HP 9845s?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Wed Mar 28 09:32:35 2001

At 09:49 PM 3/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
>On 2001/03/27 at 6:09am +1000, "Phil Guerney" <guerney_at_bigpond.com> wrote:
>>I was told by the HP experts on this list when I first asked (a year or two
>>ago) that there is no way known to hook up an external monitor in place of
>>the original that plugged into those two special ports on the top of the
>>9845.
>
>OK, I got curious and found the manuals. The short answer: you're screwed.
>
>>But you would think that this monitor was basically a standard TTL or
>>analogue monitior of some sort and that someone might have the technical
>>details to wire a replacement from the plugs?
>
>Major parts of the display logic (character generator etc.) are in the
>monitor case, not the main box.
>
>>A bit hard to use without the
>>monitor unfortunately and in 1980 this was my most DESIRED computer, so I
>>would love to get this one going again.
>
>Apparently, you need only attach a "turn-on fixture", part 09845-66547,
>to the left monitor leg, execute "PRINT ALL IS 0", and press the 'PRT
>ALL' key: then you can use the machine with the printer alone... yeah,
>good luck finding one.
>

   Interesting. I wonder if you could do the same thing with an external
monitor connected via HP-IB interface or if a monitor (or the turn-on
fixture) is required for the system to "boot"?

     Joe


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Received on Wed Mar 28 2001 - 09:32:35 BST