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From: stanb@hpnmdla.hp.com (Stan Bischof)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: floppy drive for 9000/300?
Message-ID: <430043@hpnmdla.hp.com>
Date: 21 Apr 91 18:06:42 GMT
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In comp.sys.hp, steve-t@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Taylor) writes:

>| You need a 9153C or 9122C HPIB drive and either SoftPC (software PC emulator)
>| or the DOS Coprocessor (hardware PC card).
>SoftPC or DOS Coprocessor is only needed if you want to run PC software.

Or if you want to format a DOS disk in your drive. Also you might round up
a 9127A drive on the surplus market (its obsolete) and you'll be able to
talk to low-density 5-1/4 disks also.

>NOT A STATEMENT, OFFICIAL OR OTHERWISE, OF THE HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY.

ditto.

Stan Bischof
HP-NMD