HP/DEC/Compaq

Building stuff on my 9000/350

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ClassicHasClass
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Who joined July 25, 2012, 7:12 p.m.
Wrote the following at March 30, 2017, 11:39 p.m...
I've started building things on my 9000/350 (HP-UX 8.0), mostly just stuff that I need that will work with HP's benighted built-in cc (though this one seems to have the ANSI compiler option, so there is some hope).

So far I got gunzip, tcsh 6.06 and perl 4.036 running, which are even period-appropriate. I'm going to try my hand at Chimera (an old web browser) next.

If people desire binaries for their own 68K HP9K, advise and I'll put them somewhere.

I guess I should try bootstrapping an old gcc at some point.
smit happens.

:Fuel: bigred , 900MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12 DCD, 6.5.30
:Indy: indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP: purplehaze , 175MHz R10000, Solid IMPACT
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plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * RDI PrecisionBook * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...
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ClassicHasClass
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Wrote the following at March 31, 2017, 11:26 p.m...
It only has X11R4, but I managed to get Chimera and xgopher running.

http://www.floodgap.com/iv/3261
http://www.floodgap.com/iv/3262
smit happens.

:Fuel: bigred , 900MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12 DCD, 6.5.30
:Indy: indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP: purplehaze , 175MHz R10000, Solid IMPACT
probably posted from Image bruce , Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 16GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * RDI PrecisionBook * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...
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commodorejohn
Who joined Oct. 2, 2012, 1:22 p.m.
Wrote the following at April 1, 2017, 12:11 a.m...
This reminds me, I really ought to get something running on my 9000/425t...
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ClassicHasClass
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Wrote the following at April 1, 2017, 10:33 p.m...
I've got a 4xx around here I need to see if it's still working (and, if so, what's on it). But I love how the 300 series are built like tanks. I've got a 319C+ in storage I should dig out, too, but it doesn't have a hard disk or any other storage.
smit happens.

:Fuel: bigred , 900MHz R16K, 4GB RAM, V12 DCD, 6.5.30
:Indy: indy , 150MHz R4400SC, 256MB RAM, XL24, 6.5.10
:Indigo2IMP: purplehaze , 175MHz R10000, Solid IMPACT
probably posted from Image bruce , Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP, 16GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.11
plus IBM POWER6 p520 * Apple Network Server 500 * RDI PrecisionBook * BeBox * Solbourne S3000 * Commodore 128 * many more...
t-rexky
From Ontario, Canada
Who joined May 6, 2012, 5:05 a.m.
Wrote the following at April 4, 2017, 5:48 p.m...
This is the absolutely wrong forum for this, but I have almost fully bootstrapped gcc-4.6 on NEXTSTEP 3.3. It takes somewhere around a week on my 33 MHz TurboColor for just C and C++...
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Raion-Fox
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Try the Misc forum next time.
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t-rexky
From Ontario, Canada
Who joined May 6, 2012, 5:05 a.m.
Wrote the following at April 5, 2017, 7:32 p.m...
Raion-Fox wrote: Try the Misc forum next time.


My post was in response to:

ClassicHasClass wrote: I guess I should try bootstrapping an old gcc at some point.


So I fully intended for it to go into this thread despite it being somewhat off-topic. It illustrates the ridiculous amount of time that modern gcc takes to bootstrap on vintage hardware.
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smj
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Wrote the following at April 5, 2017, 10:32 p.m...
I'm building gcc 2.4.5 on a simulated Sun-3 right now. Hopefully old enough to build properly on SunOS 4.1.1, but new enough for the versions of other things I'll need to build.

Bringing it closer to the OP, I wonder how my HP 9000/375 will compare to tme running on a modern x86 CPU, speed-wise...
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