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    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Sun Sep 6 22:24:53 2026
    Hello All,

    A friend of mine scored a working HP minicomputer that is running HP-UX. He told me the model but I can't remember it. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little jealous. <G>

    -- Sean

    ... He does the work of three men: Moe, Larry, and Curly.
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  • From ray@3:633/2744.12 to All on Sun Sep 6 22:55:05 2026
    Oh wow, correct me if I'm wrong, but that "mini" is not that mini, I
    think mini meant, mini-mainframe, no?
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  • From Bo Holt@1:129/305 to Sean Dennis on Sun Sep 6 23:05:50 2026
    |03Quoting message from |11Sean Dennis |03to |11All
    |03on |1106 Sep 26 22:24:53|03.

    Hello All,

    A friend of mine scored a working HP minicomputer that is running HP-UX. told me the model but I can't remember it. I'd be lying if I said I wasn' little jealous. <G>

    -- Sean

    ... He does the work of three men: Moe, Larry, and Curly.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240309
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)
    Very cool. I know nothing about those. Do you know the vintage? My friend John recently got a PDP-11 variant.

    ... That rap tune is really the Polyvtsian Dance #2 by Borodin.

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to ray on Mon Sep 7 12:38:36 2026
    Hello ray,

    06 Sep 26 22:55, you wrote to All:

    Oh wow, correct me if I'm wrong, but that "mini" is not that mini, I
    think mini meant, mini-mainframe, no?

    Yeah, the computer is on wheels conncted to its terminal by a very thick cable...

    -- Sean

    ... "It is not length of life but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Bo Holt on Mon Sep 7 12:39:22 2026
    Hello Bo,

    06 Sep 26 23:05, you wrote to me:

    Very cool. I know nothing about those. Do you know the vintage? My friend John recently got a PDP-11 variant.

    I think 1982-ish.

    -- Sean

    ... Boren's Law: when in doubt, mumble.
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    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)
  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to Sean Dennis on Mon Sep 7 17:32:20 2026
    Hello All,

    A friend of mine scored a working HP minicomputer that is running HP-UX. He
    told me the model but I can't remember it. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a
    little jealous. <G>


    Nice!

    Mike

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