2 Jan
1998
2 Jan
'98
7:13 p.m.
Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote (after me):
Yep, that is what I was thinking of.
Every once in a
while I see a flavor of 9000/200 that is built into or
around an HP 2382 terminal housing: small, beige skin, brown bezel around
9" monochrome CRT.
That sounds more like the 9000 216 aka 9816. Look at
"http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/hp9816.jpg" and see if that looks like
what you're thinking of. This was a box about the size
of a 9133 disk
drive and had 8? expansion slots in the back and no attached monitor or
keybaord. it said 9000 217 on the front top corner.
Hmm. I'm going to have to pull my old /320 out to look at it, but
that was about the same cross-section, only deeper than the 9133. The
CPU plugs into the bottom slot (and has a special connector), then
there are several DIO slots above it.
BTW Do you know where I can get a keyboard for a
9816? Do you know if any
of the other keyboards will work on it? I have a bunch of HP-HIL keyboards
and they use that same style connector. I'm not sure if it's the same size
or number of contacts though. I do know that the 9816 keyboard has one
latch on top and the HIL keybaord has two latchs, one on each side.
The 9816 keyboard in your picture looks something like the
small/standard 2382 keyboard, except the 2382 keyboard has wider
function keys across the top row (typical HP terminal) and doesn't
have the knob.
The 2382 keyboard had a similar modular connector and was not HP-HIL.
I don't think I'd chance it. You might want to ask on
comp.sys.hp.{hardware,misc} and see if anyone there knows.
[Integral PC]
I have heard it called a 9807, ONCE. It's also
shown as a 9807 in the
'87 catalog. The IPC is one of my favorites! I have two of them and lots
of software. If you run across any IPCs or accessories or software, I'M
INTERESTED!
Yep, they are fun boxes. Unfortunately the only spare bit I have for one
right now is a 256KB RAM card.
Hmm, what would I like to find? Technical BASIC. I gather it installs into
the ROM cartridge in the back of the machine. Mine just seems to have the
System V version of HP-UX for the IPC.
-Frank McConnell