28 Aug
2003
28 Aug
'03
9:15 a.m.
At 08:09 PM 8/27/03 -0500, you wrote:
No, without the switch it's a 5Mb drive and you'll need to use the EMS
ROM. With the switch you can make it look like 3 1.5MB floppy drives and
the MS ROM will work for that.
IIRC the ones marked DC-100 and DC-2000 but try them, if they fit then
they'll work. But most likely your tape drive wheel has disintegrated anyway.
Well SMALL HPs then :-) (Can't believe that an "HP guy" didn't
already
have an HP-85).
Joe
Joe wrote...
Nope. just the 9121, 52901 and 9895 AFIK.
Unfortunately, not many. Is your's just an
85 or is it an 85B?
It's an 85, not an 85B. I *DO* have the mass storage rom
though.
You can add that ROM to your 85 and use it with
the HP 9121 disk drive.
What about the 9122? I've only found one of them but I have 20 or
so later
9133s that don't have the option of the switch.
So without the switch can I use
it on the 85 with mass storage rom? If so,
we need to talk trade! Don't buy HP tapes! They're THE worst
tapes out there. You can go back
and read the CC list archives, there's been lots of discussion about the
HP
tape drives and HP tapes. You can use the old DEC
tapes or the old 40Mb
tapes that were used for PC tape drives. They both work fine. Use the
INITIALIZE command to reformat them on the 85.
Thanks for the tip!! I don't
have too many old DECtapes, but when you say
old 40mb PC tape drive tapes, are you talking QIC-80 tapes? I have tons of
those. If not, exactly what tape do I go buy? Welcome to the world of HP computers!
*COUGH* *GAG* *ARGH!!* (clutching my chest) You really know how to hurt an
HP guy *grin*
Jay West