Lee writes: > This is a *very* nice entry-level HP3000/MPE system based on PA-RISC > architecture. But one note - the 917 had the soldered TOD battery on the > motherboard, vs. the FRU TOD battery in the later 918. Not a reason to skip > if you are interested in this machine.
True, there's been some discussion of that over on HP3000-L. IIRC, it's still possible to boot even if the battery is dead ... boot to the ISL> prompt, run clkutil, set the date, then exit to ISL>, then run 'START'. Stan
