HP 82208A/C Serial Interface Kit

[Giuseppe Donnini]

Look here for version C: https://www.hpcalc.org/details/3733

[HP-82208A does not contain any software that is not also included in version C.]

Note, however, that these files will not directly install on a modern 64-bit PC.

I myself used the following workaround:

• I mounted an empty virtual RAM drive with a size of (1024*1024*1000[!]=) 1474560 bytes,
• copied everything to that drive,
• then mounted it as a floppy disk drive in DOSBOX,
• and finally installed everything from there.
  

Worked like a charm.

The installation program asks for the type of calculator (S/SX or G/GX), and also allows selective installation of individual programs or program groups.

There are only two version-dependent programs, though:

• the stopwatch library STPWATCH.LIB,
• and the command catalogue USAG (present in the HP-28, but left out in the HP-48 in order to save ROM space for more important code)
  

Four other programs are completely left out in the G/GX version, because their respective functions are considered built into the G/GX. This is not exactly true, however, and these programs remain interesting even for G/GX users. They are:

• SUITE3D by Charlie Patton, which is the User RPL ancestor of the G/GX's 3D plotting engine.
• EZPLOT by Diana Byrne, which even foreshadows some ideas later implemented in the HP-38G (like automatic plot redrawing while scrolling).
• CEIGEN
• GAUSSELM
  

As for the manual, there is none; only an instruction sheet which tells you how to insert a floppy disk, read text files, and run INSTALL.EXE. However, every program is accompanied by its own manual in form of a (well-written) TXT file; and there is a substantial README file for the whole kit.