10 Sep
1999
10 Sep
'99
3:42 p.m.
In case no one who would be interested noticed it, there's a pretty nice
looking HP2114 system for sale on ebay.
The 2114 is the first computer HP ever sold. It was an "acquired" design
from a company they purchased, and HP thought they
could do a better design
so they came out with the 2100 series (followed by 21MX and
21MXE series).
But, not before adding the 2115 and 2116 to the mix which are "kissing
cousins" of the 2114.
The one on ebay looks to be in great condition, and includes software,
manuals, a bunch of I/O cards, an ASR33, a 2748A paper tape reader, Junk
ASR33 for parts, and junk 2748B for parts. They want $450.00 for it (pretty
high I think, but maybe not that much considering it's advertised as working
and includes spares). No bidders last time I checked.
I'm spending every ounce of spare cash I have getting my current HP systems
running, so I can't buy the thing at the moment. But - I wanted to point it
out for anyone interested in starting an early HP collection. It'd be a
great start.
Jay West
10 Sep
10 Sep
5:09 p.m.
Wow...that is a *lot* of hardware. A lot of very fun-looking hardware.
I assume the machine is core-based? When were these systems sold?
-Dave McGuire
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Jay West wrote:
In case no one who would be interested noticed it,
there's a pretty nice
looking HP2114 system for sale on ebay.
The 2114 is the first computer HP ever sold. It was an "acquired" design
from a company they purchased, and HP thought they could do a better design
so they came out with the 2100 series (followed by 21MX and 21MXE series).
But, not before adding the 2115 and 2116 to the mix which are "kissing
cousins" of the 2114.
The one on ebay looks to be in great condition, and includes software,
manuals, a bunch of I/O cards, an ASR33, a 2748A paper tape reader, Junk
ASR33 for parts, and junk 2748B for parts. They want $450.00 for it (pretty
high I think, but maybe not that much considering it's advertised as working
and includes spares). No bidders last time I checked.
I'm spending every ounce of spare cash I have getting my current HP systems
running, so I can't buy the thing at the moment. But - I wanted to point it
out for anyone interested in starting an early HP collection. It'd be a
great start.
Jay West
5:40 p.m.
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In case no one who would be interested noticed it,
there's a pretty nice
looking HP2114 system for sale on ebay.
The 2114 is the first computer HP ever sold. It was an "acquired" design
from a company they purchased, and HP thought they could do a better design
so they came out with the 2100 series (followed by 21MX and 21MXE series).
But, not before adding the 2115 and 2116 to the mix which are "kissing
cousins" of the 2114.
The one on ebay looks to be in great condition, and includes software,
manuals, a bunch of I/O cards, an ASR33, a 2748A paper tape reader, Junk
ASR33 for parts, and junk 2748B for parts. They want $450.00 for it (pretty
high I think, but maybe not that much considering it's advertised as working
and includes spares). No bidders last time I checked.
Yes, I've noticed it. I really don't need another CPU (I have
2 already), but I'd love to get my hands on the peripherals,
especially the paper tape reader and punch. The shipping
would be a bit expensive to here as well. I keeping an eye
on it to see what happens. Unfortunately, the prices on eBay
seem to be all over the place, sometimes things go really cheap
and other times they are way over priced.
--
Dr. Mark Green mark(a)cs.ualberta.ca
Professor (780) 492-4584
Director, Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS)
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
11 Sep
11 Sep
4:16 a.m.
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7:35 a.m.
At 09:16 AM 09/11/1999 -0400, it was written:
Well, that one becomes a matter of tracking the ever changing sequences of
model and 'system' numbers which often seemed to change at the whim of the
marketing people. (and HP is/was not alone in this)
To explain: In my collection I have a pair of units displaying the ID
"HP-1000F" on their front panels, but if you dig further (inside) you find
a tag which identifies the unit as an HP 2117F CPU.
It appears that often the most prominant ID referred to the 'system'
configuration where the 'computer' in whole was known as an "HP-1000F",
while the actual CPU (chassis) is an HP 2117F.
All quite confusing (annoying) after a while... B^}
-jim
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jimw(a)computergarage.org
The Computer Garage - http://www.computergarage.org
Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174
The 2114 is the first computer HP ever sold. It was an "acquired" design
from a company they purchased, and HP thought they could do a better design
so they came out with the 2100 series (followed by 21MX and 21MXE series).
But, not before adding the 2115 and 2116 to the mix which are "kissing
cousins" of the 2114.
Was there something like an HP1000? I seem to remember being loosely
associated with a project that involved one. Where might that fit in? 
9:42 a.m.
Jay wrote about the HP 2114/2115/2116 minicomputers from the late 1960s.
David Dick asks:
Was there something like an HP1000? I seem to
remember being loosely
associated with a project that involved one. Where might that fit in?
The HP 1000 series was essentially the later 21xx processors sold with
a marketing focus toward embedded systems. For a while some of the
processors were given both 21xx and 1000 series designations, and IIRC
the actual ordering numbers continued to be 21xx for quite a while.
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