“3000-L” ? Is that another group?
> On 29 Sep 2019, at 9:27 am, Stan Sieler via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > 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
