HP-150 (aka HP Touchscreen or HP 45611A) was a compact, powerful and innovative computer made by Hewlett-Packard in 1983. It was based on the Intel 8088CPU and was one of the world's earliest commercialized touch screen computers. Like other "workalike" IBM PC clones of the time, despite running customized MS-DOS versions 2.01, 2.11 and 3.20, the machine was not IBM PC DOS compatible. Its 8088 CPU, rated at 8 MHz, was faster than the 4.77 MHz CPUs used by the IBM PC of that period. Using add-on cards, main memory could be increased from 256 KB to 640 KB. However, its mainboard did not have a slot for the optional Intel 8087 math coprocessor due to space constraints. An HP-150 with an optional hard disk was called HP Touchscreen MAX.
• Infrared emitters and detectors for touchscreen functionality • Keyboard
Connectivity
• Two RS-232 ports, with one supporting RS-422 • One 8-bit parallel multi-master interface bus: HP-IB, IEEE-488 standard
The computer's screen was a 9-inch SonyCRT surrounded by infrared emitters and detectors which detected the position of any non-transparent object that touched the screen. In the original HP-150, these emitters and detectors were placed within small holes located on the inside of the monitor's bezel (which resulted in the bottom series of holes sometimes filling with dust, causing the touchscreen to fail until the dust was vacuumed from the holes).
Like the original Macintosh, HP-150 was packaged with the CRT display as a single unit, and made use of 3½-inch floppy disks. Unlike the Mac, however, HP-150 had no internal floppy drive; the machine sat atop the phone book-sized 9121D[2] dual 3½-inch floppy (76 mm high, 325 mm wide, 285 mm deep) or similarly sized hard disk devices, connected by HP-IB.
Invisible to the user, the HP-150 runs "Terminal Operating System" ("TOS", code-named "Magic" during development). This operating system generally runs only two tasks: the terminal emulator and MST (which is Microsoft DOS).[3]
Inherent HP Terminal emulation equivalent to HP 2623 Graphics Terminal
Bit-map: 512 × 390 pixels
Separate plane for text and graphics
Monitor sensor grid: 40 (h) × 24 (v)
HP-150's touch screen sensor grid is quite coarse. Its resolution is only two characters wide. Used mainly for rough cursor positioning and function key control, it could not be used to draw pictures.
BYTE in November 1984 called HP-150 "an extremely flexible machine", but "difficult to program".[4]
Successorsedit
The two-CPU HP-120 (aka HP 45600A)[5]Z80CP/M machine also used the 9121 drives.
HP-150 II (aka HP 45849A)[6] replaced HP-150 in 1984. While still called HP Touchscreen II, the touchscreen was no longer standard, but rather a rarely-adopted option. The optional touchscreen bezel was superior to the original bezel, in that the emitters and detectors were now located behind a solid infrared-transparent plastic; thus removing the need to regularly clean the holes found in the original model.
HP-150 II had the same footprint as HP-150, but came in a larger housing to accommodate its 12-inch screen, but could no longer accommodate an internal printer. HP-150 II had four expansion slots available (as opposed to two), and could accommodate an optional 8087 co-processor board. There were some minor compatibility problems between HP-150 and HP-150 II in the video subsystem.
In 1985, HP introduced the Vectra, which InfoWorld stated was the company "responding to demands from its customers for full IBM PC compatibility". HP repositioned HP-150 as a workstation for the HP 3000 minicomputer.[7]
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^"9121 Disc Drive". Peripheral Products: Storage Selection. HP Computer Museum. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^Pollero Wood, Laurie E.; Whelan, Charles H. (August 1984). "Operating System and Firmware of the HP150 Personal Computer" (PDF). Hewlett-Packard Journal. 35 (8): 9. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
^Haas, Mark (November 1984). "The HP 150 Computer". BYTE. Vol. 9, no. 12. pp. 262–275. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
^"120". Business Desktops/Calcs: 100 Series Selection. HP Computer Museum. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^"150 Touchscreen II". Business Desktops/Calcs: 100 Series Selection. HP Computer Museum. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^Petrosky, Mark (30 September 1985). "HP's Vectra Called PC AT 'Hybrid'". InfoWorld. Vol. 7, no. 39. p. 5. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
Bibliographyedit
HP 150 Personal Computer. Series 100. Hewlett Packard. September 1983. 5953-5846.
Dolan, Richard P., ed. (August 1984). "HP 150 issue" (PDF). Hewlett-Packard Journal. 35 (8). Retrieved August 11, 2021.
