Sergio,
Are you still interested in connecting a HP 9885 to your HP 9000/380? I've been going through some of my old HP manuals and I've found a lot more info. You definitely need the HP 98622 GPIO interface. The standard 98622 has a 50 pin female Ampenol connector (ie "SCSI" connector) and you'll have to make you're own cable. But if you find a 98622 option 002 interface it already has a 0.8m cable and connector for the 9885 disk drive. It also has the jumpers already set for use with the 9885 drive. The 98622 jumpers should be set as follows; BSY and BSY 0; PCL, PFLG, PSTS, HSHK, DIN, DOUT, RD, RDY, RD, RDY all set to 1. I know there appear to be some duplcates in the lists above but that's the way they're shown in the 98622 manual. I have the pin outs of the 98622 but I don't have them for the 9885. At least I don't have them readily available.
Assuming that you're running BASIC, you need to load the GPIO.BIN and HP9885.BIN files. The GPIO file provides drivers for the 98622 hardware and the HP9885 file provides the driver for the 9885 drive. I'm not sure what you need if you're running other languages.
Joe
>
>Sergio,
>
> Yes it CAN be attached. You'd have to use the GPIO interface and probably have to write you're own drivers. The GPIO interface is the nearest thing to the original interface (HP 98034 option 85 IIRC) for the 9885. I THINK I remember that HP did make an 9885 interface for the early 9000 200 series computers but I don't remember the details. The original interface for the 9885 is a 16 bit parallel interface, it is NOT SASI or SCSI.
>
> Joe
>
>At 10:33 PM 4/2/03 +0200, you wrote:
>>Hello. Somebody knows if one HP9885 8" floppy unit can be attached to one
>>HP-
>>9000/380 ? The unit came with one 50-pin SCSI or SASI type connector, and
>>one
>>37-pin connector.
>>
>>Thanks and Greetings.
>>
>>Sergio
Hey the seller is our very own Mike (Dog Ass) Haas! I think that's the model 4 that I gave him at the last junk-fest we had down here. I'm SURE that he's pleased with the price.
Joe
At 06:19 PM 4/9/03 -0500, you wrote:
>To me it looks like just another TRS-80 model 4, with some common
>software. Which, to me, means that it's worth quite a bit less than
>what it's going for:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3411037612&category=1247
>
>(For those non-web-inclined, it's at $510 with 3.7 hrs left)
>
>Is this just a fluke, or have these things gone up a lot in value since I
>last looked at them? My guess, is of course, 'just eBay prices,' but even
>on eBay, I rarely see pricing *that far* off what I'd expect.
>
>Pat
>--
>Purdue Universtiy ITAP/RCS
>Information Technology at Purdue
>Research Computing and Storage
>http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu
I have been looking for the Chip " SN76477N " from Radio Shack, they do not
sell it any more
and have no idea where to find one.
Could you help me on this matter.
I designed a circuit over 20 years ago and now I have decided to put it
together,
this requires (2) SN76477N sound chips...
Thank You
Mr. Eurtly Parker
Email: Eurtly(a)Engineer.com
I've just finished listing a pile of HP computer manuals on E-bay. There are manuals for both BASIC and HP-UX. A couple of the BASIC manuals are VERY helpfull if you own a HP 9000 series 200 or 300 computer. I STRONGLY recommend the BASIC Programming Techniques and BASIC Interfacing Techniques manuals if you're trying to use one of these computers. See <http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=rigdonj>.
I will be listing more as I have time to sort through them.
Joe
If they used Norton then they were a few years too early to warrant
giving him any credit. He was a PC guy that released the Norton
Utilities in 1982-1983 timeframe - after the blinkly light period
of the late 70s (unless someone can tell me what credit Peter
should deserve for the non-pc era).
best regards, Steve Thatcher
>--- Original Message ---
>From: Jeffrey Sharp <jss(a)subatomix.com>
>To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
>Date: 4/8/03 3:32:39 AM
>
On Monday, April 7, 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Andrew Strouse wrote:
>> > Hi all. I was watching Malcom in the Middle last night
and they had a
>> > classic computer storyline. The were cleaning out their
garage and
>> > found a "Nortair" computer. It looked to me like an altair
front panel
>> > with the base but no cover and no cards inside.
