On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 10:44:47 -0500, Joe Geiser <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>As a matter of an answer here though - only one or the other can run on a
>PA-RISC machine - MPE or HP-UX, but not both, and one cannot dual boot since
>there is a hard switch (in nvram, I believe) on the CPU board which
>indicates which OS is "expected".  This is what makes the difference between
>a 3000 and a 9000, not just the nameplate ;)
>

And a 40% premium on peripheral costs for the 3000. Just check what an
extra CPU for a 969 costs vs. extra CPU for the equivalent K box.....
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Mark Landin                   "For anyone who was never good at
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