New in collection: HP-85a

You're right, this seems to be a neat little machine (we can call it wife and living room-compatible hi). The only flaw I discovered so far is that the capstan-rubber-coating turned into sticky goo. Will have to fix that (with some latex-hose from my aquarium or some of these heat-shrink-hoses; eventually I can manage do fabricate a spare-part on my lathe at work - deep frozen rubber can be drilled etc. with a bit of luck). The only thing this particular machine lacks is some sort of communication to the rest of the world. I hope I can get a HP/IB, Serial or other comms module some time.... Regards, Wolfgang PS: Pictures will follow. -- Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL Operating System Collector Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com Homepage: www.eichberger.org 2011/7/22 Vintage Coder <vintagecoder at aol.com>