Hello,
I would be interested in a copy as well please...
Kind regards,
Maurice
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Philip Pemberton <philpem at philpem.me.uk>wrote:
Philip Pemberton wrote:
Seeing as there are a few folk here with 16500B
analysers, I was wondering
if I could ask a small favour... I need a copy of the Symbol Utility install
floppy, HP part number E2450-17504, aka "Symbol Utility for HP16500B/C/CS".
It should be either a normal 1.44MB DOS format floppy, or a HP LIF floppy
(more likely DOS than LIF).
Hi guys,
I've managed to reconstruct an "install" floppy from the files on someone
else's HP analyser. Briefly...
- Format a 1.44MB floppy disk on the "source" analyser
- Copy \SYSTEM\OPT_032 from the hard drive to the floppy
- Also copy \SYSTEM\MESSAGES and \SYSTEM\OBJECTS to the floppy, as
\MESSAGES and \OBJECTS respectively. These are directories; you need to
preserve the directory structure and copy all the files/subdirectories.
- Insert the disk into the "destination" analyser, and flip the power
switch to "ON".
- Wait for the FDD light to go out, then select System -> Symbol Utility.
If you've got Symbol Utility 3.02 you'll be asked if you want to install the
software; version 3.05 doesn't ask, but has an "Install Symbol Utility"
option instead. Basically, click the button if necessary, then confirm that
yes, you really do want to install the Symbol Utility.
I'd still rather like a copy of the original HP install floppy... this
approach is quite hackish in my opinion.
Thanks,
--
Phil.
philpem at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/