The version for 200 series is called 5.17 Good luck finding it… On Thursday, September 23, 2021, Paul Berger via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > On 2021-09-13 9:21 p.m., Larkin Nickle via cctalk wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> According to http://bitsavers.trailing-edge >> .com/pdf/hp/9000_200/9000-200_periphSupp_Dec89.pdf (see PDF page 2), it >> seems as if HP-UX 5.1 should work on the 9000/217. >> http://hparchive.com/Catalogs/HP-Catalog-1986.pdf also seems to confirm >> this (PDF page 71 under Series 200 Bundled Systems, it's mentioned that the >> Model 217 can run single-user HP-UX). However, there seems to be conflicted >> information based on people that I've talked to and the hpmuseum page with >> a copy of HP-UX 5.1 whether it should work at all, whether 5.1 is a unified >> release where the boot floppy should work on both series 200 and 300, or >> whether there's another boot floppy for series 200 which apparently has not >> been archived. >> >> I recently obtained a Model 217 and would like to know if anyone has >> more info on this, the two people that I know of that have tried it get a >> hang on boot. >> >> Thanks, >> Larkin >> > > It would seem likely that there is a separate boot diskette for 200 series > machines that so far no one has found a copy of. The only thing I > succeeded in booting the 5.1 that is available on hpmuseum.net is a 310. > I tried booting it on a 9920 with a 68010 processor card and got the same > result it posts the starting message and then hangs. > > Paul. > >
