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From: calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HP Vectra: Floppy failure
Message-ID: <12070009@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>
Date: 28 May 91 16:42:16 GMT
References: <1991May24.182001.25703@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, kmcvay@oneb.wimsey.bc.ca (Ken McVay) writes:

>  Can anyone offer any suggestions about what I might do to check this, or
>  offer other advice? I tried using another controller, but the Vectra
>  controller includes a parallel and serial port, and the system won't
>  boot without them, so that got me exactly no-where :-(

I doubt that the lack of a serial/parallel port was the reason your
Vectra wouldn't boot with a different controller card.  I've used a
Perstor hard disk controller card (supports two hard disks and two
floppy disks) in my Vectra QS/16, and the Perstor card lacks the
serial/parallel ports provided by HP's controller card.  Thus, you
should be able to use a different controller card to isolate your
problem.

Frank Calloway