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HP released software for the Series 80 in pacs containing applications and
manuals, or as disks to accompany plug-in modules or option ROMs.
On this page is a small collection of floppy-disk based software that
can be downloaded from here, and transferred to an HP 85 / 87 formatted
floppy disk on a PC running the DOS based LIFUTIL program (see tips section on using
LIFUTIL). The download files are in ZIP form. The ZIP also contains
a README.TXT file with further information, plus a DISK.TXT file
containing the listing of the disk on the HP-85 / 87 machine. This is
needed sometimes due to the need to occasionally rename files after
copying them to a HP disk back to the correct name, as PC DOS does not
allow some file names which are allowed on the Series 80 disks. HP
Software Pacs
HP Module Software
HP ROM software
User Software
If you are unable to transfer these files to
floppy disk yourself, then please e-mail me and
for a fee of $5 / €5 / £3 per disk plus postage I will copy them for
you to either 5¼" or 3½" disks. Likewise if you have some
Series 80 software not listed here please get in touch.
Further HP-85/87 software is available for download from www.series80.org.
Even more HP-85/87 software is available in Teledisk format from www.hpmuseum.net.
Emulators
There are now two HP-85 emulators for the PC:
Olivier's emulator is based around his emulator for the Capricorn
processor, and the source code is available. I find this emulator useful
for developing HP-85 software on the PC.
Everett's emulator on the other hand provides a great looking
application, and also includes HP-85 tape support. Everett also includes
the Games Pac II on his site.
Wanted
When the HP-9915 industrial computer was sold,
there were some packages available to transfer files and load programmes
into EPROM. These are mentioned in the HP-9915 manuals, so if anyone still has a copy please e-mail me.
HP Series 80 Pictures
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