22 Jul
2011
22 Jul
'11
7:22 a.m.
Hi folks,
today I got a HP-85a for my collection (got it from a workmate whose father
died recently). It's in good physical and optical condition, very little
signs of use. With the machine came 2 tape carts, one 16k mem-board, a spare
roll of thermal paper, the user manual and a BIG carrying-case for the
machine and the parts. After a quick check (psu) I turned the whole thing on
and - whoopee, it's behaving like as it was new :D
Sorry for the spam, but I wanted to share my happyness.
Regards,
Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL
Operating System Collector
Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com
Homepage: www.eichberger.org
22 Jul
22 Jul
10:59 a.m.
Well done Wolfgang,
I've been trying to help a guy here in New Zealand with one with my limited
technical knowledge (see:
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=373 )
It seems he has pretty limited electronics skills though and it may be a
bridge too far.
Terry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Eichberger" <oe5ewl at gmail.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 7:22 PM
Subject: New in collection: HP-85a
Hi folks,
today I got a HP-85a for my collection (got it from a workmate whose
father
died recently). It's in good physical and optical condition, very little
signs of use. With the machine came 2 tape carts, one 16k mem-board, a
spare
roll of thermal paper, the user manual and a BIG carrying-case for the
machine and the parts. After a quick check (psu) I turned the whole thing
on
and - whoopee, it's behaving like as it was new :D
Sorry for the spam, but I wanted to share my happyness.
Regards,
Wolfgang
--
Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL
Operating System Collector
Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com
Homepage: www.eichberger.org
2:41 p.m.
I read the posts but had no time to study the schematics. At the moment my
knowledge about the HP Series 8x is very basic. First I have to repair my
capstan to load some tapes. Next will be to find a HPIB/GPIB expansion-board
and some sort of disk drive. There are a couple of interesting plotters on
ebay, but all of them over the pond in USA and shipping would be way to
expensive. It'd surely be fun to control some of my lab-instruments with the
'85 as some of them have HPIB built in.
--
Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL
Operating System Collector
Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com
Homepage: www.eichberger.org
2011/7/22 terry stewart <terry at webweavers.co.nz>
Well done Wolfgang,
I've been trying to help a guy here in New Zealand with one with my limited
technical knowledge (see:
http://www.classic-computers.**org.nz/forums/viewtopic.php?f=**11&t=373…)
It seems he has pretty limited electronics skills though and it may be a
bridge too far.
Terry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Eichberger" <oe5ewl at
gmail.com
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 7:22 PM
Subject: New in collection: HP-85a
Hi folks,
today I got a HP-85a for my collection (got it from a workmate whose
father
died recently). It's in good physical and optical condition, very little
signs of use. With the machine came 2 tape carts, one 16k mem-board, a
spare
roll of thermal paper, the user manual and a BIG carrying-case for the
machine and the parts. After a quick check (psu) I turned the whole thing
on
and - whoopee, it's behaving like as it was new :D
Sorry for the spam, but I wanted to share my happyness.
Regards,
Wolfgang
--
Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL
Operating System Collector
Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com
Homepage: www.eichberger.org
7:39 p.m.
Hi folks,
today I got a HP-85a for my collection (got it from a workmate whose father
died recently). It's in good physical and optical condition, very little
signs of use. With the machine came 2 tape carts, one 16k mem-board, a spare
roll of thermal paper, the user manual and a BIG carrying-case for the
machine and the parts. After a quick check (psu) I turned the whole thing on
and - whoopee, it's behaving like as it was new :D
Nice find.... The HP80 series are actually my least favourite of the
classic HP desktops (too much custom silicon for my taste), but they're
still fine machines. I have quite a few...
I asusme you've found http://www.hpmuseum.net/ for manuals. There's a lot
of interesting stuff there.
Sorry for the spam, but I wanted to share my
happyness.
Why is this spam/ In what sense is the HP85 nto a classic computer?
-tony
8:24 p.m.
That's not spam on this list. :-) Congrats on a great find. -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
Wolfgang Eichberger [oe5ewl at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 12:22 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: New in collection: HP-85a
Hi folks,
today I got a HP-85a for my collection (got it from a workmate whose father
died recently). It's in good physical and optical condition, very little
signs of use. With the machine came 2 tape carts, one 16k mem-board, a spare
roll of thermal paper, the user manual and a BIG carrying-case for the
machine and the parts. After a quick check (psu) I turned the whole thing on
and - whoopee, it's behaving like as it was new :D
Sorry for the spam, but I wanted to share my happyness.
Regards,
Wolfgang
--
Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL
Operating System Collector
Blog: 5ewl.blogspot.com
Homepage: www.eichberger.org
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