HP 1000/E

Took deliveery of my "New" HP 1000/E last week and yes Virgina, there really is a Santa Clause. For those who would bash eBay, here's proof that there are good deals to be had. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1294677875 Obviously there are no disks or OS but otherwise, the computer seems to be complete. Considering it's age, it's in remarkably good condition. All the cards aand covers are in place, very clean inside. Cool! I powered the thing up and it seems to work. I have absolutely no experience with these machines so, I really can't say for sure. When powered up, some of the lights do come on and I can select different registers and toggle data in and out. So... What's next? I'd really like to see it do "something" even if it's only blinking a coule of the lights. If someone could provide a SIMPLE routine to make it do that, I'd be grateful. Once again, I don't have any exposure with this thing so, I'll need pretty explicit instructions. I'm not familiar with all the cards but, from what I can tell, there is no ASYNC card in the box. I think it was originally used with a HPIB terminal. I do have some HP terminals but, none of them have HPIB interfaces. If anyone has a ASYNC card the'd be willing to part with, please let me know. I'm not sure what the licensing issues are but, would really like to find a OS for the system. I've got plenty of HPIB disks, tapes drives, etc... so copying the OS shouldn't be an issue. If anyone can provide a reasonable solution to getting the OS, once again, I'd appreciate it. Thanks for the help and Happy holidays to all, SteveRob _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com