HP CS/80, SS/80 & Amigo Protocols

Hello: I saw a message from jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com where it appears he got some docs on the CS/80 etc. protocol from you. I think this is the protocol used by HP for its HP-IB disks. I suspect that this protocol uses a block mode addressing that spans a variety of devices built and sold in the 80's and early 90's, incl. some by Bering (an alternate source of HP-compatible HP-IB storage products). I am looking for the disk protocols and command set to see if I can talk to these devices with a National Instruments (GP-IB) board in a PC running NT with a driver written in a modern high-level language. I suspect that the commands are device-independent, as these HP devices worked with a broad scope of computers, with very little change in configuration. Does this sound like the same docs you have? If so, may I please get a copy of those docs? I think that they are the same that Jeff got from you. I'm in the Seattle area (Redmond) and am willing to pay for your trouble photocopying. Please give me a call and we can talk. I suspect that some of HP's SCSI protocols are similar in structure and would like any thoughts you have on this. Thanks, Jerome Hodges Strobe Data, Inc. 8405 165th Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052-3913 Ph. 425-861-4940 Fax 425-861-4295