9826 & HPL

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Mon Dec 29 11:27:02 2003

Hi,

  Congradulations, the 9826 is a pretty decent machine. ALL languages for
it were optional unless you bought it as part of some kind of package
(circuit board test station, etc). Pascal, HPL and BASIC could all be
obtained as disk based languages and HPL and BASIC could also be purchased
on ROM cards. (I'm not sure if Pascal was or not but I doubt it since it
was a big program with lots of modules). I don't know of any on-line
references for HPL. AFIK there was no HPL manual for the 9826, instead HP
issued manuals that were written for the HP 9825. You might be able to find
one of those. When I started out with the 9825/9826 I didn't have any HPL
manuals but I knew that it was similar to APL so I used an APL manual. It
was close enough to get me started.

   Joe

At 03:36 PM 12/28/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi, I've just acquired one of these (9826) via ebay, (I remember using one
15 years ago at work).
>
>The one thing I can't remember is whether HPL is supplied with these as
standard, or whether all languages are options. (seems pretty daft to ship
it without anything)
>
>The other problem is I can't seem to find an HPL command reference/user
guide anywhere.
>
>Could you possibly help with either of these queries?
>
>Rototype
>
Received on Mon Dec 29 2003 - 11:27:02 GMT