 200, I'm pretty >sure it's supported in the 5.1 release, but not the 2.x releases (any >csh revision 27.2 or greater (try "what /bin/csh") should support it). I actually do mean series 200, and unfortnuately we are using 2.1. Is there an equivalent file for 2.1? Is it still possible to upgrade 5.1? Ross Ridge ross@watcsc !watmath!watcsc!ross
rjn@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (01/16/89)
re: >> Does anybody know if the file "/etc/csh.login" is suported by the >> HP 9000 Series 200 csh? > I actually do mean series 200, and unfortnuately we are using 2.1. Is there > an equivalent file for 2.1? Is it still possible to upgrade 5.1? As I recall, csh was not added to Series 200 until the 5.x releases (which were also the last HP-UX releases for that Series). The 5.x releases required an MC68010 processor. Unless you have a Model 217 (9817A/H), you would also need a CPU board upgrade to run 5.x. Although that CPU is still available (for a few more months), Series 200 HP-UX is no longer orderable. On the whole, you'll be happier migrating to a Series 300, currently at HP-UX release 6.5. You can carry forward all of your I/O cards, and perhaps the RAM, depending on CPU Model selected. If your current computer is a Model 220 (9920U), you can convert it to an I/O expander for the 300. Although HP doesn't currently have a Series 200-300 trade in program, Series 200s are valued by 3rd-party HP equipment brokers, since they still run the current versions of stand-alone BASIC and Pascal (not to mention a couple of 3rd-party systems). Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob Niland rjn@hpfcrjn.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road [hplabs|hpu...!hpfcse]!rjn Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
rodean@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bruce Rodean) (01/16/89)
> On the whole, you'll be happier migrating to a Series 300, currently at > HP-UX release 6.5. You can carry forward all of your I/O cards, and perhaps > the RAM, depending on CPU Model selected. One minor correction: the current customer available release for Series 300 HP-UX is 6.2. Release 6.5 won't be out until March or so. Bruce Rodean rodean%hpfcrn@hplabs.HP.COM
rml@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Lenk) (01/18/89)
If you want to stick with 2.1 there is no equivalent to /etc/csh.login. The best I can think of is to use sh as the real login shell and invoke csh from it. If users co-operate, another possibility is for everyone's .login to begin with "source /etc/csh.login". I'm not sure if 5.1 is still available. If it is, it requires a 68010 processor. All machines that run 2.1 have 68000 processors and require a board upgrade. Most likely you'd be better off upgrading to a series 300 box if you go that far. Bob Lenk hplabs!hpfcla!rml rml%hpfcla@hplabs.hp.com