Richard Gambrell wrote:
 
<<I can't work out what the title of this thread 'Third Party Discs'
<<has to do with the content of all the messages responding to it.
<<However, has anyone read their IODEVACC.DIAG.SYS file on
<<MPE/iX 5.0?
 
<<Notice anything interesting?  How about that suggestion of support
<<for DEC discs, both single-ended and fast-wide SCSI?  On an HP
<<3000?  I happen to know that the per-megabyte cost from DEC is
<<a good deal lower than HP's price.
 
<<I had to roll back from 5.0 to 4.0 (financial applications wouldn't
<<work)--so I'm going to have to wait awhile to use this nifty little
<<bargaining tool.
 
I too had difficulty relating the subject to the content during this thread.
 
I have heard that certain 3rd-party SCSI disc drives do indeed work on
HP3000's - specifically the Maxtor 1.3 GB as well the Maxtor 2 GB drive. I
have not yet actually seen it nor confirmed it personally.
 
I have not yet looked at the IODEVACC file mentioned, but will certainly do
so. (Incidentally, I'm currently on 4.0. restoring a single file from the 5.0
FOS tape takes forever.).
 
Meanwhile, I'd be interested to hear from anybody who knows or has experience
with attaching non-HP disc drives to the HP3000.
 
By the way, I would also love to know more deatils about why Richard had to
revert back to 4.0. What financial applications gave you problems? What
specific problems did you encounter? etc. etc.
 
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