[rescue] HP 720 (I Think...)

[linc]

> The PA-RISC boxes (700 lines in particular) only run HPUX, the HPBSD
> or the mach thingy.  Nothing else exists for them, yet.  NetBSD
> and Linux are working on ports, if I am reading the buzz correctly.
> But, nothing is working yet on either.  That is why I was inquiring
> about the HPBSD.  The HPBSD supposedly was a little better than the
> mach lites port, but required the licensing.  Now that the licensing
> is essentially free from SCO/Caldera, I thought I should inquire about
> the real BSD thingy.  I sense that it was running on so few machines
> (maybe less than 10 at Utah), that it may have become vaporware.
> 
> Bob

Linux has a working PA-RISC port.  Saw it working on a HP 9000/730 in the
HP booth at the NYC Linux World Expo.  Sounds like a PITA to install
though and there was no native X support at the time.

-Linc Fessenden

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