2 Apr
2005
2 Apr
'05
2:52 p.m.
At 02:16 PM 4/2/05 -0500, you wrote:
I have a 9133H connected to my IPC. I have the 9133H manual and the
only reason that I have not bothered to scan it is because it contains
no useful info AT ALL! It was written by brain dead people (whenever a
manual starts with "Don't let the terminology scare you", you know that
the manual is not worth the paper its printed on). Anyway it says zip
about the configuration switch other than "it changes disc formatting".
Thanks!
There are many different models in the 9133 family and they are VERY
different between each other. Early ones are amigo, while later ones
are CS-80.
Correction, the later ones are SubSet-80 (literally a subset of the CS-80).
9133H = 19.92 Mb (depending on the system)
9133L = 40 Mb "
9133V and 9133VX = 5 Mb "
9133D = 15 Mb "
9133V and 9133VX option 010 = 9.6 Mb "
I THINK there are also A and B models but I don't have their specs.
Note: 9134 is exactly the same as a 9133 but without the floppy drive.
ALL the other specs apply.
My notes say "HP 9133XV/9134XV are Amigo drives and are configurable as
four 5Mb drives for use on the HP-85, etc". This configuration looks like
four 1.15Mb HP 9895 8" floppy disk drives to an HP-85.
also
"Jumpers Capacity # of volumes
A,B 5Mb 1
A 5Mb 4
A,B,C 10Mb 1
A,C 15Mb 1"
I don't remember where I found that but it looks like HP uses a
common board for the various models and sets the capacity to match the
drive via the jumpers.
and "256 bytes/sector set by a jumper of the board" Some systems
REQUIRE 256 bytes/sector while others use 1024.
Anyway the setting that works for me is Configuration switch in
position 1, address in position 0.
The configuration switch sets the number of volumes (partitions) to
whatever the switch is set to. A "0" or "9" sets up a single volume
that is
uneraseable or some such. I can't think of a good reason to use a setting
of anything other than "1".
Joe
With these settings, I get:
/dev/A built-in floppy
/dev/D000 9133H hard drive
/dev/D001 9133H floppy
Connect the external HP-IB hard drive and look in /dev to see the
name(s) assigned to the hard drive. Then use the format_disc utility
(int he Utilities diskette) to format it.
A lot of software for the IPC is available at:
http://www.coho.org/~pete/IPC/integral.html
There is also an ongoing discussion at
http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/forum.cgi?read=70969
Best Regards
**vp