HP 64000 with 80186 emulator?

From: J. David Bryan <jdbryan_at_acm.org>
Date: Mon Apr 26 10:25:03 2004

On 24 Apr 2004 at 8:20, Joe R. wrote:

> The ones that I've seen with the tape drives are marked 64000.

64100A Logic Development Station + option 040 (add tape drive). Or 64100A
Logic Development Station and 64940A Tape Cartridge Unit.

Reference: HP 64000 Logic Development System Selection and Configuration
Guide, July 1985.


> The ones with the two floppy disks were marked 64100...

64100A Logic Development Station + option 041 (add two floppy drives). Or
64100A Logic Development Station and 64941A Dual 5-1/4 Inch Flexible Disc
Unit. (Ibid.)


> ...and the large "portable" one were marked 64110.

Dual floppy drives were standard with the 64110A Logic Development Station.


> I've seen that shown in some of the manuals but I suspect that they
> would require the use of some kind of SRM (Shared Resource Manager)
> software.

The standard 64000 system software, product number 64100AF, supported stand-
alone or clustered development stations.


> You'd have a lot better luck finding a 7957, 7958 or 7959. They're a lot
> smaller, newer and more reliable.

Note that support for the CS/80 drives was dependent on development station
firmware revision level. Version C or above is required for 7908, 7911,
7912, and 7914 drives. Version D or above is required for 7907, 7941,
7942, 7945, 7946, and 9134D/H drives. (Reference: ibid.)


On 23 Apr 2004 at 23:05, Bill McDermith wrote:

> Actually, you need the base OS to boot the unit and the 80186 emulator
> code.

The 80186 emulator software would be product number 64224AF. The diskettes
themselves would be marked with part number 64224-120xx.

                                      -- Dave
Received on Mon Apr 26 2004 - 10:25:03 BST