our computer company in az... computer exchange inc helped gemilogical inst. of America dispose of their hp 86 and 87 computers... wish I had saved one of each..
we have a hp 85 in a padded tote case at smecc museum here.. we need to fire it up. one thing I would like to find us a rack mount 85... always wanted one..... back in the old days. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Mark J. Blair via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Nov 14, 2017, at 20:33, Ed Sharpe via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > ok back in my day.. I do not think 85 adressed modern drive of 1.44 meg..? so > that was what I was going on.. yes if you can use 1.44 do so.. older new > media hard to find... I am still new to this HP-85 stuff, but I think you are correct about the A model system not originally handling the 1.44M drive. I think that the upgraded B model ROMs in the PRM-85 are supposed to let it use the newer drives.
