There was a prototype of the 64000 with a 5MB
hard drive, but I don't know if it was ever
produced.
The original 64000 benchtops had a tape drive
(DC100? DC300? Can't remember, IIRC it was the
same drive used in the 26xx terminals, but a
different data format on the tape, of course :-)
and a later option had two 5.25 floppy drives in
place of the tape drive.
The whole idea was to put several 64000s on
one "large" disk drive using the HP-IB port on
the back. The resulting arrangement was called
a "cluster" in the HP manuals. You could also hook
up a standard HP-IB printer to the cluster...
I seem to remember some mumbo-jumbo where the
disc had to be HP-IB ID 0 and the printer ID 1,
but that may have just been the early devices.
We used 7920s (50MB) and 7925s (125MB) until the
winchester types were available (7914, etc.) The
64000s would boot from the common disk. You might
be able to locate some of those around... 7906 with
the HP-IB option should also work, but you would
probably have better luck locating a CS-80 drive
like a 7912/7914/etc.
If it has floppies (like the "portable" version) you
can boot it from floppy, if you have them... The ones
for the portable unit should boot in a crock. (You
could also put the "portable" (dragable?) unit on
a benchtop cluster and it would boot from the cluster
if there wasn't a boot floppy in the drive.)
Actually, you need the base OS to boot the unit and
the 80186 emulator code. Surely someone on this list
has the system tapes for a 64000 laying around...
Good luck...
Bill
SHAUN RIPLEY wrote:
> Hi guys,
> Does HP 64000 have a build in HD? If I don't have
> the floppy disks, can I boot it? Also, where can I
> find the softwhere for the 80186 emulator that comes
> with it? Thanks. It is bulky.
>
> vax, 3900
>
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Received on Sat Apr 24 2004 - 00:05:37 BST