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From: cliff@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Cliff Weisgerber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP320 Hardware questions
Message-ID: <15520030@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>
Date: 1 Mar 91 18:21:10 GMT
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/ hpdmd48:comp.sys.hp / rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) /  9:10 am  Feb 28, 1991 /
	
> >	1; Is there a SCSI interface that will fit these?
> 
> Yes and no.  The 98658A SCSI card will fit in a DIO-I/O slot, and will
> function, but no boot ROMs available for the Model 320 contain SCSI boot
> code, nor the SCSI diagnostic code required for official support of SCSI on
> the 320.
>

If I am not mistaken, this interface did not pass FCC requirements as a disk
interface, so it is not supported as such. This doesn't affect functionality
though. You could boot from hpib and mount scsi I believe.
 
> 
> Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
> Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
>                 UUCP: [hplabs|hpfcse]!hpfcrjn!rjn     Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
> ----------

Regards,

Cliff

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