HP9826 Question - Basic 5.12 and such

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Mar 31 05:53:34 2004

At 08:14 PM 3/30/04 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I have a question or 2 to ask on the HP9826. I am now the proud owner of
>the labs old system.
>Now I have several issues to resolve. The first is the reason I have and
>the lab does not. The
>display is out of focus and not too bright. I have tried to adjust using
>the pots inside labeled focus
>brightness. It helped alittle but not much. Any ideas?
>
>Also its no fun without an OS. Now we have BASIC Ver 5.12 at the
>lab. Unfortunately its on
>3 1/2 inch diskettes and the HP9826 has a 5 1/4 diskette drive. Hence
>short of using a mallet
>that won't help. So is there a method of using a PC to make 5 1/4s for it
>since I do have the
>3 1/2s?

   It's POSSIBLE to transfer data that way but it probably won't work in
this case since the 3 1/2" hold a lot more data and the 5 1/4" needs to be
bootable. Can you borrow your labs 3 1/2" drive or borrow one from someone
else? Are your 3 1/2"s single or double sided? Where are you located?

    Joe


>
>Thanks
>Max
>
>
Received on Wed Mar 31 2004 - 05:53:34 BST