Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net> wrote (after me):
> >Every once in a while I see a flavor of 9000/200 that is built into or
> >around an HP 2382 terminal housing: small, beige skin, brown bezel around
> >9" monochrome CRT.
>
> That sounds more like the 9000 216 aka 9816. Look at
> "http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/hp9816.jpg" and see if that looks like
> what you're thinking of.
Yep, that is what I was thinking of.
> This was a box about the size of a 9133 disk
> drive and had 8? expansion slots in the back and no attached monitor or
> keybaord. it said 9000 217 on the front top corner.
Hmm. I'm going to have to pull my old /320 out to look at it, but
that was about the same cross-section, only deeper than the 9133. The
CPU plugs into the bottom slot (and has a special connector), then
there are several DIO slots above it.
> BTW Do you know where I can get a keyboard for a 9816? Do you know if any
> of the other keyboards will work on it? I have a bunch of HP-HIL keyboards
> and they use that same style connector. I'm not sure if it's the same size
> or number of contacts though. I do know that the 9816 keyboard has one
> latch on top and the HIL keybaord has two latchs, one on each side.
The 9816 keyboard in your picture looks something like the
small/standard 2382 keyboard, except the 2382 keyboard has wider
function keys across the top row (typical HP terminal) and doesn't
have the knob.
The 2382 keyboard had a similar modular connector and was not HP-HIL.
I don't think I'd chance it. You might want to ask on
comp.sys.hp.{hardware,misc} and see if anyone there knows.
[Integral PC]
> I have heard it called a 9807, ONCE. It's also shown as a 9807 in the
> '87 catalog. The IPC is one of my favorites! I have two of them and lots
> of software. If you run across any IPCs or accessories or software, I'M
> INTERESTED!
Yep, they are fun boxes. Unfortunately the only spare bit I have for one
right now is a 256KB RAM card.
Hmm, what would I like to find? Technical BASIC. I gather it installs into
the ROM cartridge in the back of the machine. Mine just seems to have the
System V version of HP-UX for the IPC.
-Frank McConnell
Received on Sat Jan 03 1998 - 00:13:57 GMT
