HP735 (not mine)

[Juror22]

I saw two of these HP 9000 workstation on eBay (US) - I am not associated with the seller(s), but these don't seem to come up too often and I thought I would pass the information along, since I'm not going after them. They do seem to be in nice shape, but for something untested, I would personally not pay the asking amount.

I had several of these type machines years ago and back then, they were solid enough machines. Some day I really need to sell off my spare memory modules for these...

 

[legodude]

I too had one of these years ago and I had to restrain myself when I saw those listed on Ebay, especially as the same seller has the external graphics module (but not interface card/cable). I remember my 735 being shockingly heavy. I tried for a quite a while to find one of the FDDI sliders so I could put it on my fast network, but never was able to get one.
I'm going to be content with my 712 and C360 (which is also shockingly heavy).

mike

 

[paul]

I have one of these beasts which I acquired from my California workplace in 2000, so it's in essentially perfect condition with HIL keyboard and mouse. It's my favourite machine after the IBM 5170. It was used by our physicists for modelling neutron scattering in moderating materials.

The power supply has been fairly unreliable over the years but fortunately I have a spare so I can compare them. Otherwise the quality of the boards is top-notch. SCSI disks are slowly failing and I'm down to my last two.

My favourite party trick is running NextStep 3.3.

 

[legodude]

Looks great.
There is a CRX-48Z on eBay (but missing adapter/cable). I'd love to connect one of those to a 735...