HP 85 stuff

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Mon Jul 3 23:10:33 2000

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Joe wrote:

>
> At 04:48 PM 7/3/00 -0700, Wayne wrote:
> >> >HP85s with an HPIB interface and a mass storage ROM
> >(IIRC) can support
> >> >floppy drives. If you have this sort of set-up, it's
> >worth copying any
> >> >tapes you find onto floppies.
> >>
> >> That's been one of my long term projects. Does
> >anyone have a tapes that
> >> I'll donate so that I can copy them?
> >
> >Some of the HP 85 software came on diskettes. My HP
> >Regression Analysis Pac has 5 1/4 inch diskettes for
> >the HP 83, 85 and 87, which is a good thing since the
> >oxide on the tape is so deteriorated that the tape
> >won't read. I'll teledisk the files to anyone who's
> >interested, subject to the usual copyright disclaimers.
>
> I'm intereted. But I don't know if Teledisk will work on the HP 8x
> disks. I THINK it will but I've never tried it.

The only exceptions that I can think of are hard-sectored, group-code-
recorded, variable-speed, or double-density-128-byte-sectored. All of
these being controlled by the hardware and not TeleDisk.

                                                 - don

 
> >I'd like to get the RA Pac copied onto a usable tape,
> >so if anyone's willing, I'll send a blank tape and a
> >diskette for copying.
>
>
> I can try to make a tape copy for you if you're not in a hurry. I don't
> know when I'll have time to set everything up for disk/tape copying again
> but I need to do it soon. I've got a pile of stuff to transfer.
>
> Joe
> >
> >-W
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Mon Jul 03 2000 - 23:10:33 BST