I found an HP150 (model 45851A?)--how do I make it work?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Mon Feb 7 09:01:19 2000

At 09:11 PM 2/6/00 -0800, Frank wrote:

>"Peter Pachla" <peter.pachla_at_wintermute.org.uk> wrote:
>> If that's the one which looks very much like the terminals HP supply with
>> their HP 3000 series mainframes then I'd very much like to get my hands on
>> one (not to mention an HP-120 or 125).

   I have both. I like the little one better. The 120 takes up too much
room. The 125 is the same size as the HP 9816 (aka 9000 216.)

>
>There are two styles of 150. One is the 150A/B, and in rough outline
>it looks something like a 120 or 2382 terminal but does have different
>casework from those. These models have a 9-inch display screen; I
>think the only differences between A and B are the ROM'd firmware and
>accompanying MS-DOS version (and I do recall that it was possible to
>upgrade a 150A to a 150B with a firmware-and-software swap) but
>someone else may know better.

  You're correct. You had to install the later firmware before you could
use MS-DOS 3.x I think the later firmware also supports more drive types.
I still have one upgrade kit here somewhere.

>
>Then there is the 150-II aka 150C aka Touchscreen II. It's in a boxy
>enclosure with tiltable 12" display screen. I think the 2392 terminal
>might have similar styling (2393 does not, it uses the 37531A pale
>green-screen monitor with the terminal logic in a separate box).

   I think that's the 2793 box. I shipped some to Stan P. last year.
>
>After HP introduced the Vectra (PC-compatible, at least more so than
>the 150) and 150 sales dropped off, and ran out of 2647F terminals, HP
>started shipping 150-IIs as consoles for /68 and /70 systems. (Maybe
>/64s too.)
>
>Unfortunately I have no idea what kind of terminals HP sell these
>days. 700/9x?

   They did sell a lot of 700/92 s. I don't know if that's still the
current model or not.

    Joe
Received on Mon Feb 07 2000 - 09:01:19 GMT