Hmm, while we're HPing, how bout HP-125?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sat May 13 07:52:59 2000

At 01:21 AM 5/13/00 EDT, Paxton wrote:

>In a message dated 5/12/2000 11:45:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, donm_at_cts.com
>writes:
>
>> > I have a pair of HP-125's, but no software or manuals or the external
>> floppy
>> > drives they seem to come with.. have the printer though, and some HP-IB
>> > cables.. Anyone have stuff for em? PS, those are some of the WEIRDEST
>> > looking machines I've ever seen!!!
>>
>> That is the CP/M model, is it not Will? If so, I have the following:
>>
>> Name Format Description
>> 12x-SYS DSDD HP 12x series (120/125) CP/M 2.2 system disk
>> 12x-UTIL DSDD HP 12x series utilities
>> 12x-TUT DSDD HP 12x series Computer Tutor
>> 12x-WS DSDD HP 12x series Wordstar 3.0
>> 12x-WORD DSDD HP 12x series The Word+
>> 12x-COND DSDD HP 12x series Condor 20 dbms
>> 12x-VISI DSDD HP 12x series Visicalc
>> 12x-GRPH DSDD HP 12x series Graphics
>> 12x-DLNK DSDD HP 12x series to host comm programs
>>
>> - don
>>
>Don;
>
>Are these 8" disks, 5 1/4" disks or 3 1/2" disks? I think I have some 5
1/4"
>HP HPIB disk drives that I think work on the 125s & 120s.


  They usually have 3 1/2" drives but the 5 1/4" drives should work on
them. But the 5 1/4" are SLLOOOWWWW!

I also have a 120
>somewhere.

   You used to, I have it now (via Dan).

>
>I used to have a 125 and it is the CPM machine on a strange pedestal. They
>came in two heights. IIRC the 125 had a larger parallel Centronics type
>connector to hook up to 5 1/4" & 8" drives.

   Hmmm. I think you're confused here. I don't remember the 125 having a
parallel connector. Are you sure that the connector that you're thinking of
isn't the RS-232 connector? HP uses a 50 pin Centronics style connector
for it. My 125 is buried at the moment so I can't check. Also I've never
seen a 5 1/4" drive with the parallel connection. All of the ones that I'm
aware of use HP-IB. Some of the 8" drives used the parallel ports.


 Some of my disk drives have a
>dual plug set up, HPIB and this larger Centronics type connector.

   Hmmm. I've never heard of a drive having both interfaces. What model is
that?

>I am sure I
>don't have the large cable though. I have lots of HPIB cables.

   I have one or two of the large parallel cables. They're part of a
special version (option 85) of the HP 98032 16 bit parallel interface.

     Joe
>
>Paxton
>
Received on Sat May 13 2000 - 07:52:59 BST