First post, by Scraphoarder
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Back in the late nineties i got a call from an former IT guy that had worked in a mining company that had shut down. He were hired to get out and wipe data from a HP3000 system and i was also asked if i could help to save this system and many old HP computers. We contacted the local museum and we rescued a lot of the equipment, but there was a lot left that were to be dumped. Myself i took home one HP 150 and one HP 150 II computers and som floppy stations and a printer.
The HP 150 Touchscreen (codename "Magic") from 1983 i didnt test, but i fired ut the HP 150 II and it worked. Put it in the basement and forgot it until now almost 20 years later..
The last afternoons i have taken it and a keyboard apart and fully cleaned it. Having a layer of iron ore dust and god knows outside and inside i put all parts in the shower and gived it a bath. Scrubbed it lightly and also took all plastic parts in the kitchensink with hot water and dishsoap. My wifed just smiled when i cleaned and scrubbed over hundred keys from the keyboard 😊
Dried all parts under the AC with heating for one day and put it toghether and here is the result of this "All in one" computer that had a pricetag of $2610 when it was released in 1985. My is from July 1985 and produced in Grenoble, France.
Scraphoarders HP 150 II nice and clean
Some pictures of details and parts.
Standalone from left. Powerbutton is on the left under the 12" screen.
Backside with cover on
Backside with cower off exposing connections. A little blury..
Inside exposed with motherboard halfway in and expansion slot tray lifted up
The motherboard has an AMD P8088-2 8mhz CPU and 256KB ram. The four expansion slots to the lower left can take a ram card and other cards.
There are two slots in the middle and in that to the right there is a card with part 45849-60004. Have no clue what its for but maybe its for graphics.
I will try powering it up later today after im sure everything are dry. Stay tuned for the result.
