Welcome to the HP 260 & HP 250 preservation project. I worked with theses computers from 1980 until 1992. The goal of this project is to document some aspect of this computer and also create emulators. I will also preserve and repair these computers and as a final goal exhibit them in the Bolo Museum.
This machine was ahead of his time and bring computer technology to the small business with a very strong BUSINESS BASIC programming language which also had a lot of extension like IMAGE database management and FORMS utility and management. It was also a multiuser and multitasking computer system. A lot of small companies used this computer with dedicated sofware applications. I'm still looking for the original HP 260 model P/N 45261D. This model is still missing in the collection. Bienvenue sur le projet de préservation du HP 260 & HP 250. J'ai travaillé avec ces ordinateurs entre 1980 et 1992. Le but de ce projet est de documenter certains aspects de cet ordinateur et également de créer des émulateurs. Je vais également réparer ces appareils. Ils rejoindront in fine le musée Bolo. Cette machine était très en avance sur son temps et a permis d'introduire l'informatique dans les petites entreprises avec son BUSINESS BASIC très puissant qui avait également beaucoup d'extensions tel que le système de base de données IMAGE et un système de gestion d'écran FORMS. Ce système informatique était multi-utilisateur et multi-tâche. Beaucoup de petites sociétés ont utilisés cet ordinateur avec des applications dédiées. Je suis toujours à la recherche du premier modèle original du HP 260 P/N 45261D. Willkommen bei der Erhaltungsprojekt für die HP 260 und HP 250. Ich arbeitete mit diesen Computern zwischen 1980 und 1992. Das Ziel dieses Projektes ist, einige Aspekte dieses Computers zu dokumentieren und auch Emulatoren zu schreiben. Ich werde auch diese Geräte reparieren. Diese Computer werden auch in eine Informatik Museum ausgestellt. Diese Maschine war sehr voraus seiner Zeit und ermöglicht die Informationstechnologie in kleinen Unternehmen zu bringen. Dieses Computer hat ein sehr starkes BUSINESS BASIC Programmier Sprache mit viele Erweiterungen wie IMAGE Datenbank und FORMS Bildschirm Management System. Dieses System wurde multi-user und multi-tasking. Viele kleine Unternehmen haben diesen Computer mit spezifischer Verwendung benutzt. Ich suche immer noch das Original HP 260 Modell P/N 45261D. Lluís gave me a working HP 260 series 30 http://vicerveza.homeunix.net/~viric/oldcomps/hp260.html. You can see this computer booting and servicing an HP 700/92 terminal and an HP 2622D DOS emulator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPP7stCLwEw . I also used the HPDrive HP-IB emulator that Ansgar wrote for his HP 9845 project http://www.hp9845.net . This computer boot successfully with the B.09.01 OS. I also received a working HP 250 Model 20 (45260A) which has a 8" floppy drive, a 5Mb internal drive, 768kB of DRAM and also a HP 2622D terminal. Thanks to Josef for this computer. This computer boot successfully with the B.09.01 OS.
I received a non working HP 250 Model 30 (45260A) without the HP 7908P 16Mb hard disk. I actually need to repair the ASI board. I just get a working HP 260 Model 40 (45072A) with an HP 9144A streamer and an HP 7958B harddisk (150Mb capacity). With the machine I also get 3 Video terminals with the HP-HIL interface and keyboards and a cabinet for the devices. A facebook page has been opened and will be enhanced with pictures of the collection http://www.facebook.com/hp260hp250preservationProject I'm still looking for HP 250 and HP 260:
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The goal is also to published and share the work on this site. I would also appreciate any help to this project.
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I have to repair the following cards:
You can reach me by mail info_AT_hp260.net Informations about HP250 / HP260:
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