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Technical Overview[Amiga] [Apollo] [Atari] [Mac II] [Mac Entry Level] [Mac Quadra] [Mac AV] [NeXT Architecture] [Radius Rocket] [Sun 3 Series]
Overview
The Apollo's were a remarkable technology that was well ahead of their time. This architecture orginally ran the Domain OS which was a BSD-UNIX derivitive. Later Hewlett Packcard acquired this company to complement a workstation line of computers revolving around the Apollo. HP-UX, a SVR3 derived UNIX, ported to run on this platform. Later, HP started to use their own PA-RISC processor in these computers which displaced the 68040 processors already used. The PA-RISC was remarkable for its FPU performance, and surpassed even the Alpha at that time. The HP workstations became the most popular workstation, surpassing even that of Sun Microsystems.
Currently, it is rare to come across these computers for sale on the used market. I talked to person's in the U.K. whom use these machines for scientific research, and some persons in Texas whom sell these computers. De Anza college has a group of machines that they would like to give away to the public, but are trapped within the bueracracy of De Anza college.
Linux/m68k
Generally Linux/m68k runs on any MC68020 with an external MC68551 PMMU (Paged Memory Management Unit) processor. Other processors after the MC68020 have a built-in MMU (Memory Management Unit) with exception of the MC68EC030 and other EC processors which cannot work with Linux/m68k. It is good to have an FPU (Floating Point Unit) or math co-processor as it is slow to use an emulator and difficult to configure. Commonly, MC68881 math processor is used with the MC68020 and the MC68882 is used with the MC68030. The newer MC68040 contains a built-in math coprocessor. The MC68LC040 does not have the built-in math coprocessor.
It is unkown what if any HP Apollos are supported. Currently one person has reported to run Linux/m68k on a HP Apollo and it is documented that there is in existance a movement to port Linux/m68k to the HP Apollo platform.
Components
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Ports
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StatisticsDomain Apollo Series
HP Apollo 9000 Series 300
Computer
Processor
Linux Support* OpenBSD Support* NetBSD Support* Main
Math
Memory
HP318 68020
y y HP319 68020
y y HP320 68020
y y HP330 68020 y y HP340 16MHz 68030 68882 Built-in y y HP345 68030 Built-in y y HP350 68020 y y HP360 68030 Built-in
y y HP370 68030 Built-in y y HP375 68030 Built-in y
y
HP380 68040 Built-in Built-in y y HP382 68040 Built-in Built-in
y HP385 50MHz 68040 Built-in Built-in
HP Apollo 9000 Series 400
Computer
Processor
Linux Support* OpenBSD Support* NetBSD Support* Main
Math
Memory
HP400DL 50MHz 68030 68882 Built-in HP400S 50MHz 68030 68882 Built-in
y y HP400T 50MHz 68030 68882 Built-in
y y HP425S 50MHz 68040 Built-in Built-in
y y HP425T 50MHz 68040 Built-in Built-in y y HP425E 50MHz 68040 Built-in Built-in y y HP433S 66MHz 68040 Built-in Built-in y y HP433T 66MHz 68040 Built-in Built-in y y
HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 Model 400T
- Processor: 50Mhz MC68030, MC68882
- Storage: SCSI-1 (DB50), ,
- LAN: Ethernet BNC/AUI,
- Other: 1 RS232 (DB25m), 1 Parallel (DB25)
HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 Model 433s
- Processor: 66Mhz MC68040
- Storage: SCSI-1, 5meg/sec
- LAN: 15-pin AUI and BNC
- Other: 1 RS-232 (DB25 male),1 Parallel (DB25)
FeaturesTBA
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Other Pages of Interests
Domain Hardware
Operating Systems
- OpenBSD for HP300s and HP400s
- NetBSD for HP300s and HP400s
- Peter de Schrijver's Patches for Domain 5500
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These pages were created to illustrate the basic machine information of the Apollo Family as a service to the Apollo and Linux/m68k enthusiasts. I would deeply appreciate any suggestions people may have regarding additional information they would like to have added. Email darknerd@best.com.