26 Jul
1999
26 Jul
'99
4:46 p.m.
Chris,
At 03:40 PM 7/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
Upon the date 08:27 PM 7/26/99 +0200, Hans B Pufal said
something like:
I have one of these machines too. I think I downloaded the setup from HP
within the last couple of months but I don't know if I still have it
around. If you get any information or software for the HP-IB cards let me
know, I have a couple of them here too.
Christian Fandt wrote:
That's great Hans! I would be much appreciative!
As a matter of fact, this machine was built in France in April 1986. Makes
sense to me as this was the first of the Vectra models introduced.
Also, if you think you can, could you please get any technical info
available on HP's HPIB card which was used in this machine.
Hi folks,
Anybody know if the setup files are still online
at HP and if so where are
they? If nothing is on HP's site anymore does anybody have a copy of the
setup file for the _Classic_ Vectra they could email to me?
I'll see if I can find one at HP Grenoble when I visit this week. This
is where the vectras were (and still are) designed.
For you others who are wondering why this machine is still in use:
The application software used on it runs only with the HP HPIB card (and
some version of a Techmar card too, I understand) and the operating system
_must_ be no later than MSDOS 3.2.
Hmmm. That's news to me.
Apparently, the software vendor, Ernst
Leitz GmbH, had used hardware addresses specific to the
HPIB card and
perhaps to the Classic Vectra itself along with system calls, etc. found
only in dos 3.2 and earlier. Also, Leica engineers found that ISA bus
speeds cannot be too high (e.g. > 8MHz or so).
That's not uncommon with many old cards. I have some HP HP-IL cards that
have the same problem.
Joe