The one rack Series III was the "LC" (low cost) version. It used the
same boards as
the Series II to Series III upgrade but had smaller weaker power
supplies. The
Series II had beefy (30310, 30311, 30312) power supplies.
Bob J. -- Ideal Computer Services
http://www.icsgroup.com
Ed Sharpe wrote:
>one rack later version
>cpu and all ps in one rack had stand alone tape drive in low boy
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>2 rack earlier just like series 2 had some power supply under
>tape drive and tape drive was in 2ed bay
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>In a message dated 3/12/2016 6:43:17 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
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>I thought it was more of a rectangle, like the Series 70, just bigger?
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>Were there different versions of the Series 3?
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>-Craig
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> From: Ed Sharpe <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:33 PM
>Subject: Re: Release of the HP 3000 Series III simulator
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>http://www.smecc.org/hp/hewlet16_series_3_with_maint_panel.gif
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>here is WACC-B univ river fall campus that I owned for a while
>Yes the very machine that Marlys Nelson made all her SL stuff on!
>I got it when they had converted to a VAX
>with the panel added to it!
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>In a message dated 3/11/2016 7:15:26 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) writes:
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>It was a thought anyway.
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>Tracy Johnson
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>> -----Original Message-----
>>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]
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>(mailto:[log in to unmask]) ] On
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>> Behalf Of Ed Sharpe
>>Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:31 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
>> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Release of the HP 3000 Series III simulator
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>>think they were leds
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>>also on the monster CE maintenance panel showing ALL registers etc
>> LEDS
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>>ed _WWW.smecc.org_ (_http://www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org/) )
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>>In a message dated 3/11/2016 11:33:52 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>> [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) writes:
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>> Weren't they were before LEDs used in production?
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>>Maybe filament or noble gas bulbs behind tinted plastic?
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>> Tracy Johnson
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]
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>> > Behalf Of Craig Lalley
>> > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:55 AM
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>>>To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
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>> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Release of the HP 3000 Series III simulator
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>>>I am sorry Gary, your going to have to remind me.
>>>Oh yes, the SERIES III, wasn't that the big box with the LED lights
>>>that
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>>>the abort?
>>>So will the emulator produce the abort messages?
>>>-Craig
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>> > From: Gary Robillard <[log in to unmask]
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>> > To: 'Craig Lalley' <[log in to unmask]
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>(mailto:[log in to unmask]) >; [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
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>>> Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] Release of the HP 3000 Series III simulator
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>>>That should be a system failure from MPE V/R not a system abort...
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]
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>> > Behalf Of Craig Lalley
>> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 11:00 PM
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>>>To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
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>> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Release of the HP 3000 Series III simulator
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>>>Did you get a system abort?
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>>>-Craig
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>>>Sent from my iPad
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>>>>On Mar 10, 2016, at 7:31 PM, sieler_allegro <[log in to unmask]
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>>>>And, yes, I’ve crashed MPE already :)
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