ok back in my day.. I do not think 85 adressed modern drive of 1.44 meg..? so 
that was what I was going on.. yes if you can use 1.44 do so.. older new media 
hard to find... 

Sent from AOL Mobile Mail

On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Mark J. Blair via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
wrote:


> 

On Nov 14, 2017, at 20:11, Ed Sharpe via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> wondervifcthec9122 drives,will work on 85?
> 

I think I can guess what you meant to say there... :)

I’ve ordered a PRM-85 (a modern reprogrammable ROM drawer replacement) which 
includes the HP-85B version of the Mass Storage ROM, and the Extended Mass 
Storage ROM. Based on what I have read, I think that should let my A model use 
the newer 9122C drive, and other drives using either the Amigo or SS-80 
protocols.

I’d like to get the 9122C mostly because I have a much easier time finding 
1.44M media than the older double density media. eBay and I don’t talk, so that 
limits my options a bit. If I had easy access to lots of 3.5” DD media, then I 
would consider getting one of the more plentiful (?) other 3.5” HPIB floppy 
drives. 

Reply via email to