Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!hpuplca!jeff From: jeff@hpuplca.nsr.hp.com ( Jeff Gruszynski ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: floppy drive for 9000/300? Message-ID: <410028@hpuplca.nsr.hp.com> Date: 18 Apr 91 20:37:38 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard Pleasanton Ca. Sales Lines: 27 / hpuplca:comp.sys.hp / tt@tarzan.jyu.fi (Tapani Tarvainen) / 2:24 am Apr 18, 1991 / > Is it possible to connect a floppy drive that can read PC floppies > (either 3.5" or 5 1/4", high density or not) to a 9000/300 series > machine (340/345/370)? Or a 425? Or a 834? > Is such a product (hardware and software) available (from HP/3rd party)? > (My HP sales rep says there isn't, and recommended I buy a 720 ...) > > Thanks in advance for any info. > > -- > Tapani Tarvainen (tarvaine@jyu.fi, tarvainen@finjyu.bitnet) > ---------- You CAN read PC disks on a series 300 if you're running HPUX. You need a 9153C or 9122C HPIB drive and either SoftPC (software PC emulator) or the DOS Coprocessor (hardware PC card). The 9153C is 20/30/40 Meg HD with 3-1/2" floppy. The 9122C is single or double 3-1/2" drive floppy. Either can access high density disks. The key software commands are dosls, doscp, etc. which have syntax similar to lifls, lifcp, etc. The DOS Coprocessor will only work on the 370, or a 400s setup for DIO cards. Jeff Gruszynski T&M STE SE Santa Clara Sales Hewlett Packard