J.A.Jones@lut.ac.uk (Jeff Jones) (05/21/91)
Hi We have a number of Hewlett-Packard instruments, many of which have built in floppy disks for the storage of measurement data. It would be very useful to be able to read these disks on a PC. The various manuals say that the disks are readable on HP9000/200 and HP9000/300 under BASIC 3.0 and 4.0 but they do not give us the disk format. All the manuals give the stored file format but this is not useful if you can't read the disks !. We have no access to an HP9000 computer within our institute and hence would like to use a PC compatible to read these 3.5 inch disks. Does any body know of any utilities, PD or commercial, that will allow this ? alternativly if someone knows the disk format, or a reference to it, we could have a go at writing such a routine ourselves. Thanks for your assistance in advance. Jeff ================================================================================ = Jeff Jones = IERI = International Electronics Reliability Institute = = = Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering = = = Loughborough University of Technology = = = Loughborough, Leics. LE11 3TU, UK = = = Telephone - +44-509-263171 ext 4196 = = = Fax - +44-509-222854 = = = Email - J.A.Jones@lut.ac.uk = ================================================================================
eljaj@lut.ac.uk (Jeff Jones) (05/21/91)
Sorry about posting (almost) the same article twice, but the posting system told me it had failed completely to post losing my article in the meanwhile hence I reposted only to find that some of the cross-postings had got out. Sorry about that. ================================================================================ = Jeff Jones = IERI = International Electronics Reliability Institute = = = Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering = = = Loughborough University of Technology = = = Loughborough, Leics. LE11 3TU, UK = = = Telephone - +44-509-263171 ext 4196 = = = Fax - +44-509-222854 = = = Email - J.A.Jones@uk.ac.lut = ================================================================================
harper@convex.com (David Harper) (05/22/91)
In article <1991May21.090824.12630@lut.ac.uk> J.A.Jones@lut.ac.uk (Jeff Jones) writes: >Hi > >We have a number of Hewlett-Packard instruments, many of which have >built in floppy disks for the storage of measurement data. It would be >very useful to be able to read these disks on a PC. There is a company called Oswego Software (or something like that) that markets a utility that runs on a DOS machine and reads floppys generated by an HP instrument. I would have liked to have used it, but at $495 a copy I found an alternative solution. You might check with your local HP rep - they were the ones that put me on to this outfit. Dave Harper - Convex Computer Corp. E-mail address: 3000 Waterview Pky. Richardson, TX 75081 harper@convex.COM (214) 497-4525 (W) (214) 727-4206 (H)
kelley@vet.vet.purdue.edu (Stephen Kelley) (05/22/91)
In article <1991May21.090824.12630@lut.ac.uk> J.A.Jones@lut.ac.uk (Jeff Jones) writes: >Hi > >We have a number of Hewlett-Packard instruments, many of which have >built in floppy disks for the storage of measurement data. It would be >very useful to be able to read these disks on a PC. I use ANADISK, found on simtel20 and wuarchive in the msdos/dskutil directories. It is a little clunky to use, but for a $25 shareware fee, it provides huge bang for the buck, and has worked extremely well for us. It doesn't completely convert the disk, but it does cope with non-PC sectoring and generates a file image of the floppy (with an optional embedded sector map), which you then can manipulate however necessary. Steve Kelley kelley@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu Cancer Center Cytometry Laboratories Purdue University
wehr@fmsrl7.UUCP (Bruce Wehr ) (05/23/91)
harper@convex.com (David Harper) writes: > There is a company called Oswego Software We use Oswego's software. Contact them at: Oswego Software 155 West Washington Street P.O. Box 310 Oswego, IL 60543 (708) 554-3567 (708) 554-3573 FAX -- Bruce Wehr (wehr%dptc.decnet@srlvx0.srl.ford.com) (..!uunet!srlvx0.srl.ford.com!wehr%dptc.decnet) Ford Motor Company - Engineering Technology Services P.O. Box 2053, Room 1153, Dearborn, Michigan 48121-2053 (313)337-5304
jamesv@hplsla.HP.COM (James Vasil) (06/03/91)
> Does any body know of any utilities, PD or commercial, that > will allow this ? alternativly if someone knows the disk format, or a > reference to it, we could have a go at writing such a routine ourselves. The format of the disks you are talking about is called "LIF" which stands for "Logical Interchange Format." HP sells two (that I know of) different software utilities for a PC that will allow you read these disks. 1) HP Part Number: E2080A -- This is the more general package. I believe it has a user interface with pull down menus but I have never seen it running myself. I believe the list price for this in the USA was around $500, but please check with your local HP sales office to get more detailed information and a current price. 2) "Option 921--PC File Utilities" is available for a very few of HP's products, most notably the HP 3563A (software also works with the 3562A). This software has many of the same capabilies as the E2080A software, but is command line oriented. It also contains extra utilities to convert the file format of the 3562/3 into other formats such as PC MATLAB, MatrixX, or ASCII. Last I checked, list was about $200 and you could order it by itself (order an "HP 3563A, quantity 0; Option 921, quantity 1."). If your data is coming from a HP Dynamic Signal Analyzer, I would suggest you order this package. Hope this has been of some help. Regards, James -- James A. Vasil Hewlett-Packard Co. Applications Development Eng. Lake Stevens Instrument Division jamesv@lsid.hp.com Mail Stop 320 Tel: (206) 335-2605 8600 Soper Hill Road Fax: (206) 335-2828 Everett, WA 98205-1298