What's needed for a minimal HP-1000 series E/(F?) system?

[Rik Bos]

On www.hpmuseum.net and bitsavers you can find some info.
There is emulation software from HP (MSDOS(Vectra) or 200-series)witch you
use instead of a terminal at the hpmuseum site.
There is also software to emulatie a CS80-drive (hpdrive and hpdir)under
Windows at www.hp9845.net look at the projects section.

-Rik

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org 
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens Christian Corti
> Verzonden: woensdag 11 maart 2009 10:49
> Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Onderwerp: Re: What's needed for a minimal HP-1000 series 
> E/(F?) system?
> 
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Josh Dersch wrote:
> > Front:
> > DCPC slot    - D.C.P.C board
> > 111          - Memory Protect
> > 112          - M.E.M.
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > 121          - 64K HSM
> > 122          - 64K HSM
> > 123          - MEM CNTLR    (cabled to 122 & 121 on 
> left-side connector via 
> > ribbon cable)
> 
> This isn't much memory.
> 
> > Rear:
> > 10           - F.E.M.
> > 12           - BACI
> > 14           - BUS I/O
> 
> I'd put the BACI into slot 11 and the Bus I/O into 12 (avoid 
> empty slots between cards). You need an HP terminal (e.g. a 2648A with
> cartridges) or an emulation which provides the fast binary 
> load feature in order to boot from the terminal as you don't 
> have anything else to boot from. And I recommend a TBG (time 
> base generator).
> 
> > The 1000E (2113E) is empty aside from the power-supply & 
> mainboard and 
> > a single F.E.M. card in slot 10.  The F.E.M. is cabled to the main 
> > board via a ribbon cable (this ribbon cable is not present on the 
> > 1000F).  I assume this machine isn't going to do much as it is.
> 
> Right, this machine would do nothing.
> 
> > My understanding is that the F-series has some kind of 
> floating-point 
> > support, but it's also my understanding that such support 
> was provided 
> > via an external expansion, which I do not have.  Since I don't have 
> > this expansion, will the 1000F work at all, or should I 
> move the cards I have to the E?
> > (Minus the F.E.M., I assume...)
> 
> An F-series without FPP (floating-point processor) acts like 
> an E-series. 
> I guess that the microcode ROMs are on the FEM. BTW the FPP 
> is connected to the front panel with a ribbon cable.
> 
> > I probably won't have time to play with this right away, but I'm 
> > curious to know what else I'll need to get one of these 
> machines going...
> 
> You could start getting more memory and a disk drive with 
> controller (e.g. 
> a 7905 with 13037 MAC controller, or a CS/80 HP-IB drive with 
> the 12821 interface), as well as an HP terminal. Then you 
> could play with RTE.
> 
> Christian
>