PILBox with HPPortablePlus

[Martin Hepperle]

(02-02-2024 10:02 AM)J-F Garnier Wrote:  [...]
HP711 very likely identifies the Portable Plus, ref. HP-45711A.

J-F

Ah, I was always wondering why the version for the Portable Plus was named HP711 - I did not see the connection to the product number - thank you.

I expect the differences in GWBASIC for the HP 110/Portable Plus versions in the area of graphics (SCREEN ..., LINE (x,y)-(x,y)). While the text mode can be controlled sufficiently well with identical HP escape sequences, fast graphics commands would preferable use direct access to the graphics RAM. And here, the two portables are very different.

Martin

[Martin Hepperle]

Concerning the Microsoft Word files which I had converted from the HP-Museums's TD0 image:
I copied them to a disk and started WORD.COM.

The program is indeed for the HP 150 and works well on this system.
Different versions are required for the HP 110 and the Portable Plus (Microsoft Word 45474D [HP110] resp. Microsoft Word 45549K Opt. 004 (2 ROMs) [Portable Plus]).
Maybe someone has the complete original diskette set (2 discs: Master and Utilities) or the ROM?

This word version already provides the limited WYSIWYG capabilities of later Word versions, displaying bold, italic, underlined or small caps characters. Some things like sub- and superscripts are only simulated by highlighting.
Compared to Wordstar this was an advantage at the time.
And, of course, we have touchscreen support (for the function keys).

The disk image is missing printer drivers and style sheets. But the HP Museum also has the Word "Utility" disk, which contains more style sheets and printer drivers.

Including these:

Code:


File Name       Attribute     Start    Length      Date         Time
THINKJET.PRD    0x20(A)          12       970    15.10.1984    04:00:08
HPLASCR .PRD    0x20(A)          13       937    15.10.1984    10:00:00
HPLASLAN.PRD    0x20(A)          14      1008    15.10.1984    10:00:00
HPLASLG .PRD    0x20(A)          15      1016    15.10.1984    10:00:00
HPLASPR .PRD    0x20(A)          16      1000    15.10.1984    10:00:00
HPLASPS .PRD    0x20(A)          17      2349    15.10.1984    10:00:00
HP2601A .PRD    0x20(A)          20      3258    15.10.1984    04:00:13
HP2602A .PRD    0x20(A)          24      2663    15.10.1984    04:02:13
HP2674A .PRD    0x20(A)          27       984    15.10.1984    04:00:09
HP2932A .PRD    0x20(A)          28      1104    15.10.1984    04:00:13
HP2934A .PRD    0x20(A)          30      4366    19.10.1984    09:45:00
HP82905B.PRD    0x20(A)          35       964    15.10.1984    04:00:09
HP82906A.PRD    0x20(A)          36      2269    15.10.1984    04:00:11

One can also build his own *.PRD driver by using the CONVPRD program supplied with Word.

Martin
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[J-F Garnier]

(02-04-2024 11:36 AM)Martin Hepperle Wrote:  The program is indeed for the HP 150 and works well on this system.

The HP-150 had a so clear and readable monochrome screen much superior to the CGA/EGA PC displays of the time. But yes the IBM-PC had games ...

J-F