That definitely sounds like a large older machine,
but could still be usefull, in the right situation.
From what I can find, the HP 9000 K200 has a 100Mhz CPU
but, this guy says:
Don't be put off by the low clock speed on olders HPs.
They are much faster than Sun and SGI machines with similar
clock speeds due to the superior design of the PA-RISC processor.
They can be 50% or more faster than other workstations you would
imagine to be of similar spec.
HP-UX is very reliable.I bought an HP 712/80 new in early 1995
for home use. It's never crashed or been turned off since!
I feel no need to upgrade it either. The office HP machines are
paragons of reliability too. Many of these machines cost $15,000-50,000
new and are constructed to very high standards, they are excellent
used buys. PC's are just a world of hassle in comparison.
With those 30 Dumb Terminals, and serial Hub, I think this would be
an excellent machine to use for a unix classroom situation.
It's not any kind of powerhouse, but for a classroom that teaches
unix command line, file system, shell scripting, user setup,
simple admin, perl programming, vi, emacs, and such things.
The 30gb SCSI storage would be PLENTY of space to teach "C" programming
and more advance topics too...
BUT, you need the proper 220Volt or 208Volt power feeds- and plenty
of space to set things up for up to 30 students too...
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