Category Archives: c-retro

Retro CPU Emulation, Other Retro Hardware

Accessing HP3000 with Telnet and puTTY

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Dan TheMan

Telnet has never worked properly on my physical HP3000. I never needed it so I never fixed it. I decided to to track down the problem this evening. Fixing the telnet server was fairly easy – in 2001 someone altered … Continue reading →

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Replacing HP3000 Series 928LX SCSI Hard Drive with SCSI2SD SD Card interface

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Dan TheMan

My HP3000/928LX uses a Fast SCSI hard drive. Not only are these are no longer available new, they are getting hard to find and expensive used. Not that I start the HP3000 that often, but every time I do I … Continue reading →

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Repairing a female Molex .156 Found on Pinball Games

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Dan TheMan

I recently purchased the pinball game Funhouse, my all time favorite. The machine was refurbished and looks brand new inside and out. Shortly after receiving it I noticed that coin door functions were working erratically. Most importantly, the buttons used … Continue reading →

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Playing Old Interactive Games (Adventure, Warp, Mystery Mansion) Online

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Dan TheMan

I made a copy of my setup of the simH HP3000 emulator available for download a couple of years ago. There are several downloads of that file every day. Evidently there are a few that really enjoy playing these old … Continue reading →

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HP3000/XL Series 918 Startup and Shutdown Procedures

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Dan TheMan

Quick video to remind me the proper way to start / stop my HP3000 – a procedure I do very infrequently.

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Playing Old Interactive Fiction Games on the HP3000

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Dan TheMan

(Note: as of Apr 2020, these games are available online. If you would rather play them online rather than install the SIMH emulator, see https://wp.me/p3PlCO-D3). Last year I posted instructions on extracting and running the SIMH HP3000 emulation. I have … Continue reading →

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Upgrade HP3000 SIMH Disk Drive from HP7920 to HP7925

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Dan TheMan

The virtual hard drive that came with SIMH is a 55MB HP7920 disk drive. With just the O/S installed, there isn’t a lot of space left on this drive. This HP3000 can also emulate a 120MB HP7925. This procedure will … Continue reading →

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Using Kermit to Transfer files to/from SIMH HP3000

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Dan TheMan

After talking to another HP3000 SIMH user who had no viable way to transfer files to the HP3000, I set out to look for something a bit easier than create a simH tape. OK, using kermit still isn’t simple, but … Continue reading →

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Copy files from an HP3000/XL Computer System to a SIMH HP3000/Classic

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Dan TheMan

In my prior post, Instructions for Emulating an HP3000 with SIMH, my enclosed PDF of instructions discusses getting files onto the SIMH HP3000 using Reflections or creating a SIMH format tape. Both of these options have limitations if you want … Continue reading →

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Instructions for Emulating an HP3000 with SIMH

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Dan TheMan

The HP3000  minicomputer was the primary system I programmed from 1978 until 1993 when I moved into networking. I have so many fond memories of that system. I knew the hardware and software backward and forward. I was fortunate enough … Continue reading →

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