another hp2100 wannabe

[Jay West]

It was written...
>> Seems most folks used 2000A on a dual cpu 2100S setup with dial in
>> terminals.

To which eric replied
> 2000A only uses a single CPU, as did 2000B and 2000E.

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".

While a variety of matchups were possible, TSB was most commonly seen as 
dual 2100 cpus (one 2100A and one 2100S), or dual 21MX cpu's.

> The dual-CPU versions are 2000C, 2000C' (aka High-Speed 2000C),
> 2000F, and 2000/Access.
And 2000B.

>> Perhaps it could have been an hp-2114c running ACCESS 2000E?
I'm not sure 2000E would run on a 2114. It just might. 2000/Access wouldn't 
run on a 2114, at least with only the 2114 cpu.

>> On our setup with the single 2114 box, we did not have to login.
>> Everyone shared the same disk storage area. I don't recall anyone having
>> a username at all. there were just the 4 (2 crt, tty, and card reader)
>> terminals. I recall folks kept forgetting to clear the current program
>> before typing in a new one and then getting a mix of two programs. I
>> don't recall the commands, but it seems to me you could be on a crt and
>> tell the system to read from the card reader, then run a stack of cards
>> and the program would be loaded into your memory intead of just being
>> run and output to the printer.
This sure doesn't sound like TSB. It isn't the standalone HP basic either. I 
don't believe
I've heard of any HP basic system quite like that. Perhaps something written 
by a
university?

Jay West