Information on the HP C3450A?

Posted by Cliff on Saturday July 22, 2000 @05:47AM from the finding-the-right-information dept.

cstaples asks: "I came into a bunch of hp C3450A's. They are basically a 486 DX 100 mini computer, built in video, Ethernet, 2 com ports and 2 ps2 ports and 1 ltp. You can also connect a HDD to this thing, it's a nice little package, 2"H X 14"W X 14" deep. I can see a couple of uses for it, Linux router(there is what appears to be an expansion slot on the motherboard for a 2nd NIC), DSS hacking box, Linux firewall, etc....great little toy to play around with, -if- I could find some info on it somewhere on the Web. Even HP seems to deny its existence: product #C3450A, model #4100DX and it was made around 1995. Any ideas?"

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Did'ja search? by Zippy+the+Pinhead · 2000-07-22 02:23 · Score: 2

First, search Dogpile for "C3450A" and for "4100DX". The first gets you almost nothing. The second mostly gets you info on the Zenith Z-Station 4100DX/2, so you try throwing an "HP" in with it.
With creative interpretation of the couple of UseNet postings in German and Dutch, I found out that:
The Ethernet controller is an AMD Lance.
It has an IPX or NetBIOS boot rom. You might want to download EtherBoot or some such and befriend someone with an EPROM burner, however...
Someone already tried that and can't get the network card to see the network.
One webpage has an awesome bunch of info, though. It's called the HP Windows Client, it can take a 2.5" HDD, it can do BootP and it has a 1MB CL5430 display controller.
Happy hacking!