You need a special program if you wish to access the CD on an HPe3000.

Visit the HP site : http://jazz.external.hp.com

Look for "freeware" on the opening screen.

PROGRAM NAME:   CDCOPY/iX                    DATE: January 1997
TYPE OF SYSTEM DEVELOPED ON:   SERIES 959
OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:  MPE/iX 5.0 and 5.5
LANGUAGES:  C (ANSI)
SPECIAL CAPABILITIES/REQUIREMENTS: PM
FILES ASSOCIATED WITH UTILITY:  CDCOPY              Program file

PROGRAMMER:   Holger Wiemann, German Response Center
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DESCRIPTION:

CDCOPY copies files from CD in ISO9660 format to your HFS file system on
disc. You can specify the whole entire file system on CD to be copied or
single files. If original directory or file name on CD is not POSIX
conform
a warning will be displayed and the file will be renamed to
'CDCOPY_iX_#'
where # is a number. Supported file systems on CD are DOS and UX with
ISO
file flags 0,2,16 and 18.

"Slover, Martin" wrote:
>
> Hello fellow listers...
>
> What is the syntax to access the CD ROM on a HP3000?
> (eject the drive, mount the drive, etc)
>
> I have a client supplied CD that I am supposed to load data from but I
> haven't a clue as to how to get it from the CD on the system to the disk.
>
> Any help would be wonderful.
>
> Max...
>
> Max Slover
> Maritz Marketing Research
> St. Louis MO
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