I do have a 12966A BACI interface in my 2117F, but unfortunately no
interface cable for it (or for any of the other interface cards in the
system). Anyone have a spare cable for some sort of reasonable deal?
-Glen
>From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
>Reply-To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
>To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
>Subject: Re: HP 2647A / F Terminal
>Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:22:21 -0400
>
>The HP1000 264x boot rom uses a common BACI board. I have the source code
>listing for that
>boot rom.
>
>The protocol is very simple, the HP sends "<escape> e" I beleive, and then
>listens to a stream of bytes to be sent in the HP standard BBL format.
>This is the same format used for HP paper tapes, so all the software on the
>HP2100 archive site can be loaded this way. There is no additional
>handshaking for each byte as it is read.
>
>(its also the format used to distribute HP-IPL/OS)
>
>This is a quick and easy way to get your 2117F booting.
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Received on Mon Oct 21 2002 - 16:52:00 BST