HP-UX Unix on PA-RISC
HP-UX 9
HP-UX 9 was released between 1992 and 1994 and a popular and stable version of HP-UX for PA-RISC 1.0 and 1.1 32-bit 700 and 800 Series. There were different releases for workstations and servers, like in HP-UX 8 before: 700 Series workstations with odd release versions, 800 Series servers in even versions. HP-UX 9 included PA-7100 support, POSIX shell and graphical HP VUE 3.0 environment.
Last HP-UX 9 versions were discontinued in May 1998 and obsoleted, as HP-UX 9 was supposedly not Y2K-ready
for the turn of the century.
HP suggested an update to HP-UX 10.20 to ensure proper system operation in the Year 2000
.
HP-UX 9 was supposedlythe last strongly BSD-based HP Unix before switching to System V in 10.x
Most HP-UX 9 and earlier versions were released prior to the Web
-era of HP technical information so definite documentation is a bit hard to come by.
| Class | Computers | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| HP 9000 700 | 705, 710,
715,
720, 730, 750,
725,
735, 755 (99), 742i, 745i, 747i |
9.01, 9.03, 9.05, 9.07 |
| HP 9000 700 | 712, 715, 735, 755 (125), 743i, 748i | 9.05, 9.07 |
| HP Visualize | C100, C110, J200, J210^ | 9.07 |
| HP 9000 800 | Early HP 9000 800 servers (PA-RISC 1.0) | 9.00, 9.02, 9.04, 9.06 |
| HP 9000 E-Class | E25, E35, E45, E55 | 9.04?, 9.06 |
| HP 9000 F/G/H/I | Series 800 Nova Servers (807-897) | 9.00, 9.02, 9.04, 9.06 |
| HP 9000 T‑Class | 890, T500 (unsure) | 9.00, 9.02, 9.04, 9.06 |
HP-UX 9 for Workstations
HP-UX 9 was the second HP-UX release for PA-RISC workstations and supported most HP 9000 Series 700 workstations. The first HP-UX 9 version apparently supported PA-7000 705, 710 and 720, 730, 750. There were multiple HP-UX 9 minor versions:
HP-UX 9.01 was released in 1993 and added hardware support for PA-7100-based 725 and 735, 755 workstations and 742i, 745i and 747i VME boards Also supported were PA-RISC upgrades for Motorola 68000-based 425s and 425t, 1GB, 2GB and 525MB SCSI drives, CRX48Z graphics and JIS (Japanese) keyboards.
HP-UX 9.03 was released in 1993 for several newly released HP hardware, including
PA-7100LC 712 workstation, floppy-disk support (SCSI?), device drivers for LASI chipset, and more.
Software-wise, HP-UX 9.03 enhanced support for BOOTP and TFTP, smart shutdown
, changes to SAM cluster configuration, and reduced the kernel and base OS footprint.
HP-UX 9.05 was released in 1993 and was primarily a hardware release that added support for 32-bit PA-7100LC 715 and 725 and PA-7150 735, 755 workstations. VME workstations 743i and 748i are also supported with 9.05. Additional support was added for HCRX graphics, 1GB half-height SCSI and 2GB SCSI drives.
HP-UX 9.07 was released in 1993 and added hardware support for the PA-7200 J200, J210 and possibly C100, C110 workstations and multi-buffered X11.
HP-UX 9.09 was released in 1994 and probably not widely shipped.
It supposedly was a B-level Security release
with very strict security controls (mandatory security).
These B1 versions were separate products parallel to other
HP-UX releases.
HP-UX 9 for Series 800
The separate product stream of HP-UX 9 for servers started with version 9.00 in 1992, which included support for new PA-7100 servers. For these HP-UX 9 server versions, only very scant information remains.
HP-UX 9.00 was released in July 1992 and added support for PA-7100 processors, a POSIX shell, VUE 3.0, fastlinks and ioscan(1) and model(1) commands plus the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) for disk management.
HP-UX 9.02 was released in 1993 and added hardware support.
HP-UX 9.04 was released in November 1993, discontinued by HP in 1997 and obsoleted at the end of 1998. It also added hardware support.
HP-UX 9.06 was supposedly released in 1994 but it is not clear if it was a released product or internal version (plan).
HP-UX 9.08 was released in 1994 and probably not widely shipped.
It supposedly was a B-level Security release
with very strict security controls (mandatory security).
These B1 versions were separate products to other
HP-UX 9 releases.
Documentation
Most of the documentation and references disappeared during the 2010s from the web. Much information has been gleaned from (slowly disappearing) USEnet postings from the 1980s and early 1990s in comp.sys.hp.hpux, especially for older versions of HP-UX. For a while now, archive.org has a growing list of HP-UX documentation.
Software
- HP-UX Software with information on commercial and open source software for Unix
Manuals
- Installing and Updating HP-UX 10.20, ACE and Hardware Extensions: HP 9000 Computers Hewlett-Packard Company (April 1998, B2355-90173) bitsavers
- Installing and Updating HP-UX 10.x HP 9000 Computers bitsavers
Websites
- HP-UX update matrix archive.org (HP-UX 10.20 and 11.x support for workstations) Hewlett-Packard Development Company (2003: accessed March 2009)
- HP-UX version and server model support matrix archive.org (HP-UX 11 support for servers) Hewlett-Packard Company (2001: accessed April 2009)
- docs.hp.com - Technical documentation, good entry to HP-UX documentation archive.org
- hp-ux history archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2002: mirror accessed January 2024)
- Support Matrix - HP-UX Workstations Processors, OS Versions and Graphics archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2001: mirror accessed January 2024)
Release notes
- hp-ux operating system releases archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2002: mirror accessed January 2024)
- Exploring HP-UX Releases and Media archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2001: mirror accessed January 2024)
- Exploring HP-UX Releases and Media archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (1998: mirror accessed January 2024)
Other documents
- HP-UX FAQ (comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ) Ian Springer (February 2008: accessed January 2024 on faqs.org)
- INFORMATION ON HP9000 SERVERS AND WORKSTATIONS Hewlett Packard Company (1997 (1999): accessed January 2009)
- Much information has been gleaned from many USEnet postings in comp.sys.hp.hpux, especially on the older versions, from between 1988 and 1998
- HP Developer Resource Document Library archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (1999: mirror accessed January 2024)