Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!theory.tn.cornell.edu!hurf From: hurf@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: floppy drive for 9000/300? Message-ID: <1991Apr19.175055.24884@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 19 Apr 91 17:50:55 GMT References: <7370373@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> Sender: news@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu Organization: Cornell Theory Center Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: theory.tn.cornell.edu You can use PC SCSI drives as well on the 345 and up systems with a SCSI port. The dos utilities under hp-ux don't handle the latest dos 3.x disk blocking scheme but there is a recent (last 6mos) utility (dosread?) in comp.sources (uunet.uu.net) that will allow you to do this. We have even read DOS formatted Magneto-Optical disks on our 345 with that software. (with little hacking) hurf -- Hurf Sheldon Network: hurf@theory.tn.cornell.edu Program of Computer Graphics Phone: 607 255 6713 580 Eng. Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853