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From: walter@hpsadle.HP.COM (Walter Coole)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Looking for some HP 150 stuff...
Message-ID: <720032@hpsadle.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Dec 90 01:26:26 GMT
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HP discontinued the 150 after the Vectra series essentially replaced
it.  All the software that HP made available for the 150 is also
discontinued.  I think Personalized Software still has some 150
hardware and software in their catalog (their phone # is
(515)472-6330).
    I general, some MSDOS software does work directly on the 150, but
you may need to copy it onto different media first, since the IBM 3.5"
format is slightly different from the HP 150 3.5" format.  Graphics,
color,  use of specific hardware, or BIOS entry will cause it not to
work.  There is a software emulator that allows programs that use BIOS
or ANSI.SYS to work.
    The editor that I like to use on a 150 is PC-EDIT, a public-domain
editor that has key bindings similar to emacs.  There are several
public-domain versions of kermit for the 150, most of which work
reasonably well, but if all you need is terminal emulation, the
terminal built-in to the AGIOS is a very good emulation of an HP2623
terminal.