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You could ask somebody with a working 86/87 unit to load the programs and print them out. An other possibility is to tranfer the programs to ASKII and put the on a floppy in MS-DOS format, but also in this case you will need a working 86 or 87 computer.
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There was a series of articles by Greg Goebels on one of the hp ftp web sites about this very problem. I took the opportunity to print out most or all of these, because I didn't trust that the web site would be around as long as my HP85's, 86 and 87... and these printouts are now in a box somewhere in my house. I think that there was a translation program involved, to move these from an older HP basic to a newer HP basic. I never tried them out, but will look in my boxes at home for the printouts and what the URL used to be...
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Well, HP continues to surprise me. The URL I was afraid was gone is still there. Specifically, at this site are some instructions on translating S80 basic to HP Basic over HPIB. Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but perhaps taking a look.
ftp://fcext3.external.hp.com/dist/mxd/pc/hbw/bw_s80x.html
It may be of interest to some of the readership of this forum to browse through the rest of the files around
ftp://fcext3.external.hp.com/dist/mxd/pc/index.html
there's some neat old stuff there. HP - Please keep it around, it is worthwhile.
I also checked my hardware in the basement, and I have an HP87 (not XM) along with a 5.25 disk drive (82901?) old HP version that I think works.
Good luck!
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Fred,
I have the same problem with reading programs on 3 1/4" floppys I wrote in 1981-82. I have a working HP-86B with 9121 floppy drive but am missing the mass storage ROM.
I would appreciate any ideas from your recent experience.
Thanks, Paul