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From: rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP320 Hardware questions
Message-ID: <7370327@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Mar 91 16:33:02 GMT
References: <1991Feb27.172640.4685@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: >> 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.

Not true.  The RFI test for the Series 300 was performed (by me) in a Model
310, which is legally identical to a 320 for FCC purposes.  The real barrier
to support is the lack of diagnostic code code on 310/320.