>>
>> I guess that name is supposed to be a catenation of "Northstar"
and
>> "Altair".
>
>You give these people too much credit. I'd say "Norton" and
"Altair".
>
>--
>Jeffrey Sharp
Anyone in the area wanting any of these items please contact him directly. I
have not stake in this.
----- Original Message -----
From: pegntim23
To: jrkeys(a)concentric.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:29 PM
Subject: Older Computer Equipment Here
I found your address on a web page of folks interested in old computer
equipment. I have the equipment listed below in Council Bluffs, Iowa, but
have relatives in St. Paul. If you are interested in any of it (for free),
please reply and if it is still available, we'll arrange a hookup.
1) PC CPU: Gateway 2000 P5-120 (won't boot, hard drive crashed? or virus?
Has CD-ROM, Tape Drive, 3.25 floppy, and sound card)
2) SCANNER: Mustek 600III EP (just stopped scanning one day a few months
ago).
3) SCANNER: Optic Pro 9630P (given to me by a friend when mine quit working,
but I never did hook it up as I didn't have driver disks)
4) INKJET PRINTER: HP Deskjet 1120C (wide format, colors aren't coming out
right even with a new ink cartridge)
5) INKJET PRINTER: HP PaintJetXL (a real dinosaur, but worked fine before I
disconnected it a couple years ago)
6) COPIER: Sharp SF-7100 (worked fine five years ago, but haven't plugged in
since!)
I may or may not have software/drivers that came with them -- specify if this
is important to you.
> > Move it over one decimal place to the left. From what I know, about
> > 50,000 Altair's of all models were produced.
> Math check: move the decimal RIGHT (i.e. at least 5,000).
Instead of throwing number around forever, why doesn't
someone just ask Steve Shepard? He was a customer service
rep. (or something like that) for MITS. And at one time
he maintained a list of all of MITS customers.
Next, someone could ask Todd Fischer about the number of IMSAIs.
Or ask Lee Felsenstein and Bob Marsh about SOL 10s and 20s.
Or ask Jon Titus about the Mark-8.
etc.
etc.
etc.
> > > I just did a cursory web search and couldn't find this register.
> > That site went defunct a while ago.
> That's too bad.
> At least he's still got the http://www.altairmanuals.com/ site running.
That's not David Freibrun or Steve Gabaly, that's Steve Shepard's site.
--Doug
=========================================
Doug Coward
@ home in Poulsbo, WA
Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog
=========================================
hello, have anyone some of this computers to sell or to give?
- ORB (Abs computer)
- acces computer ( access computer)
- apricot pc (apricot act)
- 1000 series (alpha micro)
- ws 1 (ampere)
- imagination machine (apf electronic inc.)
- apple III
- Apple IIe
- apple IIc+
- macintosh
- macintosh+
- macintosh II
- macintosh SE
- systemx (asci)
- pc 6300 (at&t)
- basis 108 (basis)
- mimi 802/803/804 (british micro)
- l'attach? (bull)
- micral 80/22 (bull)
- 65 (cab)
so it was all for this time, if you are an other computer to give or to
sell; say it me !
thanks at all, joel weber
Hi All
I am new to the list joining you from New Zealand.
I have been interested in computers for a long time and I'm always
picking stuff up at thrift shops and junk shops (much to the annoyance
of my wife) so I thought I ought to learn a little more about what I
have. My collection, so far, is rather unstructured and not catalogued
in any way (I am in the process of rectifying this).
My first question to the list may not even qualify for the 10 year age
regulation (but I hope it does on the interest factor). I have recently
acquired a Data General Aviion 8500 server (quad processor) and a
Clariion 2200 (20 disk array). Both units are in great condition coming
>from a local Health Authority ;0)
The Aviion came without any OS or media - my searches have lead to the
conclusion that this unit will only run DG/UX and nothing else.
Well... a copy of DG/UX 4.0 arrived in the post yesterday and I have
been trying to get things moving ever since.
Does anyone on the list know if I can boot the OS from CD. My CD drive
is recognised (ID3) but I get nowhere.
Would copying the CD to tape be a better option?
Any thoughts, ideas, help or sarcastic comments will be received.
Alan
