[rescue] HP-UX laptops on eBay

[roosmcd at dds.nl]

>Also of note would be the apparent lack of built-in optical drive and the
>external scsi connector...i.e. is it hdi-30?  or something else hard to
>adapt or is it hd50... what..?

 Well, why would you need a cd-rom? It's not that you use it that often. 
There's a nice schematic at:

http://www.openpa.net/systems/il/pbook-sch.html

 Looks like standard hd50 to me. HDI-30 is actually easy to find, these are 
also used in apple powerbooks. The only thing I don't like is the 
serial/parallel/AUI port, that definitely looks non-standard to me. It also 
would be nice if I could use the docking station to attach PCI cards, but 
that's probably wishfull thinking. 

>Sounds fishy, however, if they ended it early.
>or... did someone buy all 36 with buy-it-now?

 Probably, maybe the same buyer was buying all those laptops recently on eBay. 
The seller has very good feedback and comes from a physics department, so I 
believe it will be allright.

  greetings,
   Michiel