What's your coolest ISA card?( was Re: IBM 5150 PC)

From: Dan Wright <dtwright_at_uiuc.edu>
Date: Wed Aug 15 09:11:38 2001

Tony Duell said:
> > Speaking of GPIB/HPIB disks, does anyone have one they'd be willing to part
> > with? I've got an HP 9000/300 (I don't remember which, but it has a 68030
>
> Be careful. The HPIB interface standard does _not_ specify the command
> set to be used by a disk drive. Both Commodore and HP made HPIB/GPIB
> interfaced disks with totally different command sets. I think Tektronix
> also made some, with yet another command set.

Oy. That's good to know, thanks...

> You need an HP disk drive. Something like a 9122 (dual 3.5" floppy) or
> 9133 (3.5" floppy + 20M winchester IIRC). They're not that uncommon, but
> they might be rather heavy to ship...

- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)

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