Gavin Scott wrote:
>
> Dave asks a FAQ:
> > Is there an HP9000 list (like this HP3000 list) that I can join?
>
> While there is the comp.sys.hp.hpux newsgroup, and maybe a 9000
> administrator's list (somewhere?), these tend to be rather different
> from the 3000 list in, um, "atmosphere" and "friendliness" I would
> say.

It is <[log in to unmask]> and is quite formal.  You post
questions to the list, people answer you privately, and you are
"obliged" by their etiquette to summarize answers back to the list.
There are probably some of our readers that wished we worked that
way, but as has been the case here, "All work and no play makes for
a rather dull day" to paraphrase the quote (since I don't remember it
verbatim).

> I wonder if there might not be enough 9000 users among the 3000 list
> readers to start an HP9000-L list that is made up mostly of ex- or
> current 3000 users and which would try to maintain the same level of
> quality (and demeanor) of postings that 3000-L gets.

> Especially if Jeff has enough 9000s around to make him willing to
> host such a list.

I just have one at the moment, but a good sized one (4-way K570).  While
we've been up to 7 3000s (classics) at one time, we're down to one, so
it's equal ground :-)

I could create one easily enough if there was sufficient interest, but I
don't know what we might draw from hpux-admin or the newsgroup (the
newsgroup is taken, so it couldn't be gated to news).

Jeff

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