reeves@dvinci (Malcolm Reeves) (03/07/91)
I have a disk written on a 630K HP LIF (Logical Interchange Format) disk using an HP4195A Spectrum Analyzer. The disk is a regular 3.5 in 80 tracks 135 tpi floppy. Can I read HP LIF disks on a regular PC 720Kb drive ? If so how many tracks, sectors/track, directory tracks, FAT sectors etc are used? If not is there any way other than reading from the HP-IB of transferring such information to a PC or Mac or Amiga or Sun workstation ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Malcolm Reeves
john@hpucph.hp.com (John Damm Srensen) (03/08/91)
Taken from the product file on HP LaserRom:
Hewlett-Packard Product Summaries
Product Number: E2080A
Product line : 3X:CAT Software
Group : Electronic Instrument Group (04)
Warranty: 90 DAY
Product Description:
LIF File Utilities for the PC.
Quote Description:
Menu-driven, user-friendly LIF file
utilities for the PC. Features: LIF-to-
DOS Copy, DOS-to-LIF Copy, LIF Catalog,
LIF Purge File, Zero LIF Disk, LIF Disk
Status, LIF Hex Dump, LIF Initialize.
Hopes this information will help you.
john@hpucph.hp.com
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:crampton@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (David Crampton) (03/09/91)
Try contacting Miles Porter or Roberto Orozco at HP Loveland Colo. Mr. Orozco was, in early 1990 at least, product manager for HPIB interfaces to PCs. They developed a software product "HP E2080A" LIFUTIL to read LIF-to-PC; requires hpib interface to HP's LIF- writing disk drives.... oops... maybe not? scanning prelim manual in not clear. Better to call them.
steve-t@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Taylor) (03/09/91)
In /comp.sys.hp/ reeves@dvinci (Malcolm Reeves)// asks: | I have a disk written on a 630K HP LIF (Logical Interchange Format) disk | using an HP4195A Spectrum Analyzer. The disk is a regular 3.5 in 80 tracks | 135 tpi floppy. Can I read HP LIF disks on a regular PC 720Kb drive ? HP and various third-parties sell programs which will read HP LIF disks on a PC. Contact your HP sales rep. or check the ads. in back issues of Workstation magazine. These products are oriented toward HP BASIC file types. That's likely to cover the files producted by the SA, but it's possible it writes some file type of its own. You may need to check on whether and how the utility handles that before making a selection. Regards, Steve taylor NOT A STATEMENT, OFFICIAL OR OTHERWISE, OF THE HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY.
wehr@fmsrl7.UUCP (Bruce Wehr ) (03/12/91)
In article <1991Mar7.010705.3435@herald.usask.ca>, reeves@dvinci (Malcolm Reeves) writes: > Can I read HP LIF disks on a regular PC 720Kb drive ? There is software that will do this for you available from: Oswego Software Inc. P.O. Box 310 Oswego, Illinois 60543 (708) 554-3567 -- Bruce Wehr (wehr%dptc.decnet@srlvx0.srl.ford.com) Ford Motor Company - Engineering Technology Services P.O. Box 2053, Room 1153, Dearborn, Michigan 48121-2053 (313)337-5304