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Hewlett Packard HP 9816 9000/216 workstation

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First post, by Hamby

Posted on 2018-04-29, 09:16

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I saw this adorable little 1982 computer on ebay, and wanted it.

Thing is... what can I do with it? I don't have the external floppy drive unit, it's only connections to the outside world are HPIB and some SCISI /parallel port - looking.... port...

Does anybody have any info on this machine? It looks like a mini Mac classic.

Reply 1 of 6, by oeuvre

Posted on 2018-04-29, 13:40

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Any pictures?

HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7

Reply 2 of 6, by spiroyster

Posted on 2018-04-29, 14:22

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I know this, it's a unix system.

Reply 3 of 6, by JidaiGeki

Posted on 2018-04-29, 15:06

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http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=4

My understanding was they were general purpose office machines. The guy pictured in the link above seems to be doing some accounts maybe? The HPIB interface seems to be found in a number of scientific devices, so I guess data logging and modelling as well. My interest in them is due to having 'dumpster dived' some external drives for this system, but I don't have the actual system unit, as it now costs a fortune to purchase.