Husky Hunter info required
Mark Durham
Anybody got any info on the Husky Hunter handheld machine from the 80's?
I know it's CP/M based etc. Anybody got any pointers to web sites with
info/programs etc for them.
I've got 2 of them, a large thick manual, a thinner manual of programs,
a couple of battery powered floppy drives (but only one cable - damn!).
I had to recharge the internal on-board nicad to get each one of them
going.
Thanks.
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Hummm. Looks complicated ..... might need a bigger hammer!
Mark Durham (ma...@rosedene.demon.co.uk)
Sam Yorko
Why is it people have a difficult time trying Google, but yet they can
enter a message to a news group?
http://www.8bit.computingmuseum.com/museum/computer.asp?c=285
http://www.silicium.org/calc/hunter.htm
http://www.infocon.dk/husky/products/h16spec.htm
http://liberti.dhs.org/public/computing/hardware/huskyhunter/hunter.html
Sam
Arargh!
<ma...@rosedene.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Anybody got any info on the Husky Hunter handheld machine from the 80's?
>I know it's CP/M based etc. Anybody got any pointers to web sites with
>info/programs etc for them.
>
>I've got 2 of them, a large thick manual, a thinner manual of programs,
>a couple of battery powered floppy drives (but only one cable - damn!).
>I had to recharge the internal on-board nicad to get each one of them
>going.
The Husky Hunter 16 is a DOS based machine (in ROM).
I have 3 of them.
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Charles Richmond
>
> Mark Durham wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anybody got any info on the Husky Hunter handheld machine from the 80's?
> > I know it's CP/M based etc. Anybody got any pointers to web sites with
> > info/programs etc for them.
> >
> > I've got 2 of them, a large thick manual, a thinner manual of programs,
> > a couple of battery powered floppy drives (but only one cable - damn!).
> > I had to recharge the internal on-board nicad to get each one of them
> > going.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Hummm. Looks complicated ..... might need a bigger hammer!
> > Mark Durham (ma...@rosedene.demon.co.uk)
>
was a CP/M machine...but I did *not* know that it was *so* great
looking!!! Gee...how could I go about acquiring one??? (Since I
am in the U.S., I could get relatives in the U.K. to arrange
shipping for me...)
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Mark Durham
<JOATno...@computer.org> writes
engine. Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my post but I am after more
information than just the basic spec which is what can be found by
following any one of you links.
Mark Durham
In article <hk7art4ounfa5t8d3...@4ax.com>, Arargh!
<Ara...@Enteract.com> writes
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Steve O'Hara-Smith
MD> Hi,
MD>
MD> Anybody got any info on the Husky Hunter handheld machine from the 80's?
MD> --
MD> Hummm. Looks complicated ..... might need a bigger hammer!
Probably wouldn't help with a Hunter :)
I once got the opportunity to drop one from the balcony at Earls
Court (empty stand below) - it was completely unaffected by the experience
and was still running the program it had been running when I dropped it.
Try it with a modern laptop or PDA :)
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Directable Mirrors - A Better Way To Focus The Sun
Arargh!
<ma...@rosedene.demon.co.uk> wrote:
<snip>
>>The Husky Hunter 16 is a DOS based machine (in ROM).
>>I have 3 of them.
And now I can't get any of them to boot.
>Don't suppose you have the floppy disk drive?
Nope.
>Do you know how to access it?
I had the probably erroneous idea that you plugged it in, and turned
on the computer, but then again ...
Mark Durham
<Ara...@Enteract.com> writes
>On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 07:33:36 +0100, Mark Durham
><ma...@rosedene.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
><snip>
>>>The Husky Hunter 16 is a DOS based machine (in ROM).
>>>I have 3 of them.
>And now I can't get any of them to boot.
>
>>Don't suppose you have the floppy disk drive?
>Nope.
>
>>Do you know how to access it?
>I had the probably erroneous idea that you plugged it in, and turned
>on the computer, but then again ...
>
with the Hunter (it was in the box I acquired). It's made by Husky. The
connector is a 25pin D-Conn which might plug into the serial port.
As for not getting them to boot, mine both did that. It appears that it
won't boot if the internal NiCad is flat. I took the back cover off of
mine and stuffed 2.5v across the NiCad for a minute or so. It's just
enough to jump start the NiCad. I then connected a power supply where
the batteries normally connect and put the Hunter into terminal mode so
it doesn't switch off. It appears to stop topping up the NiCad when
switched off.
I also explored the external charger input (the round 4pin connector).
The manual hints at the fact that recharging is an option done when the
unit is built. I could be wrong here.
I also have a Husky system disk Ver 1.0 but cannot read it with any of
the CP/M disk readers. It might have been reformatted before I got my
hands on it.
Mark.
Arargh!
<ma...@rosedene.demon.co.uk> wrote:
<snip>
>>>Do you know how to access it?
>>I had the probably erroneous idea that you plugged it in, and turned
>>on the computer, but then again ...
>>
>I figured that too. I'm not entirely sure that the disk drive belongs
>with the Hunter (it was in the box I acquired). It's made by Husky. The
>connector is a 25pin D-Conn which might plug into the serial port.
My guess is that is correct.
>As for not getting them to boot, mine both did that. It appears that it
>won't boot if the internal NiCad is flat. I took the back cover off of
>mine and stuffed 2.5v across the NiCad for a minute or so. It's just
>enough to jump start the NiCad. I then connected a power supply where
>the batteries normally connect and put the Hunter into terminal mode so
>it doesn't switch off. It appears to stop topping up the NiCad when
>switched off.
I think all that is needed is to install fully charged batteries.
After that, it sould run off the mains adapter.
>I also explored the external charger input (the round 4pin connector).
>The manual hints at the fact that recharging is an option done when the
>unit is built. I could be wrong here.
On the Hunter 16, the mains adapter plugs into the 5 pin thingy.
>I also have a Husky system disk Ver 1.0 but cannot read it with any of
>the CP/M disk readers. It might have been reformatted before I got my
>hands on it.
Steven P. Johnson
software is available on the net. Commercial "abandonware" is available at
http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/ Public domain software is available at
numerous locations easily found. A few years ago there was a cdrom of CP/M
software, now out of print but not impossible to find. Between these
sources you should be able to find a variety of editors, programming
languages, databases, utilities, and text adventure games.
If a CP/M program comes with a terminal installation routine, you should
be able to set it up for whatever terminal the Hunter emulates. The
emulation should be listed in your documentation.
Comp.os.cpm is an active newsgroup which you may want to visit.
I never had a Husky Hunter, but for a few years badly wanted one to
replace less durable laptops (Cambridge Z-88, Tandy 100/102).
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Steve Johnson
sjoh...@westnet.com
Mark Durham
Somebody there remembers this stuff. The Husky Oracle disk drive
(originally made by Brother and ceased production just as the Husky
Hunter was built) does plug into the Husky Hunter serial port.
Unfortunately, you can't access the FDD unless you also have a piece of
s/w called HDOS - apparently written by Husky ages ago. Itronix are
going to have a look in their archives and see if they still have a
copy.
In article <vpcfrtcjvgq6rk0q5...@4ax.com>, Arargh!
<Ara...@Enteract.com> writes
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