HP 150 Technical Reference Manual(PDF). HP 150 Personal Computers. Hewlett Packard. April 1984. 45625-90001.
Lemmons, Phil; Robertson, Barbara (October 1983). "Product Preview: The HP 150". BYTE. Vol. 8, no. 10. pp. 36–50. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
Lemmons, Phil; Robertson, Barbara (October 1983). "An Interview: The HP 150's Design-team Leaders". BYTE. Vol. 8, no. 10. pp. 51–58. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
The Definitive HP150 Catalog. The 1991 Edition. Personalized Software
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to HP-150.
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HP 150 aka HP Touchscreen or HP 45611A was a compact powerful and innovative computer made by Hewlett Packard in 1983 It was based on the Intel 8088 CPU and was one of the world s earliest commercialized touch screen computers Like other workalike IBM PC clones of the time despite running customized MS DOS versions 2 01 2 11 and 3 20 the machine was not IBM PC DOS compatible Its 8088 CPU rated at 8 MHz was faster than the 4 77 MHz CPUs used by the IBM PC of that period Using add on cards main memory could be increased from 256 KB to 640 KB However its mainboard did not have a slot for the optional Intel 8087 math coprocessor due to space constraints An HP 150 with an optional hard disk was called HP Touchscreen MAX HP 150HP 150 IIManufacturerHPTypeA single unit touchscreen personal computerRelease dateNovember 1983Introductory price 2795 MSRP 1 DiscontinuedYesMediaTwo 270 KB floppy drivesOperating systemMS DOS or CP M 86CPUIntel 8088 8 MHzMemory256 KB RAM 160 KB ROM DRAM DisplayBuilt in 9 Sony CRT Text 80 columns 27 lines Bitmap 512 390 pixelsGraphics6 KB SRAM video Input Infrared emitters and detectors for touchscreen functionality KeyboardConnectivity Two RS 232 ports with one supporting RS 422 One 8 bit parallel multi master interface bus HP IB IEEE 488 standard The computer s screen was a 9 inch Sony CRT surrounded by infrared emitters and detectors which detected the position of any non transparent object that touched the screen In the original HP 150 these emitters and detectors were placed within small holes located on the inside of the monitor s bezel which resulted in the bottom series of holes sometimes filling with dust causing the touchscreen to fail until the dust was vacuumed from the holes Like the original Macintosh HP 150 was packaged with the CRT display as a single unit and made use of 3 inch floppy disks Unlike the Mac however HP 150 had no internal floppy drive the machine sat atop the phone book sized 9121D 2 dual 3 inch floppy 76 mm high 325 mm wide 285 mm deep or similarly sized hard disk devices connected by HP IB Invisible to the user the HP 150 runs Terminal Operating System TOS code named Magic during development This operating system generally runs only two tasks the terminal emulator and MST which is Microsoft DOS 3 Contents 1 Hardware 1 1 Display 1 2 Processor unit 1 3 Storage 2 Reception 3 Successors 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External linksHardware editDisplay edit nbsp HP 150 touchscreen Display resolutions Text 80 columns 27 lines 720 378 pixels Character size 7 10 pixels Character cell size 9 14 pixels Inherent HP Terminal emulation equivalent to HP 2623 Graphics Terminal Bit map 512 390 pixels Separate plane for text and graphics Monitor sensor grid 40 h 24 v HP 150 s touch screen sensor grid is quite coarse Its resolution is only two characters wide Used mainly for rough cursor positioning and function key control it could not be used to draw pictures Processor unit edit Optional internal thermal printer HP 2647A fax roll Communication ports Two RS 232 ports one of them supported RS 422 HP IB IEEE 488 HP HIL standard on HP 150 II but an optional add on card on HP 150 Storage edit Supported HP IB attached storage HP Model CommandSet FDD FDDtype Sides FDD capacity each HDD HDD capacity Notes HP 82901M Amigo 2 5 25 DS 270 KB 0 Add on only HP 82902M Amigo 1 5 25 DS 270 