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Hewlett Packard HP-9816	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1982	Motorola 68000	name company company_name specs tabs photos adverts links related oc_id source HP-9816 /companies/hewlett-packard Hewlett Packard label value NAME HP-9816 label value MANUFACTURER Hewlett Packard label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR November 1982 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full troke 70-key with function keys label value CPU Motorola 68000 label value SPEED 8 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Motorola 6845 (CRT controller), TI-9914 (Serial & HP-IB management) label value RAM 128 KB up to 512 KB (provision for up to 4 MB) label value VRAM Unknown label value ROM 16 KB to 48 KB label value TEXT MODES 80 chars x 25 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 400 x 300 pixels label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Beeper label value I/O PORTS HP-IB, Serial RS232 label value BUILT IN MEDIA Dual 3.5'' floppy drives unit (HP-9121) label value OS HP Pro-BASIC, PASCAL, CP/M 68K label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit label value PERIPHERALS All of the HP-IB peripherals label value PRICE $3895 (basic 128 KB version) photos adverts links title subtitle text image MAIN BOARD One of the most tightly packed boards of the microcomputer industry of the time. It is only 9 x 10.3 inches but contains 125 I.C. **(1)** Serial RS232 port chips and switches\ **(2)** HP-IB interface chips\ **(3)** Refresh and RAM timing chips\ **(4)** Boot ROM chips. Here 48 KB installed\ **(5)** Motorola 68000 processor\ **(6)** 128 KB RAM chips\ **(7)** CPU clock circuit\ **(8)** Data and address bus drivers\ **(9)** Second memory timing area\ **(10)** Keyboard controller chips, including the Intel 8041 processor\ **(11)** Keyboard connector\ **(12)** HP-IB connector\ **(13)** Serial RS232 connector null title subtitle text image HP-9816S The keyboard is obviously not the same as the "original" HP-9816. null title subtitle text image U.S. AD. JUNE 1983 null title subtitle text image FRENCH AD. JUNE 1983) null title url text HP Museum http://www.hpmuseum.net The best place about old HP computers and calculators. title url text HP-9816 page http://www1.neweb.ne.jp/wa/igaweb/HP/9816.html Nice and detailed pictures title url text Joe Rigdon pages http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/9800.htm More information about HP 98xx series /museum/hewlett-packard-hp-9810 /museum/hewlett-packard-hp-9825 /museum/hewlett-packard-hp-9826 /museum/hewlett-packard-hp-9830 /museum/hewlett-packard-hp-9836 879 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230417024951/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=879 2023-04-17

Hewlett-Packard has been one of the first large manufacturer to adopt the Motorola 68000 microprocessor since 1981. The HP9816 was the fourth 68000 based computer of the brand. It was also called the Series 200 Model 16. Hewlett-Packards Series 200 included the HP-9816, HP-9826, HP-9836, and HP-9836C.

The Model 16 was intended to be a "lion package in a house cat". When the keyboard was "parked" in the optional special housing placed under the unit, the computer footprints was 1 quare foot exactly. To ensure such a small size, Joe DeWeese, HP's project manager designed a very compact CPU board with a chip density never seen before.

Model 16 could be used as a standalone workstation and connected to a large variety of mass storage devices, as well as numerous HP peripherals including printers, plotters and a graphic tablet through the HP-IB port. It also could act as an intelligent terminal or be connected to HP's Shared Ressource Management (SRM) network.

SRM permitted up to 68 Series 200 computers in any conbination (including the HP-9835, 9845 and HP-9000 computers). The computers were connected via twisted-pair cables to a 9828 which controlled the network.

System could run HPL, Pro-BASIC or Pascal. 68000 version of the CP/M operating system (CP/M 68K) was also available. Any or all languages and operating systemms could be stored and loaded from the same drive and/or plug-in ROM cards on the same computer. User could select the one that he wanted the computer to load at power-up.