Installing HP-UX 9 on a Vintage HP 9000/300 Series Workstation
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Summary
The article details the author's experience acquiring and installing HP-UX 9 on an HP 9000/300 Series Model 340 workstation. It covers the background of receiving the vintage computer, the technical challenges of installing the HP-UX operating system, hardware specifications including the Motorola 68030 processor and SCSI drives, and the process of getting the system operational. The content provides historical context about HP's workstation line and serves as a technical guide for working with vintage computing hardware.
Key quotes
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A few weeks back I got a note on Bluesky, linking me to a website offering a free computer
The owner was in Cambridge, not far from me, and the computer was an HP 9000/300 Series - a Model 340, specifically
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