HPIB disks (was Re: IDEA - Collector interest database)

From: der Mouse <mouse_at_Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
Date: Thu May 13 00:02:41 2004

>>> The SASI port is internal - there are two PCBs [...]
>> This...does not agree with the reality I find upon opening up the
>> first HP-IB disk that came to hand (a 7958). [...]
> I wasn't trying to describe _all_ HPIB drives, just the Commodore
> D9060 and D9090 drives.

Ah! I misunderstood. ("When I regained consciousness...." :)

> Your 7958 sounds like a perfectly valid way of doing things... in
> fact, since it uses a 1355, I'm sort of intrigued (since I have a few
> on the shelf). I'll have to try to remember that HP model number
> when I'm digging for drive docs.

I should poke around and see if I have any other drives with that
interface (what is it, ESDI?). If I have any _largeish_ such drives
(FVO "largeish" of about "more than about ?G") I'd be extremely tempted
to hook one up and see if it works.

I also should dig out that SBus IEEE488 card and see if I can scare up
any doc on it.

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