HP CS/80, SS/80 & Amigo Protocols

From: Jerome <jerome_at_strobedata.com>
Date: Mon Oct 25 13:13:58 1999

Hello:

I saw a message from jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com where it appears he got some
docs on the CS/80 etc. protocol from you. I think this is the protocol
used by HP for its HP-IB disks. I suspect that this protocol uses a
block mode addressing that spans a variety of devices built and sold in
the 80's and early 90's, incl. some by Bering (an alternate source of
HP-compatible HP-IB storage products).

I am looking for the disk protocols and command set to see if I can talk
to these devices with a National Instruments (GP-IB) board in a PC
running NT with a driver written in a modern high-level language. I
suspect that the commands are device-independent, as these HP devices
worked with a broad scope of computers, with very little change in
configuration. Does this sound like the same docs you have? If so, may I
please get a copy of those docs? I think that they are the same that
Jeff got from you. I'm in the Seattle area (Redmond) and am willing to
pay for your trouble photocopying.

Please give me a call and we can talk. I suspect that some of HP's SCSI
protocols are similar in structure and would like any thoughts you have
on this.

Thanks,
Jerome Hodges
Strobe Data, Inc.
8405 165th Ave NE
Redmond, WA 98052-3913
Ph. 425-861-4940
Fax 425-861-4295
Received on Mon Oct 25 1999 - 13:13:58 BST