I have a 3000/925LX at home, and desired to use it as Mr. Darnell described. I
explained this to Hp, but they seemed determined to sell support and the other
goodies that a production 3000 requires.

I was under the impression that the best education is observation and
experimentation. A non production 3000 would be the safest place to play and
learn.

W.S.Gray
ps. Compared to some of the PC class hardware I come across, my 3000 is almost
an ideal machine as far as its design.

> Dave Darnell wrote:

> Here's another that I hope is an easy one.
>
> Unlike my posts of the last two days, I am more than happy on this one to
> have "you-all" answer more than just the basic question.  Second-guess my
> motives, question my assumptions.  Elaborate!
>
> I will be setting up a 925 or 935 for personal use (or development work at
> home, becoming more proficient sysadmin, etc.)
>
> The box does not come with licensing, or media, as far as I know.  I will
> probably need to bring it up from scratch (new deal for me.)  I will not
> need more than, say, three concurrent online sessions.  Number of batch jobs
> unknown, probably under 10.
>
> Don't care if it never goes beyond version 6.0 plus stable, existing
> patches.  (I don't think it's supported past 6.0 or 6.5, anyway.)
>
> So I am going to need the media (looks like a 7980 at this point. No budget
> for anything additional.)  I want it to be legal, but I don't care about
> software support.
>
> What's it going to cost me, and where do I have to go?
>
> thnx,,
> dave