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Printing from HP-86B ?
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. Smile smp's PIL-Box was upgraded last month. Smile
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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Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-06-2017, 04:24 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-07-2017, 06:21 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-07-2017, 06:24 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-06-2017, 07:51 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-07-2017, 06:25 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-07-2017, 07:39 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-07-2017, 08:49 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-07-2017, 10:37 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-07-2017, 10:41 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-08-2017, 12:22 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-07-2017, 10:37 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-07-2017, 10:42 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-08-2017, 12:26 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - cruff - 07-08-2017, 12:43 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-08-2017, 05:46 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-10-2017, 07:32 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-10-2017, 07:38 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - smp - 07-10-2017, 08:56 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 12:58 AM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - J-F Garnier - 07-11-2017 07:56 AM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 02:56 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 07:08 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 07:23 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 09:40 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 10:32 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 11:25 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-12-2017, 01:49 AM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - J-F Garnier - 07-11-2017, 07:33 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 07:58 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - J-F Garnier - 07-11-2017, 08:06 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - cruff - 07-11-2017, 12:21 AM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-11-2017, 10:17 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - J-F Garnier - 07-12-2017, 06:59 AM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-12-2017, 01:17 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - J-F Garnier - 07-12-2017, 02:15 PM
RE: Printing from HP-86B ? - rprosperi - 07-12-2017, 06:33 PM



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