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From: mikef@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Mike_Forman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP-86 to DOS ???
Message-ID: <1320040@hp-ptp.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Jul 90 23:13:38 GMT
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Disclaimer first--I have not tried this, but it should work.

You can connect the HP 86 HP-IB output to a GP-IB (HP-IB) card on
a PC compatible.  The HP HP-IB device library can be used to
write a BASIC program that takes ASCII data from HP-IB into
memory and stores it on disk.

The 86 would LIST it's program to HP-IB, just as if it were going
to a printer.  The PC reads from its HP-IB.  

Only one of the cards can be set to "system controller", and there
will be a few trial and error runs to get it going.  However, I did
the same thing to transfer program files from the HP 9825 to the
9826, and it worked just fine.

Hope this gets you going in the right direction.

Mike Forman
HP Workstation Group

The opinions expressed above are my own, and they do not reflect
HP's official position.