HP97 The journey begins

[PANAMATIK]

(06-20-2021 08:52 AM)teenix Wrote:  The actual HP PIK chip runs the printer as a separate process, so it looks like the CPU board is going to need a separate processor to manage the printer as well :-(

Exactly also my experience! Without FPGA, which could handle that, you need two PICs. That is also my concept with the HP-19C repair kit, where an ACT PIC processor and a PIK PIC processor are playing together.

Bernhard