Hey Denys,
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> Subject: Re: A Desparate Plea....
> Date: Sunday, December 08, 1996 10:09 AM
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> That is a blast from the past. Let me see, the HP 7912 is a
non-removable
> 132 MB disk drive, with perhaps an integrated QIC tape drive.
I am not sure
> if that is for the S model, and I am not sure if it is indeed
a 132 MB drive,
> it could be smaller.
You are correct on this --- the one and only drive, I believe,
that was installed on this system
>
> As for the HP 250, I remember the model number as a small
computer running
> BASIC, it was later replaced by the HP 260. I have no
recollection of what
> happened to that series, I think it died out. I do remember
that the HP 250
> was in the form of a desk and the console was somewhat special
with function
> key buttons on the bezel underneath the screen.
The 250 was similar to the old HP2000, in that it's OS was a
BASIC interpreter. It did indeed die out and there's really no
support on it anymore. Pardon the pun, but "basically" if you
know Dartmouth Basic (without all the bells and whistles that
Microsoft's added to it), then you can deal with the 250, with
some reading of the OS manual to nail down the simple OS
commands. It was HPs answer to the "office environment at that
time.
>
> I think a form of IMAGE, IMAGE/250 was available on the
system. The BASIC on
> the box was very interesting. HP also created the HP 300,
AMIGO with its
> own brand of BASIC but it was not compatible with the HP 250.
The HP 300
> died out pretty quickly with the advent of the HP 3000 series
30/33.
Correct again, sir - there was an IMAGE/250, but it did not have
everything the 3000 had. The intrinsics used in Basic/3000 are
similar to those used with IMAGE/250..
Best Regards,
Joe
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