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  3. From: "John G.Burns" <john@seaway.demon.co.uk>
  4. Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp.hpux,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Need Kermit Diskette for HP-9816 200/300 BASIC Workstation
  6. Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:06:27 +0100
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  21. > Yep, that should work, although unless I'm badly mistaken the 9816
  22. > only understands 720kB floppies. Finding an HP-UX box with floppy
  23. > drive may not be trivial however.
  24.  
  25. > The one such utility I'm familiar with is designed for HP9144 floppy
  26. > drive using somewhat unusual format (256-byte sectors) which may
  27. > not work in the 9121 drive used in the 9816.
  28.  
  29. There are some HP floppies (9122C/D?) which will do 1.44Mb, an external
  30. HPIB box is maybe the best idea. I wonder if you can plug a normal
  31. floppy drive into an HP 9122 to upgrade it?
  32.  
  33. -- 
  34. "It is better to remain silent & be thought a fool than to open your
  35. mouth in a meeting with users & prove it." Ancient programming proverb
  36.  
  37. Views expressed here are not those of Stolt Offshore. Aberdeen, Bonny
  38. Scotland
  39.  
  40. Business   john@seaway.demon.co.uk
  41. Home page  http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk
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