http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/ HP Series 80 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:37:05 GMT Steve Rooke http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/221 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/221 You could very well be right there. I have a couple of IBM Thinkpad Floppy drives which can be plugged into the ultrabay or attached to a special cable that Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:38 GMT J. Forster http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/220 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/220 More than likely there is no interface electronics in the box other than the FD itself. The interface is likely stardard FD. -John Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:58:45 GMT Steve Rooke http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/219 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/219 ... Sounds to me it is more like a parallel interface device. Some laptop manufacturers interfaced floppy drives via the parallel interface but the protocol Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:23:58 GMT laff016 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/218 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/218 I dug it out this morning and had another look - it's not an IBM, both the drive and the plug are labelled "Compaq". Not being a computer whiz, I have just Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:39:57 GMT J. Forster http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/217 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/217 How do you know it's a serial floppy? Because it has a DB25 connector? -John Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:18:58 GMT Rik Bos http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/216 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/216 I used the belts to fix the dc100 belts. But yes it's possible to modify a HP 85 drive so it can use qic40 tapes. Some guy on ebay is doing it. -Rik _____ Van: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:52:15 GMT Chuck Harris http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/215 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/215 It only takes a very minor modification to the drive to make it take either QIC40 and DC100 tapes. As far as I can see, the cover for the hole where the tape Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:45:08 GMT Rik Bos http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/214 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/214 Before I had a HP 9121 I used qic40 tape to fix DC100 tapes. Not all are usable but if I remember correct the 3M types are. -Rik _____ Van: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:42:20 GMT Rik Bos http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/213 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/213 Hi Bill, Are sure it's a serial interface ? Do you have a picture of the interface ? What kind of connector does the drive use ? IBM made external 3.5" floppy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:36:32 GMT Noelene Lafferty http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/212 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/212 I have no paperwork, no software - just an external 3.1/2" floppy drive, IBM brand name, with a serial connection at the end of the cable. It was found by a Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:08:18 GMT Chuck Harris http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/211 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/211 What would be really nice to find is a source of the rubber bands that tension the tape in the DC100 cartridges. I have never seen a cartridge flake oxide, Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:11:03 GMT profpep http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/210 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/210 I've been getting back to my old HP gear to restore, and am busy trying to repair the drive on my HP-85, (and on a couple of protocol analysers). I'd kept 6 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:08:06 GMT John S http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/209 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/209 Hi, Can you provide some more details about this floppy disk drive please? If you don't have any documentation or software for it then it would be close to Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:26:28 GMT laff016 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/208 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/208 I recently purchased a Surveying Pac for the Series 80. It came in a nice original box, with original manual BUT only one 5.1/4 inch disc - I believe there Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:01:27 GMT Chuck Harris http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/207 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpseries80/message/207 Yes, but not like you might be thinking. If you know the commands for the serial drive, you can talk to it through basic, using those serial commands. From