HP9836 hardware. software and manuals availability

I sent this yesterday offlist, but now I've had a delivery failure and no reply. So I'm certainly interested. I don't think I can find a use (or room) for five systems, but I'd be happy to collect and pass this stuff on (and scan the docs if they've not already been scanned). I'm in Oxfordshire and I work in Bracknell so I expect that I could make a trip into Buckinghamshire to collect. 5 HP9836s is probably too much for me to digest, but I could collect them and then pass them on to others. I'd quite like to hang on to one (Tony Duell has convinced me of that). I could also scan the manuals (if they're not already on Bitsavers) and then pass them on to those who have a greater need. I'm sure there would be room in the car for the other bits and bobs too! Regards, Antonio arcarlini at iee.org -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell Sent: 05 January 2009 19:30 To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Cc: srp at saslab.net Subject: Re: HP9836 hardware. software and manuals availability For the uninitated on Classiccmp, this is a 68000-based computer (OK, there was a very late version with a 68010 in it...). It's a desktop machine with a built-in keyboard and 2 5.25" floppy drives. There are 8 'DIO' expansion slots, 4 of whcih can take boards with external connectors, the other 4 take boards without connectors, like memory, DMA controller, etc. There is a built-in HPIB interface, but nothing else (in particualr, there is not serial port). There are 2 main versions. The 9836A has a single-bit graphics board and a monochrome monitor. The 9836C has a 4 bit-per-pixel graphics oard, a colour lookup tale, adn a colour monitor. I would be interested in seeing said lists... Do you want one person to take the lot, or would you consider splitting it? There is no way I can house any more of these machines, alas (darn it, I already have a 9836A and a 9836CU, along with a 9826 (similar machine but with one floppy drive and a small mono monitor buiit in where the second drive would be). However, I might be ale to help the new owner get all the machine going again. I've done considerale component-level repair on these machines, and I have a pile of 'unofficial schematics'. If these are from the 9836, they'll be 40 cylinder 2-head units. Either Tandon or MPI I think. I owuld actually be interested in at least one set of each of those manuals. I think they'll be on the Australian museum site, but it is decidedly non-trivial for me to download and print them. Again, I would be interested in a coprocessor card, this being one of the DIO cards I don't yet have... The 3.5" disks are probably available from the Australian site, the 5.25" are not, and IMHO should be archived. Later 9826s and 9836s will start fro mexternal drives (so that you can cable up a 9122 and boot from 3.5" disks), but early ones (BOOTROM 2.0 and earlier) will only boot from the intenral 5.25" drive. Peopl with such machines have problems finding boot media. I assume all HPIB interfaced? I would be interested to know what 'other' printers you have... You know, I consider that to be a downgrade :-) -tony ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________