A little more on the HP120 keyaord interface

[Frank McConnell]

Tony Duell wrote:
> As I mentioned in another thread, I spent a little time inside my HP120 
> today. I've had another look at the keyboard interface.

I was thinking (the other day) that there was an HP terminal that was
a lot like the 120.  Couldn't remember the model number then, but
today I think it's HP2382.  Would one of those be a suitable keyboard
loaner?

I'm also thinking there were two keyboards that fit it, a compact
keyboard and a larger keyboard.  The larger keyboard would have looked
like the one that fit the HP2625/HP2628 terminals.

I'm not sure of electrical compatibility in any case though.

It's been close to 20 years since I've seen a 120, probably closer to
25 since I actually tried to get anything done with it.  It ran CP/M
2.2 and had a sort of predecessor to HP's PAM that displayed
selectable applications in the on-screen function key labels, with the
expectation that the user would press the function key to start the
application.

-Frank McConnell