Interfacing an HP 9134 HDD to my HP 85

From: RHahm <rhahm_at_nycap.rr.com>
Date: Tue Apr 15 10:48:00 2003

Hello,

I am having trouble interfacing an HP 9134 HDD to my HP 85. I have connected
other drives without difficulty such as the 9121D so I believe the computer
is set up properly.

I recently picked up a 9134A HD. It apparently emulates a 9895A 8" flexible
drive and 3 slaves each with 1.15MB capacity.

I set the HP-IB address to zero on the HD and typed MASS STORAGE is ":D700".
I then typed CAT and Initialize and keep getting a "Timeout". Also if I turn
the 85 on with the HD connected and running and type CAT the HD does not
respond as my 9121 would without typing a mass storage is command.

Can I assume the drive is bad or am I using the wrong syntax. The drive
spins up nicely, and the light comes on but I get that error message and the
disk access light does not come on.

I hate to toss this drive into the dumpster if it is functional.

Thank you for your thoughts.

Bob H
Received on Tue Apr 15 2003 - 10:48:00 BST