Sam wrote:
>An HP-85 and Commdore Tape Drive (ooh ahh) for $20. The HP85 is pretty
>cool. It has a tiny CRT built into the unit (the same size as an Osborne
>1's screen). It is about the same dimensions as an Apple ][, but with
>the added height to house the screen and a built-in printer (don't know
>if it is thermal or ink, all I know is that it is quiet...any help on
>this?) It also has a built in BASIC, it seems to be capable of hi-res
>graphics, and it has a 5-slot HPIB bus on the back. A very cool
>system. Anyway, know anything more about this thing? I'd like to get a
>manual and some HPIB cards.
Congrats. This is one of my favorites. I got mine free from
our Chemistry department (and later got a 9825 from them as
well). They have one of the more ecclectic collections of
computers I've seen.
Anyway, the printer is thermal. You will want to check out the
drive belts. They are toothed belts and over time get brittle
and may strip. I've stripped the main drive one on mine and the
head drive belt looks like it may not last much longer. Also
my tape drive has stopped working. I haven't looked into why
yet though. I do have manuals and a little bit of expansion
stuff, but they're not for sale. I will be glad to look up
answers to any questions you might have though and if you're
interested, I can try to make a copy of the pocket programming
guide. It has all the BASIC commands listed.
Brian L. Stuart
Math/CS Dept, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
stuartb_at_acm.org
http://www.mathcs.rhodes.edu/~stuart/
Received on Mon Jun 02 1997 - 10:08:51 BST