23 Feb
2016
23 Feb
'16
11:43 a.m.
Just curious.
It seems ( at first ) that most collections stops at 21MX ( M/E/F ) era.
Am I correct in my view ?
23 Feb
23 Feb
12:08 p.m.
GerardCJAT wrote...
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It seems ( at first ) that most collections stops at 21MX ( M/E/F ) era.
Am I correct in my view ?
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Not to minimize those that love the A/L stuff.... but I suspect you are
correct in general terms, statistically. But I do know there are some folks
lurking that are familiar with that era.
I myself started to look at the A series as the instruction set had mostly
similar instructions (ie. A superset). But then I saw that was the sum total
of the similarity, and did not proceed further. I'm content to focus on 21MX
and prior ;)
J
2:48 p.m.
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens Jay West
Verzonden: dinsdag 23 februari 2016 21:09
Aan: 'GerardCJAT'; 'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts'
Onderwerp: RE: Who, on this list, Owns / Collects / Plays with an HP1000 A
or L
series ??
GerardCJAT wrote...
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It seems ( at first ) that most collections stops at 21MX ( M/E/F ) era.
Am I correct in my view ?
-------
Not to minimize those that love the A/L stuff.... but I suspect you are
correct in
general terms, statistically. But I do know there are
some folks lurking
that are
familiar with that era.
I myself started to look at the A series as the instruction set had mostly
similar
instructions (ie. A superset). But then I saw that was
the sum total of
the
similarity, and did not proceed further. I'm
content to focus on 21MX and
prior ;)
J
I've a few A-series systems, and like to have an L-system once (just because
of the technology jump to silicon on sapphire)
But at the moment, they're just waiting for attention ;)
-Rik
11:05 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:48:52 +0100, you wrote:
The hardware unfortunately disappeared when my previous employer went
broke (I would have offered to buy it, as I was freelancing by then)
but the dear old HP-1000A brings back memories. We used to write
laboratory systems software in FORTRAN-77 to interface with the LAS
(Laboratory Automation System) and LABSAM (Laboratory Sampling and
Management) packages which H-P sold as their combined laboratory
software offering. Unfortunately Y2K put paid to LABSAM, H-P decided
it wasn't worth updating it, although they kept LAS staggering along
for a final year. We did a five man-year project for a major
pharmaceutical company, writing an add-on chromatography calculations
package with just the FORTRAN compiler and H-P's FORMS/1000 screen
management library.
Happy days!
Brian.
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens Jay West
Verzonden: dinsdag 23 februari 2016 21:09
Aan: 'GerardCJAT'; 'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts'
Onderwerp: RE: Who, on this list, Owns / Collects / Plays with an HP1000 A
or L
series ??
GerardCJAT wrote...
-------
It seems ( at first ) that most collections stops at 21MX ( M/E/F ) era.
Am I correct in my view ?
-------
Not to minimize those that love the A/L stuff.... but I suspect you are
correct in
general terms, statistically. But I do know there
are some folks lurking
that are
familiar with that era.
I myself started to look at the A series as the instruction set had mostly
similar
instructions (ie. A superset). But then I saw
that was the sum total of
the
similarity, and did not proceed further. I'm
content to focus on 21MX and
prior ;)
J
I've a few A-series systems, and like to have an L-system once (just because
of the technology jump to silicon on sapphire)
But at the moment, they're just waiting for attention ;)
12:09 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 11:43 AM, GerardCJAT <gerardcjat at free.fr> wrote:
Just curious.
It seems ( at first ) that most collections stops at 21MX ( M/E/F ) era.
Am I correct in my view ?
I have an HP 1000 A900, the second fastest A Series after the A990. I
need to get RTE-A running on it sometime.
I also have a bare A400 CPU with just the 4-port console/mux cable.
Maybe I could cobble up a two slot backplane to get a minimum system
with a 12009A HP-IB interface.
-Glen
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