John Beckett <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
>On Sun, 13 Aug 1995, Chris Lo wrote:
 
>> A friend of mine is asking for help to add a Seagate 32550N to his HP 3000
>> system. But I have only experience in HP9k/{7|8}00. I've read thru' the FAQ
>> and this part hasn't filled in yet. Can anyone tell me the step-by-step
>> procedure to add a disk to a HP 3000 system? I think he is running MPE/ix
4.0
>> (or 5.0). Thanks a million.
 
>The good news is: The HP 3000 is a very reliable system.  We never hear
>people whining about their failure to get drive xxx to work, or the "SCSI
>system from Hell".
 
>The bad news is: There is no provision, that I've heard of at least, to
>use a non-HP disk drive on this system.  Anybody who markets a non-HP
>drive for it either 1) has the drive set up to emulate a specific HP
>drive, or 2) has gone in and modified HP software to accomodate the
>desired drive specifically.
 
Not quite. Read the file IODEVACC.DIAG.SYS to get a list of drives
(HP and non-HP) supported on the HP3000.
I have successfully installed two non-HP disk drives in our HP3000/922LX
(running MPE/iX 5.0 Push): one DEC DSP3107 and one Quantum Empire 1080.
However, despite the fact that the Quantum is listed in IODEVACC,
SYSGEN doesn't know it.
Solution: configure it as a DEC 3107 in SYSGEN, and you will be
able to use it after going through the standard procedure described
in the Volume Management manual.
I don't see any reason why one should not use third-party SCSI disks
on the HP 3000. SCSI is standardized well enough to ensure reliable
operation, and Quantum, DEC and Seagate disks should match HP disks
in terms of quality.
 
 
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