25 Sep
2006
25 Sep
'06
3 p.m.
Tony
How much memory? My 9817 has 2 megabytes.
Should be ample.
Of course the drive unit in the 9154 is very much HP
custom, with a
_strange_ interface (parallel 8 bit data bus for head
positioning/control, and then the raw data lines for read/write). So no
real chance of using something else there.
How useful is a hard drive? I know the previous owner of my 9817 ran it
from a 9122 floppy drive only.
Convenience, I suppose, to eliminate disk swapping / floppy drive wear /
grease problem. My 9153 continues to function, and I am religious about
cleaning the floppy drive. And using new or newish floppy disks.
Regards,
Peter
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