Floppy Days 67 - The HP85B Computer, Part 3, with Everett Kaser and Vassilis Prevelakis

The HP Series 80 (HP83/85/86/87) This episode is the third and final in a series about the Hewlett Packard HP-85 computer, or more accurately, the entire line of similar computers known as the HP Series 80.  Once again, I have the tremendously knowledgeable duo of Everett Kaser and Vassilis Prevelakis helping me impart information to you about that venerable line of historically significant desktop computers.  In this episode, we will primarily be covering tech specs, peripherals, expansion, magazines and newletters, books, emulation, modern upgrades, connectivity to modern computers, buying one today, community and Web sites.  Wow, now that I list this out, it’s obvious we have a lot to cover.  In addition, I will briefly talk about my new vintage computer acquisitions, feedback and perhaps a little news. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions Vic-20 Behr-Bonz Cart - http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7513 TI-59 Gummy Wheel Repair Kit - http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEXAS-INSTRUMENTS-TI-59-CALCULATOR-CARD-READER-GUMMY-WHEEL-REPAIR-KIT-/262695021491 TI Calculator Keyboard - https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-Keyboard-Graphing-Calculators/dp/B00007K7JE Atari Macro Assembler - http://mixinc.net/atari/amac.htm TI-99 Multi-Plan, Porting from Excel - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/245707-porting-from-ms-excel-spreadsheets-to-ms-multiplan-on-the-ti99/ new C64 podcast - Reset magazine - https://soundcloud.com/reset-magazine/reset-podcast-e01-the-hewson-episode Upcoming Shows VCF East - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/, March 31-April 2, 2017, InfoAge Science Center, 2201 Marconi Rd., Wall, NJ, 07719 KFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/, Rockhurst University, July 18th-23rd Commodore Vegas Expo v13 - July 29-30, 2017, California Hotel & Casino, 12 E. Ogden Ave., downtown Las Vegas, Nevada - http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewforum.php?f=6 Tandy Assembly - Chillicothe, Ohio, The event will tentatively be held on the weekend of 6-8 October 2017 Tech Specs Audio of William Tell Overture from Vassilis Prevelakis recorded as his HP-85B was playing the piece - HP85-WilliamTell.mp3 Speech-Synthesis card - article in Professional Computing - V1N1 page 45 “Series 80 Talks Back” by Loren Koehler - https://groups.io/g/hpseries80/files/Professional%20Computing%20Magazine/Professional%20Computing%20V1N1-1984.pdf Popular Magazines/Newsletters HP’s Basic Exchange Newsletter - available from Museum of HP Calculators document archive or at HP Computer Museum - http://www.hpmuseum.org/software/swcdp.htm#be Professional Computing - for Hewlett Packard Personal Computer Users, 1984-1985 - https://groups.io/g/hpseries80/files/Professional%20Computing%20Magazine News 80s - until late ‘84 migrating readers to Professional Computing - http://www.biblewitness.org/technical/HP_Series-80/ Books/Manuals HP 85 Owner's Manual and Programming Guide - http://www.series80.org/PDFs/HP85-MainBW.pdf The Introduction to the HP-86B - http://www.series80.org/PDFs/HP86B-Intro.pdf The Introduction to the HP-87 - http://www.series80.org/PDFs/Intro87.pdf Software The Forth ROM was recovered with the help of Everett Kaser and Don Person, but was written by Larry Woestman. The following ZIP file contains source code as well as image files for the HP-85 and HP-87: HP-85 / HP-87 Forth ROM: HP_Series_80_Forth.zip André Koppel wrote some utilities for the HP-87 called SYSEXT, which he transferred to a ROM. This can be downloaded together with a manual in German from http://www.akso.de/index.php?id=hp_series_80&L=1 Modern Upgrades expansion - PRM-85 (Bill Kotaska (USA), with support from John Shadbolt (UK))  e-mail if interested HP85 recreation with an FPGA - FPGA HP85B SD or CF card interface - HP85DISK - HP-85 Disk Emulator using AVR and MicroSD card for classic HP series 80 computers - https://github.com/magore/hp85disk by Mike Gore Connectivity to Modern Computers Transferring diskette images from an HP-86/7 to a PC via a serial connection - based on an article by Pete Goffinet published in the PPC Computer Journal (V3N1, January/February 1984) - http://www.series80.org/Articles/uploading-disk-images.html transfer data from an HP85 computer with 5.25" double floppy drive to DOS or UNIX - http://www.series80.org/Articles/xfer-to-dos.txt Emulation Series 80 Emulator by Everett Kaser - http://www.kaser.com/hp85.html Series 80 Emulator by Oliver De Smet - https://sites.google.com/site/olivier2smet2/hpseries80 go87 - Free HP 87 emulator for android - https://sites.google.com/site/olivier2smet2/home/go87 Community https://groups.io/g/hpseries80 http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/ Current Web Sites http://www.kaser.com/hp85.html http://www.series80.org/index.html Museum of HP Calculators - Dave Hicks - http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp85.htm - lots of manuals for the Series 80 HP Computer Museum - http://hpmuseum.net/  Jon Johnston, founder and curator lost his life in April 2016 HP Memory Project - http://www.hpmemoryproject.org/ Larry Atherton's HP-85 refurbishment site. Larry completely rebuilds HP-85 computers , replacing the tape drive with a reliable QIC drive. - http://myworld.ebay.com/la-tech-renewal “Hewlett Packards New Personal Computer, the HP-85”, Byte Magazine V5N3 - http://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1980-03/1980_03_BYTE_05-03_Computers_in_the_Labratory#page/n63/mode/2up HP-85 tear-down video (EEVblog) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5SzKM7g5Ds Dave Jones - Aussie - Electronic Engineering Video Blog HP-85 demo video (EEVblog) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yac6YByAcRc Repairing the HP-85 Computer (EEVblog) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14KncLx5frg CuriousMarc's 16-volume video series on testing and repairing different parts of the HP-85 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrOKgf0Js8A&list=PL-_93BVApb5-EQPTni9sjxKhQsb2BzvWR Article from Byte Magazine about the HP-85 - http://www.series80.org/ByteArticle/index.html HP86B page by Guillaume Tello - http://gtello.pagesperso-orange.fr/hp86_e.htm HP Series 80 Links - http://vintagecomputers.site90.net/hp85/links.htm