Maybe I'm missing something here, but...
 
HP did sell a PC product that allowed multiple users to access the CDROM
over a network (Netware?) that you bought on a per-user basis.
 
HP also sold/sells the software to read the CDROM mounted on the 3000's
CDROM drive, again on a per-user basis, but as has been often discussed
here before it only works with TSR-based DOS TCP/IP stacks.
 
If you have the CDROM, there's a reader on it for Windows and X-terms (I
think the latter is true).  Just go in the directory and find the setup.exe
and go for it.
 
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>