sábado, 28 de junho de 2014

HP-27S ROM image dump

Ref. http://hp.giesselink.com/
Thanks to Christoph Gießelink for sharing the required information.



ROM transfer via IR from HP-27S to HP-48G+


Transfer finished. The  HP-27S did a warm boot.  The HP-48G+ showing the new string.


Transferring the ROM to a PC using XModem protocol. Windows 7 64-bit running Hyperterminal.




Striping the extra data from the ROM file at PC.



ROM file checksum OK.



Testing on the excellent  Christoph Gießelink's Emu42 running the HP-27S ROM image.


sexta-feira, 27 de junho de 2014

HP-30B Business Professional Calculator with Keyboard Overlay for programming


HP Keyboard Overlay:






Calculator with the Keyboard Overlay:


quarta-feira, 25 de junho de 2014

HP-27S: Scientific calculator "do-it-all"

 Just received my new acquisition. Needs some dusting. 



Made in Singapure. Year of manufacture: 1991, week 22.


Clean battery compartment. IR LED for printing looks good as well.



 Power On message. I can tell the same in a bad day...



Pressing CLR to get rid of the memory loss...



Some shots of the mandatory Self Test sequence.  Pressing CRL + LN...


Display test...












ROM Test.



DRAM test.



URAM test.



Keyboard test.



Tested OK!




Full PI precision in the HP universe.


Almost 7 KByte of memory!


domingo, 22 de junho de 2014

HP-30B to WP-34S conversion: USB to Serial TTL cable prototype - Switch Box internals  

 

The WP-34S project ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/wp34s/?source=navbar )

Pictures of the switch box prototype.