Early HP Vectra 80286 - Accessories wanted

[Martin Hepperle]

To complete my 1987 HP Vectra I am looking for

• a keyboard with HP-HIL interface (not the usual 46020/46021 keyboards, but the one with 8 function keys above and 10 function keys to the left of the main keys. It may have the part number 46030, but I am not sure.
• a color expansion board for the Multimode video adapter - this is a small board which connects to the Multimode video board with a ribbon cable. It has a handful of TTL chips and breaks out the color signal to 3 RGB connectors.

Preferably in Europe, but not limited to.

Martin

 

[tipc]

I do believe I saw an HP MM graphics card on ebay in the last couple months. But I can't find it.

this what you need by some chance:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-45945-6...362292?hash=item444b418934:g:9j8AAOSwYBpd6B7I

 

[Martin Hepperle]

Thank you for the link - In fact I had seen this auction - it is for the main RAM/ROM board of a Vectra ES/12 (which is the same as for the previous Vectra with 8 MHz, but the ROMs may be different). It plugs into a special slot on the main board

Background: I bought my Vectra from a scrap dealer and when it arrived it was missing this essential board. Without this usually unobtanium board the system cannot operate.
I was somewhat upset and contacted the seller. And this time I was lucky, as he found the missing board in his scrapyard container... and it even works.

And I got the Multimode video adapter main (monochrome) board from Poland... This is the same configuration I owned in the late 1980s.

I am looking for, the Color Graphics daughter board, which is a shorter board with very few chips on it. Maybe 3 inches deep and with a ribbon connector and 3 RGB BNC connectors.

Of course I can install a VGA card, but I would like to stick with the original configuration - the MM adapter gives me 640x400 in monochrome, which is o.k. for Windows 1 and 2.