🚀 go-pugleaf

I have inherited a HP 710 (Apollo Series 9000) workstation which was
sitting in a corner of my room for the past 6-7 months.  I wanted to
resurrecte the machine and try to put it to some use.  :-(

The machine was functional in Feb 2000 (yes, I have other important
things to do ) , except that at that time I notice that the clock is
out. The machine at tat time hwas operating as a stand alone set.

Recently I switched the HP 710 'on' (cold boot) and the workstation
froze during start up.  The following are the on screen messages ....
>
>   Initializing system ..........[ OK ]
> > Starting networking ..........[busy]
>
>         <....etc, etc ...>
>
> Year must be between 00 and 99 inclusive:100.
>
> The following command will be ignored:
>
> FORMATTER
> FILTER TIME_FROM 12:41:49.000000 01/03/100
> NFS server (pid154@net) not responding, still trying
>
This situation last indefinately.  Is the machine waiting for a
network?
In Feb, when the machine was first disconnected from the network, the
machine can operate as stand alone after 'time-out'.  I suspect the
timer is Knock Out by Y2k.  What can I do to get the machine outof the
waiting?

Can anybody give me a clue what is happening?  What can I do to shut
down the machine, short of switching off the power in this state?
Thanks in advance.




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