HP Visualize C200, C240 & C360
Overview
Project names - uname:
- C200: Raven U+ - 9000/782
- C240: Raven U+ - 9000/782
- C360: Raven W - 9000/785
Sometimes referred to as C200+ and C240+
These were aimed at the graphics workstations market, equipped with the 64-bit PA-8200 and PA-8500 CPUs. They have a similar case to that of the old 735 — build of interlocking modules so the I/O board, MPU board etc. can be easily taken out. These machines were aimed at CAD/CAM/3D modelling so.
Internals
CPU
- C200: PA-8200 200MHz with 512/1024KB off-chip I/D L1 cache
- C240: PA-8200 236MHz with 2048/2048KB off-chip I/D L1 cache
- C360: PA-8500 367MHz with 512/1024KB on-chip I/D L1 cache
Chipset
- LASI ASIC, which features:
- NCR 53C710 8-bit single-ended SCSI-2
- Intel 82596CA 10Mb Ethernet controller
- WD 16C522 compatible parallel
- Harmony CD/DAT quality 16-bit stereo audio
- NS 16550A compatible serial
- Two U2/Uturn-IOA BC Runway ports
- WAX ASIC, adds functionality missing in LASI, e.g. HIL, 2nd RS232 …
- WAX EISA bus-adaptor, connects EISA to GSC
- Dino GSC-to-PCI bridge
- Cujo GSC-to-PCI bridge
- Intel 82C503 Ethernet transceiver, media auto-selection
- CS4215 or AD1849 programmable CODECs
- WD37C65C Floppy controller
- Symbios Logic 53C875 16-bit Ultra-Wide SCSI-2 controller
- DEC 21142/43 (Tulip) Fast-Ethernet controller
Buses
- Runway CPU/memory bus (120MHz with 960MB/s peak data rate)
- GSC-2 general system-level I/O bus
- EISA (only when specially ordered); additional expansion I/O
- PCI-32/33 device I/O bus
- PCI-64/66 high-performance device I/O bus
- SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended bus
- SCSI-2 Ultra-Wide single-ended bus main storage I/O
Memory
- 72-pin ECC EDO SIMMs, 50ns or faster (should run with 60ns modules too)
- Takes 16-256MB modules (needs latest firmware-rev)
- 12 slots
- 32MB (2×16) minimum, 3GB (12×256) maximum
Expansion
- Three slots for either GSC (EISA formfactor) or PCI cards
- One slot for either a GSC (EISA formfactor), PCI or EISA card
- Two of the PCI slots are PCI 32-bit/33MHz, 5V; the other two PCI 64-bit/66MHz, 3.3V.
Some system do not have the optional EISA slot - See GSC expansion-cards
- See EISA expansion-cards
- I/O slot layout (from top to bottom):
- PCI-32/33, 5V or EISA or GSC
- PCI-64/66, 3.3V or GSC
- PCI-32/33, 5V or GSC
- PCI-64/66, 3.3V or GSC
Drives
The disk-slider can accomodate up to three SCSI drives and one floppy drive simultaneously, the internal cabling (usually) includes one Wide-SCSI cable with three 68-pin connectors and a SE-terminator at the end, one Narrow-SCSI with one 50-pin connector and one cable for the floppy.
The Narrow-SCSI cable is normally used for the external-accessible half-height 5.25″ CD/DAT drive, although it is of course also possible to connect a 50-pin SE hard drive. The cable can also be easily replaced with a variant with more connectors to use up to three 50-pin SE hard drives. The PDC can boot off these SE drives.
The Wide-SCSI cable is normally used for the internal 3.5″ 68-pin Ultra-Wide SE system drives. Up to three hard drives can be installed in the cage, which leaves no room for an external-accessible CD/DAT drive though. The Ultra-Wide drives are also bootable by the PDC.
A standard configuration could look like this:
- Two 3.5″ 68-pin Ultra-Wide single-ended (SE) SCSI hard drives,
- One 3.5″ Floppy drive and
- One external-accessible half-height 5.25″ SCSI drive (CD/DAT).
External Connectors
- 50-pin HD SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended
- 68-pin HD SCSI-3 Ultra-Wide single-ended
- Two DB9 male RS232C serial
- DB25 female parallel
- TP/RJ45 10/100Mbit Ethernet
- 15-pin AUI 10Mbit Ethernet
- Two PS/2 connectors for keyboard & mouse
- Four phone jacks (microphone, headphones, line-in and ?)
ROM update
There is an firmware update available for the C200 & C240, which contains the latest version (6.3).- PF_CC2X0063.txt has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
- PF_CC2X0063 contains the patch.
- PF_CC360015.txt has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
- PF_CC360015 contains the patch.
References
- LED error codes
- C-Class Owners Guide (PDF, 1.5MB)
- C-Class Service handbook (PDF, 1.6MB)
- C100, C110, C160, C180 to C200 CPU upgrade (PDF, 0.5MB)
- C200 to C240 CPU upgrade (PDF, 0.2MB)
- C200, C240 to C360 CPU upgrade (PDF, 0.2MB)
- HP C200/C240/C360 Power Supply problems - solved.
Operating Systems
- HP-UX: every release from 10.20 ACE 9707 - 11.11 works.
- Linux: works fine.
- OpenBSD: runs fine (in 32-bit mode).
Benchmarks
| Model | SPEC95, int | SPEC95, fp | SPECrate95, int | SPECrate95, fp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C200 | 14.20 | 21.40 | 129 | 193 |
| C240 | 17.10 | 25.40 | 156 | 229 |
| C360 | 26.00 | 28.10 | 234 | 252 |
Compare these with other results on the Benchmarks page.
Physical dimensions/Power
- 138×539×447mm height/width/depth
- 17.7kg net weight, 22.7kg fully loaded
- 880W max. power input
- 5A max. RMS at 240V
- 10A max. RMS at 120V