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From: rclark@speclab.bgp-usgs.gov (Roger N. Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: HP: we need HP-IB on optical drives
Message-ID: <210018@speclab.bgp-usgs.gov>
Date: 28 Jun 89 22:58:17 GMT
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Geophysics, Denver
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The new HP read/write optical disk is great, but it only comes in
SCSI.  I have an 825, it only has 8 slots, and to add a SCSI I would
have to buy an expander (HP: 12 slots is a better number for the
main chasis of any computer).  Is there even SCSI for the 800
series?

So how about an HP-IB read/write optical disk?  Or is this a message
that HP-IB is going away?  I am told by sales that there are no
current plans for HP-IB optical!  Can I convert my 571 MByte disks
to SCSI.  Would speed suffer if I did?  How about SMD, HSMD, ESMD....?

I need optical now on HI-IB!