HP 9000 Model 735/125 ("HARDBALL" )

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General Technical Information

HOSTNAME	GLOIN
SYSTEM CPU	HP PA-RISC PA-7150 @125MHz
CACHE (2nd, 1st D/I)	0 KB, 256 KB / 256 KB (off-chip)
RAM	416 MB (Max. 784 MB,16 MB onboard)
SCSI BUS	1 x SCSI-2 (10 MB/s) and 1 x Wide SCSI-2 HVD (20 MB/s)
OPTION BUS	1 x EISA Slot
GRAPHICS	CRX24, 24-plane 1280x1024 72Hz
HARD DISK DRIVE	9.1 GB 10K RPM Compaq SCSI disk
CD-ROM DRIVE	Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM in an external box
NETWORK	10 Mpbs ethernet AUI (separate nic module)
AUDIO	Onboard audio chip
OS	HP-UX 11.00
YEAR	1993
SPEED	146 VAX MIPS
POWER CONSUMPTION (MAX. / MEASURED)	310 / - W
COMMENTS	This machine runs HP-UX 11.00 with X11 quite nicely.
PRICE '92 (735 basic configuration, 32 MB RAM, 525 MB disk, 8-plane graphics, 19" color monitor)	$37,395

History and other comments

I got this heavy piece of hardware in December 2003. I was suprised to find so much RAM in it (considering the time frame, original amount was 352 MB), but I've been told it had been used as a CAD workstation so I guess it was needed. It seems to be much faster than the IMHO slow HP 712/80. The HP 735/xx systems are acceptable choises, if you want to run PA-Linux, because they support almost one GB of RAM.

Once I got HP-UX 11.00 that is old enough to boot on this computer I upgraded from HP-UX 10.20 to HP-UX 11.00. This was in December 2006. I also tried to boot from a HP-UX 11.11 CD, but it didn't work. If you want to find out what HP-UX version to run on your old HP workstation or server, I recommend going to www.openpa.net for more information.

In February 2007 I upgraded this system to 735/125 (previously it was a 735/99). The low(er) end part were all put into the HP 735/99.

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Last updated:

11-2-2007