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From: rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Mixed 700/300 clusters and local disks
Message-ID: <7370407@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Jun 91 16:04:21 GMT
References: <1991May28.190640.5789@sunee.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: >>> Will HP-IB disks ever be supported?
    >>Probably not officially, 
    >>> Will HP-IB 9-track tape ever be supported?
    >>> Will HP-IB DAT ever be supported?
    >>Probably not.  

> Well what is the point of even selling an "HP-IB" card on the 
> 700's?  I think someone at HP should tell us exactly what this "HP-IB"
> card for the 700's is supposed to be used for?

Although it was over a year ago, and I have not been involved with the 700
program since then, I am the person who wrote the marketing specs for what a
Series 700 HP-IB card needed to be (basically an EISA version of the 98625B
plus the bus status registers from the 98624A).  The card is quite capable,
and full support for additional peripherals could be added.

The card was originally intended for support of the C16xx series of
electrostatic plotters, which require a high-speed duplex interface.  It
also supports the 9144/45A cartridge tapes, available only in HP-IB.

> It wouldn't be so bad if all the announcements leading up to this point
> hadn't been saying that "sure you can just move your HP-IB peripherals to
> the 700 HP-IB card."

Can you provide a reference for this?  To my knowledge, no such claims
have been advanced in our sales literature. 

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
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