Chapter 1: Installing Your System; Introduction; Getting Started - HP 9000 300 Series Installation Reference

Installing Your System
Introduction
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This manual covers the installation of all Series 300 computers, as well as their monitors
and keyboards.
For the purpose of consistency, the computers will be referred to by their product number
only. The term, "the computer" will be used when referring to any of the various models.
Getting Started
Your new computer has just arrived. You're looking for some easy instructions to get
it set up and running, and you've turned to this reference for help. You've come to the
right place.
Before you proceed, we want to address a few preconceptions you may have about
computer documentation. Yes, we know that you may be less than enthusiastic about
reading this reference. You're concerned that you'll have to read for hours before you can
finally put the book down and actually do something with your computer. Or perhaps
you're afraid that we'll presume you have a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, give you a
schematic of the computer, and tell you to figure it out for yourself.
Forget it. That's not going to happen here. This reference tells you how to put your
computer system together and turn it on. When you're finished with this manual, you'll
be ready to load and use your operating system or applications program.
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