At 06:44 PM 11/7/98 -0600, Doug wrote:
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Joe wrote:
Thanks for the info. I'd heard some rumors
of some one cutting a CD ROM
of HP docs but I didn't know who was doing it.
Yup, Dave will have one:
http://www.hpmuseum.org/software/swcd.htm
I've spoken to Dave about this and am doing some scanning to include
on the CD ROM. Right now the effort is mostly targeted at the HP
pocket calculator models. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending
on your point of view) there are far fewer collectors of "big iron"
HPs like the 9800 series than of the pocket models. But there will
be a lot of good material for the HP programmable calculators,
including many/most of the application packs for machines like
the HP65, HP67, and HP97.
This is an excellent set of CD ROMs. It has the issue of HP Journal
that covers the HP9100, and the articles from later HP Journals
that cover HP pocket calcs., as well as all the issues of HP65
Key Notes and HP Key Notes that cover HP's pocket programmable
calculators. It has all the issues of the PPC Journal (including
HP65 Notes, PPC Calculator Journal, and PPC Computer Journal).
I haven't looked at all the issues yet but I'd guess that the
PPC Computer Journal gives pretty good coverage to things like
the HP75 and HP85 computers.
For $20, it's a great deal. I think Jake said there's over 7000
pages of scanned material on this 2-CD ROM set.
Regards,
Alex
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