On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Spring cleaning time! > > I have three vintage HP 9836 computers, two monochrome monitors, one color > monitor and three printers. > I'm sure they are going to need work to get running. No testing has been > done. Could probably get two out > of the three working. Somewhere I have a few various I/O cards also that > will be included.
The video boards (in the main unit, under the left disk drive) are different between mono and colour versions of the 9836. You can't use a colour monitor on a monochrome machine or vice versa. So if somebody ends up taking 1 or 2 machines, make sure you get the right monitors. An easy way to tell them apart without dismantling is that the colour machine has a thumbwheel (contrast control) on the bottom.. Left side, about level with the front of the drives. The mono machine doesn't. The mono motor has a knob on the back, the colour monitor has an IEC mains connector. -tony
