Surreal. I
just tried to format a 720 in my new WinXP portable and
the size wasn't even a option.
Weird. You should be able to format a 720 in any 1.44 meg floppy
drive, if memory serves they were designed to be backward compatible
like that.
I know.
As for what software to run on the thing...
I've remembered that I've got an old Night Owl CD around somewhere (I bought about
3 but I know I've lost at least one) that should have *something* interesting.
like ip packet drivers and parallel port ethernet
adapters, mostly
because I don't own any such adapters.
There's an interesting text mode Internet suite that was particularly useful to
HP200XL users that I might be able to have some fun with. Can't remember if it needs
a shell account though.
I have this machine now
mostly
because I lusted after them badly when they started to show up in the
computer catalogs of the day as they went on clearance for about
$200.
I remember thinking that these were the coolest portables ever. Mind you, I had been
using a Kaypro 4 for a number of years beforehand, so *anything* looked sexier.