17 Jul
2010
17 Jul
'10
6 p.m.
I wrote:
I'm almost certain it did. Of course _I_ prefer the 9830 to any 80-series
machine...
> Rocky Mountain BASIC is what evolved from the
9830, 9835, 9845, etc.
Tony Duell wrote:
OK... Although IMHO HP9830 BASIC is farily clsoe
to HP85 BASIC and
wildly
different from the RMB I run on the HP9000... But
I guess that's how
things evolve.
Yes. I'm sure the 9830 influenced the developers of the 85. Technical
BASIC is what evolved from the 83/85/9905, 86/87, 75, etc. It
9915? The rackmount
85. was first
called Technical BASIC on the 9807A Integral, but later was
available for HP-UX on other 9000 systems.
There were enough differences between the two that many customers
complained about the lack of Rocky Mountain BASIC for the Integral.
Now that I can
well understand. While I love the Integral, I do wonder
why it was made so different to the 9000/200 machines. I wish it took the
same I/O cards, for a start... from the front -- all in one box, small built-in CRT on
the left, mass
storage to the right of it, etc. YEs, they're very different
inside...
Did the disk/tape drive diagnostic software ever exist for the Integral?
(Things like the CS/80 external exerciser). It was available for the
HP85, and the 9000/200s, etc. But having it on a portable machine would
be really handy (both for HP field servoids back in the day, and for me
now). But Iv'e never heard of it.
-tony