All the files are in PDF format, and are quite big as I prefer to scan manuals at printer resolution whenever possible.
Mainframe Manuals | |
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HP 85 Owner's Manual and Programming Guide. Contains basic information on setting up and programming the HP 85. If the User's Guide is too big for you, you can try the Pocket Guide. It also comes in a ``lite'' black-and-white version for those of you on dial-up connections. |
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The Introduction to the HP-86B includes
equipment installation (and connection to HP-IB devices), plus an overview
of the HP-86B's features.
Many thanks to Jim Battle for contributing this manual. |
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The Introduction to the HP-87 includes equipment installation (and connection to HP-IB devices), plus an overview of the HP-87's features. |
 | The HP-IB Systems Training with the HP-85 as a controller is a collection of slides (presumably) used by HP for customer training. It contains sections on the use of the tape cartridge, programming in HP-85 Basic, HP-IB and advanced porogramming including I/O, interrupts, buffering etc. |
 | The HP-85A/B Personal Computer Learning Guide
is designed to teach repair technicians how to service the HP-85A and
HP-85B Personal Computers.
Many thanks to Mr. John Shadbolt for sending me photocopies of the manual so that I could scan it. |
 | The Capricorn Field Training Manual is an early internal document outlining the capabilities of the then new Series 80 line with comparisons against the other HP computers (9815, 9825, 9835/45) and products from other major manufacturers such as Apple, Commodore, Tandy, etc. |
 | The HP-83/85 Assembler ROM and HP-82928A System Monitor manual describes the processor architecture of the lower cost models of the Series 80 family. The manual also describes the architecture of these systems (operating system services, ROM paging, etc.) allowing the creation of assembly language programs. The manual also describes the HP-82928A System Monitor which is a hardware card that assists the debugging of machine language programs on the HP-83/85. |
 | The Basic 4.0 Language Reference Manual for the HP 9000 Series 200/300 computers is a useful source of Basic command definitions and can help porting programs to and from the Series80 family. |
HP 82900A CP/M System | |
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The Introduction to the HP 82900A
CP/M System is intended for the user with no prior experience with
CP/M, and those who intend to use their system primarily for running
pre-packaged software. Included are instructions for installing the CP/M
system, discussion of the CP/M built-in commands, and a look at some
other CP/M utilities.
More information on CP/M may be found at:
Many thanks to Victoria Etienne for contributing this manual. |
 | The HP 82900A
CP/M System Reference Manual
is designed for the audience of experienced CP/M users, and provides
the detailed information necessary for program development. This manual
includes a discussion of the CP/M transient commands, internal organization,
file system and other technical information revelant to programming.
Many thanks to Victoria Etienne for contributing this manual. |
Application Pac Manuals | |
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The Standard Applications Pac for the HP-83
and HP-85 computers describes the programs that were supplied with the demo
tape. The manual also contains programming tips and includes the full source
code of the programs (but not the data files).
Here are the program files for the HP-83/85. |
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The Math Pac Manual describes the programs
included with the Series 80 Math Pac. It applies to all the machines in the
Series 80 family.
Here are the program files for the HP-83/85, and for the HP-86/87. |
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The General Statistics Pac Manual
contains information about a number of widely used statistical tools included
in the General Statistics Pac. The Pac allows you to run one-sample analysis,
paired-sample analysis, chi-square, one- and two- way analysis of variance,
t-test, and multiple linear regression. The Pac also provides functions that
replace reference tables for right-tail probabilities for eight common
continuous and discrete distributions.
Here are the program files for the HP-83/85. |
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The Linear Programming Pac Manual
describes the programs included with the Series 80 Linear Programming Pac.
It applies to all the machines in the Series 80 family.
Many thanks to Bob Hahm for contributing this manual and software. Here are the program files for the HP-83/85. |
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The Basic Statistics and Data
Manipulation Pac lets you develop a flexible database for
statistical analysis - or for use with the Regression Analysis Pac.
This software prepares your data for analysis and lets you calculate
such summary statistics as mean, standard deviation, number of
observations, median, confidence interval, and quartiles.
Here are the program files for the HP-83/85. |
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The Regression Analysis Pac
analyzes relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent
variables. This software lets you use the least squares method to fit your
data to a polynomial regression or to a multiple linear regression. Requires
use of the Basic Statistics and Data
Manipulation Pac.
