19 May
2005
19 May
'05
8:19 p.m.
At 05:32 PM 5/19/05 -0700, you wrote:
I have a couple HP DC100 tapes that I'm going to attempt a dump from. I'm
told they were written on a 9845. I don't have a 9845 (still regret the
one I missed years ago). Can these be read on a 9830B? What about an HP
85?
No and no. The 9845 has a higher level of basic than the 85 or any of the
other calculators. You'll have to find a 9845 with a working tape drive to
read them. GOOD LUCK!!! I never bothered to rebuild any of the tapes
drives in any of my 9845s. OTOH, it's doubtfull that your tapes are still
readable anyway. The old HP tapes are crap! (Check the archives for the
numerous discussions about the problems with them.) I had a CASE of brand
new sealed ones and even those had gone bad. That's one reason that I never
bothered to rebuild the 9845 tape drives.
Joe