[Simh] What OS was this {HP2100}

[Quentin North (noisy)]

It sounds like HP Fortran which is available for simh. You can find tapes and manuals on bitsavers.org and there is a yahoo group dedicated to HP 2000 series on simh.

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On 5 Nov 2011, at 04:49, Ron Hudson <hudson.ra at gmail.com> wrote:

> Calling fans of the HP2100
> 
> When I was in high school in the 70's I was granted permission to use
> a local college's HP2100 system.
> 
> The OS was Batch based - there was a card reader (and card punches
> whoo) and a line printer.
> There was a console terminal, and the kind of disk drive that has a
> flat round removable platter and
> a fixed platter.  There was also a tape drive (6250 bpi? reel to reel)
> 
> I could write FORTRAN programs, and there were cards to place in front
> of and around my
> deck to compile and run it.  If I was there really early I could work
> on the terminal, but I had to leave
> if any actual college students showed up.
> 
> I remember 102077 (octal) was a magic number indicating success. I
> also remember if one
> entered the command "why" on the terminal the OS would reply with "Why not?"
> 
> 
> What OS was I probably running?
> 
> Can  I run that same OS under SIMH?  If so where can I get it?
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