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From: bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: reading HP150 discs in Vectra
Message-ID: <101950006@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Nov 88 18:13:47 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> I am installing a 3 1/2 floppy in my Vectra and would like to be able
> to read my older discs written by a HP150 ( I have single and double
> density discs tooread ). The 150 doesnt seem to do plain old IBM
> format while the vectra does. Is there a program available (cheap I
> hope) that will allow me to read the 150 discs on the Vectra?

I may be wrong, but I believe that double-sided disks can be read on
the Vectra with no extra work.  However, the single-sided disks aren't
supported any more.

I have a Vectra with DOS 3.2.  It comes with a utility to format disks
(double-sided) for a 150, so I am assuming (yeah, I know...) that it
can read 150-formatted disks as well.

--Bill Turner