Here are the program files for the HP-83/85. |
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The Graphics Presentations Pac
allows you to create text, line, bar and pie charts of the quality
normally possible only by professional artists. Charts for professional
quality reports and presentations can be generated quickly and
easily, on acetate or paper.
Many thanks to Bob Hahm for contributing this manual and software. Here are the program files for the HP-83/85. |
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Do you feel that you need some training to help you get the most from your
Series 80 computer? You can train yourself or someone else, right where
you work, simply and easily, with the
Basic Training Pac.
Note that there is also a
Supplement to the Basic Training Pac,
containing a dictionary of BASIC terms and a ``Help'' section. The manual,
supplement and software work together to lead you into Series 80 operation and
programming.
Many thanks to Jim Battle for contributing the two manuals and HP-86/87 software and to Bob Hahm for contributing the HP-83/85 software. |
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The Games Applications Pac Manual
for the HP-83/85, provides information and instructions for the
19 programs of the Games Pac. These games
which include card games, board games, dynamic action games,
pattern generation programs, etc. are designed primarily to provide
fun.
Many thanks to Bob Hahm for contributing this manual and software. Here are the program files for the HP-83/85. |
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The Visicalc PLUS Manual for the HP-86/87.
VisiCalc offers one of the most powerful and widely-used analytical
tools available for personal computers. The PLUS version of VisiCalc
for the Series 80 offers additional graphics and computational capabilities.
Here are the program files for the HP-83/85, and for the HP-86/87. |
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The Text Editing Application Pac Manual for the HP-83/85.
The Text Editing Pac programs allow the user to write memos, outlines, and
reports on the CRT screen and edit a copy by changing words and
moving sections. Text can be saved on tape or disc and can be
recalled later for further editing or hard-copy printout.
Many thanks to Mr. John Shadbolt for sending me photocopies of the manual so that I could scan it. |
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The WORD/80 User's Manual for the
HP-86/87. WORD/80 is a versatile package for preparing reports,
letters and other "typewritten" documents. WORD/80 lets you take
advantage of the HP-86/87's softkeys, so you can edit, format, print,
or store your document by pressing a few keys. With full on-screen
editing you can cut, past or copy both rows and columns of test and
see the results on the screen. Among WORD/80's extensive formatting
capabilities for presentation documents are: indentation, variable
line spacing, numbering of pages, character underlining, and headers
and footers.
Here are the program files for the HP-86/87. |
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FILE/80 User's Manual for the HP-86/87.
FILE/80 is a file management
system that makes it easy to create file and generate reports from them. FILE/80 will manage 65,000 separate records (with up to 100 items of information per record)
with the actual number dependent in the systems memory capacity.
Here are the program files for the HP-86/87. |
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Data Communications
Software Pac Manual. For hard-wired (RS-232C) data communications or
modem communications using an acoustic data coupler, the Series
80 Data Communications Software and the HP 82939A Serial Interface
combine to provide a variety of data communications configurations.
You can use the Data Communications Pac when you need to send or
receive information to or from another system at rates from 50 to
9,600 baud (bits per second). The pac supports two handshaking
options that let you turn your Series 80 personal computer into a
remote character-mode terminal emulator.
Here are the program files for the HP-86/87. |
Software Solutions | |
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The Electrical Engineering Software Solutions contains the following programs:
Ladder Network Analysis Active Filter Design Frequency Plot of Poles and Zeros in a Complex Plane Passive Filter Design Mixer Spurious Response Microwave Parameter Conversion AC Circuit Analysis |
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The General Probability Software Solutions contains the following programs:
Probability Distribution Comparisons Probability of Chi-Square Values Expected Value of Perfect Information Chi-Square Test Exact Probability of an F-Ratio with Degrees of Freedom Binomial, Poisson and Hypergeometric Probabilities Fisher's Exact Probability Test Subjective Probability Distribution |
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The Decision Analysis Software Solutions contains the following programs:
Kruskal-Wallis One-Way Anova Three Factorial Analysis of Variance Regression/Correlation Analysis of Covariance Basic Statistics Confidence Limits Correlation Coefficient Pooled Mean and Standard Deviation Least Squares Fit, Multiple Y's per X |
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The Real Estate Software Solutions contains the following programs:
Mortgage Analysis Capital Investment Analysis Mortgage Plan Comparison Investment Return Discounted Return on Investment and Payback Real Estate Investment Analysis Cash Flow Analysis Annuity Analysis |
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The Budgeting and Finance I Software Solutions contains the following programs:
Sales Commission Report Financial Ratios Lease Income Make-Buy Decision Analysis Loan Amortization Mortgage Analysis Cost of Equity Capital Depreciation Method Comparison Simple Loan Analysis |
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The Budgeting and Finance II Software Solutions contains the following programs:
Mortgage Plan Comparison Capital Investment Analysis (Discounted Cash Flow) Exponential Smoothing on Price Data Cash Flow Analysis Compound Interest Lease Analysis as Determined by the Lessee Annuity Analysis |
Interface Adapter Manuals | |
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The HP-85 I/O Programming Guide contains a detailed introduction to Series 80 I/O. It includes information on the I/O ROM and the HP-IB, Serial, BCD, and GPIO interfaces. |
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A companion manual to the I/O Programming Guide is the Assembly Language I/O Reference Manual which provides information for programmers who prefer to use HP-85 Assembly language for I/O. |
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The HP-85 I/O Programming Guide, does not include a description of the 82938A HP-IL Interface. If you wish to write programs for this card, then in addition to the above manual you need the HP-IL Interface Owner's Manual. |
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Installation and configuration guide for the 82939A Serial Interface. This manual also covers the theory of operation (including circuit diagrams) for the Serial Adapter. |
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Owner's Manual for the 82941A BCD Interface.
