HP64000 info...

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Apr 5 23:59:42 2001

Roger,

   I got ahold of **seven** HP 64000s a couple of years ago but I found
that they were useless (no pods, etc) and I couldn't even give them away so
I stripped them for parts and tossed the rest(1). However I keep finding
bits and pieces for them including accessories, manuals and software.
Therefore I've been keeping an open box around that I throw the stuff in
and when it fills up I pack it up and ship it to Frank McConnell since he's
the only one around that seems to be interested in the stuff. I picked up a
64110 or 64110 last year and it's around here somewhere waiting for me to
do something with it. I think it has a 68000 pod attached to it. Also I
found a guy nearby that has a pile of docs and software for the 64xx0s. He
doesn't want to get rid of it but if you're looking for something specific
I can try to look it up or copy the appropriate info.

  (1) Of course the week after I tossed the 64000s. I found that the CRTs
were the same as the one that I needed to fix my HP 9835 with! :-(

    Joe



At 04:10 PM 4/5/01 -0400, Roger wrote:
>Well, assuming (of course) that there might be some new folks out here on
>this list...
>
>Does anyone have anything (disks, info, manuals, proggies, peripherals, I
>mean anything) for a Hewlett Packard 64000 system?
>
>I purchased one of these late last summer (it has a QIC tape drive & an
>Eprom burner, but methinks the burner only supports 2708's & 2716's) and it
>passes diagnostics, but I think they were hooked up in network mode & it
>was netbooted... so I really can't do much of anything with it right now...
>
>Here's a list of the boards I have in it, and other specifics:
>
>Hp 64100A mainframe
>sn# 2033a01075
>
>2 rs232c ports
>(to modem/to peripheral)
>current loop
>4 bnc ports
>300 w. Power supply
>
>internal:
>slot a: (red) i/o
>slot b: (white) dspl ctrl
>slot c: (blue) cpu
>slot 0: 64940a (tape)
>slot 1: 64501a (prom)
>slot 2: (empty)
>slot 3: (empty)
>slot 4: (empty)
>slot 5: (empty)
>slot 6: 64153a (mem.16k)
>slot 7: 64151a (mem.con)
>slot 8: 64300a (int.anl)
> (internal analysis)
>slot 9: 64211a (em 6800)
>
>The board in slot 9 is a Motorola 6800 emulator, so you can crossassemble
>6800 ML proggies & burn them to an eprom... We used these in concert with
>the Heathkit 6800-based trainers (one of which I'm still looking for...)
>back in college.
>
>Webpages, FAQ's, any info at all about this critter would be most
appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>--
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
>Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
>
>If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
>disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
>
Received on Thu Apr 05 2001 - 23:59:42 BST