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From: wentzel@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Kevin Wentzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Wanted information about ancient HP system: HP-125
Message-ID: <6454@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 91 16:42:37 GMT
References: <1991Jan9.030018.16217@csusac.csus.edu> <770039@hpsad.HP.COM>
Reply-To: wentzel@hplabsz.UUCP (Kevin Wentzel)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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re: Spellbinder...  There was a version of Wordstar that ran very well on the
125.  It even used the keyboard function keys.

Memory etc:  64K for the CPM processor, Only 16K for the terminal.  The machine
was essentially, a 64K CPM computer and an HP 2621 terminal on the same board.
It used 2 Z80 processors, one for the computer and one for the terminal.
Disk (+ printer and plotter) access was via the HPIB (GPIB) port.  The 
machine also had two serial ports which could be used for communication or
a printer.  The whole computer is in the "terminal" case.  The external box
is the disc drive.  8, 5.25 and 3.5 floppy discs were available.  5-15MB hard
discs were also available.  The machine was released to the market in 1981, one
week before IBM released the original PC.  For a CPM machine it was quite good
but ... 

Kevin Wentzel