HP 9825B

From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
Date: Wed Jun 17 14:43:45 1998

Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com> writes:
> I recently acquired a 9825B, and I've got some questions:
>
> Can I get some docs from somebody?! I can't figure out how to program the
> thing.

Heh. I spent a couple of evenings trying to figure these things out
(have two, an A and a B) with mixed results. HPL is definitely case
sensitive.

The little dinky manual that fits under the printer cover is not enough
documentation to learn how to program it. That is all the docs I have
though.

> The keyboard on mine appears to be different than that of another 9825B on
> the net. How many different 9825B variations were there? A pic of mine
> juxtaposed with somebody else's is at:
> http://www.yowza.com/classiccmp/hp/

In spite of what the hpmuseum.org web pages say, there are at least
two 9825Bs out there with the calculator-style keyboard. Mine's like
that too. I'm not sure whether it's a 9825A->B field upgrade or what.

> BTW, it seems like a great machine! I like the LED display. Did anybody
> ever make a similar model, but with, say, an 80x24 character LED display?

I doubt it...those little dot-matrix LEDs were expensive compared to a
CRT.

-Frank McConnell
Received on Wed Jun 17 1998 - 14:43:45 BST

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