HP 9000/715

Overview
System
External
Operating systems
Benchmarks
References

Quick Facts
Introduced	1992 and 1994-1995
CPU	1 PA-7100 (/33, /50, /75) 1 PA-7100LC (/64, /80, /100) 33-100 MHz
Caches	128 KB-1 MB L1
RAM	192 MB (/33) 256 MB (others)
Design	ASP (/33, /50, /75) LASI (/64, /80, /100)
Drives	2 SCSI 1 SCSI/FD
Expansion	1 SGC (/33, /50, /75) 1 GSC (/64, /80, /100)
Bandwidth	?
I/O	10E SCSI 2 serial parallel VGA HIL (/33, /50, /75) SMD-10 (/64, /80, /100) audio

Overview

The HP 9000/715 range of computers were technical PA-RISC workstations from HP in the early 1990s. They were powerful, expandable HP-UX systems that were often used for technical design, CAD/CAM and engineering. Various configurations were available in two different technical families:

The 715/33, 715/50 and 715/75 were the first 715 series, with PA-7100 processors and ASP, the original chipset/mainbus.
The 715/64, 715/80, 715/100 and 715/100XC were newer, based on the modern LASI design, and were technically close to the 712 workstations.

Model	Introduced	Price
715/33	1992	$4,995
715/50	1992	$11,895
715/64	1994	$10,000
715/80	1994	$13,000
715/100	1994	$19,000
715/100XC	1995	$21,000

System

CPU

715/33: PA-7100 33 MHz with 128 KB off-chip L1 cache
715/50: PA-7100 50 MHz with 128 KB off-chip L1 cache
715/64: PA-7100LC 64 MHz with 1 KB on-chip L1 and 256 KB off-chip L1 cache
715/75: PA-7100 75 MHz with 512 KB off-chip L1 cache
715/80: PA-7100LC 80 MHz with 1 KB on-chip L1 and 256 KB off-chip L1 cache
715/100: PA-7100LC 100 MHz with 1 KB on-chip L1 and 256 KB off-chip L1 cache
715/100XC : PA-7100LC 100 MHz with 1 KB on-chip L1 and 1024 KB off-chip L1 cache

Chipset

715/64, 80 and 100

LASI chipset, integrated
NCR 53C710 8-bit single-ended SCSI-2
Intel 82596CA 10 Mbit Ethernet controller
Harmony CD/DAT quality 16-bit stereo audio
Wax for EISA bridge, HP-HIL
Artist graphics, 8-bit
Other I/O like serial, parallel, HP-HIL, Floppy

715/33, 50 and 75

ASP chipset
Viper memory and I/O controller
NCR 53C700 8-bit single-ended SCSI-2
Intel 82596DX 10 Mbit Ethernet controller
Intel 82350 EISA bus adapter chipset (EISA to GSC)
CRX graphics, 8-bit
Audit 16-bit CS4215 CODEC
Other I/O (serial, parallel, i8042)

» View a system-level ASCII-illustration of the chipset on the 715/64, 715/80 and 715/100.

Buses

GSC system level I/O bus
EISA additional expansion I/O bus
SCSI-2 single-ended narrow bus
715/33, 55, 75 PBus processor/memory bus
715/33, 55, 75 VSC main system bus
715/33, 55, 75 SGC expansion of the mainbus to the SGC expansion card

Memory

72-pin ECC SIMMs
Eight sockets for 8-32 MB modules
715/33 6 memory sockets
16 MB to 192 MB (6×32) or 256 MB (8×32) supported

Expansion

715/33, 55, 75 One slot for SGC (EISA formfactor) cards
715/64, 80, 100 One slot for GSC (EISA formfactor) cards
With a special HP adapter EISA cards can be used in the GSC or SGC slots

Drives

Two SCSI 3.5″ Fast-Narrow SE 50-pin hard drives
SCSI half-height 5.25″ Fast-Narrow SE 50-pin drive, externally accessible

External

SCSI-2 50-pin single-ended Fast-Narrow
Two Serial RS232C DB9 (up to 115200 baud)
Parallel DB25
Ethernet AUI 15-pin
VGA HD15
715/33, 55, 75 HP-HIL connector for input devices
715/64, 80, 100 SMD-10 connector, to connect HIL and PS2
Four phone jacks (microphone, headphones and line-in and ?)

Operating systems

HP-UX 10.20, 11.00 and 11i v1 (the last two only on 64, 80 and 100)
NeXTSTEP
Linux
OpenBSD
NetBSD

Benchmarks

Model	SPEC92, int	SPEC92, fp	SPEC95, int	SPEC95, fp
715/33	32.5	52.4	1.01	1.58
715/50	49.2	78.8	1.53	2.46
715/64	80.6	109.4	2.52	3.31
715/75	82.6	127.2	2.51	3.85
715/80	96.3	123.2	3.01	3.50
715/100	115.1	138.7	3.76	4.06
715/100XC	132.2	184.6	4.55	4.70

References

Manuals

Model 715 Service Handbook (PDF, 5.1 MB, Hewlett Packard 1995)

ROM update

There is a firmware update available for the 715/64, /80 and /100.

C7X50016.text has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
C7X50016.frm contains the new firmware.

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