14 Aug
2014
14 Aug
'14
9:23 p.m.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> wrote:
what I can tell you you would want a 98228A ROM
instead of a 98217A
ROM to connect to a 9895A HP-IB disc drive (or an HPDrive emulated
one).
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=166
http://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?hwdoc=166
9825DiscProgramming-09825-90220-98pages-Aug80.pdf 1.471 MB
HP9895 Disc Memories
The 98228A Disc ROM in a 9825T Computer is required to control 9895 drives.
Ah ha - I believe we're on the right track now. Here is the module:
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=559
Seems like the ROM I mentioned still required a utility tape to format
disks and also used a different format. While I don't have the drives
the 98228A module was made for, one of them is an "AMIGO" command set
drive, so that suggests others that I do have may work as well. Also,
there's the HP9845 project that allows a PC with HPIB card to emulate
many HP drives.
So now to set an ebay saved search for that module....thanks!
-j