More odd things: HP150

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Wed Apr 14 19:00:33 1999

At 01:37 PM 4/14/99 -0700, Frank wrote:

>Yeah, there's also a 150 with a 12-inch screen that is tiltable. That
>is a 150C aka Touchscreen II and it has later ROMs that know about
>more devices. I don't really know how to tell the difference between
>a 150A, a 150B, and a 150A with the later B ROMs (yes an upgrade was
>available).

   One of the menu screens will show the ROM revisions but I don't remember
what revision level you need in order to use the bigger drives. All of the
150s that I've tried had the revised ROMs and could use the bigger drives
so I'd say your chances are good.

  BTW the Touchscreen II has lots more changes than just the ROMs. The box
is entirely different and uses different internal and expansion cards. The
keyboard is a standard HP-HIL instead of specialized one. There's no socket
for a 8087 in a TS-II. The toushscreen is optional in the TS-II and I think
it came with more memory and was faster.

  Joe

   


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>-Frank McConnell
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