gunnar@hafro.UUCP (Gunnar Stefansson) (05/25/87)
Does anyone have info on (cheap) disks or tape drives for the HP 9000
/ HP-UX series ? We are looking for large disks (e.g. ~300 Mb) and
real tape drives (no casettes) and would appreciate hints on
whether/how these can be obtained at lower prices than HP's.
Since the HP-IB bus is an IEEE standard, one would think that a lot
of hardware should be available.
Please reply by mail - I'll summarize upon request.
Gunnar
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Gunnar Stefansson {mcvax,enea}!hafro!gunnar
Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik gunnar@hafro.UUCPtml@santra.UUCP (05/26/87)
Well, the IEEE-488 bus may be standard, but the CS80 protocol is HP
proprietary. Maybe you could reverse-engineer it by analyzing the
HP-IB traffic?--
\def\tml{Tor Lillqvist, Technical Research Centre of Finland}
tml@fingate.bitnet == tml@santra.uucp == mcvax!santra!tmljim@b-mrda.UUCP (06/01/87)
I would like to know what you find out about 3rd party tape drives for the HP 9000 series. jim sadler 206-237-0961 hpubvwa!b-mrda!jim P.O. Box 3707 ms 94-26 Seattle, Wa. USA 98124 Any opinions expressed are mine and mine only and not that of my employer. Also added in whatever else should be said at this point.
hbo@ucsbcsl.UUCP (Howard Owen) (06/07/87)
Jim Sadler writes: >I would like to know what you find out about 3rd party tape drives for >the HP 9000 series. I've got a friend who is very interested in this subject too. Given the price of the HP 9-track drives, lots of folks might like to hear a summary of the replies you receive. Thanks, -- Howard Owen, Programmer/Analyst PHYSNET: SBPHY::HBO University of California, Santa Barbara BITNET: HBO@SBITP Physics Computer Services ARPA: hbo%sbphy@LBL.ARPA usenet: ucbvax!ucsbcsl!sbphy!hbo Disclaimer: "Out, brief candle.. Oh! I thought you said `declaim.'"