KB 0 Add on only HP 9121D Amigo 2 3 5 SS 270 KB 0 HP 9121S Amigo 1 3 5 SS 270 KB 0 Add on only HP 9122D SS 80 2 3 5 DS 710 KB 0 HP 9122S SS 80 1 3 5 DS 710 KB 0 Add on only HP 9123D SS 80 2 3 5 DS 710 KB 0 HP 150 II only HP 9125S Amigo 1 5 25 DS 360 KB 0 Add on only Not bootable HP 9127S Amigo 1 5 25 DS 360 KB 0 Add on only Not bootable HP 9133A Amigo 1 3 5 SS 270 KB 1 5 MB HP 9133B Amigo 1 3 5 SS 270 KB 1 10 MB HP 9133D SS 80 1 3 5 DS 710 KB 1 15 MB HP 9133H SS 80 1 3 5 DS 710 KB 1 20 MB Requires DOS 3 20 HP 9133L SS 80 1 3 5 DS 710 KB 1 40 MB Requires DOS 3 20 HP 9133V Amigo 1 3 5 SS 270 KB 1 5 MB HP 9133XV Amigo 1 3 5 SS 270 KB 1 15 MB HP 9134A Amigo 0 1 5 MB HP 9134B Amigo 0 1 10 MB HP 9134H SS 80 0 1 20 MB Requires DOS 3 20 HP 9134L SS 80 0 1 40 MB Requires DOS 3 20 HP 9134V Amigo 0 1 5 MB HP 9134XV Amigo 0 1 15 MB HP 9153A SS 80 1 3 5 DS 710 KB 1 10 MB HP 9153B SS 80 1 3 5 DS 710 KB 1 20 MB Requires DOS 3 20 HP 9153C SS 80 1 3 5 DS 710 KB 1 10 20 40 MB Requires DOS 3 20 HP 9154A SS 80 0 1 10 MB HP 9154B SS 80 0 1 20 MB Requires DOS 3 20Reception editBYTE in November 1984 called HP 150 an extremely flexible machine but difficult to program 4 Successors editThe two CPU HP 120 aka HP 45600A 5 Z80 CP M machine also used the 9121 drives HP 150 II aka HP 45849A 6 replaced HP 150 in 1984 While still called HP Touchscreen II the touchscreen was no longer standard but rather a rarely adopted option The optional touchscreen bezel was superior to the original bezel in that the emitters and detectors were now located behind a solid infrared transparent plastic thus removing the need to regularly clean the holes found in the original model HP 150 II had the same footprint as HP 150 but came in a larger housing to accommodate its 12 inch screen but could no longer accommodate an internal printer HP 150 II had four expansion slots available as opposed to two and could accommodate an optional 8087 co processor board There were some minor compatibility problems between HP 150 and HP 150 II in the video subsystem In 1985 HP introduced the Vectra which InfoWorld stated was the company responding to demands from its customers for full IBM PC compatibility HP repositioned HP 150 as a workstation for the HP 3000 minicomputer 7 See also editList of Hewlett Packard products HP Roman 8References edit 150 Touchscreen Business Desktops Calcs 100 Series Selection HP Computer Museum Retrieved March 18 2018 9121 Disc Drive Peripheral Products Storage Selection HP Computer Museum Retrieved March 18 2018 Pollero Wood Laurie E Whelan Charles H August 1984 Operating System and Firmware of the HP150 Personal Computer PDF Hewlett Packard Journal 35 8 9 Retrieved August 12 2021 Haas Mark November 1984 The HP 150 Computer BYTE Vol 9 no 12 pp 262 275 Retrieved 2015 02 14 120 Business Desktops Calcs 100 Series Selection HP Computer Museum Retrieved March 18 2018 150 Touchscreen II Business Desktops Calcs 100 Series Selection HP Computer Museum Retrieved March 18 2018 Petrosky Mark 30 September 1985 HP s Vectra Called PC AT Hybrid InfoWorld Vol 7 no 39 p 5 Retrieved 2015 02 20 Bibliography editHP 150 Personal Computer Series 100 Hewlett Packard September 1983 5953 5846 Dolan Richard P ed August 1984 HP 150 issue PDF Hewlett Packard Journal 35 8 Retrieved August 11 2021 HP 150 Technical Reference Manual PDF HP 150 Personal Computers Hewlett Packard April 1984 45625 90001 Lemmons Phil Robertson Barbara October 1983 Product Preview The HP 150 BYTE Vol 8 no 10 pp 36 50 Retrieved 2015 02 15 Lemmons Phil Robertson Barbara October 1983 An Interview The HP 150 s Design team Leaders BYTE Vol 8 no 10 pp 51 58 Retrieved 2015 02 15 The Definitive HP150 Catalog The 1991 Edition Personalized SoftwareExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to HP 150 HP 150 Hewlett Packard HP 150 HP s Virtual Museum 6 views of the HP 150 HP Computer Museum 100 Series also HP 150 Software Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HP 150 amp oldid 1220685434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
