Not  hard to   maintain a system by yourself   with  spare  'stuff'
that is the way I always  did it back in the 80's   Only  time  I was   
ever in contact  with
HP CEs and SEs  were at social occasions!
 
The  great thing?  The stuff  does not  break  much!
 
We started with a  2000F -  Then - upgraded to 2000  access < 2 HP 2100 
series processors>
3000 series II  with 2884 discs  <not much memory and  2884  disc I/O is  
slow!>
3000 series  II  doubled memory and    used  7920 drives
3000 series III w/ 7925 drives ( Univ. Wisc. River Falls   WACC-B system )
3000 series  40 4833 drive
 
shutdown -   
 
 
Now these days   
a  mighty mouse  37  but  need  good   cartridge  drive w/ good  rollers so 
other  37 stuff is   wanted.
or a  good   reel to reel hpib  tape   drive
 
Still have   our  first  HP2000F we   upgraded to 2000 ACCESS  need  a 2883 
 disk drive or    a  control box  thing  and  one of the following  7905  
or  7906 os 7920 or  7925
 
My biggest problem?   I can not  pick up   something like a  7970 tape   
drive out of a rack and walk  around  with it!
 
Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/16/2017 3:33:03 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
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That  987SX/200 sold for $225,000. The 918 sold for $13,500.

What's amazing  is that hardware this cheap is still running some 
companies. (Go ahead, raise  your hand if you're using a 918 in production. I know 
some of you are.) Kind  of a dangerous amazing, unless you're buying systems 
like these for parts. But  amazing.

Ron
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