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From: rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: floppy drive for 9000/300?
Message-ID: <7370373@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Apr 91 04:17:17 GMT
References: <TT.91Apr18112434@tarzan.jyu.fi>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: > 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? 

You can use the 3-1/2-inch HP 9122C drive with all of the above.  The 9122C
is a dual-floppy HP-IB drive and suuports all HP and IBM single-sided,
double-sided and high-density formats.  The 'doscp' command suite for file
import/export is standard in HP-UX.

If you don't have SoftPC, formatting DOS floppies on HP-UX is a little
tricky, but can be done (I have an article).

The 9127A 5-1/4-inch drive was recently obsoleted, but only supported
360K media in any case.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM               3404 East Harmony Road
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