another hp2100 wannabe

[Eric Smith]

I wrote about HP 2000 Time Shared BASIC:
> 2000A only uses a single CPU, as did 2000B and 2000E.

Jay wrote:
> Actually, 2000A and 2000E were the single cpu versions. 2000B was
> definitely a dual cpu configuration, sold at least initially on a 2116
> for the main cpu and a 2114 for the "I/O processor".

Oops, you're right.  My own web page has the correct info, but my
memory is terrible.

Tim wrote:
>>> Perhaps it could have been an hp-2114c running ACCESS 2000E?

I wrote:
>> I'm not sure whether 2000E would run on a 2114
and Jay wrote:
> I'm not sure 2000E would run on a 2114. It just might.

Now that I think about it more, I'm fairly certain that it won't,
because 2000E (and 2000F and 2000/Access) require the floating point
microcode that is not available for the 2114/2115/2116.

How much memory can a 2114 be equipped with?  That's another potential
problem with trying to use a 2114 for either 2000A or 2000E, or as a
system processor for the dual-processor versions.  The 2114 might also
be short on I/O slots, though it has enough to be an I/O processor
for 2000B and 2000C.

Eric