Hello all!

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sat Jan 30 09:05:57 1999

At 09:50 PM 1/29/99 -0600, you wrote:
>You wrote...
>
>>Hi Jay,
>>
>> Welcome to the list. Where are you located? I collect smaller HPs
>>(9000s, 98xx stuff, 85s, calculators, etc).
>
>St. Louis, MO.
>
>Smaller HP's (9000)? The K and V class machines aren't that small <grin>!

   So far I've stayed away from anything bigger than a 9000 380. I don't
know how long I can hold out though. Actually that's not quite true. I
do have a 9000 236C. It's huge! I only took it since it had the color
screen and to prevent it from being scrapped.
>
>What's 98xx?

   Let's see; 9815, 9821, 9825, 9830, 9831, 9835, 9845. That's just the
ones I have, there are also 9805, 9810, 9820, 9826 and probably some
others. These were the first of the HP 9000 series computers.
>
>Calculators? Nifty! I have an HP41C that I treasure, but a plastic connector
>cracked so the top half isn't always in good contact with the bottom half.
>Grrr... Anyone have a totally dead 41C that I could steal to use the plastic
>parts from?

  No but if you tell me exactly what's wrong I may be able to tell you how
to fix it. Usually either the plastic breaks out around the screw holes in
the back or else the posts that the screws go into break off.
>
>> I just send two HP 7907s with MAC interfaces to another list member.
>
>Humm... I must admit not being familiar with the 7907's. What was different
>about them from the 7906? I never saw any TSB docs that mentioned them...
>Got any 7900A's ? :)

   No, the 7907s are the oldest drives that I've seen. I have a line on a
7936/7937 though. Do you need it? The 7907s are intergral hard drives and
removeable cartridge drives. 20 Mb each if I remember correctly. You can
copy HD to cartridge or vice versa from the front panel without it being
connected to a computer. These two were very odd in that they had the MAC
interface instead of the standard HP-IB. Probably the only two ever build
that way. They were special ordered by McDonnal Douglas for the space
schuttle operations center at KSC and used on a HP 1000.
>
>> What do you do at The Software Exchange (tseinc.com)?
>> Joe
>
>We Exchange our software for other people's money! <grin>

   Nice Job! :-)
>
>I'm the owner there. We sell HP9000 series 800 machines (that's the HP-UX
>Unix boxes), but we sell only new machines (not used) as part of a vertical
>solution (with our manufacturing and distribution software). We also do
>custom programming, network consulting, and we're an ISP as well. Pretty
>diverse! We only deal in new HP Unix/RISC gear though, not any of the type
>that I like collecting (2000 TSB related). Also, our DARship only allows us
>to sell the series 800 stuff with our software. So - no - my desire for 21mx
>stuff is strictly for my personal collection at home (the 2000E was the
>first system I ever learned in high school).
>
>Other systems in my collection include Dec PDP-8E, PDP-11/23, PDP-11/73,
>HP1000E (2 of them), and a wide range of period peripherals (LA36, LSI &
>Hazeltine, Microterm, TU10, Kennedy tape drives, RX02's, etc). My current
>project is finishing restoration of the 8E (almost complete).

  Geez! You must own a warehouse!
>
>Glad to be here on the list, and hope to contribute!
>
>Jay West

   Joe
>
>
Received on Sat Jan 30 1999 - 09:05:57 GMT