Stan Sieler wrote:
>
> "different RAM" from what?  It uses the same RAM as the HP 9000,
> the last antecedent your sentence might have referred to.

This board takes 72 pin RAM modules while my HP3000 uses
much larger modules that seem to be HP proprietary.

> RAM questions aside, your board is from an HP 9000 ... and
> sticking it into any compatible HP 3000 (e.g., 918) would have
> one significant problem: HP decreed that thou shalt not be able
> to do that.  If you try to run MPE on your 9x8 with the E35 board,
> MPE won't bootup (although HP-UX would (note: licensing issues would
> probably prevent you from doing that)).

I know that I can't run mpe on a HP9000. That's the point.
You can run Unix on HP9000. However, it looks like it's not
worth spending money on such an upgrade.

thanks
Dennis

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