Well, Jens and I have just completed demo's at two HP300 Customer Events
(aimed at reviving interest in the HP3000 in South Africa), and our
HP3000 was actually an HP9000 E55.

The local engineers kindly loaded MPE/iX 5.5, gave it an HPSUSAN of our
choice, and voila!, she works.

I believe it was the equivalent of the HP3000 988LX, and I must say, it
flew!

So, it is certainly physically possible to go from 9k to a 3k.
It's just a feeling, but I could have sworn the box looked happier as an
HP3000 :)

Regards

Neil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Bahrs [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 1997 5:58 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      9k to 3k conversion kit? -Reply
>
> Hi Duane,
>    I know I will  be corrected if I am wrong ... and I generally seem
> to be :)
> hehehe
>
>    I recall being told by a HP engineer that it was not possible to
> convert a 9k
> to a 3k but that it was possible to go the other way...
>
> Art Bahrs
>
> >>> Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]> 07/24/97 08:26am >>>
> Does anybody know if there is an orderable product from HP that
> will convert your 9000 hpux system to a 3000 mpe/ix system?
>
> I know there is a 3k to 9k product and I think I remember some
> message traffic here about some customer converting a 9k to 3k, but
> I can't remember the specifics.
>
> I was asked this question from an existing 9k customer who is
> looking at software that only runs on the 3k.
>
>
> Duane Percox ([log in to unmask]  v/415.306.1608 f/415.365.2706)
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