12 Mar
2005
12 Mar
'05
1:04 p.m.
So i got my newest toy, a HP Integral running. Problem turned out to be
cold solder joint at the Powerok signal. Strangely enough the current
carrying pins nearby were OK.
Thanks to Tony and Joe for the pointers...
A mechanical problem with the floppy will be sorted later.
FWIW, I've worked on a lot of these floppy drives, including rebuilding
the speindle brearings and replacing heads, so I can almost certainly
talk you through any repairs.
First impressions : this thing badly needs a harddisk....
Agreed. I use an HP9133H plugged into the HPIB port. I think other HP
drive boxes work.
Second : if this is HPUX 5.0, what must HPUX 1.0 have
been....
Of course i do no have software and manuals. Am i wrong to believe that
There's a web site with some free software available...
the system is only really usable with a harddisk, or
am i overlooking
something ?
No, they really should have made a hard disk, and a serial port, standard...
-tony