SAIC Galaxy 1100

[ClassicHasClass]

Managed to land a third SAIC Galaxy 1100, the MIL-SPEC portable workstation version of the HP 9000/712 Gecko. This one has a "civilian" installation of HP-UX 10.10 which complements the US Navy TAC-4 overlay on my other unit. This brings the total number I know of to five (three here, two working; Stan Sieler has one; and someone else whose name escapes me). We should really try to inventory these things.

Deep dive and drive comparison: https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/01/saic-galaxy-1100-pre-cde-vue-of-pa-risc.html

 

[sieler]

It's a nice machine, with a lot of I/O ports.

I think I like it better than the RDI PrecisionBook.

As I mentioned to @ClassicHasClass offline, the RDI machine has a fair amount of RDI firmware in it, indicating close cooperation with HP.

The Galaxy 1100's firmware appears to be bog-standard. IIRC, it's the same as a 9000/712. I do have a copy archived.