HP 9830A Explorations

(Restoring two antique pre-micro computers from the early 1970s)

20180803 TerraHertz http://everist.org NobLog home

Draft - on hold due to other time demands. Hopefully will progress in mid-2019

During my recent 'deluge of diversions' I'd found myself taking in some techno-relics from the Australian Computer Museum Society, who were having a storage space crisis. This of course risks initiating a whole new world of nesting diversionary projects, since it's hard to just ignore these interesting things now considerably worsening my own shortage of storage space.

Two items in particular I couldn't bear to just pack away in storage, so they were tying up my metalworking area. That I'd only just tidied in preparation for beginning construction of an adjustable table.


In the meantime, there's some background, writeup and photos over in the electronics forum:
  http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1112-vintage-computer-warehouse-diving/
  http://www.eevblog.com/forum/vintage-computing/hp-9830a-desktop-programmable-calculator-an-exploration/