Mathatron, 9100, 9830, etc.

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Thu Aug 20 11:50:29 1998

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Alex Knight wrote:

> In addition to the pictures I have on my Web site, David Hicks' Museum
> of HP Calculators has a bunch more info on the 9830 and the
> available peripherals (including things like printer, plotter, paper
> tape reader, digitizer, etc.). I was surprised when I got my
> 9830A and it had aftermarket ROM and memory cards in it. The ROM
> is a "Fast Basic" card and it and the memory were made by Infotek.

I got an Infotek Mass Memory unit (8" floppy drive) with mine that has the
same form factor as the 9830 and sits atop it. I also got several Infotek
memory modules.

> The darned things are built like a tank, too. Extremely heavy
> and rugged. There is also a 9830B version, but from what I can
> tell by comparing the guts they are the same except for the
> memory cards (the 9830B supports more RAM). It looks like the

I have the 9830B. Check out http://www.siconic.com/vcf/rar.htm and scroll
down to 06/04/98 to see what all I have with it.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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