BASIC PLUS for Series 200/300 Computers

[Michael Fehlhammer]

BASIC PLUS is an add-on library which allows to easily add "modern" controls like buttons and menus to your BASIC program ( workstation BASIC version 6).

At the other HP-Museum site, the older version of this library is available, order number E2160A.
There is a better version E2161A that supports more controls.
Documentation for that enhanced version can easily be found, but not the software itself.

Has anyone got the disks and is ready to share them? I am ready to help, making copies, creating appropriate file formats for sharing etc..

Important note: I am talking about the "workstation (WS) version" of BASIC and BASIC PLUS. WS BASIC is a standalone operating system. There is also a BASIC / UX and the suitable BASIC PLUS /UX which runs under HP-UNIX only. They are not compatible with BASIC as an operating system, and I am not interested in these.

[vassilisprevelakis]

Hi,

I have a Series R workstation (R382) configured as a Basic Workstation.

I has a hard disk drive (SCSI) with the original distribution and there I found a directory called PLUS with the following files (ignore the date and permissions of the files, the listing is from my Unix system where I transferred the files):

drwxr-xr-x 0 srmux kmem 0 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 2560 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/INSTALL
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 34048 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/INSTALL2
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 6318 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIBUTTON
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 16584 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WICBAR
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 10934 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIFILE
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 87570 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIGRAPH
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 7927 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIHPGL
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 9409 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WILABEL
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 9475 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WILIST
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 16231 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIMBAR
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 308 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIMBOX
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 11310 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIMETER
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 3802 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIPANEL
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 22866 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIPRINT
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 6544 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WIRADIO
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 13421 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WISBAR
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 9106 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WISCROLL
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 4194 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WISEP
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 30525 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WISLIDER
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 41770 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WISMETER
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 6651 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WISTRING
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 3511 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WISTRIP
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 5842 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/WITOGGLE
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 13512 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/APCOMPRS
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 40106 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/APHELP
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 4330 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/BMHRSYS
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 2141 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/BMLRSYS
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 487936 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/BPLUS
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 11832 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/CONFIG
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 6400 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT10X16
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 10520 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT10X20
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 10520 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT10X20B
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 7540 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT12X19
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 4928 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT15X9
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 9440 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT16X24
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 13280 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT18X30
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 2220 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT6X10
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 1792 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT6X12
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 1280 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT7X14
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 2410 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT8X11
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 2980 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT8X14
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 4416 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT8X16
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 4400 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT8X16B
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 1424 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FT8X6
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 9536 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FTK10X18
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 10440 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FTK10X20
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 12608 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FTK12X24
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 4416 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FTK8X16
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 4928 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/FTK8X18
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 159734 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/GLCONTOR
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 37976 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/GLGSTORE
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 37770 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/GLICE
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 39718 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/GLMECH
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 36742 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/GLSHUTTL
-rw-rw-r-- 0 srmux kmem 1072194 Jan 8 2017 R382/WORKSTATIONS/PLUS/HLBASIC

Looking at the BPLUS file I found the copyright notice:
BASIC Plus 6.2 Copyright HP 1991 9/30/91

Is this what you are looking for?

**vp

[Michael Fehlhammer]

Hello Vassilis,
thank you for the list of contents of your PLUS directory!
Unfortunately you seem to have to older version of BASIC PLUS for BASIC 6.2, which is available from the Museum's site. On the pictures of the disks you can see "Copyright 1991". The enhanced version of the PLUS library probably has a date stamp of 1994, the same as the manuals for this latest version.
Please keep these file and make backups nevertheless; I didn't test the files from the museum yet, and sometimes files are corrupted. So you might have the only complete and readable collection of PLUS files. If I should encounter problems when copying and testing the files from the museum site, I would be happy if I could get a copy of your directory.
Besides, your version of PLUS could be an error-corrected improved version; the museum's disks are labelled "Rev. A.00.00", which could designate a prototype (beta) version.

[Dave Frederickson]

Hi Michael,

Is this what you're looking for?



As with other ISO images on the Australian Site, you'll need to contact the curator, who I believe is David Collins, for a copy.

[Michael Fehlhammer]

Hi Dave,

no, unfortunately not; your link shows the HP/UX version of BASIC PLUS, which is not the same as ( and not compatible with ) the BASIC PLUS for BASIC /WS ( means: BASIC Workstation; standalone BASIC system).
BASIC/WS never supported the CD ISO file system. Whenever you find Series 300 software on CD, it must be HP-UX software.
You can see that the BASIC PLUS for BASIC/WS version 2 (E2161-0045] exists from this link to a shop:

ADC_Colorado Software for Series 300

Here the floppy disks are listed for $ 100.-. I contacted the company and got an answer at first, the disks seem to be in stock still, but my following emails surprisingly weren't answered anymore. Maybe because the shop owner fears to have to deal with international shipping? Just a guess. Maybe you would be so kind and ask him if he is willing to sell the software?
I can provide an US address. I alternatively could send you the money if he prefers to sell to a compatriot.

[Dave Frederickson]

I see. You're looking for option #AA8, not #AAF.

I have inquired as to the availability of the discs.

Dave

[Michael Fehlhammer]

Thanks. I am really curious about the outcome of your inquiry.