> > I also have a HP 9915A in my possesion. Useless without keyboard and I also
> >have only documentation for the HP-85.
>
> Maybe I should back up. You do know that the 9915 will read HP-85 tapes
> and run the HP-85 programs don't you? The HP-85 is inteneded to be the
> developement system for the 9915.
Yes, but I also don't have a HP-85 and when I had a HP-85 I could run programs
on that instead of the 9915 :). But it's not really an important matter; I just
would like to use the 9915 sometime.
> > This sounds like they are absolute unobtainium today? I'd better start
> looking
> >for a HP-85, only they seem to want quite some money when I see them on
> >eBay :).
>
> Are you kidding? I've seen plenty of them go cheap. But you should really
> look for a lot better machine like the 87XM. They have a lot more memory and
> have a number of ROMs built-in. Take a look at <http://www.ebbsoft.com>. It
> has some comparisions of the various models.
Unobtainium was related to the development kit for eproms. As for HP-85's, I'm
located in Europe and haven't seen them much around here. Last one I remember
was on eBay.de and it went for quite some money (over EUR 100,-?), but I
haven't really looked that hard. I know there's a friend looking for a cheap
one for couple of years and I don't think he has already found one. But I got
offered one by e-mail, so maybe I'll have one soon :).
There's also an industrial surplus site that sometimes has them, but the last
time I when they had one, it was already reserved for someone else. They did
have some other nice industrial computers.
greetings,
Michiel
Received on Thu Oct 10 2002 - 05:02:01 BST