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Sylvain Cote · 09-14-2019, 10:54 PM

(09-14-2019 08:36 PM)HP67 Wrote: Thank you, Sylvain I had the PIL box site bookmarked but I don't think I knew about the others. I still have no idea what most of this is all about. Is the PIL box a replacement for HP-IL or does it require you to also have an HP-IL box?

This is what is needed to use the PIL-Box with an HP-41

Code:

HP-41    -> main calculator/computer

82160A   -> HP-IL interface for HP-41, loop controller

PIL-Box  -> HP-IL to/from USB interface

Emulator -> communicate with PIL-Box and emulates several HP-IL peripherals like: tape drive, floppy drive, video, printer, plotter, etc. (see links from previous post)

I would also suggest to look at the HP-IL Compendium

Garth Wilson · (This post was last modified: 09-14-2019 11:44 PM by Garth Wilson.)

(09-14-2019 08:36 PM)HP67 Wrote: @garth yes, a module with some standard card slot would be amazing or to be honest I'd be quite happy with a module that hosted a server like the 48s have which could talk to Kermit over serial...

I don't have Kermit capability on my 41 (not directly at least; maybe it could be done) but I do have the FSI164A HPIL-to-RS232 interface converter which is nearly identical to the HP82164A except that the FSI came with two RS-232 channels standard, and optionally up to eight, and optionally battery-powered. I suppose a module could be written to do the Kermit protocol over serial with the __164A. If you have HPIL, you can interface to nearly anything, one way or another. I also have the HP82165A HPIL-to-parallel interface converter, the HP82169A HPIL-to-IEEE488, and the HP92198 HPIL-to-80-column video. My HPIL module has the Extended I/O module built in, so it's a double module.

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Quote:Check the video in the link below, the SD card appears in minute 3:50 approx.

I'm only seeing the USB stick. USB is much, much more complicated than SD card. To further simplify things, SD card has an SPI mode.

then you're not looking right: go to minute 3:40, it even says on the screen message " Use a micro SD Card for data transfers"

Ok, my mistake. I took the first post too literally and went to 3:50, but missed the seconds between 3:40 and 3:50 where it shows him inserting the microSD card.

HP67 · (This post was last modified: 09-16-2019 06:01 PM by HP67.)

(09-14-2019 10:54 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote:
(09-14-2019 08:36 PM)HP67 Wrote: Thank you, Sylvain I had the PIL box site bookmarked but I don't think I knew about the others. I still have no idea what most of this is all about. Is the PIL box a replacement for HP-IL or does it require you to also have an HP-IL box?

This is what is needed to use the PIL-Box with an HP-41

Code:

HP-41 -> main calculator/computer 82160A -> HP-IL interface for HP-41, loop controller PIL-Box -> HP-IL to/from USB interface Emulator -> communicate with PIL-Box and emulates several HP-IL peripherals like: tape drive, floppy drive, video, printer, plotter, etc. (see links from previous post)

Ok, I feel a second mortgage coming on...

(09-14-2019 10:54 PM)Sylvain Cote Wrote: I would also suggest to look at the HP-IL Compendium

Thanks, bookmarked! Smile

Sylvain Cote · 09-16-2019, 10:34 PM

(09-16-2019 06:00 PM)HP67 Wrote: Ok, I feel a second mortgage coming on...

You're lucky, I'm on my fourth Big Grin

Diego Diaz · 09-20-2019, 04:06 AM

Hi all.

That topic is almost 11 years old... ;-)

https://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap...ead=142210

Feasible, but not practical IMHO... ;-/

Cheers!

Diego

Ángel Martin · (This post was last modified: 09-20-2019 07:27 AM by Ángel Martin.)

(09-20-2019 04:06 AM)Diego Diaz Wrote: pic is almost 11 years old... ;-)
https://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap...ead=142210
Feasible, but not practical IMHO... ;-/

Well, IMHO not because it's been considered before and not implemented that means it has no value... on the contrary, perhaps it's so due to its complexity or difficulty and not on the grounds of its usefulness.

So I read in that thread the Meindert was suggesting to show you his prototype , did that ever happen? The functionallity shown on that video is absolutely amazing, read and write, RAW file import, etc...

Cheers,
ÁM

MeindertKuipers · 09-20-2019, 02:52 PM

I actually did make some attempts to revive the project, and today I would do it differently. An SD card in not more complex than USB, given the fact that the microcontroller has libraries for both. A few years back I actually bought a new prototyping board based on a totally different FPGA combined with an ARM processor, with all open source tools, even for the FPGA. A busy job and other priorities made me put this on the shelf, but I will not throw it away, maybe I will do another attempt ...

Ángel Martin · (This post was last modified: 09-20-2019 03:40 PM by Ángel Martin.)

(09-20-2019 02:52 PM)MeindertKuipers Wrote: I actually did make some attempts to revive the project, and today I would do it differently. An SD card in not more complex than USB, given the fact that the microcontroller has libraries for both. A few years back I actually bought a new prototyping board based on a totally different FPGA combined with an ARM processor, with all open source tools, even for the FPGA. A busy job and other priorities made me put this on the shelf, but I will not throw it away, maybe I will do another attempt ...

Yes, yes, yes.... what can we do to sway you to do it?? ;-)

MeindertKuipers · 09-23-2019, 04:43 PM

(09-20-2019 03:39 PM)Ángel Martin Wrote:
(09-20-2019 02:52 PM)MeindertKuipers Wrote: I actually did make some attempts to revive the project, and today I would do it differently. An SD card in not more complex than USB, given the fact that the microcontroller has libraries for both. A few years back I actually bought a new prototyping board based on a totally different FPGA combined with an ARM processor, with all open source tools, even for the FPGA. A busy job and other priorities made me put this on the shelf, but I will not throw it away, maybe I will do another attempt ...

Yes, yes, yes.... what can we do to sway you to do it?? ;-)

Just give me time ...

Ángel Martin · 09-24-2019, 09:34 AM

(09-23-2019 04:43 PM)MeindertKuipers Wrote: Just give me time ...

Deal ! ;-)

HP67 · (This post was last modified: 11-27-2019 05:09 PM by HP67.)

(09-12-2019 09:59 PM)Gene Wrote: Not an endorsement of ebay or the seller (who I do not know), but search for item 133008715082 and you will see one of two original overlays that HP included with the HP-41C. The other overlay included looked exactly like this one but did not have any of the shifted functions present.

Some modules included overlays and they were colored more like the faceplate black of the HP 41C, but the overlays included looked like the gray one in the item above.

A very generous forum member sent me 5 overlays in the mail from America to Europe! Thank you DaveBR!