[rescue] HP 45849a -what is it?

[Phil Schilling]

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:21:04 -0800 (PST)
Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez <lefa at ucsc.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Patrick Giagnocavo +1.717.201.3366 wrote:
> 
> > What is this HP 45849A?
> >
> > It has a small monitor which is tiltable.  On the back under an
> > access cover, HPIB, and what looks like 2 serial or parallel ports
> > (DB25-like) and one or two other ports I cannot identify.  3 or 4
> > mini-VME like slots.
> >
> > Is it a computer?  It has a manufacture date of October 1986 on it.
> 
> Holy crap, I am old... I remember one of those back in the day. :-)
> 
> I think it (the product number) sounds like one of those early HP
> Xt-like computers. I.e. they were supposed to run DOS, but they were
> pretty much HP specific. They have the neat HP monitor, wich tilted
> inside the case, and I think that series actually had touch sensitive
> displays. I dunno which DOS version they will run, but I am pretty
> sure it has to be HP specific.
> 

If I dig around my basement I have the OS for the HP 150 somewhere.

-- 
Phil Schilling
GCS Tech