7 May
2008
7 May
'08
9:09 p.m.
Rik, The doco you referred me to was spot on! Setting the device id on the
hp9133h to 9 via the device 'wheel' fixed the problem with the dodgy hard
drive. This set the id of the floppy to 0 and unit id also to 0. The floppy
then booted up. It was very flakey but after many tries I managed to copy
all 6 of the Basic 3 disks to the Internal 5.25" floppy which seems to be
very reliable.
Thanks for your help.
Roman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rik" <dr.emiel at xs4all.nl>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: hp9826 disk problems
Roman if you send a email to Jon Johnston (the
curator) he'll help you.
It's not the first time a archive has a fault, he has a lot of software on
his site and is not always able to test every archive.
And it should be wise to check your drive and clean the heads.
http://hpmuseum.net/document.php?hwfile=2704
The link is from the servive manualof the 9133/34 drives.
Rik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roman Szeremeta" <roman.szeremeta at actewagl.net.au>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:37 AM
Subject: hp9826 disk problems
Hi,
Is it me or is there a problem with some of the disk images at
hpmuseum.net.
I am interested in the HP Basic 3.0 software disks for the 200/300 series
computers. The description says that they are ss/dd images but my hp9121
wont read them. In fact it will only read a couple of the disk images
described as ss/dd under software for 200/300 series. I also notice that
when running teledisk 2.16 on these 'problem' disks that it is writing to
both sides! The only ones that I can read are the System Test and HPL 2.0
disks both of which are also described as ss/dd.
I do have a hp9133h which has a double sided floppy but since the HD has
died I cant access the floppy anymore. Is there some way of jumpering the
controller so that it ignores the hard disk and only reads the floppy?
Alternatively could somebody send me a true ss/dd disk image of HP Basic
3.0?
Roman
'Temporarily stopped roamin in the gloamin!'
removethisroman.szeremeta at actewagl.net.au