3 Jul
2006
3 Jul
'06
1:16 p.m.
The Petticoat
5 looks like it might have been built from the carcass of
an HP 9825 calculator/computer.
Good spot! Now someone's going to get upset
that it was maybe gutted to make
a TV prop :) 
3 Jul
3 Jul
3:36 p.m.
At 04:16 PM 7/3/06 -0400, you wrote:
It's not a HP monitor. They only have two adjusting knobs, not three.
The case definitely looks like a HP 9825. You can see the gap on the top
about 1/4 of the way from the right that is the edge of the door over the
printer and paper feed. You can also see what looks like the original HP
biege on the top and on the left corner. It's been POORLY painted over in
pink. You can see a lot of the original color showing through in several
places. It looks like someone taped over and painted over the orginal
display. Notice that the color of the "tape" doesn't match the original
color on the top and sides. they've also replaced the keyboard with one
that is smaller and has fewer keys. That is definitely not an HP keyboard.
I'm wondering what that "horn" above the keyboard is supposed to be?
(please, no quips about it being a male computer!)
Joe
> > The Petticoat 5 looks like it might have been
built from the carcass of
> > an HP 9825 calculator/computer.
> Good spot! Now someone's going to get upset that it was maybe gutted to
make
a TV prop :)
actually it may be even worse, because the "petticoat" looks like the
even rarer 9835A (http://hpmuseum.net/image.php?file=992), which looks
very much like the 9825, but does not have the LED display or printer.
BTW although the monitor on top of the peticoat, looks like an HP
monitor (e.g. like the one used for the HP-86), the 9835A used a
totally different monitor.
**vp
4 Jul
4 Jul
2:35 p.m.
actually it may be even worse, because the
"petticoat" looks like the
even rarer 9835A (http://hpmuseum.net/image.php?file=992), which looks
very much like the 9825, but does not have the LED display or printer.
Does it have the 'flap' on the right side of the top? The hinges for that
are clearly visible in the picture of the Petticoat.
How rare is the 9835? OK, it's one family I don't have an example of, but
I've not seriously looked for one.
BTW although the monitor on top of the peticoat, looks
like an HP
monitor (e.g. like the one used for the HP-86), the 9835A used a
To me it looks like an NEC monitor. I have the 9" CRT version on my bench
as a test monitor, there was also a 12" model. HP adverts showed similar
monitors with an HP badge on them. The monitor that came with my HP86B,
although it looks somewhat different is also an NEC (albeit a different
model), the chassis says NEC all over it.
-tony
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