HP 9000 Series 300
An HP technical workstation family based on Motorola processors.
The Series 300 served technical computing applications. Family-level specifications cover several models; the installed configuration of an individual unit needs its own record.
HP 9000 Series 300
| Maker | Hewlett-Packard |
|---|---|
| Processor family | Motorola 68000 series |
| Operating system | HP-UX |
| Badge | “HEWLETT·PACKARD 300” on the front louvre |
A Motorola 68000-family workstation running HP-UX, from the period when every serious manufacturer built its own Unix on its own silicon. The Series 300 was aimed at instrument control and engineering rather than graphics, and HP's own test equipment spoke to it over HP-IB, the instrumentation bus that became IEEE-488.
Record & provenance
The Series 300 served technical computing applications. Family-level specifications cover several models; the installed configuration of an individual unit needs its own record.
Reference: ATX-OBJ-HP-9000-SERIES-300
Source: collection inventory, photographs, and notes accompanying Serious Machines (Amir Husain, 2024).