garrett@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (11/30/88)
I have just inherited the care and feeding of an HP 9000/350 system that we have had for about a year or so, maybe longer. The system seems to currently be at Rev. level 5.5. I would like to get the new X11R3 distribution running on the system and 1st want to make sure the machine is up to revs before I try adding anything new. So, two questions: What are the current release versions of the following packages?: AXE PE NS-ARPA Services Starbase Fortran HP GKS Here is a list of the tapes that I have that had been received but unopened until I dug up the machine: HP GKS 6.0 Update Starbase Display 6.0 Update HP-UX Fortran 6.0 Update NS-ARPA/300 6.0 Update AXE 16-User 6.0 Update PE 6.0 Update Graphics Kernal System Update 6.2 Program Environment Update 6.21 AXE 16-User Update 6.21 NS-ARPA Services Update 6.2 FORTRAN Update 6.2 STARBASE DISPLAY LIST Update 6.2 If the 6.2/6.21 tapes represent the latest, greatest release, can I go directly to them from the 5.5 version without 1st upgrading to 6.0? I know that for VAX/VMS there are sometimes certain paths one must follow to do complete upgrades (ie to get to 4.7 from 4.3 you must first go to 4.4 then 4.6 and then 4.7) is this also the case for HP/UX on the 350? 2nd question: The X11R3 README file states that the X stuff runs on a 350 with 6.01 HP/UX. Will it also work with 6.2/6.21? I saw one message a while back from someone who seemed to be having sluggishness problems. Was that solved? Thanks in advance! Joel J. Garrett Research Associate Univ. of Delaware, CCM inet: garrett@oscar.ccm.udel.edu
garrett@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (11/30/88)
Oops, it turns out that we have a 9000/320, not a 350. I guess this means that X11R3 isn't going to work on this one. We'd still like to get the machine current though, so this info would still be useful. Of course, if someone tells me that this stuff will work on a 320 I'll still be very happy. Thanks again, Joel
cjames@hplchm.HP.COM (Craig James) (12/01/88)
> Of course, if > someone tells me that this stuff will work on a 320 I'll still be very > happy. Be happy! A 320 and a 350 are 100% compatible. I have a 350 with a 320 running diskless (e.g. they share the same set of disks) -- obviously they run the same object code! Craig James, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto
harry@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Harry Phinney) (12/01/88)
garrett@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes: > Oops, it turns out that we have a 9000/320, not a 350. I guess this means > that X11R3 isn't going to work on this one. > Joel X11R3 as distributed by MIT will work fine on a 320 as long as you have one of the display cards which are supported by the supplied driver. The driver in the X11R3 distribution will support the following display cards: 98544A 1024x768 Monochrome 98545A (I _think_ that's the number) 1024x768 4-plane color 98547A 1024x768 6-plane color If you have some other display system, you should investigate getting the HP X Window System Version 11 product. This is R2 based, but has many bug fixes, it has backing store, and good performance. The only bitmapped display system it doesn't support is the 98700/98710. Harry Phinney