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UP 9000 Series 500 Computers Flin- HEWLETT
~~ PACKARD
Models 520, 530, 540, 550
Hardware Technical Data
Effective: January 1, 1985*




Introduction
The HP 9000 Series 500 is a family of powerful 32-bit with a growing set of HP peripherals and furniture. It can
computers for scientific and engineering applications be stacked in a taboret, a handy cabinet on wheels that
offering a variety of configurations - from integrated or easily rolls under a desk, or it can be used stand-alone,
modular workstations to multi-user systems. With the placed in a mini-rack or on a CAD worktable. The Model
Series 500, Hewlett-Packard displays a major 520 is an integrated workstation with keyboard, printer,
breakthrough in microprocessor technology by packaging mass storage and graphics display all mounted in a
a complete 32-bit processor in a single integrated circuit. desktop configuration. Or you have your choice of either
This technology gives the Series 500 a significant a rack-mountable box (Model 530) or a mini-cabinet
price/performance improvement over traditional (Model 540) that permits selection of only those
computer systems and eliminates the need for a 32-bit peripherals you need.
technical computer to operate in a temperature controlled The Model 520 lets you choose between a UNIXt
environment. The result is a viable solution for personal, operating system (HP-UX) or HP's BASIC Language
32-bit engineering computation. System. The HP BASIC system is single-user only while
The Series 500 offers tremendous flexibility in the HP-UX system offers single- or multi-user versions.
configuring systems to solve a wide range of problems. The Model 530, 540 and 550 offer only the HP-UX
The Model 550 is a powerful multi-user system in a system.
compact size (13 inches wide x 9 inches high x 21 inches
deep) designed for ease of use. As part of the HP * Data subject to change.
"Design Plus Family" / its standard size is compatible t UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories, Inc.

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System Architecture Memory
The Series 500 Random Access Memory offers the
There are four main components in the Series 500
following set of features:
processor: the Central Processing Unit (CPU) chip, a 128
Kbit Random Access Memory (RAM) chip, a 256 Kbit