Re: Original HP 2116A is running again!

2016-04-03 Thread Al Kossow
On 4/2/16 2:01 PM, william degnan wrote: Thanks for that. I could not find much about the 2116A (2114/15) software on Bitsavers or the HP museum site. Where else does one go for these manuals? I have a bunch scanned, just need to post-process them. Now that tumble is running in my new

Re: Original HP 2116A is running again!

2016-04-03 Thread COURYHOUSE
I remember part of the history mentioning they wanted it to be known as an instrument controller at first Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 4/3/2016 12:12:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, n...@retrocomputingtasmania.com writes: Good work on

Re: Original HP 2116A is running again!

2016-04-03 Thread Nigel Williams
Good work on getting the 2116A working again. Anyone care to speculate on the initial low sales of the 2116A? was it because HP weren't well known for producing computers at the time or was the $22K asking price too high compared with say DEC's less than $10K for a PDP-8?

Re: Original HP 2116A is running again!

2016-04-03 Thread Curious Marc
Just in time for her 50th birthday in November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kko526UpHsM=youtu.be www.hpmuseum.net Awesome! Your museum site is such an incredible resource when it comes to restoring HP equipment! I hope I can pay you a visit the next time I am in Melbourne (that where

Re: Original HP 2116A is running again!

2016-04-02 Thread COURYHOUSE
Yahoo! congrats! In a message dated 4/2/2016 1:29:56 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, jondjohns...@hotmail.com writes: Just in time for her 50th birthday in November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kko526UpHsM=youtu.be www.hpmuseum.net

Re: Original HP 2116A is running again!

2016-04-02 Thread william degnan
On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Jon Johnston wrote: > Just in time for her 50th birthday in November: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kko526UpHsM=youtu.be > > www.hpmuseum.net > > > Thanks for that. I could not find much about the 2116A (2114/15) software on