This manual also covers the theory of operation (including circuit
diagrams) for the BCD Interface that provides the HP Series 80 Personal
Computers with the capability of interfacing up to two peripheral
instruments that handle numeric information in BCD (binary coded
decimal) form. These instruments fall into a variety of classifications
including voltmeters, multimeters, counters, and any peripheral
that outputs and/or inputs BCD information.
Many thanks to Arpad Molnar for contributing this manual. |
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Owner's Manual for the 82940A GPIO Interface. This manual also covers the theory of operation (including circuit diagrams) for the general purpose I/O adapter that provides 16-bit or dual 8-bit data exchange between HP Series 80 Personal Computers and peripheral devices. |
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The HP82950A Modem Manual contains descriptions of the use of three utilities that are used in conjunction with the HP82950A modem. The first two are the MODCOM and IPBIN utilities which are used by the HP Series-80 Computer to emulate a terminal. The third is the GETSAVE utility that converts between binary BASIC files and ASCII files. |
Application ROM Manuals | |
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The second most important ROM in the Series 80 computers is the Mass Storage ROM that allows access to floppy and hard disk drives over the HP-IB interface. In the low-end models of the family (HP-83/85) the Mass Storage ROM was optional, while in the HP-86/87, the ROM was included in the standard configuration. Nevertheless, the HP-85 Mass Storage ROM Manual applies equally to all the Series 80 computers. |
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The HP-85 Advanced Programming ROM Manual, describes the commands made available by the 00085-15005 and 00087-15005 Advanced programming ROM. |
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The HP-86/87 Plotter ROM Manual, describes the commands made available by the 00087-15002 Plotter ROM. This ROM allows an HP-86/87 to drive HP-GL plotters by extending all the CRT graphics capabilities to external plotters. It also allows CRT alpha and graphics displays to be copied dot by dot to a printer. |
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The HP-85 Matrix ROM Manual, describes the commands made available by the 00085-15004 and 00087-15004 Matrix ROM. |
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The Multiple Indexed Keyed Sequential Access Method (MIKSAM) ROM is a powerful software development tool for application programmers and serves as a core around which custom file management systems can be designed. The MIKSAM ROM Manual, describes the capabilities of this package and discusses a sample application. |
Peripheral Manuals | |
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The Speech Synthesis Module
allows voice-quality output using a large built-in vocabulary consisting of
over 1,500 words, phrases and sounds.
Many thanks to Mr. John Shadbolt for sending me photocopies of the manual so that I could scan it. |
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This is the Operator's Manual
for the HP9121D/S 3.5-inch floppy disc drives. These single-sided drives
are compatible with all Series 80 computers (HP-83/85A computers require
the Mass Storage ROM).
The Service Manual for these drives is available at ftp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/hp/disc/09121-90030_3_Inch_Flexible_Disk_Drive_Service_Apr84.pdf |
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This is the Users's Manual
for the HP9133A/B, and 9135A/B HP-IB Mass Storage devices.
