9 Dec
2004
9 Dec
'04
7:51 p.m.
Here's a little about your 2115 find.
They are by far, the most rare HP 1000 series processor.
Other than the one you mentioned, I'm only aware of 3 others
known to exist, and one of those is an unconfirmed rumor.
If you have any problems getting it running, I can help you out
with schematics and some spare parts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: Got a HP 2648. Now what?
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 21:36 -0800, Frank McConnell
wrote:
I don't know what option 032 is, but I used
to have a 2648A w/HP-IB
under my care at a previous employer. It was how the plotter (a 9872)
was connected, and the office-automation graphics software on the HP3000
(DSG/3000, HPDRAW, EZCHART) knew how to use it.
That's a good point; I've seen such a plotter in some of the HP surplus
I've been sorting through recently. Also a large digitiser which is
presumably HP-IB. Lots of little thermal printers too, plus stacks of
HP-80 series add-ons. I thought it was all going to be a pile of junk,
but there was some really nice stuff in there - will try and get a list
together this weekend (this is where I unearthed the 2115A too)
I remember writing some little hacks on the 3000
to send HP-GL to the
plotter to make it do stuff (before we got HPDRAW &c on the 3000), but
don't remember how they worked;
I might be looking for some HP3000 software if anyone out there has any.
We hooked one up the other day and so far it seems to be working (it was
only intended as a static exhibit!) so making it *do* something is an
option. I've only seen alignment packs for the drives so far, and
nothing on tape though.
I confess to being totally ignorant about HP stuff! :-)
cheers
Jules