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From: steve-t@hpfcso.HP.COM (Steve Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: hp9000/217, what can it do?
Message-ID: <7370080@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 90 21:02:36 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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/comp.sys.hp/rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland)/11:34am Feb 11,1990/
} re: >	I just inherited an HP9000/217...
} RAM, I/O and other accesory cards are still available.
} > 5) What operating systems will this machine run 
} It will run the latest versions of HP's stand-alone BASIC (5.13) or Pascal
} (3.2).  Both are available on 3.5" floppy, can execute floppy-based, and you
} have enough memory for them.  
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Technically, it is correct that you can run BASIC 5.13 in .5M of RAM.
However, you will need to decide which language features to do without.
A full version of BASIC 5.13, less the drivers for hardware you don't have,
will come to about 600K.  The HFS file system isn't recommended on floppies,
that will save another 65K.  After that it's your choice what to leave out.

						Regards, Steve Taylor

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