I have in my hand an MPE/V LaserROM. I bet you that they are still available. If not, then email me privately and I'll see what I
can do.

Paul

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:28:24 EST, Wirt Atmar wrote:

>Steve Robertson writes:
>
>> I just acquired a HP3000 series 42 running MPE/V. Unfortunately, I don't
>>  any documentation for the OS.
>>
>>  Does anyone have any documents (they would be willing to part with) or a
>>  know where I might find some.
>
>Obtaining a complete, original documentation set for the Series 42 will be
>difficult. There is a fair amount of paper involved in the set, broken into
>about 20 binders.
>
>However, one of the truly glorious things about working on a "legacy" system
>is the feature set of the machine hasn't changed much over the last 25 years.
>The basics still apply to the newest system as they do the oldest, thus you
>can use the web-based manuals for MPE/iX 5.0 as a quite reasonable basis for
>your 42.
>
>If something doesn't work as advertised in these manuals, just presume that it
>is a feature that has been added since the changeover to MPE/iX. Moreover,
>very little has been subtracted from MPE/V (and even when it has, a new MPE/iX
>function was added to replace the MPE/V version).
>
>Precise documentation for the 42 command set will be found on your 42 by
>simply typing HELP. Between on-line help and the web-based manuals, you should
>be in hog heaven.
>
>Wirt Atmar
>