Printing from HP-86B ?
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07-11-2017, 07:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-11-2017 08:14 AM by J-F Garnier.)
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RE: Printing from HP-86B ?
(07-11-2017 12:58 AM)rprosperi Wrote:(07-10-2017 07:57 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote: If you doubt my suggestion will work you could always try it and see. smp's PIL-Box was upgraded last month.I don't doubt this specifically, just think it's better to check. I didn't try to the PIL-Box/ILPer with a HP series 80 computer, but I don't see any reason why it would not work. The PIL-Box/ILPer act as standard HP-IL devices. As reported several times, the HP series 80 don't support the HP-IL mass storage, so the virtual mass storage will be of no use. So only the printing feature to the printer window, and the data import/export feature with the DOSLINK device will work. Quote:JFG has stated many times that the PIL-Box (and associated IL-Per flavors from various authors) was designed to be used as a peripheral for use with PCs and not all HP-IL modes and features are included. He knows which are/aren't; I;m certain I'll die before knowing such details, but happy as a clam using it the way it was intended. In the past, the main limitations had to do with the HP-IL Service Requests. This has been overcome with revision 1.6 (and later), for instance for use with the HP-IL remote keyboard in pyILPER. It may still be some limitations with esoteric HP-IL modes such as EAR (Enable Asynchronous Request), but this is very marginal as hardy used in real conditions and I didn't check the functionality explicitly. Actually I have a HP85 with HP-IL interface, but I didn't start it since several years. Is there someone with a ready-to-use HP series 80 with HP-IL and a PIL-Box to try? Basically, the test is: PRINTER IS 901 PRINT "HELLO WORLD" I'm not an expert in the series 80, maybe something equivalent to the HP71's RESTORE IO is needed first, RESET 9 maybe ? J-F Added: Use "PRINTER IS 901" with the regular ILPer. pyILPER may use an other HP-IL address for the printer emulation. |
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