WTD: HP 64000 software

Sorry, neither one exists.

There was another format, whose name escapes me now, used by HP Basic systems, that the 64K could write and which was readable by a program on the PC. I think I still have that program, somewhere.

If you still have a working 64000 crock, you can use RS-232 to move things to a PC. There was an HP-designed transfer program that could reliably send files to a Unix workstation. I have the source files. I did some work on porting them to DOS about 10 years ago, and never finished them. They could probably be ported to Linux very easily. I may actually try that myself.

If you post your real email address, obfuscated in some way, I'll look for what I have and send it to you.

RB

Thank for your response.

hamilton AT dim DOT com

I currently do not have a HP 64K available.

The sources you have will need to be typed in and compiled somehow and run on the HP, right ??

I have inherited this project, (new job) and have never used the HP 64K.

Thank again

donald

What I have is for the other end of the link. It will allow a Unix (and maybe Linux) workstation to communicate reliably with a 64000, over RS-232. This includes single files as well as batches. In batch mode you create a simple file that contains the 64000 file names followed by the Unix/Linux file names and they all get transferred with one command.

If you don't have a 64000 then the files won't do you much good. I used to have a lot of 64000 HW, but I gave most of it away to a consultant. It still works as far as I know. I'll send you his name and email address, along with the sources. He might be able to help, for a reasonable price.

RB

We wrote a PC driver to read HP 64000 5 1/4" floppy disks. about 20 years ago. The good new is they should be in our backups from 20+ years ago. Basically it was a simple file transfer program. I will have a look for it if you still need .

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