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From: tombb@hpsad.HP.COM (Tom Babb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Wanted information about ancient HP system: HP-125
Message-ID: <770039@hpsad.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Jan 91 23:00:09 GMT
References: <1991Jan9.030018.16217@csusac.csus.edu>
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
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> / hpsad:comp.sys.hp / lewj@csusac (James Lew) /  7:00 pm  Jan  8, 1991 /
> Hello, I am posting this for a friend at CSUS in California.  I have someone
> who is trying to work a HP-125 and he needs some specs on the computer and
> if there is possibility some help on figuring out how to get the disk drive
> unit working ( needs a special? cable).  This HP-125 system is composed
> up of a huge monitor and moveable keyboard, with a seperatbox unit holding
> the CPU? and disk drives.  It has a port for the floppy control and a GPIB
> port.  It was made sometime in the early 1970's. 
>
> Any information about the above system would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Please send all pointers and letters to lewj@athena.ecs.csus.edu.
>
> Thanks.
>
> another wise man say:  Ancient Machines which die suddenly
> also take their operators with them.

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The HP 125 was HP's first PC/word processor. Its operating system is CP/M.
The CPU (an Intel 8086 I beleive) is contained on the motherboard in the large
monitor. The HP 125 has four rear-panel ports. Port 1 is a serial printer port
that requires a special cable from HP. Port 2 is a standard RS232 serial port.
The other two ports are HP-IB (GPIB) for connecting the disc drive (a dual
5.25" floppy) and the connector for the keyboard. 

The HP 125 has 128k of RAM, 64k for the user application. The word 
processor used was HPWord125, a variation of "Spellbinder" by Lexisoft, Inc.
At the time it was a pretty good word proccessor, but its 27k text limit
soon forced it out of use.

Regards

Tom

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