Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Mixed 700/300 clusters and local disks Message-ID: Date: 31 May 91 22:17:30 GMT References: <1991May28.190640.5789@sunee.waterloo.edu> <1730096@hpcndjdz.CND.HP.COM> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 23 jason@hpcndjdz.CND.HP.COM (Jason Zions) writes: >HP-IB disks on the 700 are not known not to work. Classic HP doublespeak, I >know. >I don't know if the same can be said about the HP-IB DAT drive, though. Will HP supply the same programming support for HP-IB on the 700 that is available on the 300, 400 and 800? We absolutely require HP-IB for our instrument control and data acquisition. Will HP-IB disks ever be supported? Will HP-IB 9-track tape ever be supported? Will HP-IB DAT ever be supported? Will HP-IB CD-ROM ever be supported? It seems the answer is that only printers and plotters will be supported. Great. The only HP-IB devices we DON'T have. The local sales and "technical" office is no help. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.