6 Feb
2000
6 Feb
'00
11:11 p.m.
"Peter Pachla" <peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk> wrote:
If that's the one which looks very much like the
terminals HP supply with
their HP 3000 series mainframes then I'd very much like to get my hands on
one (not to mention an HP-120 or 125).
There are two styles of 150. One is the 150A/B, and in rough outline
it looks something like a 120 or 2382 terminal but does have different
casework from those. These models have a 9-inch display screen; I
think the only differences between A and B are the ROM'd firmware and
accompanying MS-DOS version (and I do recall that it was possible to
upgrade a 150A to a 150B with a firmware-and-software swap) but
someone else may know better.
Then there is the 150-II aka 150C aka Touchscreen II. It's in a boxy
enclosure with tiltable 12" display screen. I think the 2392 terminal
might have similar styling (2393 does not, it uses the 37531A pale
green-screen monitor with the terminal logic in a separate box).
After HP introduced the Vectra (PC-compatible, at least more so than
the 150) and 150 sales dropped off, and ran out of 2647F terminals, HP
started shipping 150-IIs as consoles for /68 and /70 systems. (Maybe
/64s too.)
Unfortunately I have no idea what kind of terminals HP sell these
days. 700/9x? I don't think they ever made a 150 that looks like
those, although they did make some monochrome VGA monitors in a
similarly-styled case.
-Frank McConnell
7 Feb
7 Feb
9:01 a.m.
At 09:11 PM 2/6/00 -0800, Frank wrote:
"Peter Pachla"
<peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk> wrote:
> If that's the one which looks very much like the terminals HP supply with
> their HP 3000 series mainframes then I'd very much like to get my hands on
> one (not to mention an HP-120 or 125).
I have both. I like the little one better. The 120 takes up too much
room. The 125 is the same size as the HP 9816 (aka 9000 216.)
There are two styles of 150. One is the 150A/B, and in rough outline
it looks something like a 120 or 2382 terminal but does have different
casework from those. These models have a 9-inch display screen; I
think the only differences between A and B are the ROM'd firmware and
accompanying MS-DOS version (and I do recall that it was possible to
upgrade a 150A to a 150B with a firmware-and-software swap) but
someone else may know better.
You're correct. You had to install the later firmware before you could
use MS-DOS 3.x I think the later firmware also supports more drive types.
I still have one upgrade kit here somewhere.
Then there is the 150-II aka 150C aka Touchscreen II. It's in a boxy
enclosure with tiltable 12" display screen. I think the 2392 terminal
might have similar styling (2393 does not, it uses the 37531A pale
green-screen monitor with the terminal logic in a separate box).
I think that's the 2793 box. I shipped some to Stan P. last year.
After HP introduced the Vectra (PC-compatible, at least more so than
the 150) and 150 sales dropped off, and ran out of 2647F terminals, HP
started shipping 150-IIs as consoles for /68 and /70 systems. (Maybe
/64s too.)
Unfortunately I have no idea what kind of terminals HP sell these
days. 700/9x?
They did sell a lot of 700/92 s. I don't know if that's still the
current model or not.
Joe
21 Feb
21 Feb
7:35 p.m.
Hi Joe,
I have both. I like the little one better. The 120
takes up
too much room. The 125 is the same size as the HP 9816 (aka
9000 216.)
Interesting, "9816" sounds familiar....are the edges of the unit rounded, if
so it sounds like that's my mystery terminal. :-)
Actually, are there any sites/collections on the 'net which cover HP
equipment?
TTFN - Pete.
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22 Feb
22 Feb
7:50 a.m.
New subject: HP 9816 Re: I found an HP150 (model 45851A?)--how do I make it work?
At 01:35 AM 2/22/00 -0000, you wrote:
Hi Joe,
Take a look at "http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/hp9816.jpg". That's
a 9816 sitting on top of a HP 9121 or 9122 disk drive. The HP 125 looks
exactly the same. The keyboard shown in the picture is the original one for
the 9816. From what I've seen, most people paid extra and got the larger
"Nimetz" keyboard. The original keyboards are sort of hard to come by.
I have both. I like the little one better. The
120 takes up
too much room. The 125 is the same size as the HP 9816 (aka
9000 216.)
Interesting, "9816" sounds familiar....are the edges of the unit rounded, if
so it sounds like that's my mystery terminal. :-)
Actually, are there any sites/collections on the 'net which cover HP
equipment?
I have some info at "http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/hpdcalc.htm".
Joe
TTFN - Pete.
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11:25 a.m.
New subject: HP 9816 Re: I found an HP150 (model 45851A?)--how do I make it work?
Hi Joe,
Take a look at
"http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/hp9816.jpg....
That's a 9816 sitting on top of a HP 9121 or 9122 disk drive....
Thanks, I'll have a look at that (and the rest of your HP pages).
TTFN - Pete.
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23 Feb
23 Feb
7:32 p.m.
New subject: HP 9816 Re: I found an HP150 (model 45851A?)--how do I make it work?
Hi Joe,
....a 9816 sitting on top of a HP 9121 or 9122 disk
drive....
Had a look, unfortunately that terminal looks nothing at all like the one I
was thinking of.
Thanks for the pointer though.
TTFN - Pete.
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Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC)
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21 Feb
21 Feb
7:31 p.m.
Hi Frank,
Unfortunately I have no idea what kind of terminals HP
sell
these days....
The terminals I'm thinking of would be reasonably old. For the life of me I
can't recall HP's designation for them, other than it probably began with a
"9" and had a suffix of "A". They had rounded edges, and like the
HP-150 II
allowed the tilt of the screen to be altered.
You couldn't really stack anything on top of them since the top wasn't
entirely flat - the frontmost couple of inches was angled up slightly.
....I don't think they ever made a 150 that looks
like
those....
Maybe I'm thinking of the HP-120/5 then? I'm sure I've seen a photograph of
an HP micro which looks almost identical to one of these terminals.
TTFN - Pete.
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Collector of Arcade Machines, Games Consoles & Obsolete Computers (esp DEC)
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