Many thanks to Bob Hahm for lending me the manual so that I could scan it. The Service Manual for these drives is available at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/disc/09134-90032-Aug-1983.pdf |
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This is the Owner's Manual for the HP82905B printer. The difference between the HP82905B and the earlier A version is that the HP82905B can accommodate an HP-IL interface. Thus, this manual also contains a short section on how HP-IL controllers (e.g. the HP 41C) can control the HP82905B. |
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This is the Owner's Manual for the HP2671 Thermal printer. |
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This is the Installation Note of the
82929A Programmable ROM drawer. Unlike the 82936A ROM drawer which
requires proprietary ROMs, the 82929A allows the use of standard
EPROMs for the storage of Application Pac ROM images.
Many thanks to John Shadbolt for submitting an earlier version of this note. |
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This is the Instruction Sheet for the 82936A ROM drawer which allows the use of special (HP proprietary) ROMs to increase the capabilities of the Series 80 computers. Up to six ROMs can be inserted into the 82936A ROM drawer. |
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This is the Instruction Sheet for the HP 82907A 32K, HP 82908A 64K and HP 82909A 128K Memory Modules. These modules are compatible with the HP-86, HP-86B, HP-87, HP-87XM, and HP-85B (not the HP-85 or HP-85A models). Up to four modules can be installed into the computer;s plug-in ports. |
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Instruction
Sheet for the HP-82912A and HP-82913A Video Monitors. These are
high resolution monochrome displays with 9-inch (HP-82912A) or
12-inch (HP-82913A) CRTs. These monitors are compatible with the
HP-86 and HP-86B computers, the only models in the Series 80 lineup that
require an external monitor.
Many thanks to Jim Battle for contributing this manual. |
Application Notes | |
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This Application Note describes how to copy CRT graphics from the HP-83/85 to the 82905B dot matrix printer. A binary program (GDUMP) is also available in the Programs Collection. |
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Leibson on I/O is a series of
articles by Steve Leibson on I/O. They were initially published in
Keyboard magazine, a publication of the Desktop Computer Division of
HP. In 1981, HP collected all the articles in this 40 page handbook.
Steve Leibson was a key developer in the HP-9825 project and has an excellent web site (www.hp9825.com) with lots of historical information about the project. |
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The 8350A/85-1 Programming Note is a guide to the remote operation of the HP-8350A Sweep Oscillator and appropriate HP-83500 Series Plug-in using the HP-85A Personal Computer. |
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Adding I/O to the HP-85, Keyboard Magazine, Sep-Oct 1980, pages 10,11. |
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Series 80 to Series200 BASIC Translation Guide,
HP publication providing advice on how to migrate Series 80 software to the Series 200.
Internal use only manual for tech support teams. Sep 1983, 106 pages, from Richard Nelson's collection. Many thanks to Eric Rechlin (literature.hpcalc.org) for contributing this manual. |
Brochures and Promotional Material | |
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One of the earliest brochures for the Series 80, this describes the HP-85 and associated peripherals. |
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The Series 80 Personal Computer Software brochure describes the software packages available for the Series 80 computers. |
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The Series 80 Personal Computer Enhancements brochure presents various options that may be used to expand the Series 80 computers. Included in this brochure are Interfaces, Data Communications, ROMs, the CP/M add on, and a system to allow the production of user-developed firmware (e.g. to create your own PROMs). |
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A two page flyer in Greek introducing the HP-85. |
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This brochure describes
the 9915A which is the embedded version of the HP-85.
For more information on the 9915, please look at the HP-9915 Corner. |
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This brochure describes
the Integral PC, the successor to the Series 80. The Integral PC
is particularly notable because it contains UNIX in ROM. A BASIC
system (largely compatible with the Series 80 BASIC) was also
available as an option. Most of the features of the Integral PC
were improvements over similar features available on the HP-85:
Motorola 68000 processor running at 8MHz, versus the 85's custom
processor, floppy drive versus the tape drive, 80 column inkjet
printer versus the 32 character thermal printer, etc. Both machines
were mains powered luggables. The lunchbox shape and the built-in
handle of the Integral PC made it more compact and transportable
despite the fact that it was heavier than the HP-85 (11.5 Kg versus
9.06 Kg). Unfortunately, users did not like the Integral PC
and it turned out to be an evolutionary dead-end.
There is also an issue of the HP Journal discussing the Integral PC. |
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The Personal Computer Users Catalog
dated 2/1983 describes accessories and consumables for the various
personal computers and calculators sold by HP.
Many thanks to Bob Hahm for contributing this brochure. |